American Id Podcast

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On the American Id, hosts Dani Holtz & Craig Franson plumb the depths of the American psyche, using history & pop-culture to treat our political maladies.

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American Id Podcasthttps://www.theamericanid.com/podcast
Craig Franson (posting)English Professor
Dani HoltzHistorian
SubjectsPolitics, popular culture, white supremacy, fascism, conservatism, foreign policy
Totally forgot about this account.

Finished #LostTales vol. 1 right before the new year.

My 2022 #Tolkien #ReRead included #TheSilmarillion, #LordoftheRings, #TheHobbit, #UnfinishedTales, & #LostTales 1.

Pausing now to read #Jemisin's #TheCityWeBecame.

#AmericanId #EyeofSauron #Fantasy

Happy Christmas, Gift for you @AmericanIdPod, zoom in :-) #pixelfun #lordoftherings Only made with Lord Of The Rings and The hobbit trailers frames.
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Continuing my #Tolkien #ReRead with #LostTales vol. 1.

The Gnomes have crossed the ice, & the sun & moon ships are finally sailing the heavens.

Eriol's inexplicable desire for mythic exposition continues unabated.

#AmericanId #EyeofSauron #TheHobbit #Hobbit #LOTR #RingsofPower

#Grades are posted! Let the vacation work commence!

With any luck, we'll finally get to finish the next #podcast episode in our #EyeofSauron series. It's on #ChristianNationalism in the wake of #PeterJackson's #LordoftheRings films.

And hopefully I'll finally get to writing that book chapter on #Tolkien & the far right that I've had to put off for the last...

What year is it?

#RingsofPower #LOTR #TheHobbit #AmericanId #Politics #Fascism

When I hear about the coup attempt in Germany & the desire of these violent extremists to insert Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss as the leader after a planned execution of the German chancellor, it sounds ludicrous, laughable. But that's the thing: These people are deadly serious.

Because the plots of these anti-democratic extremists often seem so ludicrous, they can succeed because the public--& too many leaders--don't take them seriously enough. This tendency is how Trump got as far as he did.

Reminder to anyone who supports the NYT staff's labor action: unless a miracle happens and we get a contract deal by midnight, we will be walking out for one day tomorrow, Dec. 8.

We'll be asking supportive readers to abstain from visiting/using NYT offerings for the day, midnight to midnight. That means articles. That means multimedia. That means... Wordle.

I know. That one pains me too. But maybe the word will be like LYMPH and we'll all be lucky to miss it.

Too. Much. #Grading.

The #TrumpOrg has been found #guilty on all criminal fraud charges. Prosecutors concluded the case by demonstrating #Trump had personal knowledge of the crimes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/06/trump-organization-guilty-tax-fraud/

Trump Organization convicted in N.Y. criminal tax fraud trial

The real estate, hospitality and golf resort operation headquartered at Trump Tower in Manhattan faces the possibility of a $1.6 million fine.

The Washington Post

An offset to the end-of-term, #grading blues was finishing my #HobbitReRead over the weekend. Delightful as always.

The true unsung hero, of course, was the thrush.

Now I'm finishing my #UnfinishedTales #ReRead. I'd totally forgotten that the Blue Wizards, who were lost in Rhûn, had names in Valinor.

If only we had their stories.

#Tolkien #RingsofPower #Hobbit #TheHobbit #LOTR #RoP #EyeofSauron