Locust Radio Ep. 3.5 - Hugo Gernsback Gets Pounded in the Butt by His Own Apolitical Scientific Utopianism

In this second half of episode three (originally posted to our Patrons in December, 2020) Adam, Tish, and Alex share some of our current writing and research, including a report on a much-overlooked group of writers who tried to claim sci-fi for communism in the 1930s, and an overview of the work of Hugo-nominated fantasy writer Chuck Tingle. You can listen to the first half of the episode, "Four Seasons Totalitarian Landscaping," at the Locust Review website.

Selected works and subjects discussed in part two: Alexander Billet, "The FBI's War on Folk Music,"Jacobin; Aaron Leonard, The Folk Singers and the Bureau; Nadine Hubbs, Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music; Johnny Cash, "One Piece at a Time;" Johnny Paycheck, "Take This Job and Shove It;" Michael Hall, "Put Down That Pig;" John Michel, "Mutation or Death," (1937); Sean Guynes, "Mutate or Die: Eighty Years of the Futurians' Vision," The Pulp Magazine Archive; Los Angels Review of Books; Chuck Tingle's website; Chuck Tingle, Trans Wizard Harriet Porber And The Bad Boy Parasaurolophus: An Adult Romance Novel.

Locust Radio 3.5 was produced by Drew Franzblau, hosted by Alexander Billet, Tish Markley and Adam Turl, with music by Omnia Sol.


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