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The most important discussion you’ll ever eavesdrop on
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Paperback – 320 pages 6 Inches × 6 Inches (w × h) Weight: 261 Grams BISAC: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General Publisher: New Society Publishers ISBN: 9780865716933 Pub. Date: 2011-11-15
The KunstlerCast
Conversations with James Howard Kunstler
…the tragic comedy of suburban sprawl
by Duncan Crary
SOMETIMES CAUSTIC, often controversial and always provocative, James Howard Kunstler is one of America’s most outrageous commentators on the collapse of the American dream. Whether sitting in the studio, strolling city streets, visiting a suburban mall or even “Happy Motoring,” his grim predictions are leavened by his signature sharp wit and cheerfully pessimistic humor.
The KunstlerCast (based on the popular weekly podcast of the same name) revisits and updates the major ideas contained in Kunstler’s conversations with author Duncan Crary, including:
- The need to rethink current sources of transportation and energy
- The failure of urban planning, architecture and industrial society
- America’s plastic, dysfunctional culture
- The reality of peak oil.
While readers may or may not agree with some of the more dystopian of Kunstler’s visions, The KunstlerCast presents an essentially positive message and is bound to inspire a great deal of thought, laughter, discussion and, hopefully, action.
DUNCAN CRARY is a journalist, editor, and the host and producer of The KunstlerCast, a popular weekly podcast featuring James Howard Kunstler (author of The Geography of Nowhere, The Long Emergency and World Made By Hand).
If books were made out of Cheez Doodles (the favorite party snack of KunstlerCast fans) this is what they would look like: bright orange, bite size, and sure to leave a tasty residue on all who touch it.
Advance Praise for The KunstlerCast book
“James Howard Kunstler plainly has a lot to say about the state of the world. And while much of it is bad, bad news — aggressively, congenitally, perhaps even fatally bad — he speaks with such vim and vigor that you find yourself nodding in agreement rather than looking for a noose. Duncan Crary wrangles these free-wheeling conversations masterfully. A bracing dose of reality for an unreal world.”
— STEPHEN J. DUBNER, co-author of Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics
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Book Cover: The KunstlerCast, by Duncan Crary (New Society Publishers, 2011) Paperback – 320 pages 6 Inches × 6 Inches (w × h) Weight: 261 Grams ISBN: 9780865716933
Available at Amazon
Or Shop Indie Bookstores (price varies)
For Canada, Buy Here
For all else, check online.
If books were made out of Cheez Doodles this is what they would look like: bright orange, bite size, leaves a tasty residue on those who touch it.
REVIEWS
“This book is indeed great fun. … However, Crary’s superior volume has the guts to truly grapple with the harsh realities shaping our times—realities that few dare discuss out in the open.”
“KunstlerCast is an easy read that you can dip into and out of at will”
— Peter Bane, Permaculture Activist Magazine (.pdf), February 2012
“For those of you wanting a good overview of Kunstler’s thinking and for those of you that want to share JHK with others but may fear being embarrassed by the sometimes ‘salty’ language he can use, this book is a great tool. The format is, by design, conversational. You can digest it in small bites or in large pieces. And the Kunstler world through Duncan’s eyes is not necessarily sanitized, but it is communicated in a way that I think will reach a broader audience.”
“The 320-page New Society Publishers offering was just released in paperback and is based on four years of weekly Kunstler riffs recorded by podcasting journalist Duncan Crary. In his introduction to the book, Crary professes to be merely a host, and sometimes a Kunstler foil, but the two upstate New Yorkers really are kindred intellects.”
—Ready to despair? ‘Doomer’ exhorts us to ‘grow up’, Jon Rutter Lancaster Sunday News, Nov. 12, 2011
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