Looking Sideways: 10 Things

This week’s ten things I thought were worth passing on

1. I’m very privileged to be this week’s guest on Dan Burgess’s excellent Spaceship Earth podcast.

Dan is a brilliant, empathetic interviewer, so I came away feeling very ‘seen’. Which was nice. I ended up discussing many of the themes and preoccupations that are at the heart of The Announcement (more on this in a forthcoming paid subscriber-only post).

Episode 83 - Matt Barr - Uncomfortable Conversations, Nature as Transaction and the Spell of Capitalism.

Anyway, click the link above to have a listen (and sign up to Dan’s Substack while you’re at it), and thanks again for having me Dan.

---

2. David Benedek was on The Bombhole, which was shared all over the shop. I’m lucky enough to count David as an old friend, and I was reminded of this chat we had for Looking Sideways back in 2018, which I thought I would humbly reshare here.

---

I’ve already had some really interesting feedback from my reader/listener survey. Click the button below to take part, and help me shape the future of Looking Sideways:

---

3. Another week, another fantastic BBC radio documentary, this one on 40 years of The Terminator, which explores the incredible prescience of the film now we’re in the AI era.

---

---

eliaselhardt

A post shared by @eliaselhardt

4. Sending best wishes to close friend of the pod Elias Elhardt, who has banged himself up good and proper. Rest up my friend!

---

"Woke" v "anti-woke" is boring and redundant... and dangerous

5. I really enjoyed this Sarah Wilson piece on the problems with the whole reductive ‘woke versus anti-woke’ none-argument.

---

---

6. Now this is interesting: the US Environmental Protection Agency has finally mandated that 200 US chemical plants will have to reduce toxic emissions linked to cancer - including those connected to chloroprene rubber emissions in Cancer Alley. Which is, of course, the subject of the forthcoming Big Sea documentary. More here.

---

7. Thanks to everybody who contributed questions to this week’s brilliant Open Thread featuring Sal and Tom from Yonder Surf. Such a fascinating discussion - catch up here (and we still have a prize of a brand new Yulex wettie up for grabs for best question from a paid subscriber 😎).

---

8. I have also been enjoying this great playlist Tom from Yonder made to support the release of Out of Step - Archers of Loaf FTW!

---

9. I just finished the best novel I’ve read in quite some time (above). Anybody else read it? It may take me some time to emotionally recover.

I’ve not had a great reading year so far, but as ever, I am posting every book I read this year here on my increasingly neglected Instagram.

---

10. Finally - I have some mentoring slots free for May and June - DM me using the button below if you want to find out more. (And please enjoy this picture of Peg and his best mate Paddy).

---

Plus! Click here to check out the growing list of HKC Club partners. And if any other brands want to get involved, noise me up and let’s talk…

---

Thanks so much for supporting Looking Sideways! It’s so appreciated. To say thanks, click the link below to get 20% off a paid subscription - forever!