Today Michael Thomas talks with Bryan camp about speculative fiction, its relationship to its pulp origins, its distinction from contemporary realism, and it’s possibilities for prompting new understanding. See the show notes for works cited in the episode. Bryan is a graduate of the Clarion West writing workshop, holds and MFA from the University of New Orleans and currently writes and teaches in New Orleans. Works Cited: - Doctorow, Cory. Little Brother. 1st Tor Teen, ed, 2010. -...

Don Jackson talks with AK5A about regional economic development, its strategies and problems as well as a brief discussion the history of about automation. Don is a Research Manager at a small economic development firm in Austin, Texas, he holds TWO masters degrees from the the University of Texas in Community and Regional Planning and Sustainable Design. Works Cited: - Alperovitz, Gar. Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution (YouTube, 2013)(Video). - Alperovitz, Gar. What Then...

AK5A talks with David Rheams about Ecology, the limits to our ecological knowledge in light of current technology and discourse and our expectations and understanding that result. David is a Ph.D. Candidate in Cultural Studies at George Mason University. Correction: David refers to Skinner in reference to the idea of “small is beautiful”, he wrote to us to say he should have said “Schumacher”. Works Cited: - Andrew Ross, Bird on Fire : Lessons from the World’s Least Sustainable City...

This week's episode is a presentation by Michael Thomas on Whitehead and Sociology, delivered as part of the 7th Berlin Conference of Young Religious Philosophers titled "God and Nature. Perspectives in Whitehead". It was recorded Feburary 15, 2014 at the Katholische Akademie Berlin and organized by the Hanover Institute of Philosophical Research and the German Whitehead Society. http://philosophie-indebate.de/1666/philosophy-and-the-web-philosophie-to-go/ Works Cited: - Halewood, Michael...

AK5A talks to Steve Godfrey about his fifty state bike tour, the first ten thousand miles of the trip and the unexpected sights and experiences along the way. Steve Godfrey’s Website, http://biketourdelife.org/ For information about the books he has documenting these trips, check with him via his website, or contact AK5A

Michael Thomas, PhD. candidate at the University of Chicago in the John U. Neff Committee on Social Thought, talks with Austin Meyers (AK5A) about speculation, the Whiteheadian notion of speculative inquiry and the value/utility of the speculative process. Works Cited: - Bryant, Levi et al. The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism. 1st re.press ed, 2011. - Descartes, Rene. Descartes Meditations First Philosophy. 3rd Hackett Publishing Co. ed, 1993. Hegel , G. W. F....