Weird Catastrophe by Kody Cava
de Kody Cava
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There Was Another World Before This One. I Saw It. I Am Telling You…
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Weird Catastrophe features independent political commentary, interviews, audio essays, poetry, and visual art with a radical perspective. We're choosing to create things during our weird and catastrophic times.
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- There Was Another World Before This One. I Saw It. I Am Telling You It Was Better. · 39 minThe internet was a mistake. It’s not just that online life has been privatized and controlled by powerful, unseen forces. It’s that it’s very structure is antithetical to what is…
- The Purgatory of Working in Live Theatre in America · 21 minFor those who don’t know, prior to the pandemic, I spent my entire working life in the technical side of the live entertainment industry. This was primarily as a lighting…
- Sam Harris and Yuval Noah Harari Are Wrong About Palestine · 45 minThis episode is a response to pro-Israel arguments made by Sam Harris and Yuval Noah Harari in the midst of Israel's ongoing genocide of the Palestinians. Weird Catastrophe by…
- This is Why You Shouldn't Celebrate the Death of Henry Kissinger · 45 minThe case against Henry Kissinger as an indictable war criminal has been amply demonstrated for decades. And yet he died a free, comfortable, and highly lauded man in the West. He…
- George Floyd Had Very Little to Do With the 2020 Uprisings · 16 minThe particular details of any case such as George Floyd's are largely, unfortunately, immaterial to the response such cases provoke in the society at large. A healthy society…
- Examining Aaron Bushnell's Sacrifice · 23 minThis episode of Weird Catastrophe is an examination of Aaron Bushnell’s sacrifice. Our society is not able to comprehend people like Aaron Bushnell and their actions because we…
- The Folly of American Militarism · 34 minWhat hope is there for a society that is hell-bent on perpetuating its insane imperial ventures? The United States, through its powerful propaganda machine and its cruel…
- The American Political System Is Broken · 31 minThere is a deep nihilism in America today. Nihilism is not a kind of mopey cynicism or depression or edgy lifestyle. Nihilism is an ultimate separation between what our values…
- In Memory of the Great American Novelist Russell Banks · 12 minThe novelist Russell Banks, who died recently at the age of 82, made a life out of bearing witness to the forgotten, and of recording memory for the sake of survival itself…
- Dessa Has A New Album Out. Let's Review It. · 27 minDessa, the eternally rising hip-hop artist from Minneapolis, takes a turn for pop with her new album, "Bury The Lede." This is my review of the album, seeing how it compares to…
- Dispatches from Atlanta and the Movement to Stop Cop City · 55 minThe movement to Stop Cop City in Atlanta is gearing up for another mass action to halt construction in the Weelaunee Forest. This episode is an in-depth look at where the…
- Let Me Tell You About Garth Hudson - the Weird Catastrophe Podcast · 19 minThis episode is a deep appreciation of Garth Hudson and his work with The Band as their main keyboardist and horn player. I’m really proud of this piece. I had a lot of fun…
- Israel Had No Gloves to Take Off - the Weird Catastrophe Podcast · 17 minThe latest explosion of violence in Palestine and Israel is yet another in a long line of atrocities in the region. Who authored the violence? So long as the system of apartheid…
- NPR Is Not Your Friend - the Weird Catastrophe Podcast · 2 h 49 minThis is an in-depth look at how the liberal NPR (National Public Radio) serves the dominant structures of neoliberalism and capitalism all while claiming that it is objective…
- The Terror That Goes Around Comes Around - the Weird Catastrophe Podcast · 54 minThe following is a video and audio version of the article, “The Terror That Goes Around Comes Around,” published on October 12th, 2022. You can watch the video on the players…
- The Self-Immolations of Climate Activists Exposes the Need for An American Reckoning - the Weird Catastrophe Podcast · 1 h 56 minThis is an in-depth look at recent political self-immolations carried out by climate activists such as Wynn Bruce and David Buckel and how these immolations are related to…
- What's The Matter With NPR? An Interview With The First Producer of "All Things Considered," Jack Mitchell · 54 minI sat down with Dr. Jack Mitchell, the very first producer of NPR’s flagship news program All Things Considered. Mitchell wrote a book about the history of American Public Radio…
- How Western Media Fuels the War in Ukraine - the Weird Catastrophe Podcast · 1 h 39 minThe following is a video and audio version of the article, “As Western Media Again Becomes A Cheerleader For War, Bias in the Press Mirrors Imperial Ideology,” published on Mar…
- Nancy Pelosi Is Running For Her 19th Term In Congress. Her Challenger, Shahid Buttar, Has Something To Say About That - the Weird Catastrophe Podcast · 27 minThe following is a video and audio version of the article, “Nancy Pelosi Is Running For Her 19th Term In Congress - Her Challenger, Shahid Buttar, Has Something To Say About…
- "The Democratic Party Needs To Be Burned To The Ground" - The Full Interview With Shahid Buttar, Leftwing Candidate Challenging Nancy Pelosi For Her Seat In The House · 1 h 38 minToday, I am releasing an interview that I conducted with congressional candidate, civil rights activist, and constitutional lawyer Shahid Buttar. Buttar is running against Nancy…
