21st Century Schizoid Podcast

Friend of the show Andrew Stamper joined me to take a look at Robert Altman's 1992 film, The Player. As always we take a look at the acting, cinematography, writing, and more. Links: Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/podcastcocoopercherry Famous long take https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAdhODqCTVo Robert Altman on Charlie Rose Discussing The Player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGZGilleCM8 IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105151/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Nick of the Proletarian Contrarian podcast joined me this week to discuss Errico Malatesta's Anarchy. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podcastcocoopercherry Show Notes and Links https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-anarchy https://twitter.com/stellarboor https://soundcloud.com/prolecon https://twitter.com/ProletarianC

Zai Sadler hails from Ausin, Texas. Zai is an artist and writing working across a number of different media, including but not limited to poetry, rapping, and photography. We sat down to discuss what it's like to be a context creator, rhyming, and more. Zai was also kind enough to perform one of her poems, which is the highlight of the episode. Zai's Links: https://soundcloud.com/zai-marzai-sadler Twitter: @Zaisawriter_ IG: @zaisawriter_ https://www.youtube.com/user/5jRollA8 My Links: https://www.patreon.com/podcastcocoopercherry Twitter: @Podcastcocooper and @anarchomuaddab IG: podcast_co_cooper_cherry

Tarik Daniels is an activist, actor, community organizer, and writer here in Austin, Texas. Tarik serves as executive director of WHATSINTHEMIRROR, a non-profit and social movement that provides mental health and suicide prevention through advocacy and art. We did something a little different with this episode and just captured a completely off the cuff discussion about what radical politics are. Tarik posed this question to me and the discussion was going so well, I just started recording. Visit https://mistertelltales.com/ for more information on the work Tarik is doing as well as https://whatsinthemirror.org/. Social Media Feeds: https://www.instagram.com/mistertelltales/?hl=en https://twitter.com/tarikddaniels?lang=en

Todd, aka @argumentwinner, a co-host of the leftist pod Beep Beep Lettuce joined me to do a reading series this week. We talked about David Oscar Markus's #MeToo has lost its way: In defense of Joe Biden from The Hill, and Neil Clark's Pete Seeger’s Conservative Socialism in The American Conservative. Article Links: https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/436862-metoo-has-lost-its-way-in-defense-of-joe-biden https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/pete-seegers-conservative-socialism/ Links: @argumentwinner https://twitter.com/argumentwinner?lang=en https://soundcloud.com/beepbeepleaf https://soundcloud.com/suedejesus https://twitter.com/beepbeepleaf

Chris and Dave from the leftist podcast Mandatory OT joined me to discuss their paths to the left, organizing and stopping the horny left. They host the official podcast of the West Virginia IWW, and are both excellent comrades. Twitter: @MandatoryOT https://twitter.com/MandatoryOt Listen and Subscribe to Mandatory OT: https://soundcloud.com/mandatoryotpod https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/tangerine-podchat https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mandatory-ot/id1414580136?mt=2

Paul, aka @rules_follower joined me to discuss his run-in with Alex Jones, organizing, and the history of socialism in Europe. Actual video of the Incident at Lucy's Chicken: https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/b4sn40/alex_jones_cant_handle_ridicule_in_public_and/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

Simon Obirek is a YouTuber specializing in videos about continental philosophy. Simon resides in Denmark, and we were introduced to one another via Twitter. He was kind enough to join me for a high-level discussion on Jacque Lacan's theory of desire. Links: https://www.youtube.com/simonobirek https://twitter.com/simonobirek?lang=en https://www.patreon.com/simonobirek https://www.instagram.com/obirek_/ https://www.instagram.com/subversivetheory/

Sarah returned to the show for the 3rd time to discuss the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates and listen to me rant about what socialism really is. Links: https://medium.com/@sarahhnugent https://www.politicolor.com/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/on-way-to-white-house-maybe-julian-castro-will-explain-his-dallas-desegration-decision-11417163 https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1104405705795256320?s=11

King is a DJ, MC, promoter, and creator that I grew up with in small-town Texas. He's also the founder of Texas Raves Magazine. Links: http://texasravesmagazine.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tranzzissionentertainment/ https://www.instagram.com/tranzzission/ https://soundcloud.com/mrvincentgutierrez

John Zigterman, co-host of the leftist podcast, Beep Beep Lettuce joined me to discuss neoliberal campaign, dunk on Howard Schultz, and talk about shitposting. Links: Beep Beep Lettuce https://soundcloud.com/beepbeepleaf https://beepbeeplettuce.podbean.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beep-beep-lettuce/ https://twitter.com/beepbeepleaf? https://www.facebook.com/beepbeepleaf/ https://www.patreon.com/beepbeeplettuce

Gilbert Rivera joined me to discuss Davos, Howard Schultz, tax advantaged savings accounts, and then some Dune talk towards the end.

Francisco Valdez is a Philosophy graduate student at San Fransisco State University. Frank was kind enough to join me to discuss the broad strokes of phenomenology, applying philosophical ideas to film, and meeting Zizek.

Andrew Stamper and I reconvened to discuss Danny Boyle's 2007 science fiction opus, Sunshine. As always we delve into the acting, cinematography, writing, and themes. Links: Kaneda's Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR69EKvcW-4 Opening Scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxjMuRyPn3Q Mercury https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amh9uQNwWyA Ending Scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBzVPXr8SNY George Carlin - Sun Worship https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=B4diugMg5kQ

John Zigterman, co-host of the leftist podcast, Beep Beep Lettuce joined me to discuss the legendary Ukrainian revolutionary, Nestor Makhno. Links: Beep Beep Lettuce https://soundcloud.com/beepbeepleaf https://beepbeeplettuce.podbean.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beep-beep-lettuce/ https://twitter.com/beepbeepleaf? https://www.facebook.com/beepbeepleaf/ https://www.patreon.com/beepbeeplettuce

Fellow cinephile Andrew Stamper returns to discuss the Christmas adjacent film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang from Shane Black.

Dara Zycherman is an entrepreneur and fellow podcaster located here in Austin. She was kind enough to join me to discuss her time at the US Green Buidling Council as well as creating systems and approaches to decluttering one's life. Links: https://www.darazycherman.com/about/ http://whylessequalsmore.com/ http://whylessequalsmore.com/podcast/ https://new.usgbc.org/

Andrew Stamper returns for a lively discussion on Paul Verhoeven's Robocop. Robocop is an underrated gem and one of the most low-key subversive action films in history. It's subtle critique of neoliberalism is often glossed over due to the gratuitous violence.

Freelance photojournalist, Gary Cooper, joined me this episode to discuss the Ted Cruz vs Beto O'Rourke results, re-cap the mid-terms, and more. Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrgarycooper?lang=en The Republican Party's rightward trend https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/888904322326638592

Andrew Stamper and I continue our Best Films Series. We take a film and discuss the acting, writing, cinematography, et al. In this episode we discuss American Pyscho. I really enjoyed how much theoretical meat there was to chew on. Lacan's Theory of The Gaze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twzj5UdAx88 The Politics of the Gaze: Foucault, Lacan and Žižek http://www.cultureunbound.ep.liu.se/v2/a06/cu10v2a6.pdf Laura Mulvey - Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema https://www.asu.edu/courses/fms504/total-readings/mulvey-visualpleasure.pdf Laura Mulvey - The Male Gaze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru8GDxZqkXs