Decoding Liberalism and the Riverfront Brawl (8-13-23)

01:00 Dooovid joins
03:00 Dooovid’s Jewish journey
06:00 People go west to form new identities free from traditional fetters
20:00 Haredi Jews have given up autonomy
25:00 The varieties of the conversion to Orthodox Judaism experience
35:00 Beggars, security, haredi vs modern orthodox shuls
52:00 Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=121464
56:00 How Livestreaming Made Me A Better Man, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=149835
57:00 The relief from ready-made narratives for failure
1:07:00 Livestreaming can blow up your narrative
1:10:30 “Knowing someone, and being known, for Berlant, involves a threatening inconvenience: the irruption of someone else into your (fantasy of a) coherent self.” https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n10/erin-maglaque/i-feel-sorry-for-sex
1:30:00 Intellectual life does not pay for itself, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=140392
1:35:00 I’ve Started Following The Women’s World Cup, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=149857
1:39:00 What was the Alt Right? https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/what-was-alt-right
1:40:00 Hunter Biden has become a real scandal: The Bidens’ Corruption Disruption | Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLqvS4loPy4
1:41:00 Hunter Biden, Joe Biden and our support for Ukraine
1:42:10 The Obama Factor: A Q&A with historian David Garrow, https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/david-garrow-interview-obama
1:44:00 Obama’s legacy
1:48:00 SIHS Article Prize for Medieval and Early Modern Italian History: Dr. Erin Maglaque (2022)
1:49:00 Why Do Some People End Their Sentences In ‘Yeah’?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=149856
1:52:15 Arrest warrants issued after boaters attack Alabama dock employee
1:54:40 Gavin and Cumia give their take on the Alabama Riverfront Brawl
2:03:00 Public Feelings Salon with Lauren Berlant
2:12:00 Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: The Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=144168
2:23:00 Affect Theory and the New Age of Anxiety: How Lauren Berlant’s cultural criticism predicted the Trumping of politics. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/25/affect-theory-and-the-new-age-of-anxiety
3:03:00 Why Chasing The Good Life Is Holding Us Back With Lauren Berlant
3:08:00 A Fan’s Life: The Agony of Victory and the Thrill of Defeat by Paul Campos, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=149853
3:12:00 Nathan Cofnas on the Rich men north of Richmond song, https://twitter.com/nathancofnas/status/1690730855642148864