• Cabin - Ep. 9

  • Jan 18 2022
  • Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • "It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such. It is the bog in our brain and bowels, the primitive vigor of Nature in us that inspires that dream. I shall never find in the wilds of Labrador any greater wildness than in some recess in Concord, i.e., than I import into it." —Henry David Thoreau, Journal, 1856 Cabin is a series from The Relentless Picnic. It's one story told over 11 episodes. It's a story about solitude and isolation, community and loss, Henry David Thoreau and Ted Kaczynski—and it's told through audio recorded throughout 2019, 2020, and 2021. Support us at patreon.com/relentlesspicnic for access to a ton of bonus content. Our web site is relentlesspicnic.com SOURCES (Ep. 9): - Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society (1954): amzn.to/3o2zdmy ; - An anonymous comment submitted to relentlesspicnic.com, Feb. 29, 2020 ; - Plato, Apology (40C-41C); - "The Last Frontier: Homesteaders on the margins of America" by Ted Conover (Harper's; Aug. 2019): bit.ly/3KyesLl ; - season photo: "Untitled #2214" by Todd Hido, 1998.
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