More King In Orange Podcasts
Apr. 25th, 2021 01:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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The publisher of my new book The King In Orange is rather more enthusiastic about marketing via podcasts than my publishers have generally been, or maybe it's just that this book is more appealing to the podcastoisie than my other titles. One way or another, I've been spending a good deal more time than usual on the phone talking to podcasters in the last few weeks, and the podcasts are starting to go live. Those of my readers with just a little free time on their schedule can take in a nice crisp 45-minute podcast with Richard Syrett on his podcast Conspiracy Unlimited, which you can listen to here. Richard and I had a good thoughtful conversation and covered most of the basic concepts of the book, focusing on the political dimension of the Trump phenomenon.
Those of my readers who have more time on their hands may want to tune in to the Michael Decon Program, where Michael, co-host Myke Hideous, and I spent upwards of two and a half hours talking about -- well, The King in Orange, yes, but also politics, the current virus panic, unidentified flying objects, Japanese monster movies, Elon Musk, and much, much more. You know those late night conversations over a couple of beers that spin out in every direction you can imagine and some you can't? This was one of those. It was a wild time and worth a listen. You can take it in on YouTube here, on iTunes here, and on Castbox here. By the way, I was struck with another example of the almost Nietzschean revaluation of all values currently under way in our society. For many years the cultural cliché has been that thinkers in the mainstream are calm, tolerant, and broadminded, while conspiracy theorists out on the fringes are tense, obsessed, and fixated on some improbable narrative or other. It's been a source of some amusement to me that these days, it's the mainstream that's tense, obsessed, and fixated on a whole flurry of improbable narratives. As for the hosts of these two conspiracy-themed podcasts -- you guessed it, they were calm, tolerant, and broadminded, as we discussed the decidedly edgy perspectives of The King in Orange. It really is getting weird out there...
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Date: 2021-04-27 01:49 am (UTC)I understand that you see this issue from a very different viewpoint. I don't expect to change your mind, and I don't think this website is the place for a full-on discussion about Covid.
But since you are being so public about your viewpoint, I hope you will also include someone like me in your prayers... that circumstances will develop so that I can safely fly cross-country, later this year. Best wishes, EllenZ
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Date: 2021-04-27 03:14 am (UTC)However, I must with some regret inform you that the substances being promoted as vaccines do not actually meet the FDA definition for vaccines. They are, by the admission of the developers and the science community, substances which will lessen your consequences of ill health if exposed to Covid-19. Some are calling them “VINOs” (Vaccines In Name Only.)” I refer you to a recent New York Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/health/vaccine-nursing-homes-infections.html
That article explains that a nursing home where almost all of the residents were already long vaccinated got numerous infections in the ‘vaccinated’ population when an infected person came in from outside. This is quite contrary to the traditional understanding and definition of how vaccines are supposed to (and if fully approved are required to) work.
So keep the vision of your grandchild close to your heart, cherish it, and know that we are all pulling for you to joyfully visit them. But please do not make your visit contingent on the distribution of the VINO substances. Best regards, Bryan
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Date: 2021-04-27 06:05 pm (UTC)Many thanks for your prayers! and for the news article. I am aware that these are not traditional vaccines, and they certainly haven’t been tested for as long as our conventional vaccines. I was surprised to learn about the way Covid spread in the nursing home.
We’ve been talking about a possible trip to the East Coast in December. That means I will probably decide in late summer whether to get an airline ticket, and decide again in November whether to actually use that ticket. In both cases, the decision will depend on whether Covid cases and deaths are down to low levels, and also whether there are signs of variant more contagious strains that may be spreading.
Many thanks, Ellen Z