The Left Page & Here Be Media

Hello everyone!!!Welcome to the 4 year anniversary episode of The Left Page!!! Can you believe we've been running this for that long?!To celebrate our wonderful show we tackle this great and big book, Babel by R. F. Kuang! A novel of colonialism, violence, imperialism, and even the resistances to it! A very special and fun episode, as we talk about all things Empire once more, diving into a new one and absolutely special topic of ours, languages and translations!!We hope you enjoy this special show, and here's to 4 more years of doing good podcasting!!! Please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Intro Music: Gymnopédie Nº1, Erik Satie, 1888Outro Music: Downtime, Vistas, Miracle of Sound, 2014 -> Check out his Bandcamp! https://miracleofsound.bandcamp.com/

Hello everyone!!Welcome back to Here Be Media!! This month's HBM episode is on the excellent God of War: Ragnarök! So we dive into the things we love about it, the annoyances we have, and our questions on politics, mythology and the omnipresent psychological element in the game!Overall a pretty awesome episode to kick off our games chat this year! Have fun!Please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Intro Music: The Planets, op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, Gustav Holt, 1916Outro Music: Downtime, Vistas, Miracle of Sound, 2014 -> Check out his Bandcamp! https://miracleofsound.bandcamp.com/

Hello everyone!! Welcome to the first episode of The Left Page for 2023!!To start the year well, we chat about the excellent novel (novella?) by P. Djèlí Clark "The Haunting of Tram Car 015"! A great alternate history story that considers a much more magical Cairo, and world, in the 1910s, allowing for many opportunities of fighting back against colonization and other radical experiences! And, frankly, decolonization really is one of the best possible ways for alt-history to go, as we conclude!Have fun!Do check out the author's short story The Angle of Khan el-Khalili!https://www.tor.com/2021/04/28/the-angel-of-khan-el-khalili-p-djeli-clark/Please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Intro Music: Gymnopédie Nº1, Erik Satie, 1888Outro Music: Downtime, Vistas, Miracle of Sound, 2014 -> Check out his Bandcamp! https://miracleofsound.bandcamp.com/

Hello everyone!! Welcome to another episode of Here Be Media! The first proper one for 2023! In this one we finally dive into quite popular Star Wars show, Andor! Considering questions of "leftist media", the care of investigating culture and what we think about the show itself! It's an excellent start to the year and we hope you like it as well!Have fun!Please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Intro Music: The Planets, op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, Gustav Holt, 1916Outro Music: Downtime, Vistas, Miracle of Sound, 2014 -> Check out his Bandcamp! https://miracleofsound.bandcamp.com/

Hello everyone!! Welcome back to the podcasts in 2023! As a fitting start, Frank and Leon do a special year-in-review! Thinking about some of the significant, both good and bad, things of 2022, and considering some of what we look forward to in 2023! We hope you enjoy this bonus content and what is coming this year!Please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Intro Music: The Planets, op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, Gustav Holt, 1916Outro Music: Downtime, Vistas, Miracle of Sound, 2014 -> Check out his Bandcamp! https://miracleofsound.bandcamp.com/

Hello everyone! Welcome to our last episode of 2022!   In this Leon and I talk about the excellent novel by Arkady Martine "A Memory Called Empire"! A story and book that allows us to dive into matters of Imperialism, survival, and especially culture within a devouring and wide-spanning empire as is Teixcalaan.   A wonderful show to top off another magnificent year for the Left Page and Here Be Media! Thank you all for listening, for following the show, and for continuing to be here across the years! And here's to much more in 2023 and beyond!   Love and Solidarity, happy holidays and a great great new year to all! Frank & Leon   Please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage  Intro Music: Gymnopédie Nº1, Erik Satie, 1888 Outro Music: Downtime, Vistas, Miracle of Sound, 2014 -> Check out his Bandcamp! https://miracleofsound.bandcamp.com/