I'm joined by Noah Feldman to discuss his latest book The Broken Constitution. We discuss how the American constitution was made in debates and compromises over slavery and remade by Lincoln.

THE BROKEN CONSTITUTION With Noah Feldman

Recording of Cinnaman's recording at Dekmantel Selectors 2022.

Dekmantel Selectors 2022

Cinnaman at Dekmantel Selectors 2022

Phonic Mirror #12 is called Musica Bailable. Its a throwback to all the mix tapes my dad and his friends would make and bring to parties. Its a mix of danceable music from Latin America and beyond dubbed with a space echo. All songs are from 45's and LPs from Ecuador, Colombia, The Caribbean and more. Lots from my family's collection and some recent finds. I hope you enjoy I love u.

Phonic Mirror - Part 12 -- Helado Negro DJ Mix

The sixth episode of NICAst features a conversation with Ohad Ben Shimon and Chris Julien about starting from the middle, alternative modalities for writing and doing research, and engaging with “wicked problems”. 

Episode 6: “Wicked Problems and Starting from the Middle” with Ohad Ben Shimon and Chris Julien

Written, performed, produced, mixed and mastered by A. K. Paul. Additional Backing vocals by REINEN. No vocal tuning, groove quantisation or artificial intelligence was used in the making of this recording.

℗ and © 2025 A. K. Paul. All rights reserved. Made in the United Kingdom.

Watchin' U

drums: mike "blaquedynamite" mitchell
errythang else: jon bap

LYRICS:

Don't you know you have my love?
Girl and we don't play no parts, well except for who we are
I just want you babe
I want the in's and out's
The up's and down's

Don't you rearrange yourself for no one else but you
'Cause baby I just want you to be you
No, you don't have to change for me
I just want you to be you
'Cause you know it makes me melt when you be youself

Oh girl, this ain't no exchange
And there ain't no dotted line where you can sign your name
I just want you babe
I want the in-between's and all around

Don't you rearrange yourself for no one else but you
'Cause baby I just want you to be you
No, you don't have to change for me
I just want you to be you
'Cause you know it makes me melt when you be youself

You Be You(single)

We're told the world is getting better all the time. In January, The New York Times' Nick Kristof explained "Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History." The same month, Harvard professor and Bill Gates' favorite optimist Steven Pinker lamented (in a special edition of Time magazine guest edited by - who else? - Bill Gates) the “bad habits of media... bring out the worst in human cognition”. By focusing so much on negative things, the theory goes, we are tricked into thinking things are getting worse when, in reality, it's actually the opposite. 

For the TEDtalk set, that the world is awesome and still improving is self-evidently true - just look at the data. But how true is this popular axiom? How accurate is the portrayal that the world is improving we so often seen in sexy, hockey stick graphs of upward growth and rapidly declining poverty? And how, exactly, are the powers that be "measuring" improvements in society?

On this episode, we take a look at the ideological project of telling us everything's going swimmingly, how those in power cook the books and spin data to make their case for maintaining the status quo, and how The Neoliberal Optimism Industry is, at its core, an anti-intellectual enterprise designed to lull us into complacency and political impotence.

Our guest is Dr. Jason Hickel.

Episode 58: The Neoliberal Optimism Industry

Victor Coral & Chris Julien B2B - June 9th 2012

3voor12 Jaarmix

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