New Teacast: Graham Elwood
Added 2017-10-18 05:37:24 +0000 UTCThe Chamomile Vigilante
I'm sorry this ep is going up a little late - I lost a day in transit from LA to Sydney, but I hope you'll enjoy it.
I spoke over Chamomile tea with Graham Elwood, who cohosts Comedy Film Nerds, is one of the organisers and originating minds behind the Los Angeles Podcast Festival, and publishes a youtube channel that's a fascinating deep dive into the convoluted issues of US Democracy called Political Vigilante. We talked about the benefits of loose leaf green tea, war, how to deal with shifts in the bedrock of relationships, selfhood, patriotism, capitalism and betrayal.
Here you go: http://apple.co/2oyL7Vy
Non- itunes listeners can catch it here
Graham Elwood can be found at http://grahamelwood.com
Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
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Don’t apologise at all, I enjoy getting your thoughts and appreciate you making the effort!
2017-10-23 20:42:55 +0000 UTCHello. just wanted to mirror some of G. E comments about country and identity. for last few years ive been finding it harder and harder to identify as Welsh. As a whole we have been a country like Scotland that leans left and predominantly Labour, compared to our neighbors overs the bridge. But seeing the rise of ukip, scoccer and then brexit In Wales I almost feel embarrassed to say im Welsh/british. just do it out of habit mostly. In Wales we have some of the poorest regions in western Europe. and the only major funding we got was from the E.U. we year on year received more than we paid into it. I have friends that have lived here for decades. set up business employed local people. paid their way. yet don't know if they are able to stay. being attacked in the street abuse hurled at them. it so ugly. My Nan was kicked out of her Family for marring a Welsh man and she never spoke to her father again. My Father remembers seeing signs that said no dogs no blacks. no irish no taffs. Once they kick out the Poles, French, Italian, Hungarian, Asians, Africans who do you think are going to be the groups target again. So just out of self interest how could we vote like this. Yet as Brits we think we can go were we want. Whether it be the grays who retire in Spain or others wanting warmer climates further a field. What we gonna be left with when we kick every one out. Morris Dancing, Jellied ells and Adele, hell no. look not even one of our most popular icons comes from here. Tea, come on. Then I start thinking does it really matter. Apart from bit of fun when sporing teams play. Its a global world we should embrace it. mixing different cultures, arts, food. It sounds stupid to blindly identify as Welsh or British no matter what. such A binary way to think. Sorry really only meant this to be quick comment. think im going to stop until i Learn how to write in a more condensed precise manner. Anyway stay strong peps you do you thanks
Joe
2017-10-20 22:52:30 +0000 UTC
