Best John And Libby Modern Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 8: Topsy-Turvy 1:26:25

1+ y ago1:26:25

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In the season finale of Machines in Between, we find John and Libby getting used to life without the Rosary 1653. As they contemplate whether it is ever possible to be at home in this techno-mediated world, they receive word that Kelvin Trinsel will be stopping by the studio to offer his hearty congratulations. John and Libby spin segments on gluco…

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The Infinity 88 Listening Hour 110: Google Babel Whale Vaccines 31:02

1+ y ago31:02

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In this episode of the Infinity 88 Listening Hour you will hear about the ends, means, and limits of communication in this noisy, noisy world. Kelvin starts things off by explaining himself and his company to you. Libby and John then spin a few songs about sending and receiving. Folks trying to talk to each other through Google translate, others tr…

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Episode 7: The Last Update 47:15

2y ago47:15

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Featuring drops from such luminaries as Craig Calhoun, Philip Butler, Jon Rubin, Joseph Del Pesco, Susannah Crockford, and Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh, the penultimate episode of Machines in Between asks big questions and entertains small conspiracies about our future-driven and memory-laden present. At the beginning of Episode 7 we find co-hosts and J…

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The Infinity 88 Listening Hour 100: Too Much is Never Enough 28:48

2y ago28:48

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As a spin off of Machines in Between, the Infinity 88 Listening Hour is on the road less traveled. It knows where you need to go and how to get you there. On Infinity 88 Listening Hour 100, you’ll be exposed to an exquisite piece from Johanna Gosse and Kevin Hamilton on spectacle, the atomic bomb, and the limits of human perception. You will also h…

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Episode 6: Third Eye Wisdom Program 59:07

2y ago59:07

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On this installment of Machines in Between, John and Libby await the last update for the Rosary 1653. We soon learn, however, that its arrival has been delayed because of corporate complications. In its stead, Kelvin Trinsel sends along “Day 88,” an episode-length and expertly produced docu-drama about Infinity 88’s Third Eye Wisdom Program. Across…

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The Infinity 88 Listening Hour 11: As Above So Below 33:54

2y ago33:54

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Episode 11 of the Infinity 88 Listening Hour features two pieces, chosen for their persuasion profile and affinity with Infinity 88. First up, anthropologists Charles Hirschkind and Stefania Pandolfo present their lush segment on the Granadan intellectual Angel Ganivet and the “ideofono.” Next, genealogists Alison Renna and Lukey Ellsberg take an i…

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The Infinity 88 Listening Hour 10: Vibrations of Transcendence 22:57

2y ago22:57

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On this episode of the Infinity 88 Listening Hour two different machines share the spotlight—the Sensorium and the Hammond Organ. Hosts Libby and John are joined by Jessica Johnson and Ashon Crawley in considering the vibrations of transcendence emanating from our machine surround. As a spin-off of Machines in Between, the Infinity 88 Listening Hou…

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Episode 5: Did You Get Lost on the Trip? 45:47

2y ago45:47

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Episode 5 of Machines in Between is about the immediate processes of absorption that mediate us. All those tools and devices that facilitate memory and forgetting both—how do they make us who we are? What is the value of history when all is becoming a matter of predictive processing? What happens to the past amidst so many technologies of the virtu…

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The Infinity 88 Listening Hour: 1 23:07

2y ago23:07

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As a spin-off of Machines in Between, the Infinity 88 Listening Hour takes you where you need to be. It gives you an opportunity to slow it down. To sit back and relax. And to listen deeply to things you might not otherwise. On this episode of the Infinity 88 Listening Hour, hosts Libby and John present a collaborative piece by the artist Krista Dr…

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The Infinity 88 Listening Hour: 0 28:32

2y ago28:32

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As a spin off of Machines in Between, the Infinity 88 Listening Hour is off the beaten track. But also on point. For it gives you an opportunity to slow it down. To sit back and relax. And to listen deeply to things you might not otherwise. The Infinity 88 Listening Hour creates moments that move people and serve them where they live—whether it be …

