36 episodes
The Book on Fire Podcast The Book on Fire
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4.9 • 82 Ratings
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Discussion of books and ideas for our tangled times. Read along with us or just listen in.
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Monumental Legacies (w/ special guests)
We are joined by two of our good friends, who deliver a nuanced Indigenous response to The Dawn of Everything, centering on Chapter 11's treatment of Mississippian culture. They also share about an indigenous earthwork that they have recently helped to construct in the city of Bulbancha (a.k.a. New Orleans, Louisiana).
Links to further reading, courtesy of our guests:
The Great Power of Small Nations by Elizabeth Ellis
[Ellis podcast interview]
The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere by Paulette F.C. Steeves
[Steeves podcast interview]
Gods of Thunder - Timothy R. Pauketat
[Pauketat podcast interviews here and here]
ArchaeoEd: A podcast about ancient civilizations of the Americas
A Sacred Path: The Way of the Muscogee Creeks
Stolen Anarchy: Playing Indian & The Roots of Collectivism | TwinRabbit
Plains Sign & the Myth of Indigenous Illiteracy | TwinRabbit
Deciphering Cherokee ritual imagery deep in the caves of the American South
nanihbvlbancha.net
IG: @nanihbvlbancha
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Featured music: "Stars Sewn Into Our Skies" by Big Blood, Selections from "Disaster Prone" mixtape by Deejay Karo.
Cover photo by Joe Darensbourg.
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Full Circle :: The Dawn of Everything, Chapter 11
In the last full chapter of the book, the Davids return to Turtle Island to argue against the inevitability of domination and to give historical context for the indigenous critique of European society.
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Featured music: "Stars Sewn Into Our Skies" by Big Blood.
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Why the State Has No Origin, Part 2 :: The Dawn of Everything, Chapter 10
Hungry ancestors, play kings, and copious cosmetics. The conclusion of our discussion of Chapter 10.
Mentioned:
One River book by Wade Davis
The King Must Die book by Mary Renault
Cover image from a fresco at Knossos, on the island of Crete.
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Featured music: "Stars Sewn Into Our Skies" and "Blind Owl I" by Big Blood.
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Why the State Has No Origin, Part 1 :: The Dawn of Everything, Chapter 10
Regarding history, teleology and the state, and the three elementary forms of power. Our discussion of the first half of Chapter 10.
Cover image from a detail of the Raimondi Stele from Chavín de Huántar, Peru.
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Featured music: "Stars Sewn Into Our Skies" by Big Blood. "That Glow in the Morning" by Sarah Louise.
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Hiding in Plain Sight :: The Dawn of Everything, Chapter 9
We finish discussing Chapter 8 and move on to Chapter 9. More early cities, and a type of democracy uncovered in Spanish chronicles of Mesoamerica.
Mentioned:
Henry Corbin, French scholar of Islamic philosophy, and his book Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi
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Featured music: "Stars Sewn Into Our Skies" by Big Blood. "R Mountain" by Sarah Louise.
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Imaginary Cities :: The Dawn of Everything, Chapter 8
Cities emerge around the world. What are they like? We return to discuss Chapter 8 of our book.
Mentioned:
Mountain Gardens website, instagram
Fight Like an Animal podcast
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Featured music: "Stars Sewn Into Our Skies" by Big Blood. "Jewel of the Blue Ridge" by Sarah Louise.
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Customer Reviews
for the non college educated book nerds
It feels like a gift to be taken through these texts that can be super dense, but contain ideas that should be accessible to everyone for our collective liberation. It is a real act of generosity to share these thoughtful conversations.
Occasional mansplaining
I love the form of the podcast. Its like having your own personal book club that really gets into the nitty gritty of the text. But kinda regularly the guy takes over the conversation and occasionally re-explains something his cohost just said. It can veer into the leftist mansplain tone, so I take breaks. It seems better in the new season, or maybe it feels less annoying because Dawn isn't an explicitly feminist text.
Crucial
This is a crucial podcast for our times. Really happy to have found this to supplement my reading of caliban and the witch, I’ve gotten so much more out of it than attempting on my own and I’m looking forward to visiting prior seasons.