Silent Generation

Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration   This week Joseph and Nathan are joined by local architecture influencer Steve (otherwise known as Marquisdefacade) to discuss historic preservation. They begin by weighing the pros and cons of historic preservation before detailing how the historic preservation movement in Chicago succeeded (or failed) to preserve the neighborhoods of Old Town, Bronzeville, and Logan Square. Amongst other things they discuss how Logan Square Preservation uses “preservation” to advance their NIMBY agenda in Logan Square, how Jober’s Canyon in Omaha, NE got demolished despite being listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and how 9 highrises and skyscrapers in Chicago could potentially become the Early Chicago Skyscrapers UNESCO World Heritage Site.   Links: Marquisdefacade’s Instagram The Marquisdefacade Podcast  Historic Preservation - Treating the Symptom Instead of the Cause by Andrew Price Housing experts say there just aren't enough homes in the U.S. by By Mary Louise Kelly Glasner Studio Virtual Tour The Architectural Record - 1907 (the article contrasting NYC and Chicago apartment buildings) Proposed Tower In Old Town Gets More Brick, Warmer Colors, But Traffic Concerns Persist by Jake Wittich Losing Track by J. W. Mason WIN: Logan Square Preservation Raises Funds to Restore Church’s Stained Glass Andy Schneider, President Of Logan Square Preservation, Running For 1st Ward Alderperson by Mina Bloom Plan To Preserve Building Character On Milwaukee Avenue In Logan Square, Avondale Moves Forward by Ariel Parrella-Aureli Historic structures are set to be demolished at Wells/Superior by Lukas Kugler   Artwork: Photo provided by Marquisdefacade    Recorded on 12/29/2024

New religious movements are religions that are peripheral to a society's dominant religious culture, the earliest and most enduring example being Mormonism (which began in 1830). The majority of practitioners in new religious movements are recent converts and NRMs often get labeled the pejorative term “cult.” On this week’s episode of Silent Generation the boys explore how NRMs emerged in response to the problems of modernity by examining Mormonism, The Baháʼí Faith, The Enthusiastic Sobriety Movement, The People’s Temple Movement, The Rajneesh Movement, Twin Flames Universe, and Love Has Won. Amongst other things they discuss how NRMs appeal to people raised in the suburbs because of the communal living arrangements they offer, how federal interference is often the tipping point that leads to mass casualty events, and how Nathan’s brother once worked for a restaurant operated by an NRM.   Links: What are New Religious Movements ft. Professor Eileen Barker Death of a Scientologist by Tori Marlan Hunter x Hunter Intro Snowflake, Arizona LDS Temple The Love Bomb by Daniel Kolitz Wild Wild Country (2018) Escaping Twin Flames (2023) How ‘Twin Flames Universe’ leader pretends to be Jesus to create an abusive multi-level marketing scheme by Mallory Challis Cult Info Since 1979 by the The International Cultic Studies Association   Artwork: The Baháʼí House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois (1969)   Recorded on 12/25/2024

This week Joseph and Nathan examine the various aesthetics that have come out of hunting fashion. They begin by discussing how shooting and hunting in the United Kingdom are leisure activities that have historically only been available to the most wealthy, and why British clothing associated with the activity looks more formal and more conspicuous than its American counterpart (such as red fox hunting coats). The boys then go into a deep dive of how hunting camouflage developed out of military camouflage before detailing why it's worn so often by everyday people in the United States. Amongst other things they discuss how buffalo skins worn by Native Americans during buffalo jumps are an early example of camouflage, how the Harris/ Walz campaign released a camo campaign hat in response to Chappel Roan’s Midwest Princess tour camo hat, how high-visibility blaze orange is more liberal-coded than hunting camo, and how deer aren’t able to see high-visibility blaze orange because they are red-green colorblind. Links: Hunting fashion Pinterest board: https://pin.it/60F92bfWP  Ep. 37: Male Desire w/ Charles Livingston [UNLOCKED] The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions by Thorstein Veblen Gentlemanly Pursuits: Hunting & Shooting Attire by J. A. Shapira Dressed to Kill: A History of British Sporting Fashion by Kim Cady What to Wear Game Shooting by Alan Paine The Density Divide and the Southernification of Rural America by Will Wilkinson  Tim Walz Struggles With Shotgun At Pheasant Hunt, Gets Mocked  Elusive deer spotted wearing high-vis jacket in Canada: ‘Who is responsible?’ by Leland Cecco  Blaze Orange Regulations for Every State by Teri Williams  Can Deer See Blaze Orange? by Lindsay Thomas Jr.  Artwork: Origin unknown Recorded on 12/22/2024

Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration    Futurism was an Italian art movement focused on speed, technology, and violence that began in 1909 after Filippo Tommaso Marinetti published the Manifesto of Futurism. Italian Futurists thought that their nascently-industrialized country was developing at a slow pace due to the weight of Italy’s past and they wanted to break free; artists like Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, Luigi Russolo, and Tullio Crali depicted “futuristic” subjects like cars, trains, and airplanes in dynamic ways that challenged existing cultural conventions. On this week’s episode of Silent Generation Nathan and Joseph analyze Futurism using an urbanist lens. Amongst other things they discuss the problematic link between Futurism and Fascism in post-WW1 Italy, the Cubo-Futurist style of the short lived Russian Futurist movement, the absurdity of Futurist food, and the beauty of Tullio Crali’s Aeropittura paintings of airplanes and aerial landscapes.   Links:  Futurism Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/silentgeneration/futurism/  Manifesto of Futurism by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti Scene of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's accident, 15 October 1908 Screenshot from Italian Futurism: Speed, dynamism, and the fight at La Fenice Manifesto of Futurist Woman by Valentine de Saint-Point Italian Futurism, 1909–1944: Reconstructing the Universe Boccioni Recreated Recreating Boccioni's striding sculptures from 1913 How Italian Futurism Influenced the Rise of Fascism by Jad Dahsan When Futurism Led to Fascism—and Why It Could Happen Again What Is Russian Futurism? by Anastasiia S. Kirpalov Kseniya Boguslavskaya https://www.tulliocrali.com/en/  Crali and Aeropainting (Tullio Crali: A Futurist Life) Lingotto factory in Turin Modernist Architecture in Eritrea Artwork: Before the Parachute Opens (Prima che si apra il paracadute), 1939 by Tullio Crali   Recorded on 12/9/2024

How is modern masculinity different from classical masculinity? This week the boys are joined by local menswear influencer Gent Z to discuss how men in the modern era intentionally refine their masculinity through self improvement. Amongst other things they discuss what the end goal of self-improvement should be, what male role models they personally look up to, and what they think about the idea that there is a “crisis of masculinity.”    Links:  How to Build New Habits by Taking Advantage of Old Ones by James Clear    Artwork: Paul Newman photographed by Stewart Stern, 1973

McBling is a mid-2000s aesthetic characterized by tacky displays of wealth, celebrity culture, fake tans, and bleach blonde hair. According to Vogue magazine it emerged in “2003, following the American invasion of Iraq, and ended with the onset of the Great Recession in 2008.” McBling arose organically in popular culture and was only later identified as an aesthetic by the Consumer Aesthetic Research Institute, and this is the first Silent Generation episode to cover an aesthetic identified by their organization. Amongst other things on this week’s episode, the boys discuss how the term McBling first came out of a poll in a “post-Y2K” Facebook group, how Gen Z’s interpretation of McBling favors Von Dutch too heavily, how the mid-2000s reality TV show Bad Girls Club captured the McBling zeitgeist, and how TikTok accounts like Bronzedupbrat are making McBling reach record popularity in 2024.   Links: McBling Pinterest board The Consumer Aesthetic Research Institute McBling CARI description The original McBling Facebook Group Evan Collins’ McBling “joke” post Brittney Spears’ half Y2k/ half McBling outfit The second poll in the McBling Facebook group What Is McBling and How Is it Different From Y2K? by Abrigail Williams McBling on Google Trends The Antisemitic History of Early 2000s Fashion Brand Von Dutch by Sam Miller Paris Hilton changing her voice to sound more feminine Paris Hilton’s “stop being poor” meme Bad Girls Club Tanisha slamming pots and pans in season 2 Bad Girls Club Judi Jai breakfast cereal fight in season 7 The Y2K Attitude Era - A Cultural Middle Finger How do you stay so authentically 2000s? by Bronzedupbrat 4Chan mannerisms displayed by Boxxy The McBling Subreddit Trashy McBling Spotify playlist NGSUNC by Ayesha Erotica Do I Look Like a Slut by Avenue D OlderBrotherCore Tiktok McMansion Hell   Artwork: Paris Hilton   Recorded on 11/17/2024

Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration  This week Joseph and Nathan are joined by Breanna, a Silent Generation listener who works as a software engineer for a major online dating company, to discuss online dating. They detail the early history of online dating (such as how the first person to develop a computer based dating service was a working class British woman named Joan Ball) before sharing their experiences with online dating websites and apps such as Match.com, Hinge, Tinder, Okcupid, and The League. Amongst other things they discuss how dating apps replaced ELO algorithms with Gale-Shapley algorithms, how a recent study found that NYC was the worst major US city for dating, and how Chicago attracts “coastal dating app refugees” who seek an easier dating market.    Links: How heterosexual couples met graph The Mother of All Swipes by Mar Hicks Whitney Wolfe, founder of dating app Bumble, has had quite the year. She just can’t discuss parts of it by Todd C. Frankel  Hinge’s newest feature claims to use machine learning to find your best match by Ashley Carman Towards a statistical physics of dating apps by Fabrizio Olmeda The Uncanny Swipe Drive: The Return of a Racist Mode of Algorithmic Thought on Dating Apps by Greggory Narr Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating by Apryl Williams and Kendra Albert Race and Attraction, 2009 – 2014 from Oktrends  NYC is the ‘worst’ US city for dating by Asia Grace River Page Grindr Tweet Hot Gays, Body Image, & Comparison by Hellvetika  What is the dating culture in Chicago like? Reddit post Asian gay immigrant looking to relocate to Chicago from LA? Reddit post Artwork: First boot in 17 years, all on 90’s equipment Recorded on 11/10/2024

Pokémon is the highest grossest media franchise of all time, but has it declined in quality? On this week’s episode Joseph and Nathan use Pokemon as a case study to talk about gamer culture, nostalgia, and fandoms more broadly. After breaking down the history of Pokémon into three booms and one bust, the boys detail what they like about the franchise (Ken Sugimori’s artwork, HM moves, and their favorite Pokémon) and the things they dislike about it (competitive Pokémon play, shiny hunting, and legendary Pokémon). Amongst other things they discuss how Poliwhirl almost became the main mascot for the Pokémon franchise, how Pokémon became uncool in the mid-2000s, how the designs of Pokémon became rounder and cuter over time, and how a terabyte of information stolen from Game Freak’s servers (dubbed “the teraleak”) recently leaked to the public. Links:  Pokémon – from bugs to blockbuster by Simon Parkin Poliwhirl: The Mascot You Never Knew Pokémon Trainer Norm MacDonald “Pokémon” on Google Trends Pokémon Go - Vaporeon stampede Central Park, NYC Target Pokémon card scalper stampede video Ken Sugimori’s artwork for the original 151 Pokémon Oh Wow, The Best Pokémon Card Art All Comes From The Same Person by John Walker How Pokémon's Art Style & Design Has 'Evolved' Generic Pokémon Design by Generation  What Would Gen 8 Pokémon Look Like in Gen 1? (Part 2) The Evolution of Pokémon Design Pokemon Gold & Silver beta Pokémon Gorochu’s back sprite Project Bauer/ Pokemon Movie 24 Palworld vs. Pokémon Comparison: Just How Similar Are the Designs? by Joshua Yehl Pokemon Sword and Shield Controversy and 'Dexit', Explained by Casey DeFreitas & Matt Kim Taechichu’s Youtube Regi Noises Victreebel Scream  Artwork: Charizard Pokémon Carddass artwork by Ken Sugimori  Recorded on 11/3/2024

Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration  Why did Joseph go to Copenhagen last week? Did he bike around a lot? How many hot dogs did he eat? How was Malmo, Sweden? These are some of the important questions Nathan asked Joseph on this week’s episode.  Artwork: Street photo Copenhagen ... Summer and sun by Ivan Naurholm Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Recorded on 10/27/2024

