Conversation #45: Saginaw, America (June 24, 2018)

This week Grace and I do a deep dive into our own recent history: our move to Saginaw in 2010, our attempt to build an urban homestead there and create a sustainable, secure life there with our family and the wider community, and our failures, and how we are still paying the price for them.

How to Listen

You can find the MP3 file here.

The Podcast feed is here.

The Podcast channel on YouTube is here.

Works Mentioned This Week

Books

• The Wonderful O by James Thurber
• The 13 Clocks by James Thurber
• What Happened to Bernie Sanders by Jared H. Beck, Esq.
• Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
• Baracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston

Movies and TV Shows

• The Last Starfighter
• Babylon 5
• Babylon 5: In the Beginning

Links

We discussed the police killing of Milton Hall.

We discussed the murder of Sean Stennett.

This Week’s Music

The music is a vocal-free version of Paul’s cover of “America,” originally by Simon and Garfunkel. You can find a very nice live version here, and a wilder version by Yes here.