90 episodes

Subverting subversiveness through pretentious and ironic cultural commentary that gives precedence to aesthetics and ontology over ethics and politics. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stephen-adubato/support

Cracks in Postmodernity cracksinpomo

    • Society & Culture

Subverting subversiveness through pretentious and ironic cultural commentary that gives precedence to aesthetics and ontology over ethics and politics. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stephen-adubato/support

    Club Med

    Club Med

    Stella Tsantekidou joins the pod to discuss the future of feminism, #MeToo, the self-seriousness of the media, and Mediterranean vs. Anglo-American cultural differences.

    Read Stella's Substack
    https://humancarbohydrate.substack.com/


    and follow her in IG and X
    https://www.instagram.com/tsanteka/

    https://twitter.com/Stsantek


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    • 54 min
    Bummed Out in the 'Burbs

    Bummed Out in the 'Burbs

    Benjamin Herold joins the pod to discuss his latest book Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs.



    pick up a copy https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670914/disillusioned-by-benjamin-herold/




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    • 34 min
    Brennan's Return

    Brennan's Return

    Brennan Vickery returns to the pod to discuss some of his latest Cracks in PoMo articles on Mo'Nique, Matt Rife, the gays and Satan, the state of R&B, and life in Brooklyn.

    Read Brennan's articles on the Substack https://substack.com/@brennanvickery?utm_source=about-page

    Follow Brennan on IG https://www.instagram.com/brennanvickery/

    and listen to The Iffy pod https://open.spotify.com/show/2zyOSB4EB0CGolYTQec2tf


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    • 1 hr 1 min
    A beautiful day in the (old) neighborhood

    A beautiful day in the (old) neighborhood

    Journalist Ray Suarez joins the pod to discuss immigration, ethnic identity, assimilation, old neighborhoods, and his new book We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century-An Oral History.

    Read an excerpt of the book on the Cracks in PoMo Substack

    and order a copy of the book https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ray-suarez/we-are-home/9781668624692/?lens=little-brown



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    • 41 min
    Playing the Victim

    Playing the Victim

    Andrew Boryga joins me at Black Forest in Downtown Brooklyn to discuss his debut novel Victim.



    Follow Andrew @borywrites and purchase a copy of Victim https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725334/victim-by-andrew-boryga/

    And read Stephen's review of Victim in The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/playing-the-victim/



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    • 51 min
    Shattering the duopoly

    Shattering the duopoly

    Edwin DeJesus joins the pod to discuss local politics, building neighborhoods with deep roots, third party votes, and why he think Dr. Cornel West's campaign has the capacity to unite the left, right, and everyone in between.



    Check out:
    Brennan's Cracks in PoMo piece on West:
    https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/the-lesser-of-what-evil
    Stephen's Newsweek piece on West and conservative voters: https://www.newsweek.com/conservative-case-cornel-west-opinion-1843557
    and the West campaign website: https://www.cornelwest2024.com/



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    **NB: While Cracks in PoMo is not in the business of endorsing candidates, we value giving visibility to politicians whose principles "crack" through cultural divides and offer something fresh to the discourse. Check out out other interviews with third party candidates like Peter Sonski.




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    • 46 min

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