This podcast is making waves on the internet. It's the best story telling of the politics and empire surrounding the clash between Old and New world civilizations I've heard - its worth listening to.
What a great idea to develop the dramatic story of the early civilization of this hemisphere at the arrival of the Europeans. Of course there’s academic work on this but it’s not been part of our popular culture. A film project would make this great historical narrative more accessible to us today. Meanwhile I’ll check out the podcast link.
Thanks, Mike! Sometimes I can use a break from politics and this is a great way to learn more of our shared cultural history
There’s a culture section on my substack for just that reason. Still gonna be mostly politics but as we say ‘politics is downstream from culture’ so I can’t have a site called The Great Transformation without including the underlying trends.
What a great idea to develop the dramatic story of the early civilization of this hemisphere at the arrival of the Europeans. Of course there’s academic work on this but it’s not been part of our popular culture. A film project would make this great historical narrative more accessible to us today. Meanwhile I’ll check out the podcast link.
Thanks, Mike! Sometimes I can use a break from politics and this is a great way to learn more of our shared cultural history
There’s a culture section on my substack for just that reason. Still gonna be mostly politics but as we say ‘politics is downstream from culture’ so I can’t have a site called The Great Transformation without including the underlying trends.
Let me know your thoughts on that!
Thanks for this recommendation. Sounds great.
I’m reading The Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend, so this pod is coming at just the right time. Fascinating book about our history.