HeyJaredKat Ex Machina Podcast
Audio newsletters for subscribers. Listen to my voice notes about how to prioritize the writing life when it all feels on spec. katexmachina.substack.com
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History of the Present (opens the original)
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This week, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, I listened to Madeleine Brand’s interview with UC Berkeley professor Michael Mark Cohen. He talked about his “History of the Present” course, teaching college students about the events that shaped the world they grew up in. For most of them, it’s just something that happened before they were born, like any other chapter in their textbooks. A meme . He tries to contextualize the way media, surveillance, fear, and war are now , and ho
What I Read Last Month (opens the original)
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In chronological order! And yes, I’m an audiobook guy, in case you didn’t know. All of these were borrowed from the public library through the Libby app. Thank you, libraries! I love you! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit katexmachina.substack.com/subscribe
Back to School (opens the original)
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Earlier this week, I asked my Instagram friends for a newsletter prompt, like I’m some kind of manic pixie improv girl, and not someone whose list of potential topics suddenly felt like a betrayal. One suggested theme was this one: back to school . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit katexmachina.substack.com/subscribe
What I Read Last Month (opens the original)
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In chronological order! And yes, I’m an audiobook guy, in case you didn’t know. All of these were borrowed from the public library through the Libby app. Thank you, libraries! I love you! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit katexmachina.substack.com/subscribe
The Art, the Artist, the Audience (opens the original)
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“Say It to Me Now” existed in some form for more than a decade on a Frames album before it returned in Once . It’s a growl of agony that I have played and replayed and belted along to with every heartbreak, or stomping my feet just because I want the powerful emotion to rush through me. It’ll always be there, along with his delicate falsetto in “Falling Slowly” and his rustic, tattered guitar. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus e
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