Hyperpop is a music genre that is noted for its hyperfeminine, artificial, and childlike sound. The term “hyperpop” came into popular use after Spotify staff created a hyperpop playlist in 2019. The music the term described emerged much earlier however, with the earliest examples coming out of the renowned UK record label PC Music starting in 2013. This week Nathan is joined by his friend E to delineate the three main subgenres of hyperpop: future pop, internet pop and digicore. They discuss music by Danny L Harle, A. G. Cook, Hannah Diamond, QT, SOPHIE, Charli XCX, 100 Gecs, Alice Gas, Food House, and others. Amongst other things they discuss how how they first came to find PC Music, how digicore is NEET music, and how both Hannah Diamond and Dis Magazine used “superreal” aesthetics.  Links: Nathan and E’s Hyperpop Spotify Playlist GFOTY vs. LITTLE MIX - The Interview PC Music’s GFOTY criticised after calling Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté “Bombay Bicycle Club blacked up” Why did GFOTY leave PC Music? Reddit post THE 3 PILLARS OF HYPERPOP Reddit post Two Bloods Called by I’m so Popular https://studio.hannahdiamond.com/ MEAT’s AW12 I LUV U campaign MEAT’s AW13 Believe campaign Ur Not a Baller by Serious Thugs Alis Pelleschi’s Instagram Hey QT - The Story of a Popstar Who Never Existed Baby Bubbles by QT Hood By Air AW 2014 runway show Vroom vroom vine Hyperpop: How Charli XCX Created a New Genre 100 Gecs opening for Deftones video 404 Error, Genre Not Found: The Life Cycle of Internet Scenes by Sophie Walker  Alice Gas, Alice Glass, 100 gecs Drama Explained Reddit post  Dis Magazine/ PC Music collaborations Artwork: Artwork for Pink and Blue by Hannah Diamond Recorded on 10/27/2024

Kevin Heckart is a Kansas City based artist who created the artwork behind seapunk’s original aesthetic. This special episode coincides with both the one year anniversary of Silent Generation and the relaunch of the seapunk clothing line Mainframe, which features many of Heckart’s designs. The first half of episode is an interview with Heckart that serves as a spiritual threequel to Silent Generation’s prior two seapunk episodes while the later half is a broader conversation about net art and net artists such as Brad Troemel, Hito Steyerl, Laturbo Avendon, and Lorna Mills. Amongst other things they discuss how Heckart has gone viral on Tiktok for hacking animatronic fish and furby toys, how Nathan and Brad Troemel did the same undergrad program, how Hito Steyerl incorporated real life biographies into Factory of the Sun, and how Skibbidy Toilet shows how thoroughly post-internet aesthetics have permeated popular culture.    Links: mainframehq.net Mainframe’s Instagram Kevin Heckart’s Instagram Kevin Heckart’s Tiktok  I hacked a singing fish. - Kevin Heckart “and yet a trace of the true self exists in the false self” meme HIS BRAIN? NO. HIS HEART Brad Troemel meme The Post-internet Culture Report by Brad Troemel Untitled, 2016 by Laura Owens Trojan Horses: Activist Art and Power by Lucy R. Lippard Color(ed) Theory Series by Amanda Williams  Rhizome’s Net Art Anthology My Boyfriend Came Back from the War by Olia Lialina  Madison Beer #NoFilter by Dis Magazine I was Raised on the Internet exhibition at the MCA Transdimensional Serpent by Jon Rafman The Jogging Tumblr blog Army of Ants by Brad Troemel Giant Arthropods Eating Doritos early meme Liquidity Inc. by Hito Steyerl screenshot Factory of the Sun by Hito Steyerl takeSomeCrime Youtube channel  In Defense of the Poor Image by Hito Steyerl In Defense of the Poor Image-esque Instagram post GIFS by Lorna Mills Repetition Mindset: Artists as Snowflakes by Brad Troemel Artwork: Provided by Kevin Heckart Recorded on 10/16/2024

Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration    For this week’s episode Joseph and Nathan watched Francis Coppola’s latest (and likely final) film, Megalopolis. The film draws parallels between Ancient Rome and modern day New York City and has been met with widespread confusion. The boys discuss the film in the first half of the episode, detailing the performance of several actors (notably Aubrey Plaza’s role as the brilliantly named Wow Platinum) and the film's various references to Ancient Rome. In the second half of the episode the boys discuss megalopolises more broadly, including ones in real life (the Northeast Megalopolis, the European Megalopolis, Japan's Taiheiyo Belt, and China’s various megalopolises) and fictional examples (the megalopolis depicted in the 1927 film Metropolis, Mega-City One in Judge Dredd, and Coruscant in Star Wars).    Links: Martin Scorsese Had a Cinema Epiphany ‘Too Late’  Megalopolis Plot meme Megalopolis Movie Clip - Cesar is Mine (Wow Platinum elevator scene) Nymphet Alumni’s Ep. 90: The Baby Name Game with Sophie Kim Francis Ford Coppola Didn’t Want ‘Megalopolis’ To Be “Some Woke Hollywood Production,” Casting “Canceled” Actors from Deadline Tell Your Children by Alex Berensen  Megalopolis: The Urbanized Northeastern Seaboard of the United States by Jean Gottman What if the cities of Jersey City, Elizabeth, Union, Newark, Hoboken, and others became one larger city like NYC? Reddit post  Why is there no major city here? (Boroughitis) by Urban Jersey Guy The location of Gotham city Cars.destroyed.our.cities Hartford, Connecticut post Blue Java Banana Review by Weird Explorer   Artwork: From Megalopolis' Interactive Scene Explained: What Happens In It   Recorded on 10/6/2024

