Day: November 18, 2015

Conspicuous Acts of Cultural Consumption

Give unto me your podcast recommendations

One of the things I really miss about living in the same city as my friend Allan? He’s exceptionally interested in things. All sorts of things. And he accumulates people and ideas and interests as naturally as most people breath, which means he’s often the infection vector for all sorts of interesting things. Case in point: It happened. I became a pod person. SPECIFICALLY: THE ALLUSIONIST PODCAST Al put this on over the weekend and initially I was…well, ambivalent. I have flirted with podcasts in the past, but I haven’t actually listened to one regularly since I was unemployed and stuck at home 24-7 way back in 2010. People would occasionally tell me about great stuff that was out there and I’d nod, and think perhaps I should check it out, and never really get around to it. But the weekend started with Allan pointing out all sorts of stuff he was listening too, and it all sounded great. Then he suggested an