Nov 6, 2018
**This episode is dedicated to the memory of
Dr. Nancy Van Vessem, a professor at FSU’s College of Medicine, and
Maura Binkley, an FSU English student, murdered by the fascist
violence of misogyny & racism. Rest in power, Maura &
Nancy.**
This week, Bree and Pearson
tackle the classic Tarantino motion picture,
Pulp
Fiction. But, first,
this week in the news:
- Last
night,
a racist, misogynistic
coward walked into a
Tallahassee yoga studio and murdered two women, injuring five
others, before killing himself.
- John
Bolton, the deranged war hawk who also happens to be Trump’s
national security advisor,
gave an unhinged speech
earlier this week at Miami-Dade
College about the Latin America,
a region ravaged by U.S.
imperialism and foreign
policy.
- Trump
said Thursday that if any member of the “migrant caravan” making
its way toward the United States border throws stones or rocks at
U.S. military personnel they would “consider it a firearm” and
license to
use lethal force
in response.
- What’s more, Trump is floating the idea
of
erasing the 14th
Amendment, a policy
that’s widely supported by his xenophobic, far-right
base.
- To
make matters worse, Trump promises
indefinite detention and concentration camps
for anyone trying to cross the
border.
- Noam
Chomsky pointed out on Democracy Now! this week, as we’ve been saying since this
podcast began, that
Trump’s vitriol leads directly to
violence.
- The
mid-terms are this week.
Amendment 4 restores the right of FL felons to
vote.
- Google
workers organized
a mass walkout to
protest sexual
harassment of top CEOs
and advocate for equality in pay.
Pulp Fiction
is an infamous film in the history
of the silver-screen. Bree and Pearson discuss gender, nihilistic
violence, Americana, late-stage capitalism, power dynamics, Guy
Debord, Deleuze and Guattari, statelessness, nomadism, and lawless
freedom.
Pour yourself a cup o’ “some
serious gourmet shit” and enjoy our discussion of
Pulp
Fiction!
Support our courageous Tallahassee comrade,
Shelby, as she defends
herself from far-right threats of violence.
PS. Stick around to the very end
for a fun super-cut.
Intro: “I Ain’t Got No Home in
this World” by Woody Guthrie
Interlude: “Misirlou” by Dick
Dale
Outro: “You Never Can Tell” by
Chuck Berry