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History Against the GrainAuthor: Josh Weiner & Chris Padgett
Hosted by two historians, History Against the Grain is about developing an approach to history that challenges the dominant narratives, tears down the tired myths, and upends traditional assumptions. Historyagainstthegrain@gmail.com Language: en Genres: History Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Time Lapse Apocalypse
Episode 73
Friday, 15 August, 2025
An unofficial motto of ours here at HAG is: things get worse before they get worse. And now we have evidence to support that immutable truth in the form of the time lapse apocalypse, i.e. the demonstrative enshitification of things since our last broadcast in the spring of this year. Through careful analysis of the pictures now and then, it appears things have gotten shittier. You want to see the evidence? (are you sure you want to see it?) AI’s nefarious influence has soaked deep into the pools of education, and in the words of HAG’s guiding light, Saint Rosenstock, the future is dubm. In today’s episode we take our Benihana knives to the whole “AI Education” fiasco. Another bit of inexplicable stupidity has Secretary of Defense Pete Voldemort resurrecting the zombie corpses of Confederate monuments to “restore” the nation’s proud past with more dehydrated history. To paraphrase Frederick Douglass, what’s missing here is not debate, but irony. Well, there it is, just a smidgen of the evidence to illustrate the time lapse apocalypse. Not to fear, your HAG sushi chefs will filet and atomize the gross conceits of these evil-doers, and like lightning to a tree, offer a little historical shock therapy to bring our poor battered sensibilities back into focus. Welcome to HAG, Episode 73, late-summer edition.Opening Theme by Jessie DeCarloMusic Interludes:Ambulance LTD -- "Primitive (the way I treat you)"Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band -- "Dropout Boogie"Contact us at Historyagainstthegrain@gmail.comHistoryagainstthegrain.com
