Daniel Coffeen is back this week for the second part of our conversation about Rhetoric, the image, finding gaps, and how Capitalism may be a virus set to destroy its human host. Also featured this week is a collage tribute to JD Salinger and Howard Zinn. Chris Isto White sings "Open the Door," the Infernal Noise Brigade drums away, Santos and Johnny play their hit "Sleepwalk" and Miriam presents another factoid. Send email to douglain@dietsoap.org.

Rhetor and former professor at UC Berkeley Daniel Coffeen is the guest this week and we discuss the idea that capitalism may be a language virus that is quickly destroying its human host. Daniel comes to what he describes as a revolutionary perspective through his own experiences as a worker in some of the hippest digital corporations in the new info crunching capitalist economy. As a postmodern rhetor Daniel seeks pleasure and enjoyment, but has to fight the virus in order to find moments to savor his life. Also this week is a reading about the Truman show which was paraphrased at last week's Transitional Alchemy event in Portland, and a Titanic factoid.

Takis Fotopoulos is a libertarian socialist, an economist, and this week's guest on the Diet Soap podcast. He is also the founder of the Inclusive Democracy movement, the author of many books, and the editor of the Inclusive Democracy journal. KMO of the C-Realm Podcast and Neil Kramer of the Cleaver join in this week as they are in Portland for their Transitional Alchemy Tour. The music this week includes Brian Eno's "Ambient Music," East Forest's "York City" and Chris Isto White's "The Sky is Not a Ceiling." Listen carefully for a revelation in this week's Titanic Factoid.

Takis Fotopoulos is a libertarian socialist, an economist, and this week's guest on the Diet Soap podcast. He is also the founder of the Inclusive Democracy movement, the author of many books, and the editor of the Inclusive Democracy journal. The Music this week includes Gill Scott-Heron's "The Revolution Will Not be Televised," Tibet2Timbuk2's "Dawey Wola," and "Colonel Bogey" and "the Blue Danube" performed on a Calliope. Also you hear a reading from "the Coming Insurrection," and Miriam's Titanic Factoid.

Chris Carlsson the former editor of the 'zine Processed World and author of the book Nowtopia is the guest on this week's podcast. Also featured is the music of Tibet2Timbuk2, Peggy Lee, John Sebastian Bach, and 3 Leg Torso. There is also a reading from the book "The Coming Insurrection." We are two weeks out from KMO and Neil Kramer's arrival in Portland for their Transitional Alchemy Tour, and we have a confirmed space for the two day event at the Lucky Lab Brew Pub on January 20th. The second night will most likely take place at Portland State University and will likely be hosted by Students for Unity.

Mystic blogger Neil Kramer of the blog thecleaver, is this week's guest for the last episode in the zero years, and we talk about time speeding up, the fifth dimension, and the importance of finding your true being. The music of Tibet2Timbuk2 and Chris Isto White are both featured, along with Jimmi Hendrix's cover of Auld Lang Syne.
Neil and KMO of the C-Realm podcast will be visiting Portland, Oregon on January 20th and 21st, and there will be an event and presentation on Peak Oil, Collapse, Control Systems, Transdimensional Shifts, and Revolution. Email douglain@dietsoap.org if you need or want more information or just have something to say, or call Diet Soap at 971-285-4604 and leave a voicemail message to get your voice on the podcast. Miriam talks about fireworks.

Mystic blogger Neil Kramer is this week's guest for a Christmastime episode of Diet Soap. Neil and KMO of the C-Realm podcast will be visiting Portland, Oregon on January 20th and 21st, and there will be an event and presentation on Peak Oil, Collapse, Control Systems, Transdimensional Shifts, and Revolution. Email douglain@dietsoap.org if you need or want more information or just have something to say, or call Diet Soap at 971-285-4604 and leave a voicemail message to get your voice on the podcast. Miriam says hello and hopes you get a lifejacket this Christmas.

Cyberpunk author and Fourth Way practitioner John Shirley is the guest this week on the podcast, and we discuss his new novel Bleak History along with the teaching of the mystic Gurdjieff, Situationalist ideas (whatever those are), and our Star Trek future. This week's podcast also features clips from Videodrome, Johnny Mnemonic, Meetings with Remarkable Men, and a BBC documentary about Postmodernism and the Bonaventure Hotel. A reading from the Coming Insurrection is also included. This week Miriam talks about the dogs on the Titanic.

