Barely Coping

On today's episode John Prysner and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how one year into the war in Ukraine, the U.S. government has committed $100 billion dollars to this bloody proxy conflict that is threatening the whole world with catastrophe. But while huge numbers of people suffer and die, some capitalists are focused on getting their share of this enormous sum of money. Who profits from war?

Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.

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Ukraine War Turns 1: A $100 Billion Giveaway to the Arms Industry

As an economist, Russ Roberts has been taught to approach decision-making by conducting an analysis, weighing tradeoffs, and then rationally budgeting resources to get the most bang for his buck. But as he explains in his new book, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us, he found this approach woefully inadequate for grappling with life’s biggest decisions — things like figuring out whether to get married or how to live a meaningful life.

Today on the show, Russ and I delve into why the pros and cons approach to decision-making is inadequate when facing what he calls “wild problems.” Russ explains that what makes life’s big decisions so difficult to deal with is the fact that we don’t know what they’ll be like before we make them, the decisions themselves will transform us into different people, and their effects can be permanent, making such decisions akin to choosing to become a vampire. From there we turn to strategies for dealing with the inherent uncertainty around wild problems, including looking beyond basic happiness, considering tradition, and trying things out by experience.

#831: Grappling With Life’s “Wild Problems”

TPC 297

Samples Used
Sandy Barber -  Stay Here With Me
Vinyl Frontier Presents BRUH Samples Vol. 39： Track #1
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A Night To Remember

LoopDiggers SUNDAY ROULETTE N°132: Gino's Diary Vol. 4. Mansah B. Submission.

Angular Velocity | SUNDAY ROULETTE N°132: Gino's Diary Vol. 4

This episode features music made by Naviar’s community inspired by Ryokan Taigu’s poem “now it reveals its hidden side / and now the other – thus it falls, / an autumn leaf”.

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/09/13/naviarhaiku506-now-it-reveals-its-hidden-side/

Tracklist

Adrian Lane - Now It Reveals Its Hidden Side 
noksidam - Thus It Falls, An Autumn Leaf 
Stan Magendanz - summer sky 
LazenbeeIndustries - its hidden side 
zenbytes - thus it falls 
jamesbrynildsen – Hidden 
Raymond Stull - Now and Again 

Credits:

music intro: “This ruined house” by Tuonela
voice intro: Ian Joyce
cover image: Micah Hallahan
voice reciting the poem: Marco Sebastiano Alessi

Naviar Broadcast is a radio programme curated by Naviar, broadcasted on Resonance Extra every Wednesday at 7pm UK time. Thirty minutes of experimental music made in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem.
To have your music featured on the show, you'll have to participate in the Haiku music challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
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Naviar Broadcast #286 – Now it reveals its hidden side  – Wednesday 27th September 2023

LoopDiggers Sunday Roulette N°135
additional keys, drums, guitar and percs by meorkat

LUNGXBUTTER [LoopDiggers Sunday Roulette N°135]

I Can't Stress This Enough If You Want To Learn The MPC Check Out Ave Mcree's Tutorials, thanks Ave.

TPC #320 Honour Above All (MPC) {Instrumental} 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅. 𝑩𝒚 Operation O™

Vulture (MPC) {Instrumental} 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅. 𝑩𝒚 Operation O™

Sample Challenge #328 Instrumental (BPM 84.00)

Always loved those thicc basslines, and somehow worked a chord progression around this weirdo chromatic one. Still wrapped it up after a grueling day at the office then rehearsal... Bedtime...

#831: Grappling With Life’s “Wild Problems”

The Art of Manliness

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