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    Not All Propaganda is Art 6: The Kitsch Debate

    Not All Propaganda is Art 6: The Kitsch Debate

    In the summer of 1959, Nixon and Khrushchev argued over a washing machine in a backstage kitchen in Moscow, while American Cold War intellectuals gathered in the Poconos to defend Kitsch. Dwight Macdonald, whose theory of mass culture translated too easily into Anti-Americanism, was barred from participating because this was no ordinary mass culture conference; it was an Anti Anti-Americanism operation. Meanwhile, in London, Dwight Macdonald delivered a mass culture lecture of his own called "America, America,” based on the most famous article Encounter magazine never published.

    Shownotes: Jefferson Pooley wrote about Edward Shils and The Remobilization of the Propaganda and Morale Network. Sophie Scott-Brown wrote about Raphael Samuel and the New Left.

    Support ToE and get access to the incredible exclusive bonus companion series to Not All Propaganda is Art by subscribing at https://theoryofeverything.supercast.com/, or subscribe directly in Apple Podcasts by hitting “Subscribe” right on the show page.


    Support ToE and get access to the incredible exclusive bonus companion series to Not All Propaganda is Art by subscribing athttps://theoryofeverything.supercast.com/, or subscribe directly in Apple Podcasts by hitting “Subscribe” right on the show page.

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Propaganda Notes & Sources: Episode 6

    Propaganda Notes & Sources: Episode 6

    Thank you for subscribing to the exclusive bonus Propaganda Notes and Sources  podcast.  This is Episode 5 which corresponds to Episode 6 of  Not All Propaganda is Art, a limited series running on Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything podcast.

    Not All Propaganda is Art 5: The Play's the Thing

    Not All Propaganda is Art 5: The Play's the Thing

    In the fall of 1958, Kenneth Tynan moved from London to New York and upon arrival, clashed with Hollywood mogul Samuel Goldwyn over socially engaged art and the politics of apolitical culture on live TV. At the same moment New Yorker writer Dwight Macdonald went West to report on “New” Hollywood's ambitions to create commercially and artistically successful films. We also meet two of Professor Macdonald’s former students from a Mass Culture course he taught at Bard College in 1958. Meanwhile in France, Richard Wright suffers a number of disturbing attacks, prompting him to channel his frustrations into a revealing radio play.

    Shownotes: Tamara Walker is the author of Beyond the Shores, Hugh Wilford wrote The Mighty Wurlitzer, Tom Benjamin and Frances Hodes were both students of Dwight Macdonald at Bard College in 1958 and Dan Sinclair is the author of  Courteous Enemy.

    Support ToE and get access to the incredible exclusive bonus companion series to Not All Propaganda is Art by subscribing at https://theoryofeverything.supercast.com/, or subscribe directly in Apple Podcasts by hitting “Subscribe” right on the show page.

    • 1 hr 11 min
    Propaganda Notes & Sources: Episode 5

    Propaganda Notes & Sources: Episode 5

    Thank you for subscribing to the exclusive bonus Propaganda Notes and Sources  podcast.  This is Episode 5 which corresponds to Episode 5 of  Not All Propaganda is Art, a limited series running on Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything podcast.

    Not All Propaganda is Art 4: Propagande Noire

    Not All Propaganda is Art 4: Propagande Noire

    In 1956, Richard Wright spoke of islands of free men at the first Congress of Black Writers and Artists in Paris. James Baldwin critiqued the event for Encounter, the CIA’s propaganda magazine. We take a close listen to the original recordings.

    Shownotes: Merve Fejzula and Cedric Tolliver both wrote about the 1956 Congrès des écrivains et artistes noirs. Darryl Pinckney wrote on Norman Mailer and Denis Leroux wrote on Antoine Bonnemaison.

    Support ToE and get access to the incredible exclusive bonus companion series to Not All Propaganda is Art by subscribing at https://theoryofeverything.supercast.com/, or subscribe directly in Apple Podcasts by hitting “Subscribe” right on the show page.

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Propaganda Notes & Sources: Episode 4

    Propaganda Notes & Sources: Episode 4

    Thank you for subscribing to the exclusive bonus Propaganda Notes and Sources  podcast.  This is Episode 4 which corresponds to Episode 4 of  Not All Propaganda is Art, a limited series running on Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything podcast.

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