Cursed With Good Ideas

May 26 2024 19 ep. 71 mins 83
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Nontopical banter podcast by post-crisis academics: mostly peripheral, irregular guests, rushed cuts, lukewarm takes. Twitter: @cwgibois Support: https://ko-fi.com/cursedwithgoodideas

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CWGI #19: Breaking all memes (with Idil Galip)

May 26 2024 66 mins  
The nineteenth episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, sixty-six minutes of rapid-fire meme studies takes with hosts Dino Chang and Gabriele de Seta riffing off over Idil Galip's recent ventures. In this episode: Jason Bateman memes, Meme Studies Research Network, Critical Meme Reader III, iFunny.co memes, non-memes. Lack of stereo separation thanks to a missing checkbox for individual

CWGI #18: Ultrastable systems (with Dylan Levi King)

Jan 08 2024 88 mins  
The eighteenth episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, eighty-eight minutes of feedback loops with Asa Roast, Dino Chang and Gabriele de Seta nerding out about Dylan Levi King's work. In this episode: translating Chinese literature, Chinese cybernetics, DPRK environmentalism, Japanese fashion, Asia-as-method. Thuds and cuts due to experimental microphone setups. LINKS: - Jia Pingwa's "T

CWGI x Deathnography - The Advice Show Crossover Episode

May 29 2023 108 mins  
A special crossover episode brought to you by CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS and Deathnography, one hundred and eight minutes of call-in show with Dino Chang, Gabriele de Seta, Patrick Harrison, and Henry Lee answering your questions and giving advice to Young Men. In this episode: sapiosexuality, academic career, love, labor, therapy, cuckoldry Coughs and volume dips due to smoking and sh

CWGI #17: A l g o r i t h m s (with Nick Seaver)

Feb 11 2023 93 mins  
The seventeenth episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, ninety-three minutes of collaborative filtering with Dino Chang, Gabriele de Seta, Patrick Harrison, and Asa Roast asking uninformed questions to Nick Seaver. In this episode: cybernetics, algorithms, recommender systems, and methodological cope. Hums and croaks courtesy of postgraduate mobility. LINKS: - Nick Seaver's "Computing T

CWGI #15: What happens when a phone dies (with Nicolas Nova & Anaïs Bloch)

Apr 10 2021 71 mins  
The fifteenth episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, seventy-one minutes of socio-technical assemblage unpacking with Anaïs Bloch, Dino Chang, Gabriele de Seta, Patrick Harrison, and Nicolas Nova. In this episode: smartphone affects, repair cultures, legendary solderers, and drawing as method. Clicks and bleeps afforded by the caprices of broadband connections. LINKS: - Nicolas Nova &

CWGI #14: The ethnographer as construction worker (with Leif)

Jan 20 2021 77 mins  
The fourteenth episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, seventy-seven minutes of urban fieldwork reminiscences with Asa Roast, Dino Chang, Gabriele de Seta, Leif, and Patrick Harrison. In this episode: black pollution, construction work masculinities, urban ethnography and anxious wealth. Audio artifacts and bitcrushing sponsored by Zoom compression algorithms. LINKS: - Overhead cable re

CWGI #13: The Unavoidable Lockdown Episode (with Andrew Holtz & Marianne von Blomberg)

May 05 2020 70 mins  
The thirtheeth episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, seventy minutes of inescapable lockdown chronicles with Andrew Holtz, Dino Chang, Gabriele de Seta, Joy Zhu and Marianne von Blomberg. In this episode: Epidemiology 101, social credit system, health QR codes, and empty airports. Echoes and ghostly crackles kindly offered by smartphone microphones. LINKS:- COVID-19 spikes in Hong Kon

CWGI #12: Boredom and self-quarantine in Wuhan

Feb 10 2020 54 mins  
The twelfth episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, fifty-four minutes of catch-up with Clément Renaud, Dino Chang, Digougou and Gabriele de Seta. In this episode: Coronavirus, self-imposed quarantine, epidemic boredom and Wuhanese identity. Phased voices and microphone taps are 100% organic. LINKS:- 2019-nCoV crisis recap: https://chublicopinion.com/2020/02/04/wuhan-a-tale-of-immune-s

CWGI #11: At the Institute for Findom Research (with Nel)

Jan 25 2020 68 mins  
The eleventh episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, sixty-eight minutes of living room vibing with Nel and hosts Dino Chang, Gabriele de Seta and Patrick Harrison. In this episode: Taiwan elections, nation-state cosplaying, financial domination and green hat cuckoldry. VOIP delay and occasional garbage collection truck jingles prove our site-specificity. LINKS:- Institute for Findom Re

CWGI #10: Wuhan, Different Everyday! (with Ge Yulu)

Oct 26 2019 72 mins  
The tenth episode of CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS, seventy-two minutes of bilingual exchanges with Ge Yulu and hosts Dino Chang, Gabriele de Seta and Digougou. In this episode: growing up in Wuhan, 1.5 tier cities, contemporary art education and surveillance cameras. Background disturbances resulting from precarious on-site recording. LINKS:- Ge Yulu's "Where the streets had my name" htt