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Episode 4: Binary Spirituality 38:36

2+ y ago38:36

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Who are you and who are we in this age of mechanical reproduction? In Episode 4: Binary Spirituality, co-hosts John and Libby get down to business as they ask big questions and entertain small conspiracies. Libby presses John about their sponsor Infinity 88 and its elusive CEO Kelvin Trinsel while John reveals disturbing new facts about the Rosary …

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Episode 3: Push Button People 44:23

2+ y ago44:23

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In Episode 3: Push Button People, hosts John and Libby Modern consider the scene of Lancaster, PA and reflect upon their encounter with the Amish encounter with machines. Who are we in this push button age? Honing in on the devices of domestic bliss and the algorithms of religious tradition, this episode features segments on the trade in raw milk b…

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Episode 2: What Do You Love? 50:49

2+ y ago50:49

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Episode 2 revolves around a question of what do you love when you love your machine? Joined by an all-star cast of musicians and collaborators, hosts John and Libby Modern explore the mechanics and metaphysics of technophilia in these viral times. All manner of machines are held up for loving appreciation: Beautiful glitches and block chain deities…

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Mixtape, Side 2: Music from the 306 14:58

2+ y ago14:58

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Side two of our first mixtape. As an example of headphone<>spirituality™ it will initiate sonic pleasure and intellectual well-being.By John and Libby Modern

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Mixtape, side 1: Music from the 306 14:59

2+ y ago14:59

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Side one of our first mixtape. As an example of headphone<>spirituality™ it will initiate sonic pleasure and intellectual well-being.By John and Libby Modern

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Episode 1: Saturation 32:09

2+ y ago32:09

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In the first episode of this off-kilter variety show, the listener is treated to a lush array of samples, original beats, and eclectic stories that take up the question of what is happening now. What is to be done as we grow entangled with machines, their pleasures, their economies, and their conditions of possibility? Smart devices. Sex toys. Robo…

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Welcome to The Vinyl Church (featuring Doc Roc) 1:16

2+ y ago1:16

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Located in Lancaster, PA, THE VINYL CHURCH is an interactive installation where visitors can bear witness to the machines in between. The Vinyl Church is a sacred space of saturation. Walls covered with records chosen for their insistence upon another world; chosen for their intensities, desperate demands, and surplus of feeling; chosen for their l…

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Welcome to Machines in Between (Season Trailer) 1:42

2+ y ago1:42

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Welcome to Machines in Between. This is a little preview of what is to come. The first (of eleven episodes) drops on November 5th. With over a 100 collaborators from around the world, you will soon experience psychic and sonic disturbances that will shake you to your foundations. You will transcend the obstacles. You will encounter the between. You…

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John And Libby Modern Podcasts

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Machines in Between

John and Libby Modern

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Episode 8: Topsy-Turvy 1:26:25

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The Infinity 88 Listening Hour 110: Google Babel Whale Vaccines 31:02

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Episode 7: The Last Update 47:15

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The Infinity 88 Listening Hour 100: Too Much is Never Enough 28:48

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Episode 6: Third Eye Wisdom Program 59:07

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The Infinity 88 Listening Hour 11: As Above So Below 33:54

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The Infinity 88 Listening Hour 10: Vibrations of Transcendence 22:57

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Episode 5: Did You Get Lost on the Trip? 45:47

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The Infinity 88 Listening Hour: 1 23:07

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The Infinity 88 Listening Hour: 0 28:32

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Episode 4: Binary Spirituality 38:36

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Episode 3: Push Button People 44:23

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Episode 2: What Do You Love? 50:49

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Mixtape, Side 2: Music from the 306 14:58

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Mixtape, side 1: Music from the 306 14:59

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Episode 1: Saturation 32:09

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Welcome to The Vinyl Church (featuring Doc Roc) 1:16

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Welcome to Machines in Between (Season Trailer) 1:42