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Dopo aver distrutto il mondo migliaia di volte, ipotizzato bizzarre utopie, trasformazioni postumane e derive tecnocratiche, ecco emergere – da più parti del mondo e dalle discipline più disparate – un piccolo nucleo di storie, di genere solarpunk, che sfidano l'ineluttabile concretezza del presente: racconti che spaziano dall'economia circolare alla sostenibilità ambientale, dalla critica al capitalismo predatorio alla costruzione di reti off-grid, dall'uso di risorse rinnovabili all'inclusività radicale:

People are “popping,” disappearing one-by-one, into thin air: an ongoing global cataclysm known as Spontaneous Human Absence. In a world where prospects for survival are increasingly grim, hopelessness prevails, political rifts widen, and doomsday predictions flourish. Harvey Ellis works the night shift for the Bureau of Depopulation Affairs, an ad hoc federal agency meant to contain and catalog the crisis. His job: to investigate claims of Absence, and, if validated, issue a standard government stipend to boost morale.

Questa storia è l'esempio perfetto del genere solarpunk, dove non ci sono estremi e dove due generazioni - prima diffidendi, finiscono per incontrarsi fino quasi ad abbracciarsi, per portare avanti un lavoro di cura e di manutenzione di un faro, che rappresenta allo stesso tempo un'esperienza sia materiale che intellettuale.

In 1941, the FBI asked citizen Matt Cvetic to join the Communist Party and report back on their activities. After emerging in 1950 to testify before congress about his experience, his exploits were chronicled in magazines, on the silver screen, and in a taut and entertaining radio series suggested by his real life adventures: I Was a Communist for the FBI.

“A ship in the harbor is safe…but this is not what ships are built for.” At its foundation, this is a romantic fantasy, action-adventure, 17th-century tale of good versus evil and soul-deep love. Promises Made, Promises Kept is captivating from beginning to end. This story contains heroic battles against darkness on the high seas. Good will rise. Evil will fall. Faith will be tested. Angels, the animal kingdom, and mankind will clash as epic fantasy meets swashbuckling adventure.

Join co-hosts Dana Bollen (Two Week Notice Podcast / Touring Roadie), Professor Andrew Mall (Northeastern University), and a panel of interviewees as we discuss D.I.Y. hardcore, punk, and emo music scenes and communities. This season, we consider what makes scenes important and meaningful to musicians, fans, and everyone in between. We address scene resilience, exposure, community, mental health, and overall challenges. Our guests reflect on their experiences as musicians, record label owners, festival and show promoters, music industry professors, and fans.