Read the article: How to Stop Procrastinating and Finish a Big Project
Author: Susanna
I run a social media marketing company in the Southeastern US. I also play the mandolin, read a ton of books, and make collage art.
Ep. 18 – The History of Cat DNA
Ep. 17 – Cats: Lovable & Dangerous
Listen to Episode 17
Addendum to Episode 17
Read the article: The Moral Cost of Cats
Further Reading
- Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer
- A three-year, $1.5 million census wants to count all of D.C.’s cats
- Zwerfkat Wommelgem (Feral/Stray Cat Wommelgem)
- Why Peregrine Falcons Are Moving to New York City
Meet Our Cats
Amanda’s cat, Heidi
Amanda’s cats, Pather and Willow
Susanna’s cat, Gwen
Dan’s cats, Mia and Stewie
Ep. 16 – The Startup School Experiment
Read the article: How the Startup Mentality Failed Kids in San Francisco
Further Reading
- Raising Kings: A Year of Love and Struggle at Ron Brown College Prep (podcast)
- Can Richard Carranza Integrate the Most Segregated School System in the Country?
- Just the Facts: Poverty in California
- Willie J. Brown Middle School
- Jackson STEM Middle School
Ep. 15 – What Is Cyberpunk, Really?
Read the article: Where Are the Radical Politics of Cyberpunk?
Further Reading
Summer Vacation
The Artist/Materialist podcast is taking a brief hiatus this week and the next. In the meantime, we’d like to see what compelling long read articles our listeners have found recently. Please post your links in the comments.
Thanks! We look forward to returning the second week of July.
Ep. 14 – Why Does Water Attract Bad Science?
Episode 13 – Drowning in Plastic
Read the article: We Depend on Plastic. Now We’re Drowning in It.
Further Reading
- Planet or Plastic?
- Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary, the country has run out of rubbish
- The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
- The Haunting Art of Plastic Pollution
- These Ice Pops Are Filled with Plastic and Other Waste
- Assemblage Art by Kirkland Smith
- Why Do Some Seabirds Eat So Much Plastic? It Smells Like Food.
And, because we’re willing to admit when we might be wrong:
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