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Y2K futurism is an aesthetic that emerged in the late â90s and early-2000s that consists of the color silver, consumer electronics, large sunglasses, and "blobjects." Its depictions of what the future could look like in the 2000s were utopian and optimistic, simultaneously celebrating the new millennium and the early internet. On this weekâs episode Joseph and Nathan start by listing the key elements of Y2K Futurism before detailing the various ways the aesthetic materialized in the physical world, from Capri Sun ads to airport lounges. Amongst other things they discuss how the video game Space Channel 5 took the aesthetic in a campy and extraterrestrial direction, how the availability of CAD software in the design world led to popularity of blobjects, and how the artwork of Mariko Mori incorporated an impressive number of elements from the esthetic.
Links:Y2K futurism Pinterest board: https://pin.it/6KzgiZwZ3 Nathanâs Y2K Too Unlimited shirt postTerrell Davis Changed Digital Art Forever by Claudia CostaThe Untold Story of the Most Bonkers Sunglasses in Olympic History by Mahalia ChangGroove Is In The Heart by Deee LiteBreathe U In by Sipper & AdorePlaystation 2 condom adThe Cyberfrontier and America at the Turn of the 21st Century by Jeffrey R. CooperThe Y2K aesthetic: who knew the look of the year 2000 would endure? By Leigh AlexanderMiko No Inori by Mariko Mori
Artwork:Focus Dailies CM (1999)
Recorded on 1/5/2025
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Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration
This week Joseph and Nathan are joined by local architecture influencer Steve (otherwise known as Marquisdefacade) to discuss historic preservation. They begin by weighing the pros and cons of historic preservation before detailing how the historic preservation movement in Chicago succeeded (or failed) to preserve the neighborhoods of Old Town, Bronzeville, and Logan Square. Amongst other things they discuss how Logan Square Preservation uses âpreservationâ to advance their NIMBY agenda in Logan Square, how Joberâs Canyon in Omaha, NE got demolished despite being listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and how 9 highrises and skyscrapers in Chicago could potentially become the Early Chicago Skyscrapers UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Links:
Marquisdefacadeâs Instagram
The Marquisdefacade Podcast
Historic Preservation - Treating the Symptom Instead of the Cause by Andrew Price
Housing experts say there just aren't enough homes in the U.S. by By Mary Louise Kelly
Glasner Studio Virtual Tour
The Architectural Record - 1907 (the article contrasting NYC and Chicago apartment buildings)
Proposed Tower In Old Town Gets More Brick, Warmer Colors, But Traffic Concerns Persist by Jake Wittich
Losing Track by J. W. Mason
WIN: Logan Square Preservation Raises Funds to Restore Churchâs Stained Glass
Andy Schneider, President Of Logan Square Preservation, Running For 1st Ward Alderperson by Mina Bloom
Plan To Preserve Building Character On Milwaukee Avenue In Logan Square, Avondale Moves Forward by Ariel Parrella-Aureli
Historic structures are set to be demolished at Wells/Superior by Lukas Kugler
Artwork:
Photo provided by Marquisdefacade
Recorded on 12/29/2024
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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New religious movements are religions that are peripheral to a society's dominant religious culture, the earliest and most enduring example being Mormonism (which began in 1830). The majority of practitioners in new religious movements are recent converts and NRMs often get labeled the pejorative term âcult.â On this weekâs episode of Silent Generation the boys explore how NRMs emerged in response to the problems of modernity by examining Mormonism, The BahĂĄÊŒĂ Faith, The Enthusiastic Sobriety Movement, The Peopleâs Temple Movement, The Rajneesh Movement, Twin Flames Universe, and Love Has Won. Amongst other things they discuss how NRMs appeal to people raised in the suburbs because of the communal living arrangements they offer, how federal interference is often the tipping point that leads to mass casualty events, and how Nathanâs brother once worked for a restaurant operated by an NRM.
