Notes from a Brooklyn Bunker #40: Information Sickness
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In 1981, Ted Mooney introduced the concept of "information sickness" in his novel Easy Travel to Other Planets. He imagined a phenomenon whereby people take in too much information, collapsed from the overload, and felt an overwhelming desire to touch everything because their senses had been dulled. Our Correspondent reexamines Mooney's idea within the context of living in 2022. What forms of supplemental sickness has the two-party system practiced and disseminated within millions of American? And how is this information sickness damaging countless minds and affecting millions of lives?...
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Notes from a Brooklyn Bunker #39: The Neurotic Chronicles
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In 2008, your host Edward Champion made his first attempt at an "audio drama." Two wild episodes called The Neurotic Chronicles that were greatly inspired by Joe Frank and a lot of stylized character-based monologues that have increasingly gone out of fashion. This old project is presented, as is, exclusively to Onlychatter members to show where I was fourteen years ago and to demonstrate that all of us have to start somewhere! (January 17, 2022, 11 minutes, 42 seconds)
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Notes from a Brooklyn Bunker #38: What Will It Take?
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As thousands of motorists are trapped for nearly a day in a snowstorm on I-95 -- without food, water, gas, blankets, or snow plows and with Governor Ralph Northam and the Virginia Department of Transportation doing absolutely zero to rescue them -- Our Correspondent asks the vital question, "What will it take?" What will it take for the American people to put their foot down against any politician -- Republican or Democrat -- who cannot provide a basic baseline of care, empathy, and welfare for the vox populi? What happened to our nation? And can we get these basic humanist values back?...
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Episode 3 Preview
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Episode 3: The Meaning of Santa
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As the Omicron variant ravages New York City, Edward Champion fearlessly hits the thronged streets of Manhattan to chat with SantaCon revelers and determine the true meaning of Santa Claus in increasingly apocalyptic times. His investigative adventure finds him chatting with professional Santas, city workers, expert psychiatrists, street philosophers, and even one of the founders of SantaCon himself! (December 23, 2021, running time 49 minutes, 8 seconds.)
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Notes #37: Pattern Game
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Our Correspondent considers "the contretemps of predictability" after a bad breakup and examines how all of us are ensnared in relation to dating apps, algorithms, and the hunger for emotional intimacy. (December 16, 2021, 12 minutes and 46 seconds)
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Notes #36: Don We Now Our Macy's Apparel
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How the World Makes Us #2: Schizo Dad
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How the World Makes Us #1: Labor Shortage
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Notes #35: Return of the Bald Man
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