Late capitalism at 20,000 ft. w/ Margret Grebowicz

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🗓️ 2 July 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Margret Grebowicz joins PTO to talk about her new book, 'Mountains and Desire: Climbing vs. The End of the World'. We talked about how the notion of the boho climbing rat, who forgoes a normal life and conventional ideas of success has given way to the idea of the modern climber as emblematic of entrepreneurial achievement and heteronormativity. We also talked about Free Solo, the 2018 documentary on Alex Honnold's attempt to free climb the vertical rock face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, and how the documentary illuminates the themes of Margret's book.

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0:00.0	The first cut on this record has been cross-format focused for Airplay success.
0:05.0	The men beat on their drums. I'm going to be. I'm going to I'm going to
0:21.6	I'm going to
0:23.6	the Hello and welcome to another episode of Politics Theory Other, a podcast from Tribune magazine.
0:50.3	My name is Alex Doherty and my guest today is Margaret Griebevitt.
0:54.0	We chatted about her new book, Mountains and Desire, Climbing Versus the End of the World.
1:00.0	We talked about how the notion of the boho climbing rat, who foregoes a normal life and conventional
1:05.0	ideas of success, has given way to the idea of the modern climber as emblematic of entrepreneurial
1:10.7	achievement and
1:11.9	heteronormitivity. We also talked about free solo, the 2018 documentary on Alex Honnold's attempt
1:18.3	to free climb the vertical rock face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, and how the documentary
1:24.4	illuminates the themes of Margaret's book.
1:32.0	Today's show is brought to you by PTO's supporters on Patreon and also by Verso Books,
1:35.3	who have lots of excellent titles that may be of interest to PTO listeners.
1:40.2	One that you might like to check out is China in One Village by Liang Hong.
1:45.8	After a decade away from her ancestral family village, during which time she became a writer and literary scholar in Beijing, Liang Hong started visiting her rural hometown in landlocked
1:51.2	Henan province. What she found was an extended family riven by the seismic changes in Chinese society,
1:57.0	and a village turned inside out by emigration, neglect and environmental despoliation.
2:03.7	For many months, Hong walked the roads and fields of her village, recording the stories of her
2:08.1	relatives.
2:09.7	China in one village, the story of one town and the changing world, is the outcome of this
2:14.8	fascinating journey.
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