Links:
What are New Religious Movements ft. Professor Eileen Barker
Death of a Scientologist by Tori Marlan
Hunter x Hunter Intro
Snowflake, Arizona LDS Temple
The Love Bomb by Daniel Kolitz
Wild Wild Country (2018)
Escaping Twin Flames (2023)
How âTwin Flames Universeâ leader pretends to be Jesus to create an abusive multi-level marketing scheme by Mallory Challis
Cult Info Since 1979 by the The International Cultic Studies Association
Artwork:
The BahĂĄÊŒĂ House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois (1969)
Recorded on 12/25/2024
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This week Joseph and Nathan examine the various aesthetics that have come out of hunting fashion. They begin by discussing how shooting and hunting in the United Kingdom are leisure activities that have historically only been available to the most wealthy, and why British clothing associated with the activity looks more formal and more conspicuous than its American counterpart (such as red fox hunting coats). The boys then go into a deep dive of how hunting camouflage developed out of military camouflage before detailing why it's worn so often by everyday people in the United States. Amongst other things they discuss how buffalo skins worn by Native Americans during buffalo jumps are an early example of camouflage, how the Harris/ Walz campaign released a camo campaign hat in response to Chappel Roanâs Midwest Princess tour camo hat, how high-visibility blaze orange is more liberal-coded than hunting camo, and how deer arenât able to see high-visibility blaze orange because they are red-green colorblind.
Links:
Hunting fashion Pinterest board: https://pin.it/60F92bfWP Ep. 37: Male Desire w/ Charles Livingston [UNLOCKED]The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions by Thorstein VeblenGentlemanly Pursuits: Hunting & Shooting Attire by J. A. ShapiraDressed to Kill: A History of British Sporting Fashion by Kim CadyWhat to Wear Game Shooting by Alan PaineThe Density Divide and the Southernification of Rural America by Will Wilkinson Tim Walz Struggles With Shotgun At Pheasant Hunt, Gets Mocked Elusive deer spotted wearing high-vis jacket in Canada: âWho is responsible?â by Leland Cecco Blaze Orange Regulations for Every State by Teri Williams Can Deer See Blaze Orange? by Lindsay Thomas Jr.
Artwork:Origin unknown
Recorded on 12/22/2024
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Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration
Futurism was an Italian art movement focused on speed, technology, and violence that began in 1909 after Filippo Tommaso Marinetti published the Manifesto of Futurism. Italian Futurists thought that their nascently-industrialized country was developing at a slow pace due to the weight of Italyâs past and they wanted to break free; artists like Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, Luigi Russolo, and Tullio Crali depicted âfuturisticâ subjects like cars, trains, and airplanes in dynamic ways that challenged existing cultural conventions. On this weekâs episode of Silent Generation Nathan and Joseph analyze Futurism using an urbanist lens. Amongst other things they discuss the problematic link between Futurism and Fascism in post-WW1 Italy, the Cubo-Futurist style of the short lived Russian Futurist movement, the absurdity of Futurist food, and the beauty of Tullio Craliâs Aeropittura paintings of airplanes and aerial landscapes.
