"Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb:" A Conversation About Catastrophes
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Apocalyptic and catastrophic visions are growing and crystalizing amid the Covid-19 crisis as many are possessed by an ominous anticipation of something looming on the horizon. Ever since the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki this 'cold' paranoid mode of thinking has put the world on edge while simultaneously evolving from having as its focus a singular ideological enemy--e.g. communism and the Soviet Union--to the ever-present and diffuse threat of terrorism.
Interlude 1: Penderecki - Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Interlude 2: İlhan Mimaroğlu - Immolation Scene
Outro: Pharoah Sanders - Love is Everywhere
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