Historian, friend of the show, and fellow Texan, Mary Anne Henderson joins us to talk about Texas. We talk how and why it was settled and revisit the nearly totally forgotten Mexican War. We will be discussing material covered in chapter 5 from The End of the Myth and much, much more!
Greg and Munya consider the culture war in light of Seattle Police Department antics about vaccination, the life of Colin Powell in light of its loss, the fourth wall breaking cringe comedy commencing at John Deere during the strike and the prerogatives of the Masters of Business Administration, and the imminent Seattle election and what you can do in these Last Days.
The metaphor of the “safety valve” is a critical concept for Grandin and his book. We explore the various ways in which this metaphor was deployed in the early 19th century before delving into capitalism’s unending “urban crisis.” For those following along at home, we will be covering material from chapter 4 in End of the Myth.
Munya, Greg, and Brian get together to talk jobs, Jobs, JOBS! They discuss why turning up the misery dial wasn’t the panacea we were promised it would be and the exciting new plan to reduce SPD by 40%. Google “police” + “40 percent” to learn more!
We discuss the arrival of Andrew Jackson on the political scene and the role of Jacksonian democracy in Westward expansion — It’s not good, folks. For those following along at home, we are covering chapter 3 of the End of the Myth.
Greg and Munya are joined by star Nikkita4Nine volunteers and campaign workers Aun, Sunny, Rico, and Iman. We discuss Nikkita Oliver’s campaign for Seattle City Council Position 9, why they decided to volunteer, memorable stories from canvassing people’s doors, getting to know our neighbors, and why the fight for city council matters for the future of the city we love.
After taking a brief detour we return to Grandin’s End of the Myth to talk about the treatment of the Native American population in the United States up until the 1830s. We cover Chapter 1&2 of the book for those following along at home.
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Cassidy, Munya, and Colin talk about the brewing IATSE strike, the Northwest Carpenters Union turmoil and related wildcat strikes, David Horsey’s love of local brains, and two protections for renters approved by City Council.
It’s Episode 1 and we are already making a detour from End of the Myth to look at historian Lerone Bennett Jr’s excellent 1970 essay “The Road Not Taken.” We discuss the central role of the slave system to America’s development and the role of contingency in history, of the road not taken.
It’s chaos-energy as the scorpios take over the boat to talk about Eddie Munster’s latest appearance on Tucker Carlson, the latest education news out of Oregon, and Seattle’s latest upzoning controversy before things get… out of hand.
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Ending the Myth! In this limited series Munya and Brian are going to be discussing Greg Grandin’s 2019 book, The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America. In this introduction to the show we discuss historian Frederick Jackson Turner and his Frontier Thesis. We cover material from CH 7, the Introduction, and CH 1.
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We are joined by friend of the show Andrew Hedden to discuss Streetwise. Filmed in 1983, Streetwise follows the lives of the kids who choose to make their lives on the streets of downtown Seattle. Beautifully shot with a deep empathy for its subjects, Streetwise humanizes the lives of the urban poor in a way that few films do. Now that it has finally been made widely available, we discuss the film’s history and the city of Seattle with a historian of the region and time.
This week Greg, Brian and Cassidy are joined by a friend of the show and Canadian electoral expert to talk about the upcoming snap election happening on September 20th. With their help, we learn more about our Northern neighbors, their political parties, Trudeau’s chances of winning, who his real father is, and end with a ball-breathing semen retention session with the People’s Party of Canada.
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Greg, Munya, and Colin talk about what has become a completely normal American relation to their body and health before talking about the powerful forces behind mask mandate and Critical Race Theory protests in schools, how some of those dynamics are playing out in Bellevue, where Faye Yang, who is running for the School Board, has had some of her Big Ideas in Race leaked in The Stranger, and the horrors of Hurricane Katrina in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Ida.
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Greg, Brian, Munya, and Colin are joined by Ceres, friend of the show and co-host of the upcoming Big Soy Naturals podcast, to talk about the Doors, their new show about the esoteric nooks and crannies of the internet, the strange history and allure of Tumblr, and much more.
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