Episode 19: "Walk the Earth"
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Show Notes
**This episode is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Nancy Van Vessem, a professor at FSU's College of Medicine, and Maura Binkley, an FSU English student, murdered by the fascist violence of misogyny & racism. Rest in power, Maura & Nancy.**
This week, Bree and Pearson tackle the classic Tarantino motion picture, Pulp Fiction. But, first, this week in the news:
- Last night, a racist, misogynistic coward walked into a Tallahassee yoga studio and murdered two women, injuring five others, before killing himself.
- John Bolton, the deranged war hawk who also happens to be Trump's national security advisor, gave an unhinged speech earlier this week at Miami-Dade College about the Latin America, a region ravaged by U.S. imperialism and foreign policy.
- Trump said Thursday that if any member of the "migrant caravan" making its way toward the United States border throws stones or rocks at U.S. military personnel they would "consider it a firearm" and license to use lethal force in response.
- What's more, Trump is floating the idea of erasing the 14th Amendment, a policy that's widely supported by his xenophobic, far-right base.
- To make matters worse, Trump promises indefinite detention and concentration camps for anyone trying to cross the border.
- Noam Chomsky pointed out on Democracy Now! this week, as we've been saying since this podcast began, that Trump's vitriol leads directly to violence.
- The mid-terms are this week. Amendment 4 restores the right of FL felons to vote.
- Google workers organized a mass walkout to protest sexual harassment of top CEOs and advocate for equality in pay.
Pulp Fiction is an infamous film in the history of the silver-screen. Bree and Pearson discuss gender, nihilistic violence, Americana, late-stage capitalism, power dynamics, Guy Debord, Deleuze and Guattari, statelessness, nomadism, and lawless freedom.
Pour yourself a cup o' "some serious gourmet shit" and enjoy our discussion of Pulp Fiction!
Support our courageous Tallahassee comrade, Shelby, as she defends herself from far-right threats of violence.
PS. Stick around to the very end for a fun super-cut.
Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie
Interlude: "Misirlou" by Dick Dale
Outro: "You Never Can Tell" by Chuck Berry