Links:
Futurism Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/silentgeneration/futurism/
Manifesto of Futurism by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Scene of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's accident, 15 October 1908
Screenshot from Italian Futurism: Speed, dynamism, and the fight at La Fenice
Manifesto of Futurist Woman by Valentine de Saint-Point
Italian Futurism, 1909â1944: Reconstructing the Universe
Boccioni Recreated
Recreating Boccioni's striding sculptures from 1913
How Italian Futurism Influenced the Rise of Fascism by Jad Dahsan
When Futurism Led to Fascismâand Why It Could Happen Again
What Is Russian Futurism? by Anastasiia S. Kirpalov
Kseniya Boguslavskaya
https://www.tulliocrali.com/en/
Crali and Aeropainting (Tullio Crali: A Futurist Life)
Lingotto factory in Turin
Modernist Architecture in Eritrea
Artwork:
Before the Parachute Opens (Prima che si apra il paracadute), 1939 by Tullio Crali
Recorded on 12/9/2024
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How is modern masculinity different from classical masculinity? This week the boys are joined by local menswear influencer Gent Z to discuss how men in the modern era intentionally refine their masculinity through self improvement. Amongst other things they discuss what the end goal of self-improvement should be, what male role models they personally look up to, and what they think about the idea that there is a âcrisis of masculinity.â
Links:
How to Build New Habits by Taking Advantage of Old Ones by James Clear
Artwork:
Paul Newman photographed by Stewart Stern, 1973
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McBling is a mid-2000s aesthetic characterized by tacky displays of wealth, celebrity culture, fake tans, and bleach blonde hair. According to Vogue magazine it emerged in â2003, following the American invasion of Iraq, and ended with the onset of the Great Recession in 2008.â McBling arose organically in popular culture and was only later identified as an aesthetic by the Consumer Aesthetic Research Institute, and this is the first Silent Generation episode to cover an aesthetic identified by their organization. Amongst other things on this weekâs episode, the boys discuss how the term McBling first came out of a poll in a âpost-Y2Kâ Facebook group, how Gen Zâs interpretation of McBling favors Von Dutch too heavily, how the mid-2000s reality TV show Bad Girls Club captured the McBling zeitgeist, and how TikTok accounts like Bronzedupbrat are making McBling reach record popularity in 2024.
Links:
McBling Pinterest board
The Consumer Aesthetic Research Institute
McBling CARI description
The original McBling Facebook Group
Evan Collinsâ McBling âjokeâ post
Brittney Spearsâ half Y2k/ half McBling outfit
The second poll in the McBling Facebook group
What Is McBling and How Is it Different From Y2K? by Abrigail Williams
McBling on Google Trends
The Antisemitic History of Early 2000s Fashion Brand Von Dutch by Sam Miller
Paris Hilton changing her voice to sound more feminine
Paris Hiltonâs âstop being poorâ meme
Bad Girls Club Tanisha slamming pots and pans in season 2
Bad Girls Club Judi Jai breakfast cereal fight in season 7
The Y2K Attitude Era - A Cultural Middle Finger
How do you stay so authentically 2000s? by Bronzedupbrat
4Chan mannerisms displayed by Boxxy
The McBling Subreddit
Trashy McBling Spotify playlist
NGSUNC by Ayesha Erotica
Do I Look Like a Slut by Avenue D
OlderBrotherCore Tiktok
McMansion Hell
Artwork:
Paris Hilton
Recorded on 11/17/2024
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Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration
This week Joseph and Nathan are joined by Breanna, a Silent Generation listener who works as a software engineer for a major online dating company, to discuss online dating. They detail the early history of online dating (such as how the first person to develop a computer based dating service was a working class British woman named Joan Ball) before sharing their experiences with online dating websites and apps such as Match.com, Hinge, Tinder, Okcupid, and The League. Amongst other things they discuss how dating apps replaced ELO algorithms with Gale-Shapley algorithms, how a recent study found that NYC was the worst major US city for dating, and how Chicago attracts âcoastal dating app refugeesâ who seek an easier dating market.
