Omnishambles
Virginia Heffernan and Cy Canterel
What Rough Beast, hosted by Virginia Heffernan (Wired, Trumpcast) and Cy Canterel (Abstract Machines) is a podcast where we bear witness to America’s demise, and ask what might be built from the rubble. The sludge. The sparkly phosphorescent faerie dust of recombinant DNA.
It is a spiritual successor to Trumpcast, but with a radical reimagining. Instead of focusing on opposing Trump or trusting institutions, this podcast explores imaginative, unexpected responses to our current political moment. The show takes inspiration from the '68ers' motto "all power to the imagination" and seeks unconventional solutions beyond traditional political frameworks. virginiaheffernan.substack.com
It is a spiritual successor to Trumpcast, but with a radical reimagining. Instead of focusing on opposing Trump or trusting institutions, this podcast explores imaginative, unexpected responses to our current political moment. The show takes inspiration from the '68ers' motto "all power to the imagination" and seeks unconventional solutions beyond traditional political frameworks. virginiaheffernan.substack.com
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Omnishambles podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Seed Packets for Liberated Practice, Harvesting Chaos Collection
Kristianna Smith
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
His Name Is George Floyd
Toluse Olorunnipa
Robert Samuels
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
War for Eternity
Benjamin Teitelbaum
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Children"s Bach
A Novel
Helen Garner
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Hope in the Dark
Laura Henry
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Furious Minds
The Making of the MAGA New Right
Laura K. Field
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Harvesting Chaos
Kristianna Smith
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Tipping Point
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Magic and Loss
Lou Reed
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Power of the Powerless
Václav Havel
Keane, John
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Dawn of Everything
A New History of Humanity
David Wengrow
David Graeber
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
When Things Fall Apart
Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Pema Chödrön
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Augustine's Confessions
Augustine
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Hologram Boyfriends
Mike Albo
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Achieving our country
Richard Rorty
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
1984
George Orwell
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Chapter, A Segmented History from Antiquity to the 21st Century
Nick Dames
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Middlemarch
George Eliot
