Resources for October 30, 2017

Buckler, Dana. "True Lies (1994)." How Is This Movie? (June 26, 2017)

D., Margo and Margo P. "The Witches of Eastwick." Book vs Movie (October 29, 2017)

Farley, Lin. "Sexual Harassment, Revisited." On the Media (October 27, 2017)  ["Since the news of disgraced Miramax co-founder Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment and assault of over 50 women, similar accusations have been lodged against men in Hollywood, journalism, the food industry, business and politics. The growing list suggests that we have begun a new era, where what was often dismissed as a regrettable occupational hazard, is finally being acknowledged as a crime. Lin Farley, author of Sexual Shakedown; the Sexual Harassment of Women on the Job, has been fighting for this moment since the mid-1970s, when she first coined the term “sexual harassment.” She and Brooke discuss how this language helped catalyze a change in attitudes around sexual misconduct, and how far we still have to go."]

Fishko, Sara. "Covering the JFK Assassination." On the Media (October 27, 2017)  ["The day that President John F. Kennedy died, TV was still relatively young. Live, on-site reporting was extremely cumbersome, costly and rare. But that day, the medium, and America’s relationship to it, changed forever. In this piece, originally aired in 2001, WNYC’s Sara Fishko, host of the Fishko Files, spoke with the TV anchors who covered the assassination, the president’s funeral and the attack on Lee Harvey Oswald in real time."]

Mann, Doug. "Buddhists, Existentialists and Situationists: Waking up in Waking Life." (ND: Published on his Western University - Canada webpage)

Publius, Gaius. "Defining Neoliberalism." Naked Capitalism (October 28, 2017)

Quinones, Sam. "Cultural History of the Opiate Epidemic." Radio West (October 27, 2017) ["The journalist Sam Quinones has called opiate addiction “the closest thing to enslavement that we have in America today.” It’s a scourge fueled by pharmaceutical companies and drug cartels, and it takes advantage of some heavy cultural baggage on either side of the border. Poor people in Mexico are looking for a leg up, while disaffected people in the world’s richest country just want to check out. Quinones joins us to discuss the culture of the opiate epidemic."]

Rosenbaum, Ron. "What the JFK Conspiracy Theories Say About Us." On the Media (October 27, 2017) ["Thousands of previously classified documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released this week, while President Trump ordered a review of a few hundred files that were withheld for national security concerns. The document release has been anticipated by conspiracy theorists who still question whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in November 1963, and why. Brooke speaks with journalist Ron Rosenbaum about his long-time interest in the case and how 50 years of searching for answers has changed the "landscape of the American mind.""]

Taibbi, Matt. "I Can't Breathe." On the Media (October 27, 2017) ["On July 17, 2014 Eric Garner died at the hands of a police officer on a Staten Island sidewalk, launching a frenzy of media coverage and questions over police brutality, the criminal justice system and America's ongoing struggle with race. Years later, the media attention is gone and the questions remain. In his new book, I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street, journalist Matt Taibbi explores the life and death of Eric Garner and examines what his story can teach us about the realities of policing, race and justice in America."]

Never let go of this fiery sadness called desire. (Patti Smith, Radio Ethiopia, 1976)