The Savagery of Man: ‘Tender is the Flesh’ and ‘The Unworthy’ Ep. 286

The Savagery of Man: ‘Tender is the Flesh’ and ‘The Unworthy’ Ep. 286

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORCP4tMogdo Sharing my thoughts on Agustina Bazterrica’s ‘Tender is the Flesh,’ and ‘The Unworthy’ Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes:  Tender is the Flesh The Unworthy Pat's StoryGraph account Patrick MacFarlane (@patmacfarlane_) / X

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Another Notch in the Spine

Another Notch in the Spine

The following is the first draft of a short story for a collection I am working on. I hope you enjoy it. Cheers! --Patrick On the morning of my first kill, I woke up before Mom had come to get me. I gazed up at the concrete ceiling, where the night before, Dad helped me array a night’s sky of glow-in-the-dark stickers. A cool breeze wafted through the cracked-open window, carrying with it the hum of the slumbering city. In that predawn darkness, I pondered what Roddy had told the other boys on the bus the week before. “...and its chest just exploded,” he yelled, arms hooked over the back of...

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Why People Accept Horrible Fates: ‘Never Let Me Go’ Ep. 285

Why People Accept Horrible Fates: ‘Never Let Me Go’ Ep. 285

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg2ynlTORuw Sharing my thoughts on Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘Never Let Me Go’ Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes:  Never Let Me Go -  Affiliate Link Dark Tales - Affiliate Link Pat's StoryGraph account Patrick MacFarlane (@patmacfarlane_) / X

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Anti-Natalism and ‘Children of Men’ Ep. 284

Anti-Natalism and ‘Children of Men’ Ep. 284

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YNlqWOj9S0 Sharing my thoughts on PD James’s ‘The Children of Men’ Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes: Pat's StoryGraph account Patrick MacFarlane (@patmacfarlane_) / X

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‘Dracula’ & the Technocratic Nightmare Ep. 283

‘Dracula’ & the Technocratic Nightmare Ep. 283

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqgvwi-bbdI Sharing my thoughts on Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes:  Vital Dissent - Blood Meridian episode Unhallowed Podcast Ex Machina (2014) - IMDb Amazon - The Passage: A Novel Amazon - Dracula Deluxe Hardbound Edition

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‘The Giver’ & the Loss of Innocence Ep. 282

‘The Giver’ & the Loss of Innocence Ep. 282

https://youtu.be/oIlZ8bqf16w?si=SrmmBRFzm78rgwP2 Sharing my thoughts on Lois Lowry’s ‘The Giver’ Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes:  Support Today | The Libertarian Institute The Giver Quartet Box Set Early Liberty Weekly articles and podcasts Stoned Apes & Brave New World Ep. 29

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Blood Meridian: War Is God? Ep. 281

Blood Meridian: War Is God? Ep. 281

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIfNHpItYR8 Sharing my thoughts on Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.club Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show notes:  Support Today | The Libertarian Institute The Greatest, Terrible Book Ever Made - The Story too Disturbing to be a Movie: Blood Meridian Judge Holden Holds Forth on War (Blood Meridian) – Biblioklept Amazon Affiliate Link

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Prosecuting Individual Israeli Soldiers for War Crimes Ep. 280

Prosecuting Individual Israeli Soldiers for War Crimes Ep. 280

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG5uvsoAHJE Patrick discusses Non-Profit attempts to prosecute individual soldiers for war crimes in Gaza Vital Dissent websit Join my email list and become a premium member: http://www.vitaldissent.clu Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10   Show notes:  The Hind Rajab Foundation (@HindRFoundation) / X IDF Soldiers in Amsterdam Face Urgent Arrest for Gaza War Crimes - THE HIND RAJAB FOUNDATION Hind Rajab Foundation Files Urgent Legal Complaint in France Against Israeli Soldier for Acts of Torture and War Crimes HRF Files Legal Action in Ecuador...

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