What is Chautauqua? Chautauqua began in 1874 in Chautauqua, New York as a Summer camp that trained laymen to be Sunday school teachers. President Ulyses S Grant visited the assembly shortly after its founding in 1875, which gave Chautauqua widespread attention and engendered a national movement; the original Chautauqua (now known in the modern day as the Chautauqua Institution) gave rise to hundreds of “daughter” Chautauquas. They offered week long or month long retreats to religiously minded vacationers who wanted to enjoy nature but also wanted to stay productive by watching edifying sermons, lectures, historical impersonations, and concerts.    On this week’s episode the boys discuss how the popular Chautauqua speech Acres of Diamonds resembles the 21st century self help book The Secret, how Chautauqua acts differed from vaudeville acts, and how a specific type of historical impersonation popular in circuit Chautauquas became synonymous with Chautauqua in the modern day. This is the third and final installment of a three part series that explores interconnected topics that deal with American culture and the outdoors.    Links: The Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua: An American Narrative (2011) The History of the Chautauqua Movement Acres of Diamonds by Russell Conwell Bohumir Kryl The height of assassins versus that of their targets Reddit post   Artwork: Participants of a Circuit Chautauqua at Gurdon (Clark County); circa 1919. Recorded on 9/22/2024

In a more anecdotal direction, this week’s episode is on American Summer camps. The boys detail how camping was first developed in 1861 by Frederick Gunn before discussing their own experiences as campers and counselors at American Summer camps. Amongst other things they discuss how modern Summer camps have felt the need to hyperspecialize and give parents an ROI, how Summer camp aesthetics are 1970’s by default, how Summer camps were depicted as WASPy in Addams Family Values, and how Summer camps were depicted as somewhat utopian in the 1964 Soviet film Welcome, or No Trespassing. This is the second installment of a three part series that explores interconnected topics that deal with American culture and the outdoors.    Links: The Not So Happy Campers by Mimi Swartz About our Founder - The Frederick Gunn School Summer Camp Capitalism The History of American Jewish Summer Camps I can tell from her tweets that she had to go live with grandma for a lil bit meme Wednesday’s revolt from The Addams Family Values Long accused of Indigenous misappropriation, Boy Scouts ask if it’s time to change Welcome, or No Trespassing (1964)     Artwork: Photograph by Andy Sweet   Recorded on 9/15/2023

Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration  Scouting is a grassroots, child-led movement that began in the early 1900’s after children discovered Robert Baden-Powell’s written accounts of his time working as a scout for the British Army. After learning of children’s interest in his work, Baden-Powell conducted an experimental scout camp at Brownsea Island in 1907 and subsequently published his seminal work Scouting for Boys in 1908. Dozens and hundreds of official scouting organizations followed, most of which still exist today.    On this week’s episode the boys detail the history of various figures and organizations in the scouting movement. Amongst other things they discuss how arbitrary it was that the scouting movement was inspired by scouting, how scout badges and scouting uniforms create an archive of people’s childhoods, how Cub Scouts truthfully don’t create their own pinewood derby cars, and how the TTI industry and wilderness therapy are “dark scouting.” This is the first installment of a three part series that explores interconnected topics that deal with American culture and the outdoors.    Links: Scouting for Boys by Robert Baden-Powell The Zoomer Question by Isaac Wilkes  Remembering the Wandervogel by John Savage & Johnny Ryan David Hahn, The ‘Radioactive Boy Scout’ Who Tried To Build A Nuclear Reactor In His Backyard Joseph as a Cub Scout Nanook of the North (1922) Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of The Boy Scouts of America (2023)   Artwork: Scouts with canoe - National Parks Gallery Creative Commons CC0 License   Recorded on 9/9/2024