Links:How heterosexual couples met graphThe Mother of All Swipes by Mar HicksWhitney Wolfe, founder of dating app Bumble, has had quite the year. She just canât discuss parts of it by Todd C. Frankel Hingeâs newest feature claims to use machine learning to find your best match by Ashley CarmanTowards a statistical physics of dating apps by Fabrizio OlmedaThe Uncanny Swipe Drive: The Return of a Racist Mode of Algorithmic Thought on Dating Apps by Greggory NarrNot My Type: Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating by Apryl Williams and Kendra AlbertRace and Attraction, 2009 â 2014 from Oktrends NYC is the âworstâ US city for dating by Asia GraceRiver Page Grindr TweetHot Gays, Body Image, & Comparison by Hellvetika What is the dating culture in Chicago like? Reddit postAsian gay immigrant looking to relocate to Chicago from LA? Reddit post
Artwork:First boot in 17 years, all on 90âs equipment
Recorded on 11/10/2024
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PokĂ©mon is the highest grossest media franchise of all time, but has it declined in quality? On this weekâs episode Joseph and Nathan use Pokemon as a case study to talk about gamer culture, nostalgia, and fandoms more broadly. After breaking down the history of PokĂ©mon into three booms and one bust, the boys detail what they like about the franchise (Ken Sugimoriâs artwork, HM moves, and their favorite PokĂ©mon) and the things they dislike about it (competitive PokĂ©mon play, shiny hunting, and legendary PokĂ©mon). Amongst other things they discuss how Poliwhirl almost became the main mascot for the PokĂ©mon franchise, how PokĂ©mon became uncool in the mid-2000s, how the designs of PokĂ©mon became rounder and cuter over time, and how a terabyte of information stolen from Game Freakâs servers (dubbed âthe teraleakâ) recently leaked to the public.
Links: PokĂ©mon â from bugs to blockbuster by Simon ParkinPoliwhirl: The Mascot You Never KnewPokĂ©mon Trainer Norm MacDonaldâPokĂ©monâ on Google TrendsPokĂ©mon Go - Vaporeon stampede Central Park, NYCTarget PokĂ©mon card scalper stampede videoKen Sugimoriâs artwork for the original 151 PokĂ©monOh Wow, The Best PokĂ©mon Card Art All Comes From The Same Person by John WalkerHow PokĂ©mon's Art Style & Design Has 'Evolved'Generic PokĂ©mon Design by Generation What Would Gen 8 PokĂ©mon Look Like in Gen 1? (Part 2)The Evolution of PokĂ©mon DesignPokemon Gold & Silver beta PokĂ©monGorochuâs back spriteProject Bauer/ Pokemon Movie 24Palworld vs. PokĂ©mon Comparison: Just How Similar Are the Designs? by Joshua YehlPokemon Sword and Shield Controversy and 'Dexit', Explained by Casey DeFreitas & Matt KimTaechichuâs YoutubeRegi NoisesVictreebel Scream
Artwork:Charizard Pokémon Carddass artwork by Ken Sugimori
Recorded on 11/3/2024
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Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration
Why did Joseph go to Copenhagen last week? Did he bike around a lot? How many hot dogs did he eat? How was Malmo, Sweden? These are some of the important questions Nathan asked Joseph on this weekâs episode.
Artwork:Street photo Copenhagen ... Summer and sun by Ivan NaurholmAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Recorded on 10/27/2024
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Hyperpop is a music genre that is noted for its hyperfeminine, artificial, and childlike sound. The term âhyperpopâ came into popular use after Spotify staff created a hyperpop playlist in 2019. The music the term described emerged much earlier however, with the earliest examples coming out of the renowned UK record label PC Music starting in 2013. This week Nathan is joined by his friend E to delineate the three main subgenres of hyperpop: future pop, internet pop and digicore. They discuss music by Danny L Harle, A. G. Cook, Hannah Diamond, QT, SOPHIE, Charli XCX, 100 Gecs, Alice Gas, Food House, and others. Amongst other things they discuss how how they first came to find PC Music, how digicore is NEET music, and how both Hannah Diamond and Dis Magazine used âsuperrealâ aesthetics.
