My 12-Month Video Fast
I have put my television in the Time Out Corner. After streaming movies and shows and playing video games every day for years, I'm going to describe how going without it for a year changes my home life, my health, and my creative life. This is your chance to experience that vicariously. Wish me luck!
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 33
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Weeks 0-52: What I Learned
In which the podcaster stops by a diner, tells you what you don’t want to know, tells you what you do want to know, and bids you adieu.
MY LINKS
Creative website: http://richardloranger.com
Literary Ser…
Weeks 49-50: I'll Show You the Life of the Mind
Episode 32 – Weeks 49-50: I’ll Show You the Life of the Mind
In which the podcaster gives a bad review, takes you on a walk to nowhere, and advocates ecstasy as a form of resistance.
LINKS & INFO
Weeks 47-48: The H-Word
Episode 31 – Weeks 47-48: The H-Word
In which the podcaster explains the tragedy of humankind and you can’t stop laughing.
LINKS & INFO
Weeks 45-46: Aye, I, Eye
Episode 30 – Weeks 45-46: Aye, I, Eye
In which the podcaster introduces himself, dissolves all boundaries, and stirs up some weather.
LINKS & INFO
Week 44: Resistance Mixtape
In which the podcaster reanimates dialog, disobeys much, and proffers ingredients for an albatross stew.
LINKS & INFO
Network, dir. Sidney Lumet (1976).
Speech 1
Peter Finch as Howard Beale
Speech 2
N…
Weeks 42-43: Pop Quiz
In which the podcaster gives you an unexpected assignment.
LINKS
The cut-up lines on the episode logo are from the poem “Final Exam” by Nancy Lambert, taken from the anthology Practising Angels, ed. …
Weeks 40-41: That Man Behind the Curtain
In which the podcaster puts on a classic, takes off some masks, and explains the politics of the moment.
LINKS
The Wizard of Oz on Wikipedia (includes a link to the page about the books)
Weeks 38-39: On Losing Things
In which the podcaster takes on a tragicomic perspective while shattering glass, misplacing teeth, and taking a joyride through Hollywood.
LINKS
Weeks 36-37: Corrode to Joy
In which the podcaster exposes himself, offers his hand, chases ghosts from a bridge, rips off a few facades, and extols the joys of oranges.
LINKS
Weeks 34-35: The New Flesh
In which the podcaster recalls talking, derides cyborgs, and examines a chest of survival methods.
LINKS
Videodrome, dir. David Cronenberg (1983)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man, dir. Shin'ya …
Week 33: How Artists Survive in America - Part 3 with Paul Corman-Roberts and Norm Mattox
In which the podcaster presents the third and final special episode for the month of January in which he interviews artists and writers about how they manage to support themselves and their creative …
Week 32: How Artists Survive in America - Part 2 with Jennifer Blowdryer and Tammy Melody Gomez
In which the podcaster presents the second of three special episodes for the month of January in which he interviews artists and writers about how they manage to support themselves and their creative…
Weeks 30-31: How Artists Survive in America - Part 1 with Taneesh Kaur and Ken Paul Rosenthal
In which the podcaster presents the first of three special episodes for the month of January in which he interviews artists and writers about how they manage to support themselves and their creative …
Weeks 28-29: Solstice Song
In which the podcaster sings to you a composition of his own design, humbly made and humbly offered.
NOTE: This episode comes across much better with headphones or earbuds. A medium volume may serve i…
Weeks 26-27: "Clean"
Episode 19 – Weeks 26-27: “Clean”
In which the podcaster jumps up and down, makes an argument for impurity, and reveals his true desire.
FEATURED LINKS
Weeks 23-25: My First Disillusionment
In which the podcaster finally reveals where and when his beef with the televised world began, and uses that to try to light a way forward through darker times.
Video link: Little Billy Magee on "Hap…
Weeks 21-22: Tree
In which the podcaster defends asymmetry, antagonizes Buddhists, and takes you on a journey somewhere very close you’ve never been.
Referenced Texts
The Overstory by Richard Powers
https://www.richardpo…
Weeks 19-20: Get-a-Job & Other Misnomers
In which the podcaster plays Telephone Games with prehistory, breaks down the industry of Western tradition, and leaves you with a pile of bacon. Mhe!
He also humbly begs your forgiveness for his zomb…
Weeks 17-18: Re-re-re-re
In which the podcaster regresses, confesses, and redresses.
THE NEXT POD WILL BE CAST ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19.
And thanks for listening!
Visit http://richardloranger…
Weeks 15-16: Cycle
In which the podcaster starts a new chapter with blank pages, makes a foul shot, and has an in-body experience.
THE NEXT POD WILL BE CAST ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5.
And t…