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Michael Ventura
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American essayist, cultural critic, novelist and screenwriter, Michael Ventura offers commentary in this moment of history before the 2020 election.

Episodes

  1. 11/06/2020

    Season Finale: An Election On Another Planet

    What is the interplanetary meaning of this election?

    12 min

  2. 10/28/2020

    Trump's Rallies - If They PERMIT You To Murder Them, Is That Still Murder

    Trump's super-spreader rallies should be reported as what they are: Murder. The electorate is too crazy to predict, but as we near Election Day it's not crazy to think Biden can win.

    13 min

  3. 10/21/2020

    Re-Wiring? Really? Climate Change, Are You Kidding?

    No, your brain is not being rewired, and, yes, climate change changes everything.

    15 min

  4. 10/14/2020

    Zeitgeist, Zeigeist, Who's Got The Zeitgeist?

    We are part of an enormous project, whether we know it or not: the redefinition of human nature.

    12 min

  5. 10/07/2020

    Today in this country, tell me -- who do you think is really important?

    This is about who's REALLY important. (It's also about merry-go-rounds.)

    13 min

  6. 10/01/2020

    Is this election the beginning of the end of a bad time, or the end of the beginning of a horrible time?

    What's happening here is a 21st century crossroads, and I've got a feeling the whole century's riding on it.

    9 min

  7. 09/30/2020

    An Artifact Of This Christian's Faith

    A poem entitled "The Leader of the Synagogue." The hell of it is: now, when the miracle is facing you, You cannot accept it.

    13 min

  8. 09/23/2020

    What's Up With You White Trump-Supporting Evangelical Christians?

    When I consider Christianity and I consider Donald J. Trump, I end up wondering about  his Christians: Who is this God you believe in?

    10 min

  9. 09/18/2020

    How Can We Take Responsibility For What We Know?

    While more or less a thousand of us a day die because of Trumpian incompetence and many thousands believe any nonsense to justify their complicity in Trumpian catastrophes . . . while climate change scorches and floods us, the Weeping of that . . . but coming as far as we can with a recognition of The Weeping, we’re faced with a question, as we always are when we’ve come far enough: How do I take responsibility for what I know?

    26 min

  10. 09/10/2020

    What Do You Do When You Hear The Weeping

    With distress piled upon distress as 2020, like a rising flood, rushes on toward a presidential election, there is one faction-less element that unites this historical moment: The Weeping.

    13 min

  11. 08/30/2020

    What Does A Dark Age Demand Of A Good Person

    "What can we do?" is a question that the young ask with an urgency that their elders find increasingly disturbing.  It's a question that they have every right to ask.

    12 min
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American essayist, cultural critic, novelist and screenwriter, Michael Ventura offers commentary in this moment of history before the 2020 election.

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  • Creator
    Michael Ventura
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Michael Ventura
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