Links:Nathan and Eâs Hyperpop Spotify PlaylistGFOTY vs. LITTLE MIX - The InterviewPC Musicâs GFOTY criticised after calling Toumani & Sidiki DiabatĂ© âBombay Bicycle Club blacked upâWhy did GFOTY leave PC Music? Reddit postTHE 3 PILLARS OF HYPERPOP Reddit postTwo Bloods Called by Iâm so Popularhttps://studio.hannahdiamond.com/MEATâs AW12 I LUV U campaignMEATâs AW13 Believe campaignUr Not a Baller by Serious ThugsAlis Pelleschiâs InstagramHey QT - The Story of a Popstar Who Never ExistedBaby Bubbles by QTHood By Air AW 2014 runway showVroom vroom vineHyperpop: How Charli XCX Created a New Genre100 Gecs opening for Deftones video404 Error, Genre Not Found: The Life Cycle of Internet Scenes by Sophie Walker Alice Gas, Alice Glass, 100 gecs Drama Explained Reddit post Dis Magazine/ PC Music collaborations
Artwork:Artwork for Pink and Blue by Hannah Diamond
Recorded on 10/27/2024
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Kevin Heckart is a Kansas City based artist who created the artwork behind seapunkâs original aesthetic. This special episode coincides with both the one year anniversary of Silent Generation and the relaunch of the seapunk clothing line Mainframe, which features many of Heckartâs designs. The first half of episode is an interview with Heckart that serves as a spiritual threequel to Silent Generationâs prior two seapunk episodes while the later half is a broader conversation about net art and net artists such as Brad Troemel, Hito Steyerl, Laturbo Avendon, and Lorna Mills. Amongst other things they discuss how Heckart has gone viral on Tiktok for hacking animatronic fish and furby toys, how Nathan and Brad Troemel did the same undergrad program, how Hito Steyerl incorporated real life biographies into Factory of the Sun, and how Skibbidy Toilet shows how thoroughly post-internet aesthetics have permeated popular culture.
Links:
mainframehq.net
Mainframeâs Instagram
Kevin Heckartâs Instagram
Kevin Heckartâs Tiktok
I hacked a singing fish. - Kevin Heckart
âand yet a trace of the true self exists in the false selfâ meme
HIS BRAIN? NO. HIS HEART Brad Troemel meme
The Post-internet Culture Report by Brad Troemel
Untitled, 2016 by Laura Owens
Trojan Horses: Activist Art and Power by Lucy R. Lippard
Color(ed) Theory Series by Amanda Williams
Rhizomeâs Net Art Anthology
My Boyfriend Came Back from the War by Olia Lialina
Madison Beer #NoFilter by Dis Magazine
I was Raised on the Internet exhibition at the MCA
Transdimensional Serpent by Jon Rafman
The Jogging Tumblr blog
Army of Ants by Brad Troemel
Giant Arthropods Eating Doritos early meme
Liquidity Inc. by Hito Steyerl screenshot
Factory of the Sun by Hito Steyerl
takeSomeCrime Youtube channel
In Defense of the Poor Image by Hito Steyerl
In Defense of the Poor Image-esque Instagram post
GIFS by Lorna Mills
Repetition Mindset: Artists as Snowflakes by Brad Troemel
Artwork:
Provided by Kevin Heckart
Recorded on 10/16/2024
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Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration
For this weekâs episode Joseph and Nathan watched Francis Coppolaâs latest (and likely final) film, Megalopolis. The film draws parallels between Ancient Rome and modern day New York City and has been met with widespread confusion. The boys discuss the film in the first half of the episode, detailing the performance of several actors (notably Aubrey Plazaâs role as the brilliantly named Wow Platinum) and the film's various references to Ancient Rome. In the second half of the episode the boys discuss megalopolises more broadly, including ones in real life (the Northeast Megalopolis, the European Megalopolis, Japan's Taiheiyo Belt, and Chinaâs various megalopolises) and fictional examples (the megalopolis depicted in the 1927 film Metropolis, Mega-City One in Judge Dredd, and Coruscant in Star Wars).
