Episode 145: Waiting for the Miracle: On Vanessa Onwuemezi's "Dark Neighbourhood"

1

Introduction

00:00 • 4min

2

Dark Neighborhood: A Creative Challenge

03:46 • 5min

3

Dark Neighborhood: A Reimagining of Certain Science Fiction Tropes

08:43 • 2min

4

The Dirty Realism of Y2K

10:18 • 2min

5

The Importance of Getting Your Computer Ready for Y2K

12:12 • 2min

6

The Commodity Fetishism

13:55 • 3min

7

The Magic of Post-Scarcity Anarchism

16:26 • 4min

8

The Gate of the Gate

20:33 • 5min

9

Waiting for the Miracle to Come

25:13 • 2min

10

Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

26:56 • 4min

11

The Urban Myth

30:35 • 3min

12

Unwomacy: A Man's Journey

34:01 • 2min

13

Anwamezi's Walk Back to His Store

36:30 • 3min

14

The Depths of Debasement

39:20 • 4min

15

The Squalor of a Refugee Camp

43:36 • 5min

16

The Black Gate

48:26 • 3min

17

The UFO Enigma

51:42 • 2min

18

The Importance of Love

53:33 • 2min

19

The Stranger's Guide to the Gate

55:45 • 4min

20

The Dark Neighborhood

59:49 • 3min

21

The Ending of a Dream

01:02:47 • 5min

22

The Limits of Sovereignty in the Modern State

01:07:38 • 2min

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The UFOs Challenge the Concept of Sovereignty

01:09:55 • 2min

24

The Importance of Recognizing UFOs

01:11:57 • 4min

25

The Politics of Macbeth

01:16:22 • 2min

26

Macbeth and the UFO

01:18:30 • 4min

27

The End of Dark Neighborhood

01:22:56 • 5min

28

The Unimaginable

01:27:38 • 2min