The KunstlerCast is a weekly audio program about the tragic comedy of suburban sprawl.
Featuring: James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere, The Long Emergency and other books.
Duncan Crary, host/producer, speaks with Kunstler weekly about the failure of suburbia and the inevitable end of this living arrangement with no future.
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I believe a lot of people share my feelings about the tragic landscape of highway strips, parking lots, housing tracts, mega-malls, junked cities, and ravaged countryside that makes up the everyday environment where most Americans live and work. - James Howard Kunstler,
from The Geography of Nowhere |
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KunstlerCast #45: JHK's Resolutions 2009
Duncan Answers Questions about Podcast
In this abbreviated edition, James Howard Kunstler shares his New Year's resolutions for 2009. He also sets some personal goals for finishing the sequel to his post oil novel, World Made by Hand, and gives some details on what that book will be about. For the rest of this short show Duncan answers some listener questions about the podcast. Released: Jan 1, 2009
Direct Download:
KunstlerCast_45.mp3
( 7.5 MB | 9:05 mins.)
Promo music featured in this episode courtesy of IODA Promonet:
Hauschka
"Freibad" (mp3)
from "Ferndorf"
(Fat Cat Records)
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Last week's Show:
KunstlerCast #44: Forecast 2009
Remembering Y2K
Every year James Howard Kunstler publishes his annual forecast on his popular blog. For this installment of the KunstlerCast, Jim gives us a sneak preview of some of his predictions for 2009. Topics in this show include: phony baloney money, new economies, home deliveries, oil shortages and price increases. Kunstler also talks about his 1999 predictions and thoughts about Y2K. Released: Dec. 25, 2008
Direct Download:
KunstlerCast_44.mp3
( 21 MB | 26:23 mins.)
Promo music featured in this episode courtesy of IODA Promonet:
Opotopo "Belama" (mp3)
from "Highlife Time"
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