Brilliantly amusing... but, I'm sure you've heard that before! Thanks!

Really loved this episode. I discussing, while at University studying New Media, on the loss of media due to the transience from analog (In this case an expensive 1960's era projector) to digital mediums, that great mediums become sacred because of their exclusivity. My tutor responded that it becomes our responsibility as creators not only to deliver in formats that are semi-permanent (such as books), but also allow for the availability for new forms of media by removing exclusivity from expression.  Thanks for brining that little thought experiment back.

This week we examine the legacy of The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproducibility by Walter Benjamin.  Media Theorist and Benjamin scholar (and translator) Thomas Levin explains why this essay resonates today and what Benjamin has to tell us about the utopian power of new media. Also Russell Meyer tells us about the Wu-Tang clan's plan to release a sole copy of their new album and why he has turned to Kickstarter so he can buy it and release it to the world. And your host shares an imaginary story about Hitler and Goebbels encountering Benjamin's essay during their final days in the bunker.

A Better Tomorrow

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"Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything" a proud member of PRX's Radiotopia collective. http://radiotopia.fm 
"Too Much Information" WFMU (2009 - 2013)
"The Big Ideas Podcast" The Guardian UK (2011 - 2012) 

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