Algorithms of Oppression: From Agrilogistics to AI

A friend's very special birthday party gave me a chance to air some of the ideas I have been discussing with friends in recent months.

Nov 30 • 

Andy Wilson

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The Surrealist Cabbage and Roger Caillois's Stones

In which the wonder-inducing properties of cabbages, the Surealist kitchen, and Roger Caillois's study of the forms of stones are discussed.

Nov 15 • 

Andy Wilson

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Michael Moynihan's Siege Mentality

Written back in 2010, before a lot of the fascist underground went overground with Trump, looking at the links between the post-industrial underground…

Nov 13 • 

Andy Wilson

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Georges Bataille and the Surrealist Blake

Listen now | Bataille was a passionate advocate for William Blake among the Surrealists. But how did he connect Blake to his own philosophy of excess…

Nov 1 • 

Andy Wilson

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Stuart Kendall

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September 2025

St Basil and the Hedgehog of Regret

Thoughts on regret, animals and forms of geriatric emotional compression.

Sep 17 • 

Andy Wilson

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Rum, Sodomy & the Lash: 50 Years Since Joining the Mob

I'm taking a temporary personal turn for this post. Bear with me! Back to Blake &c soon: 50 years ago this week, I set off from my home in Coventry…

Sep 9 • 

Andy Wilson

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August 2025

Blake, Castoriadis and the Radical Imagination

Listen now | The Traveller in the Evening talks to Castoriadis scholar and activist, Stephen Hastings-King, about Blake and Castoriadis's radical…

Aug 23 • 

Andy Wilson

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Stephen Hastings-King

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Timothy Morton: Black Opals of Gurgling Negation

Listen now | After months of frantic Signalling, Timothy Morton and Andy get it together to spill the beans on Trump, the Great Chain of Being, Babylon…

Aug 15 • 

Andy Wilson

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Timothy Morton

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Captain, my Captain! Thoughts on Blake's Death Day

As we approach the 200ᵗʰ anniversay of Blake's death (12th Aug 1827), whar can we conclude about his legacy and impact today? A starter pack...

Aug 12 • 

Andy Wilson

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Evergreen Review: Dispatches from the Literary Underground

Pat Thomas has produced a compilation of work from the glory days of the US literary and counterculture journal, Evergreen Review. How did they manage…

Aug 11 • 

Andy Wilson

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July 2025

Awake! Mark Vernon's Imaginary in the Balance

Listen Now: A discussion with Mark Vernon about his book on William Blake and the imagination fuelled an agitated exchange about the relevance of…

Jul 28 • 

Andy Wilson

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Mark Vernon

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June 2025

The Light That Burns So Very Bright: A Playlist For MAGA Erasure

The victims of US racism had revealed to them the truth of their society. In refining that knowledge into music, they built some of the great human and…

Jun 17

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