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His Pod Goes Casting On: Fire on the Mountain
Manage episode 494656130 series 3516261
We've seen plenty of dystopian futures...how about a utopian one?
Terry Bisson's 1988, "Fire on the Mountain" explores an alternate timeline where Harriet Tubman was able to join John Brown at the Harper's Ferry raid, and with her tactical skill the raiders made it out and went on to start a nation-wide slave rebellion. How did history go differently? Listen on to find out!
We talk about Bisson's own relationship to radical politics (including guerilla fighters!), and the liberatory possibilities of visionary fiction.
Also, Jacob sings a really, really good song.
Music by Solo Monk (@SoloMonk256 on Twitter, https://www.patreon.com/solomonkart,) episode art is John Brown's utopia, and what we're doing in it instead of podcasting.
112 episodes
Manage episode 494656130 series 3516261
We've seen plenty of dystopian futures...how about a utopian one?
Terry Bisson's 1988, "Fire on the Mountain" explores an alternate timeline where Harriet Tubman was able to join John Brown at the Harper's Ferry raid, and with her tactical skill the raiders made it out and went on to start a nation-wide slave rebellion. How did history go differently? Listen on to find out!
We talk about Bisson's own relationship to radical politics (including guerilla fighters!), and the liberatory possibilities of visionary fiction.
Also, Jacob sings a really, really good song.
Music by Solo Monk (@SoloMonk256 on Twitter, https://www.patreon.com/solomonkart,) episode art is John Brown's utopia, and what we're doing in it instead of podcasting.
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