Links:
Martin Scorsese Had a Cinema Epiphany âToo Lateâ
Megalopolis Plot meme
Megalopolis Movie Clip - Cesar is Mine (Wow Platinum elevator scene)
Nymphet Alumniâs Ep. 90: The Baby Name Game with Sophie Kim
Francis Ford Coppola Didnât Want âMegalopolisâ To Be âSome Woke Hollywood Production,â Casting âCanceledâ Actors from Deadline
Tell Your Children by Alex Berensen
Megalopolis: The Urbanized Northeastern Seaboard of the United States by Jean Gottman
What if the cities of Jersey City, Elizabeth, Union, Newark, Hoboken, and others became one larger city like NYC? Reddit post
Why is there no major city here? (Boroughitis) by Urban Jersey Guy
The location of Gotham city
Cars.destroyed.our.cities Hartford, Connecticut post
Blue Java Banana Review by Weird Explorer
Artwork:
From Megalopolis' Interactive Scene Explained: What Happens In It
Recorded on 10/6/2024
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What is Chautauqua? Chautauqua began in 1874 in Chautauqua, New York as a Summer camp that trained laymen to be Sunday school teachers. President Ulyses S Grant visited the assembly shortly after its founding in 1875, which gave Chautauqua widespread attention and engendered a national movement; the original Chautauqua (now known in the modern day as the Chautauqua Institution) gave rise to hundreds of âdaughterâ Chautauquas. They offered week long or month long retreats to religiously minded vacationers who wanted to enjoy nature but also wanted to stay productive by watching edifying sermons, lectures, historical impersonations, and concerts.
On this weekâs episode the boys discuss how the popular Chautauqua speech Acres of Diamonds resembles the 21st century self help book The Secret, how Chautauqua acts differed from vaudeville acts, and how a specific type of historical impersonation popular in circuit Chautauquas became synonymous with Chautauqua in the modern day. This is the third and final installment of a three part series that explores interconnected topics that deal with American culture and the outdoors.
Links:
The Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua: An American Narrative (2011)
The History of the Chautauqua Movement
Acres of Diamonds by Russell Conwell
Bohumir Kryl
The height of assassins versus that of their targets Reddit post
Artwork:
Participants of a Circuit Chautauqua at Gurdon (Clark County); circa 1919.
Recorded on 9/22/2024
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In a more anecdotal direction, this weekâs episode is on American Summer camps. The boys detail how camping was first developed in 1861 by Frederick Gunn before discussing their own experiences as campers and counselors at American Summer camps. Amongst other things they discuss how modern Summer camps have felt the need to hyperspecialize and give parents an ROI, how Summer camp aesthetics are 1970âs by default, how Summer camps were depicted as WASPy in Addams Family Values, and how Summer camps were depicted as somewhat utopian in the 1964 Soviet film Welcome, or No Trespassing. This is the second installment of a three part series that explores interconnected topics that deal with American culture and the outdoors.
Links:
The Not So Happy Campers by Mimi Swartz
About our Founder - The Frederick Gunn School
Summer Camp Capitalism
The History of American Jewish Summer Camps
I can tell from her tweets that she had to go live with grandma for a lil bit meme
Wednesdayâs revolt from The Addams Family Values
Long accused of Indigenous misappropriation, Boy Scouts ask if itâs time to change
Welcome, or No Trespassing (1964)
Artwork:
Photograph by Andy Sweet
Recorded on 9/15/2023
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Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration
Scouting is a grassroots, child-led movement that began in the early 1900âs after children discovered Robert Baden-Powellâs written accounts of his time working as a scout for the British Army. After learning of childrenâs interest in his work, Baden-Powell conducted an experimental scout camp at Brownsea Island in 1907 and subsequently published his seminal work Scouting for Boys in 1908. Dozens and hundreds of official scouting organizations followed, most of which still exist today.
On this weekâs episode the boys detail the history of various figures and organizations in the scouting movement. Amongst other things they discuss how arbitrary it was that the scouting movement was inspired by scouting, how scout badges and scouting uniforms create an archive of peopleâs childhoods, how Cub Scouts truthfully donât create their own pinewood derby cars, and how the TTI industry and wilderness therapy are âdark scouting.â This is the first installment of a three part series that explores interconnected topics that deal with American culture and the outdoors.
