05: In which Forrest Gump is revealed as the Hegelian World-Soul (V. Chs. 8-9)

In this episode, we yo-yo from bohemian banality to colonialist atrocity. Awful house parties occur amidst both. 

Next time, V. Chs. 10-11.

Show Notes:

Archive.org “Report on the natives of South-west Africa and their treatment by Germany,”via the South-West Africa. Administrator’s Office

Al Jazeera “How to pay for genocide: Namibian victims of German colonialism want a say,” by Shola Lawal

Content warnings: strong language, physical and sexual violence, misogyny, racism, xenophobia, genocide.

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Featuring Patrick Fiorilli, Andrew Tillett, and Duri Long.

Produced and edited by Patrick Fiorilli (www.patf.io and @patfio.bsky.social).

Our theme music is “Horology,” by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives license on the album Polygondwanaland. 

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