Freelance journalist and author John Bowe discusses his book Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy on this week's podcast. This week also features the collaged voices of Slavoj Zizek, Noam Chomsky, Groucho Marx, and Frank Rottering. Miriam chimes in with a Titanic Factoid. Send email to douglain at dietsoap dot org, or call 971-285-4604 and leave a voicemail.

This week's episode does not feature an interview, but instead features my short story "How to Cut Your Life to Pieces," which was originally published at Farrago's Wainscot. Also this week we hear from Scott from Tokyo on the Surrealist Project. Kevin G sent me a link to an art exhibit at Yale last week called "The Postwar Avant-Garde and the Culture of Protest", and Terry I sent a link to the All in the Mind Podcast. Music this week includes Wendy Carlos' theme from Tron, pop songs from Nirvana, Janes Addiction, Cyndi Lauper, Matthew Wilder, Steve Reich's composition for 18 musicians, and Moog Synthesizer music by Johann Sebastian Bach. Send email to douglain at dietsoap dot org, or call 971-285-4604 and leave a voicemail.

Novelist AM Dellamonica is the guest this week. Alyx's first book "Indigo Springs" is out from Tor Books this month and we discuss magic, perception, gender, and the wonders of the female phallus. Her website is www.amdellamonica.com. Also featured this week is Ben Burgis' short story/Thanksgiving Parable "The True Meaning of K-Day," as well as songs such as "Think of All the Things You Can Do with a Chair" from Chris "Isto" White, "Penis Envy" by Uncle Bonsai, "Give Peace a Chance" by John Lennon, and many different versions of Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant." Also featured this week is Miriam's Titanic factoid. Happy Thanksgiving! (Remember to email me at douglain at dietsoap dot org, or call 971-285-4604 and leave a voicemail to contribute your voice to the podcast.)

This week's conversation is with 911 Truth Activist Jon Gold. We discuss what Jon considers the best evidence suggesting that elements within the US Government should be investigated as possible suspects in the crime of 911, the reasons behind some of the disinterest in examining this evidence, problems inside the Truth movment, and the possibility that the 911 Truth movement has been infiltrated by agents of disinformation and disruption. Gold's essay The Facts Speak for Themselves is frequently referenced and worth checking out. There are also two listener voicemail messages included this week, collaged material, a reading from Guy Debord's "Comments on the Society of the Spectacle," and a Titanic factoid.

This episode features an interview with Jason Horsley, host of the Warty Theorems podcast, leader of the Stormy Weather Existential Detective Agency (SWEDA), and proponent of paranoid awareness. Jason and I discuss whether the Universe needs us to create social change, whether or not we can shut down the factory or tear down the wall, the story of Osho Rajneesh, John De Ruiter, and what it means to surrender. A segment from this podcast was posted as a youtube video called "A Conversation about Gurus." Chris "Isto" White is back with a song entitled "The Incredible Shrinking Isto," and I read from Larry Law's chapbook "Revolutionary Self Theory." Also there is a factoid about cold water and the Titanic from Miriam.

This week I talk about resistance to the capitalist order and the possibility of a new logic for society with KMO who is the host of the C-Realm podcast. KMO and I discuss his recent interview with Frank Rotering whose economic work aims to go beyond the logic of capitalism and instigate and conceptually support humankind's shift to a new mode of civilization-one characterized by sustainability and global well-being. KMO and I also discuss Alex Jones, conspiracies, and the pros and cons of the paranoid perspective. Chris "Isto" White sings "Clockwork Isto," "The Sky is not a Ceiling," and covers "Young at Heart." Also the Diet Soap phone number is given out. Leave a message at 971-285-4604 and let me know what you think of our collective situation.

This week's podcast features a conversation with the fantasist and novelist Mark Teppo on the subject his book Lightbreaker, and the occult themes to be found in his book. Mark's Codex of Souls series starts with the two books Lightbreaker and Heartland, both of which are out now from Night Shade Books. Also this week Miriam reads Barbara Tannert's story "OOGA-BOOGA AND THE WRITING LIFE" from the Diet Soap website, and the voices of Jason Horsley, Alan Watts, Noam Chomsky, Ariana Huffington, and others are juxtaposed in yet another podcast collage.