The Left Page & Here Be Media

Hello everyone!!For our Here Be Media episode of the month, we dive into some aspects of this horrible and conservative force we call: Canon!To start off this new Concept series we go into some media products and franchises, their issues as "IPs", fandom and their relationship to Canon, and finally, we talk about this terrible beast we see as the Literary Canon!Join us as we start laying the groundwork to show and elaborate on how this must necessarily be brought down.Enjoy!And please support our Patreon if you can and are interested in early episodes and the upcoming Here Be Extras!https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Intro Music: Home, by Karl Casey @ White Bat AudioOutro Music: Leve Palestina, Spartacus

Hello everyone!!For this month's Left Page we turn back to China Miéville, in a weird and fascinating book about detective stories, borders, and violence, it is The City and the City!In this episode we dive into the place of these cities, both fictionally and the real-world cultures they interact with and are a part of; we consider the detective narrative and how it interacts with this story, and the inherent violence to sustaining and upholding borders!Enjoy!And please support our Patreon if you can and are interested in early episodes and the upcoming Here Be Extras!https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Intro: "Ultralounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro: "Leve Palestina" Spartacus

Hello everyone!!For this month's Left Page we talked about the very weird, very interesting, and very hybrid Gogmagog, by Jeff Noon and Steve Beard! And we are joined by friend and podcaster Eden, of Heavy Blog is Heavy, Death // Sentence and AnarchySF fame!It's a thorough conversation over the weirdness present in the book, the alegory with England and the broader aspect of Hybridity in the many intersections, exchanges and differences Gogmagog presents us.Join us as we dive into some very strange, yet damn good fantasy! Have fun!And do check out Eden's various projects and works!Heavy Blog is HeavyDeath // SentenceAnarchySFAnd please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners!! Big things are coming! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Intro: "Ultralounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro: "Leve Palestina" Spartacus

Hello everyone!!For our second HBM we'll dive into an animated sci-fi series that's weird, strange and very very interesting, we talk about Scavenger's Reign! And we won't do so alone, as we invited our great friend Nate along!Join us as we discuss the challenges of being marooned in an alien moon, the inherent horror of capitalism in space, and how we must be open to engage with the environment and the world around us, and even then, we can't escape ourselves, our traumas, and our hopes.Enjoy!And please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners!! Big things are coming! https://www.patreon.com/leftpageIntro Music: Home, by Karl Casey @ White Bat AudioOutro Music: Leve Palestina, Spartacus

Hello everyone!!For our first May episode we have a mega collab with Horror Vanguard, on Starship Troopers (1997), directed by Paul Verhoeven!As we interweave Heinlein's book with the film we ultimately dive into how fascism works and should be fought at every turn, in every way.Enjoy!Do check out Jon's book on Bloch and Utopia: https://www.amazon.com/Primer-Utopian-Philosophy-Jonathan-Greenaway/dp/1803413271/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1Also check out one of our references and excellent approach to the film, Heinlein and more: https://youtu.be/y5bHLrGBUKoAnd, naturally, check out and support the Horror Vanguard!https://horrorvanguard.comhttps://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard/postsAnd please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners!! Big things are coming! https://www.patreon.com/leftpageIntro Music: Home, by Karl Casey @ White Bat AudioOutro Music: Leve Palestina, Spartacus

Hello everyone!!For our Left Page episode of the month we are talking about a very interesting book, and documentary series! It's John Berger's "Ways of Seeing", and to dive deep we are joined by our friend, podcaster and art historian, Nadjah of Imaginarium Podcast!We think about colonialism, the idea of "value" when atributed to art, the connection with the viewer of an art piece and how all these questions are connected to the idea of the "canon" in art, and, more importantly, capitalism and imperialism.Overall, a necessary and wide chat on art and how we see it, enjoy!!Do check out and support Nadjah's work and her podcast:IMAGINARIUM: An Alternate History of Art!Also do check out the image and video Leon mentions at the end! (It's in Dutch, but with English Subtitles!) https://youtu.be/rIjNJHAsHCwAnd please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners!! Big things are coming! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Intro: "Ultralounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro: "Leve Palestina" Spartacus

Hello everyone!!As a special treat for Pesach, we dive into the incredible animated film The Prince of Egypt!Approaching Faith and Liberation, we consider not just the question of religious & historical narratives and their complex relations, but also of their representation in media. Further still, we talk about violence and how to comprehend "violence" in the name of Liberation.In a conversation that is equal parts personal, religious, historical and, as always, political, we talk not only of an important film to us, but when Faith is allied with Liberation, and the fruits that can come of it.Enjoy!And please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners!! Big things are coming! https://www.patreon.com/leftpageIntro Music: Home, by Karl Casey @ White Bat AudioOutro Music: Leve Palestina, Spartacus

Hello everyone!Our first episode of April is a different one, if something we've been meaning to do for a while, more than talking about a game, it's a studio, so join us as we talk about Bethesda and their games!Jumping off from our mention of Bethesda games and their connection to mods last month, and Leon's previous writing on Skyrim, we decided to dive properly into their games and their "style". We talk of narrative and engagement with the world, alongside what are some ways their big franchises of Fallout and Elder Scrolls succeed and fail to create interesting political and social narratives.All while trying to understand what makes these games sometimes good, and sometimes fun, especially as we think of this idea of the "pulp" and how it helps to describe Bethesda and Fallout.Have fun!And please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners!! Big things are coming! https://www.patreon.com/leftpageIntro Music: Home, by Karl Casey @ White Bat AudioOutro Music: Leve Palestina, Spartacus

Hello everyone!To round out this month's episodes, we dive back into sci-fi, and more utopian fiction! With a recommendation from listener, and patron, Nate: Monica Byrne's The Actual Star!It's a complex discusson on Utopian writing, its challenges, and how sometimes things don't quite work out as we'd like. So join us in this conversation on Utopia and Religion, historical and sociological approaches, and more!And if you, listener, have other suggestions and recommendations, by all means, let us know!!Enjoy!Do check out our other episodes mentioned in this one, on Kim Stanley Robinson's "2312" and Marge Piercy's "Woman on the Edge of Time"!And please support our Patreon if you're interested and want access to early content and the bonus Reading Corners!! Big things are coming! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Intro: "Ultralounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro: "Leve Palestina" Spartacus