Playlist for The Media Squat with Douglas Rushkoff - March 23, 2009

Mondays 6pm - 7pm on WFMU 91.1 fm 90.1 fm wfmu.org

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March 23, 2009: With Guest Richard Metzger

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Artist Track
Douglas Rushkoff  The Media Squat  
Miriam Raymon  Interview  
Crass   
Richard Metzger  Interview  

Listener comments!

Mon. 3/23/09 7:03pm From: annie

great to have you back..

Mon. 3/23/09 7:05pm From: Sean Daily

Second comment! Woo hoo!

Mon. 3/23/09 7:08pm From: Media Squat Producer

Hi all. Miriam Raymon from The Financial Times is Doug's first guest.

Mon. 3/23/09 7:09pm From: stingy d

it's the am crew!

Mon. 3/23/09 7:09pm From: annie

great! excited ..

Mon. 3/23/09 7:09pm From: annie

hi stingy@!

Mon. 3/23/09 7:11pm From: stingy d

annie! i just got a cool dj gig! with ponytail, from blatimore. is that good? nobody seems to like knowing them.

Mon. 3/23/09 7:11pm From: dvdsweeney

Harper's April issue has a great article: "Infinite Debt. How Unlimited Interest Rates Destroyed the Economy." Looks at how dismantling the usury laws in the 1970's led to the explosion of financial sector -> shift away from industrial investment -> leads to the mess we're in now.

Mon. 3/23/09 7:12pm From: annie

details... ?

Mon. 3/23/09 7:14pm From: dvdsweeney

re: details...
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/04/0082450

Mon. 3/23/09 7:14pm From: annie

stingy. is it a one time thing?

Mon. 3/23/09 7:14pm From: stingy d

technically i can't give details. but i am the dj, and it's in manhattan in two weeks.

Mon. 3/23/09 7:14pm From: Bäd R☺nald

MATT TAIBBI - http://tinyurl.com/cv3me8

Mon. 3/23/09 7:15pm From: stingy d

one off event.

Mon. 3/23/09 7:15pm From: annie

well, great!! ,, alot is happening that weekend. sean lennon is also having a bash that weekend i think

Mon. 3/23/09 7:16pm From: dvdsweeney

re: Harper's article is on scribd
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13429468/Infinite-Debt

Mon. 3/23/09 7:19pm From: David

Welcome all. A little later, we'll try to get some of your questions on the air. Richard Metzger of Disinfo up next!

Mon. 3/23/09 7:20pm From: anon.

you're interviewing yourself, buddy.

Mon. 3/23/09 7:23pm From: David

Yup. the idea was for Miriam to interview Doug about his ideas on money on the air.

Mon. 3/23/09 7:40pm From: Evangeline

•m – All of this is said with a big, enthusiastic grin, but... C’mon Doug! You edited the GenX Reader! You know as well as anyone that grunge was an ideological movement – A revulsion – Being sickened by the corporate excess of those who had created, but later abandoned, punk. Punk was a far more selfish movement than grunge in that it was about doing and being what you wanted and f*#@ society. Grunge had a more communal ethos and you my friend are the poster boy! Grunge was that coming of age on the back of that era of success – A generation emerging into an adulthood that they had no control over because the damage was done. Punk should not be celebrated – It is no coincidence that punk has re-emerged as the voice of Gen Y – A generation that is criticised for being materialistic and shallow. Man - There's no way I can get this idea out in a short post here... What I'm trying to say is that a punk ithos n and of itself is not a solution - It's too self-oriented.

Mon. 3/23/09 8:03pm From: Sean Daily

Good show, Doug.

Sun. 3/29/09 2:00pm From: johnc

The angle here is a bit too libertarian for my tastes. The passion for and faith in marketplace economics fails to address the social complexities of the global human situation. The marketplace has little interest in society beyond self interest.

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