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The Goblins’ Dom Nation & The Phantom Creeper – The Modernist Society Ep. 10.5

The Modernist · August 31, 2020October 18, 2020

We talk to The Phantom Creeper and Dom Nation of legendary masked Chicago rock band, The Goblins. Will their secret identities finally be revealed? To be honest… no. But you’ll want to tune in for this short but sweet chat with these American icons. LISTEN to The Modernist Society now via your favorite podcast provider …

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Jake Austen & Joe Losurdo – The Modernist Society Ep. 10

The Modernist · July 18, 2020August 31, 2020

In this episode, we talk to a couple of Chicago countercultural heroes: Jake Austen and Joe Losurdo. Jake is best known for his long-running Roctober zine and Chic-a-Go-Go public access program. Joe is a hardcore legend, having sung and played bass for Life Sentence in the late 80s and with his wife Cristina runs Regressive …

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Michael Bradley of The Undertones – The Modernist Society Ep. 9

The Modernist · June 3, 2020

We talk with Michael Bradley of The Undertones about what it’s like being in ONE OF THE BEST BANDS EVER, what Bono did for Ireland, and that time they covered a Skrewdriver song. Michael is also the host of The Mickey Bradley Record Show on BBC Radio Ulster, and the author of Teenage Kicks: My Life as an …

Frank Davis - Bushwick Grill Club - The Modernist Society

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Frank Davis of Bushwick Grill Club – The Modernist Society Ep. 8

The Modernist · May 5, 2020July 17, 2020

In episode “ate” of The Modernist Society, we talk about cooking with puns, punk rock, and post coronavirus food culture with recipe zinester Frank Davis of Bushwick Grill Club. LISTEN to The Modernist Society now via your favorite podcast provider (and don’t forget to subscribe): The Modernist Society on Apple PodcastsThe Modernist Society on SpotifyThe …

The Modernist Society - Coronavirus Potluck

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Coronavirus Potluck – The Modernist Society Ep. 7

The Modernist · April 2, 2020April 7, 2020

It’s an all-star cast in this special episode in which we ring up past Modernist Society guests and other folks around the world to talk about how the coronavirus pandemic is shaking out where they live and what lies ahead. Also… they help us pick songs for a COVID-19 playlist. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll …

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Shane Bugbee on The Joys of Satanism- The Modernist Society Ep. 6

The Modernist · March 4, 2020March 5, 2020

Our guest this time is Shane Bugbee: artist, writer, publisher, provocateur, and all-around hustler. Shane is one of the most prolific makers of things we know and he drops by Eric’s place to talk about The Joys of Satanism, Bill Ayers’ quinoa collection, getting “jumped in” to underground culture in Chicago, publishing Mike Diana, watching …

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Anna Fifield – The Modernist Society Episode 3

The Modernist · November 3, 2019November 21, 2019

Joining us this time is Anna Fifield, she’s currently the Beijing bureau chief for the Washington Post, but before that she was the Post’s Tokyo bureau chief, which also meant covering the Koreas. She is the author of what we think is the best book on North Korea out there– The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny …

A shirtless Thomas Morton recording an episode of The Modernist Society

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Thomas Morton – The Modernist Society episode 2

The Modernist · September 18, 2019November 21, 2019

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to get detained in Nigeria with legendary VICE correspondent Thomas Morton, have we got a show for you. To be clear, he does not talk about being detained in Nigeria (which did happen back when he and and The Modernist Society co-host Jason Mojica were doing a story about West African Truckers), but this very episode is, in effect, a good analog of that situation: we’re locked down to a fixed geographic location, passing the time by talking about whatever esoteric shit comes to mind until at some seemingly random moment… it’s over.

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The Modernist Society Returns!

The Modernist · August 15, 2019November 21, 2019

After a ten year hiatus, The Modernist Society returns in podcast form. The Modernist Society began in 2003 as a DJ night in Chicago, became a debaucherous salon in DC, and comes to you now as a podcast wherever you happen to be. Each month, hosts Jason Mojica and Eric Ottens bring you intimate conversations with practitioners of …

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Meet Kim Jong Un’s Unauthorized Biographer

Jason Mojica · June 11, 2019August 16, 2019

Anna Fifield has written a deeply-sourced, rigorously researched portrait of one of the most elusive–and ruthless–leaders on the world stage. Few books about North Korea could rightfully be called “page-turners,” but Anna Fifield’s The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un, is one of them. In it, Fifield has painstakingly reconstructed …