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HORSES is a series of artfully crafted visual & audio essays by Michael Sorensen. Episodes cover a fascinating range of topics rooted in History, Philosophy, and Culture. Captivating and distinctively paced, HORSES offers an oasis of thoughtful storytelling in a chaotic media landscape. More at: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HorsesOnYT Exclusive videos: www.horses.landInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/horses.ig/
Episodes
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Oct 7, 2024 • 28min
Yes, You Are Living in a Simulation
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Sources:
The Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord
Comments on the Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord
Simulacra and Simulation, Jean Baudrillard
Jean Baudrillard in Cyberspace: Internet, Virtuality, and Postmodernity, Mark Nunes
An Illustrated Guide to Guy Debord’s ‘The Society of the Spectacle’, Tiernan Morgan & Lauren Purje
Music:
Into the Night - Franz Gordon
Light’s Gone - Nylon
Lullaby for Lilly - William Claeson
Reflections - American Legion
Restful Hearts - Elm Lake
Rosee de Matin - Dex 1200
Saint Valentine - Vendla
Soma Theatre of Distorted Love - Par
Still Waters - Amber Glow
Tangeh - Dex 1200
Twilight Waltz - Megan Wofford
With Some Hope - Dex 1200 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 20, 2024 • 34min
Houses of Lies
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Sources:
Overview: What Is Media Literacy, Who Cares, and Why?, Gretchen Schwartz
RISE, DECLINE, AND RE-EMERGENCE OF MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES: 1960-2000, Ranjit Tigga
Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles, C. Thi Nguyen
Understanding New Media Literacy: An Explorative Theoretical Framework, Tzu-Bin Lin, Jen-Yi Li, Feng Deng and Ling Lee
Why We Call Things 'Porn', C. Thi Nguyen
Music:
Beam of Remedy - Rand Aldo
Belladonna for Two - Martin Landstrom
Blissful Dream - Daniel Fridell
Chidren’s Musings - Magnus Ludvigsson
Elementals - Elm Lake
From the Past - DEX 1200
In the Time of Cholera - Christian Anderson
Lake Huron - DEX 1200
Lost in Thought - Amaranth Cove
Lovers Love - Martin Landstrom
Pyrite - Harbours & Oceans
Radiance - Amber Glow
Shavasana for Monkey Minds - Ave Air
Saw - Harbours & Oceans
Stop Wasting My Time - Matt Large
Twinkles - William Benckert
Uphill Climbing - Anna Landstrom
Where the Desert Meets the Ocean - Static Glow Sounds
You Too Will Forget - Hanna Lindgren Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 25, 2024 • 29min
The Long and Violent War Against Your Soul
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Sources:
Self Reliance, Emerson
Emerson and Self-reliance, Kateb
Music:
Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1 - Mira Ma
View From an Ocean Window - Staffan Carlen
Raindrop Animation - Eden Avery
Holding on to Hope - Megan Wofford
View of the Park - Roots and Recognition
Slowfly - Martin Landh
When We Were Friends - Amaranth Cove
Letting the Light In - Roots and Recognition
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Jun 25, 2024 • 38min
How to Eat a Human Being
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Music:
A Way of Life - Christoffer Moe Ditlevesen
Autonomy - Jakob Ahlbom
Desert after Storm - Johan Glossner
Flowers in the Mirror - Sayuri Hayashi Egnell
Holocene - Harbours and Oceans
Bach Cello Suite No. 2 iin D Minor, MWV 1008 II. Allemande - Laura Metcalf
Notice - Arden Forest
Rainfall Come - William Claeson
Sea Arc Eight - Franz Gordon
Sleep Well, Sleep Tight - Gabriel Lucas
Tea at Marlowe - Franz Gordon
The Crossing of Time - Gavin Luke
Wenn Wir in Höchsten Noten Sein - Traditional
Whenever You Leave - Anna Landstrom
Sources:
“A History of Cannibalism”, Nathan Constantine
“Unspeakable Rites: Cultural Reticence and the Cannibal Question, Claude Rawson
“Review: The Man Eating Myth,” by Ivan Brady
“Criminal Cannibalism: An Examination of Patterns and Styles,” Victor G. Petreca, Gary Brucato, Ann W. Burgess, Elisa Dixon
“Assessing the Calorific Significance of Episodes of Human Cannibalism in the Palaeolithic,” James Cole
“Eating Human Beings,” Mikel Burley
“Carib “Cannibalism”: A Study in Anthropological Stereotyping”, Richard B Moore
“The Most Influential Text on Cannibalism: An Analysis of William Arens’s The Man-Eating Myth,” Tim Seiter
“Neanderthal Cannibalism at Moula-Guercy, Aredeche, France,” A Defleur, et al
“Placentophagia in humans and nonhuman mammals: causes and consequences,” Mark B Kristal, et al
“Consumption of Maternal Placenta in Humans and Nonhuman Mammals: Beneficial and Adverse Effects,” Daniel Mota-Rojas et al
“A Literature Review on the Practice of Placentophagia,” Rachel Joseph et al
“Cannibalism,” S.H. Posinsky
“Thinking about Cannibalism,” Shirley Lindenbaum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 29, 2024 • 26min
The Paintings You Aren't Supposed to See
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Sources:
Buero Vallejo's Interpretation of Goya's "Black Paintings”, John Dowling
The Strange Translation of Goya's 'Black Paintings' , Nigel Glendinning
GOYA: BLACK PAINTINGS, Valeriano Bozal https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/27/ma...
The Mystery of Goya's "Saturn" , Jay Scott Morgan
The Dating and Interpretation of Goya's "Disasters of War”, Jesusa Vega
Goya: ‘In sickness and in health’ Laura L. Casey
Music:
Cloud City - Andres Cantu
Dancing with Grandpa - Franz Gordon
Future of Past Mistakes - Rikard From
Roberto el Rebelde - Los Principes del Flamenco
Sierra de Tramontana - Los Principes del Flamenco
Tierra Nordica - Los Principes del Flamenco
When it Hits Your - Wanderer’s Trove
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May 9, 2024 • 37min
LENIN: The Wolf of Europe
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Apr 16, 2024 • 28min
There Are Mountains in the Clouds
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Apr 2, 2024 • 29min
Why America (Still) Loves Guns
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Mar 20, 2024 • 35min
LOLITA: The Worst Masterpiece
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Mar 13, 2024 • 1h 10min
Ireland's Unfinished Revolution
Exploring the formation and the evolution of the IRA as both a militant and political organization
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