Latest Easterneurope Podcast Episodes
Springtime on Mars: a Year Later
Centered Subject - March 14, 2021 15:50 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWhat can we do but lament and watch the snow melt, count buds, and discuss: the end of Covid-world, loss, perfume, and boiling milk. Plus much more! Say hello: https://www.instagram.com/centeredsubjectpodcast/
Solaris Episode
Centered Subject - December 16, 2020 16:13 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAre we cyborgs yet? Is it all just an episode of Solaris (by A. Tarkovsky, not G. Clooney) and if so, where is our invitation to the Space Federation Lunar Fashion Show? How to mine Mars, are we ready for aliens, and why go to the philharmonic if your skull provides plenty of acoustic architectu...
From Belarus with Love and Internet
Centered Subject - August 20, 2020 17:56 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsSeason Two of Centered Subject begins with Yelena in Belarus and Jenny in New York. We discuss Belarusian post-election protests, tell a Trump/Lukashenko joke, consider the pacifying-while-manipulating force of the internet, look at social connection and isolation, and wonder how the Covid-world ...
Crying and Laughing, with Special Guest Flora Wellesley Wesley
Centered Subject - May 05, 2020 02:36 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsA dream-state episode in which emotional, physical, and cinematic spaces overlap. Jenny and Yelena reflect on what they learned in solitude: Jenny tunes in to the bean soak clock, Yelena overcomes the fear of being alone (not really) and takes a laughing workshop with Flora Wellesley Wesley, a d...
The Body Erotic and the Body Social in Quarantine, with Special Guest Daniela Seitz
Centered Subject - April 17, 2020 01:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPart 1: Jenny and Yelena consider the body’s erotic insistence by casting their gazes to the sexiest of the pandemic classics, The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio and the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. J and Y wonder about the nature of vibrators in the Middle Ages, and provide an over...
Zoom Rooms, Comforts of the Screen, and Quarantine Ads with Tanya Brodsky
Centered Subject - March 30, 2020 08:49 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJenny and Yelena look at the body physical in the infinite digital room (zoom) that collapses distance and makes everything cinematography. Despite the omnipotent 21st century technology, we remain surprisingly fragile humans, though just from the waist up. The phone as oracle returns (we discus...
Corona-socialism? Managing our restless bodies and casting economic predictions in self-isolation
Centered Subject - March 22, 2020 18:41 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJenny and Yelena report on respective self-isolation in NYC and LA. Yelena compares the gutted supermarkets of LA to the empty shop shelves in the former USSR, and reflects on the concepts of corona-socialism and corona-capitalism. Jenny assesses the state of language in the times of coronavir...
Corona-socialism? Managing the Body Restless & Casting Economic Predictions in Self-Isolation
Centered Subject - March 22, 2020 18:41 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJenny and Yelena report on respective self-isolation in NYC and LA. Yelena compares the gutted supermarkets of LA to the empty shop shelves in the former USSR, and reflects on the concepts of corona-socialism and corona-capitalism. Jenny assesses the state of language in the times of coronavir...
On Eternity
Centered Subject - March 02, 2020 14:15 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsZoe Aja Moore stops by the pod and things get transcendental as we unravel the notion of an eternal object. Yelena finds wooden boxes on the internet and experiences spiritual panic induced by a selfie stick. Jenny channels Marianne Williamson and is sure she has met you before, and Zoe refuses ...
Who You Know...
Centered Subject - February 21, 2020 17:09 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsInspired by research that connects neurobiological development to social networks in adolescence, Jenny and Yelena trace the history of their friendship and discuss how friends make a difference in life through time. Parsed: differing friend finances, friends with bens, bullies and allies, disap...
Staged and Confused
Centered Subject - February 11, 2020 21:34 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsA brisk episode wherein Jenny and Yelena examine the performative qualities of public and private lives. Props and settings covered: border wall drop, car as costume, coronavirus mask, selfie filters, oratory politics props, giving birth to objects, and putting them on one’s head. Bonus: Yelena ...
Why robot?
Centered Subject - January 31, 2020 01:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIn this episode cobots Jenny and Yelena vacation in the uncanny valley and discuss stars for cars and crackers so rustic they are supernatural. Also considered: corporate surveillance of worker health, Marx’s grave livestream, and the ontology of robots. Bonus - Yelena is actually baby yoda.
Cyber Chat, with special guest Stephen van Dyck
Centered Subject - January 19, 2020 10:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIn the first episode of 2020, Stephen van Dyck stops by the pod to read from his book, People I've Met From the Internet. S, J, Y and friends remember Y2K, Chatroulette, message boards and ye olde modem screech. Also discussed: personalization and anonymity, oral discourse versus texting, emotio...
Bohemian?
Centered Subject - December 27, 2019 18:26 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsBrigitte Nicole Grice joins Jenny and Yelena for a final party episode of 2019; together we take an immersive plunge into the notion of Bohemian. From dadaists, constructivists, and vagabonds to fast fashion floppy hats, love triangles, and OG tubercular Parisian artists, we cover all. Bonus com...
#24 Judicial Independence in Hungary
In Between Europe - December 17, 2019 09:12 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn the last episode of 2019, we look at the state of play in the judiciary in Hungary and what the most recent amendments mean for rule of law and the independence of the court system. To make sense of it all, we are joined by Dávid Vig, the director of Amnesty International Hungary and Ágnes...