Why was Nathan in Rio de Janeiro last week? Why was he there in 2018? What did he do there? What new fruits did he try? These are some of the important questions Joseph asked Nathan on this week’s episode.    Links: Brazil with a Z vs Brasil with an S - example 1 Brazil with a Z vs Brasil with an S - example 2   Artwork: Picture of Rio de Janeiro taken by Nathan from Pão de Açúcar   Recorded on 9/2/2024

How did the spy-fi literary and cinematic genre come to be? This week Joseph and Nathan chronicle how detective fiction authors took inspiration from sensational espionage cases such as The Dreyfus Affair and The Rosenberg Trial to imagine what the front lines of The Cold War might look like. The boys cover “realistic” spy movies such as James Bond’s Dr. No, Three Days of the Condor, and The Bourne Trilogy before going into fantastical depictions of spies in Children’s media like The Spy Kids, Kim Possible, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Amongst other things they discuss the difference between state and industrial espionage, Austria’s constitutionally mandated status of neutrality, and Edward Snowden’s modeling portfolio.  Links: Nathan’s Instagram Was the Rosenberg trial America’s Dreyfus Affair The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy The Thirty-Nine Steps by Charles Buchan Ep. 53: Bond Girl Summer by Nymphet Alumni Photos from young Edward Snowden’s brief modeling career Trying to Make Sense of Hannah Diamond and Post-Ringtone Music by VICE The Real Life Spy Behind Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Children of undercover Russian spy couple only learned their nationality on flight to Moscow Exclusive: Suspected Chinese spy targeted California politicians Artwork: Sean Connery playing James Bond in From Russia With Love Recorded on 8/16/2024

Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration    This week the boys are joined by local filmmaker Charles Livingston to discuss male desire. They begin by first discussing straight male desire (the derision of the male gaze, male jealousy and possessiveness, and gender performance) before going into a deep exploration of Nathan’s thesis that yearning is the most universal and inexorable difficulty experienced by gay men. Amongst other things they discuss how the Ancient Romans conflated sexual conquest with imperial conquest, how Cleopatra in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra weaponized mens’ desire, and how straight men and gay men seem to equally match each other in terms of desire.     Links: Charles Livingston’s Instagram Wings by Charles Livingston Oscars 2018: Facts and figures about the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Orange County Register  The VICE Guide to Being Gay Armond and Mark scene from the White Lotus   Artwork: Germanic Warrior with Helmet, Osmar Schindler, 1902   Recorded on 8/11/2024

On this week’s (sans Joseph) episode of Silent Generation, Nathan is joined by his friend Kamara to discuss antiques. They talk about how they first got into antiques, the best antiques that they own, and the defining characteristics of several antique furniture styles (Victorian, Arts & Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Mid-century Modern). Amongst other things they discuss how Victorian antiques and houses are construed as being haunted, how antiques seem to be most popular in rural areas, and how the antiques industry acts as a point of intergenerational exchange between different generations of gay men.    Links: Antiques Pinterest Board (Nathan’s antiques are at the bottom) A Lamp & Fixture Corp  Tighlman Chicago  Justanswer Antiques The Blue Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang  Campbell House Museum The Slav Epic by Alphonse Mucha THREATENED: Hector Guimard’s Art Nouveau Metra Entrance Restor-A-Finish Youtube demo The Roger Brown Study Collection   Artwork: Art Deco Cubist Armchair in Vermilion Mohair Velvet and Maple, Belgium, 1920s Recorded on 8/4/2024

This week the boys cover a listener suggested topic that is closely associated with their lines of work: unions. Nathan is currently a librarian represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and Joseph works in the heavily unionized construction industry. Amongst other things they discuss how violent strikes were prior to the formation of the NLRB in 1935, how the Haymarket Affair lead to creation of the 8 hour work day, how YIMBYs feel ambivalent toward unions, and how unions mitigate but don’t eliminate the deleterious effects of monopolization.    Links: How Chicago’s Past Resulted in Disproportionate Lead Poisoning of Minority Children of the Present: A Narrative Review The Redneck Army Refuses to Stay Buried by Cassady Rosenblum  Ep. 164: Labor Union Depictions in Hollywood by Citations Needed Ten cities facing the worst of the pension crisis CTA has only netted 4 rail operators this year Reddit post Noisy and Unsafe: Stop Fetishizing Old Homes by M. Nolan Gray A ton of variation in construction labor cost M. Nolan Gray tweet Artwork: Der Streik by Robert Koehler   Recorded on 7/28/2024