Podcast
The Soft Machine
Hosted by Tamara Frankel · EN
A critical examination of modern subversive culture, art, literature and philosophy examining various artists, writers, philosophers, cultural figures and movements and their role in culture and history. Hosted by Tamara Frankel.
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Episodes
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Live from Skull Island
Sep 19, 201700:30:55Tap to summarizeI remember the time that we shared grace and hate and wine... A special Soft Machine music minisode where Tamara shares some of her music from past and current projects & discusses the recording of and inspiration behind them.
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BioHack The Pain Away
Sep 2, 201700:45:33Tap to summarizeExploring The Soft Machine... Tamara discusses her personal experiences with biohacking, self-transformation, self-healing, raw veganism, alternative healing modalities, the mind/body connection, online pseudo-scientific communities & demimondes, nutrition and being human in the floating world. Find us on: Instagram: @tamarafrankel Twitter: @tamara_frankel Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/softmachinepod Gmail: softmachinepod@gmail.com { & on Mastodon Instances: mastodon.social, mastodon.cc & cybre.space @TheSoftMachine } "good artists copy, great artists steal"
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(Trisha Paytas and) The Death of Decadence
Aug 20, 201700:14:08Tap to summarizeDiscussing youtube star Trisha Paytas, decadence, reality tv culture, maximalism, and existential failure. Hosted by Tamara Frankel.
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Myths of Modernity
Mar 7, 201703:05:03Tap to summarizeIn part 3 of The Soft Machine's series on internet culture, Tamara discusses online privacy & global mass surveillance, the dark net, hacktivism and it's evolution from driving ethos of the young tech industry, the evolution of man's technological tools, the price of freedom in the modern world and what the future holds. Also an interview with Julian Assange about Google. Take you privacy & freedom into your own hands: http://www.americasdumbestsoldiers.com/ https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en Connect with me: Instagram: @tamarafrankel Twitter: @tamara_frankel Email: softmachinepod@gmail.com & softmachine@protonmail.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4094880
Transcribe →Network Solitude
Dec 20, 201601:24:48Tap to summarizeIn part 2 of The Soft Machine's Art & Culture of the Internet series, Tamara examines the effects of social media on our society & culture and social media's impact on the art world. Topics of discussion include Richard Prince's New Portraits series, Andy Warhol's lasting cultural legacy, Lauren Alice Avery, Lolcow, the social & existential revolution brought about by social media, internet fame, data mining, the Right to Be Forgotten and social media as art. Connect with us: Instagram: @tamarafrankel Twitter: @tamara_frankel & @softmachinepod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/softmachinepod/ email: softmachinepod@gmail.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=4094880 Tumblr: http://softmachinepod.tumblr.com/ & http://schadenfroid.tumblr.com/ Libsyn: http://softmachine.libsyn.com/
Transcribe →Event Algorithm
Nov 15, 201601:01:49Tap to summarizeIn part one of The Soft Machine's Art & Culture of the Internet series, Tamara discusses the effect of technology on our culture, the idea of the internet as a logical geography with it's own culture, the social revolution created by social media, Spectacle Culture and the prescient ideas of Jonathan Crary, Jean Bauldrillard & Guy Debord, Vaporwave aesthetics, J.G. Ballard's The Atrocity Exhibit, curatorial democratization, the re-parochialization of aesthetic and beauty standards and the work of William Ndatila. You can find us at: Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=4094880 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/softmachinepod/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamarafrankel/ Tumblr: http://softmachinepod.tumblr.com/ Our Feed Page: http://softmachine.libsyn.com/ email: softmachinepod@gmail.com
Transcribe →Subversive Entertainment for Subversive People
Sep 25, 201600:05:59Tap to summarizeHow to get in touch with us & get more Soft Machine content: Tumblr: http://softmachinepod.tumblr.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/softmachinepod/ Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=4094880 Libsyn feed page: http://softmachine.libsyn.com/ Gmail: softmachinepod@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamarafrankel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tamara_frankel https://twitter.com/softmachinepod/ Here at The Soft Machine, we're committed to creating subversive entertainment for subversive people!
Transcribe →The Terror of Beauty
Aug 30, 201601:03:07Tap to summarizeTamara discusses the life and work of Yukio Mishima and Douglas P of Death in June. Other topics of discussion include Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy and Antonin Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty.
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