Links:
Scouting for Boys by Robert Baden-Powell
The Zoomer Question by Isaac Wilkes
Remembering the Wandervogel by John Savage & Johnny Ryan
David Hahn, The âRadioactive Boy Scoutâ Who Tried To Build A Nuclear Reactor In His Backyard
Joseph as a Cub Scout
Nanook of the North (1922)
Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of The Boy Scouts of America (2023)
Artwork:
Scouts with canoe - National Parks Gallery
Creative Commons CC0 License
Recorded on 9/9/2024
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Why was Nathan in Rio de Janeiro last week? Why was he there in 2018? What did he do there? What new fruits did he try? These are some of the important questions Joseph asked Nathan on this weekâs episode.
Links:
Brazil with a Z vs Brasil with an S - example 1
Brazil with a Z vs Brasil with an S - example 2
Artwork:
Picture of Rio de Janeiro taken by Nathan from PĂŁo de AçĂșcar
Recorded on 9/2/2024
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How did the spy-fi literary and cinematic genre come to be? This week Joseph and Nathan chronicle how detective fiction authors took inspiration from sensational espionage cases such as The Dreyfus Affair and The Rosenberg Trial to imagine what the front lines of The Cold War might look like. The boys cover ârealisticâ spy movies such as James Bondâs Dr. No, Three Days of the Condor, and The Bourne Trilogy before going into fantastical depictions of spies in Childrenâs media like The Spy Kids, Kim Possible, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Amongst other things they discuss the difference between state and industrial espionage, Austriaâs constitutionally mandated status of neutrality, and Edward Snowdenâs modeling portfolio.
Links:Nathanâs InstagramWas the Rosenberg trial Americaâs Dreyfus AffairThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness OrczyThe Thirty-Nine Steps by Charles BuchanEp. 53: Bond Girl Summer by Nymphet AlumniPhotos from young Edward Snowdenâs brief modeling careerTrying to Make Sense of Hannah Diamond and Post-Ringtone Music by VICEThe Real Life Spy Behind Charlie And The Chocolate FactoryChildren of undercover Russian spy couple only learned their nationality on flight to MoscowExclusive: Suspected Chinese spy targeted California politicians
Artwork:Sean Connery playing James Bond in From Russia With Love
Recorded on 8/16/2024
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Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration
This week the boys are joined by local filmmaker Charles Livingston to discuss male desire. They begin by first discussing straight male desire (the derision of the male gaze, male jealousy and possessiveness, and gender performance) before going into a deep exploration of Nathanâs thesis that yearning is the most universal and inexorable difficulty experienced by gay men. Amongst other things they discuss how the Ancient Romans conflated sexual conquest with imperial conquest, how Cleopatra in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra weaponized mensâ desire, and how straight men and gay men seem to equally match each other in terms of desire.
Links:
Charles Livingstonâs Instagram
Wings by Charles Livingston
Oscars 2018: Facts and figures about the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Orange County Register
The VICE Guide to Being Gay
Armond and Mark scene from the White Lotus
Artwork: Germanic Warrior with Helmet, Osmar Schindler, 1902
Recorded on 8/11/2024
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On this weekâs (sans Joseph) episode of Silent Generation, Nathan is joined by his friend Kamara to discuss antiques. They talk about how they first got into antiques, the best antiques that they own, and the defining characteristics of several antique furniture styles (Victorian, Arts & Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Mid-century Modern). Amongst other things they discuss how Victorian antiques and houses are construed as being haunted, how antiques seem to be most popular in rural areas, and how the antiques industry acts as a point of intergenerational exchange between different generations of gay men.
Links:
Antiques Pinterest Board (Nathanâs antiques are at the bottom)
A Lamp & Fixture Corp
Tighlman Chicago
Justanswer Antiques
The Blue Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang
Campbell House Museum
The Slav Epic by Alphonse Mucha
THREATENED: Hector Guimardâs Art Nouveau Metra Entrance
Restor-A-Finish Youtube demo
The Roger Brown Study Collection
Artwork:
Art Deco Cubist Armchair in Vermilion Mohair Velvet and Maple, Belgium, 1920s
Recorded on 8/4/2024
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