Michael and Us: Print the Legend w/ Aisling McCrea

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🗓️ 26 March 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The forces of liberal democracy (Jimmy Stewart) and rugged frontier self-reliance (John Wayne) come head-to-head in John Ford's masterpiece THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962) - an elegiac look at a Wild West becoming tamed by progress. Aisling McCrea (contributing editor and podmaster general at Current Affairs magazine) fills in for Luke to discuss who shot Lee Marvin's chaotic outlaw, and what it means. The answers may surprise you! PLUS: the death of "mythos" in cultural criticism, and the history of "the Dilbert guy."

Check out the Current Affairs podcast - https://www.currentaffairs.org/podcast

"Satanic Panics and the Death of Mythos" by Aisling McCrea - https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/02/satanic-panics-and-the-death-of-mythos

"The Adams Principle" by Aisling McCrea - https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/10/the-adams-principle

"Dilbert: A Reckoning" by Miles Wray - https://www.theawl.com/2017/12/dilbert-a-reckoning/

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0:00.0	When liberty balance walked around the men would step aside.
0:06.0	A close point of a gun was the only law that liberty understood
0:12.0	when it came to shooting straight and fast.
0:16.0	He was mighty good.
0:20.0	Welcome to Michael and us. I'm Will Sloan and for those who are unaware
0:24.0	my co-host Luke Savage is recovering from a medical procedure.
0:29.0	He is doing fine, no need to worry, but he's getting some well-deserved rest now.
0:34.0	So like Richard Roper when Roger Ebert fell ill, I am welcoming a guest host
0:40.0	into the Michael and us coven.
0:42.0	She is contributing editor and podmaster general for current affairs magazine
0:47.0	and it is Ashley McCray. Hello, thank you for joining.
0:51.0	Hi, I can not confirm definitely not true that I poisoned Luke Savage
0:57.0	so I could use up him as co-host of the Michael and us podcast that did not happen.
1:02.0	Oh, that's so thrilling to hear that you did that because first of all,
1:05.0	we've been trying to figure out a way to get Luke out of the picture for a long time.
1:09.0	And secondly, whenever I invite someone to be a guest on the podcast, I always fear
1:15.0	that the mere act of doing that is like an insult.
1:18.0	Like I always fear that I'll still respond being like,
1:21.0	of course I'm not going to do that.
1:23.0	Why would I go on the Michael and us podcast? What do you think I am?
1:27.0	Before we get to the movie, I'd like to pick your brain just a little bit about two recent articles
1:32.0	that you wrote for current affairs.
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