On Time
Centered Subject - December 13, 2019 15:04 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsListen in for timeless reporting on the memories of learning about politics in Soviet and Texan elementary schools; reflecting on the way that pants and jackets carry us through the years; studying history with films/series – how does it feel to be one of the royal horde and watch oneself on “Th...
On Animals Again
Centered Subject - December 02, 2019 21:21 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsYelena and Jenny turn to animals once again to discuss human relations and emotional self-expression – why do we use animals as metaphors for our behavior? Featured: elephant gossip, button-pressing dogs, turtle and octopus interactions, human in a monkey mask, Zeus in swan form, and centaurs. B...
#23 Visegrad and Growth in Europe
In Between Europe - November 19, 2019 08:48 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThis episode is a forward-looking one, which builds on our previous discussion about the economic legacy of the transition. We discuss a new report from Visegrad Insight titled “European Futures,” the current state of EU budget negotiations when it comes to Central Europe, and the impact of r...
Astrothoughts
Centered Subject - November 16, 2019 15:08 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJenny and Yelena contemplate the rising popularity of astrology as a way to navigate the times of chaotic uncertainty and interview Elina Tsvadari, an Athens-based psychological astrologer and columnist for the "Athens Voice". Discussed: Astrology apps as a social connector, advisor, and divid...
Astrothoughts
Centered Subject - November 16, 2019 15:08 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJenny and Yelena contemplate the rising popularity of astrology as a way to navigate the times of chaotic uncertainty and interview Elina Tsvadari, an Athens-based psychological astrologer and columnist for the "Athens Voice". Discussed: Astrology apps as a social connector, advisor, and divid...
On Privacy
Centered Subject - November 07, 2019 19:11 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJenny and Yelena gather in the middle of the night to discuss privacy and intimacy in digital times. Considered: the ethics of sharing screenshots, Trump’s proposal to re-enact the Ukraine transcript, playing bad tricks with a dog spy, genes and crimes, and the semiotics of sending nudes. Bonu...
Unhelpful Episode
Centered Subject - October 31, 2019 14:33 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThe internet wants to help but do we need its suggestions? Discussed: octopuses on MDMA, Parisian blob with 730 sexes, unhelpful objects rankings, leaf chore worship and oppression, wormholes, AI for email tone, Cronenberg and the uncanny, online therapy and fleshy phones. Centered Subject...
Geomagical Thinking
Centered Subject - October 18, 2019 10:57 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJenny and Yelena convene to discuss magical thinking in uncertain economic times. Yelena reflects on being surrounded by marble in Athens, Jenny reflects on embodiment of thoughts and prayers and magma. Both are probably never buying crystals again. Referenced: The value of thoughts and pra...
#22 Transition@30: The Economic Legacy
In Between Europe - October 17, 2019 11:38 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn this episode we talk to Dóra Győrffy, a professor at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Hungary, about the economic legacy of the transition. We take stock of the frontrunners and those who did things by the book implementing neoliberal reforms, but we also touch on the failures, and...
Rent-a-Life
Centered Subject - October 04, 2019 23:55 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJenny, Yelena and special guest Emily Curtin discuss insidious advertising techniques, troubling couch subscription, Freud and advertising, algorithms pretending to be human, humans pretending to be algorithms, 19th century robots, Jenny and the unpredictable scale of the buffalo, subscriptions ...
The Limited Guide to the Anthropocene
Centered Subject - September 27, 2019 17:22 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsLive in NYC, Jenny and Yelena are joined by philosopher Brian Irwin who reports on “Designing a Green New Deal”, a conference that took place at UPenn on Sept. 13th. Also discussed: the climate strike, ways to effect political change, Jonathan Franzen (is he a dick?), anthropogenic urban planni...
Oh, cult
Centered Subject - September 18, 2019 22:48 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJenny and Yelena reunite to discuss 1960’s LA, Kenneth Anger, Marjorie Cameron, Edgar Cayce, drones, too fast a service at 7/11, instructions for collective humanity, will power, becoming a pixel, patience, materiality, immediacy, boredom, and country houses. Centered Subject is Jenny Camp...
Homemaker’s Guide to Cars, Sex and Convents
Centered Subject - September 07, 2019 00:05 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIn this truly existential ep, Jenny and Yelena contemplate the nature of belonging and alienation, drive-in brothels, living in one’s car, the gendered nature of modernist architecture, and the Millennial nun trend. Tune in for guidance on intimate housework and being your own pet. Referen...
The New Medievalism?
Centered Subject - August 29, 2019 19:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsA time-travel episode with special guest Julia Holter. Jenny moves to the Middle Ages and reports from the scene, Yelena draws contemporary parallels, and Julia provides the allegorical counterpoints. Discussed: emoji as modern iconography, area 51 Facebook group meet up vs peasant riots, plag...
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Centered Subject - August 24, 2019 04:27 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJenny and Yelena get discursive about perfectionism, work ethics, envy, social media, and dick pics in the age of digital reproduction. Special appearances by Henry VIII, Anne of Cleves, and Greenland! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Centered Subject is Jenny Campbell (NYC) an...
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