According to the New York Times, Bill Murray has become a secular saint. Douglas Lain flirts with the idea of joining the Cult of Murray in this video while working to rehabilitate Hegel’s notion of Spirit or Geist. Can we overcome ourselves by embracing the contradiction of modern life? Zero Books Logo Animations and other animations donated by Brian Cole https://www.instagram.com/robotbloodco/ Book featured: Dispirited by David Webster http://www.zero-books.net/books/dispirited Music in this Video Ping Island performed by Dede Alder https://youtu.be/ZnNUcm6kAyM Air - Alone In Kyoto (Cover by Rahul Nair) https://youtu.be/dBxoFL1U4PI Macintosh Plus - リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー (8-bit Master System / Game Gear) https://youtu.be/C5kiTxb_J4M I Am God by Negativland https://youtu.be/_h9X9IqZvi0 Enjoy Yourself by Saint Pepsi https://youtu.be/qzj4gHuH2LA Special Thanks to Bob Dobbs and the Church of the Subgenius Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zer0 Books wants to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq98oSOl5n0

News broke recently about the pepper spraying of a young black girl (9 years old) cuffed in the back of a police car. Have we had any real movement in the aftermath of the George Floyd protests of last summer? Is the defunding of law enforcement really an answer for this type of behavior? What does prison abolition actually look like? Joe Biden has signed on to end federal private prisons. Is that enough? Is expanding the black political class equal to actually having real political power? We will ask these questions and more with our guest Professor Dylan Rodríquez. You can find Dylan's Book here, and use discount code FREEDOM2020: http://www.fordhampress.com/978082328... Thank you so much for checking this out! Don't forget you can see us also on the Zero Books Youtube Channel! www.youtube.com/zerobooks If you'd like to help the show grow and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We have bonus content from many of the shows and you get all the podcasts a day early www.patreon.com/BitterLakePresents ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUqzYfHNOoY