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Dispatch from the Desert Planet

Dispatch from the Desert Planet

By Morgan Maxwell

Broadcasting to listeners in 268 planets, 126 fixed location space stations, and 12 recently terraformed meteors the 89.x1 team works diligently to bring the best in non-news information while complying with Coalition mandates. Stay safe, stay informed, and stay tuned.

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BONUS - Things Are Dark But...! (Message Two)

Dispatch from the Desert PlanetNov 15, 2020

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03:52
Tech Talks/Space Serenade

Tech Talks/Space Serenade

Transcript available here.

Broadcaster W. Coleman explores surveillance capitalism and Broadcaster  S. Cisneros gets to know a rebel musician. Featuring Leanne Thacker, Angela Barraza, and Edgar Ricaud. Stay tuned for updates regarding the release of Edgar's latest album.

Theme music by Sun Blood Stories

Cover Art by Jeremie Serrano 

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff (affiliate link, purchasing on Bookshop helps support Dispatch from the Desert Planet but we don't care where you shop as long as the profit goes to independent bookstores.)

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Feb 09, 202113:48
Romancing Terra!

Romancing Terra!

The great outdoors (from space!) 

Transcript available here

Featuring Kent Overshown as Broadcaster K. Baldwin. Cover art by Jeremie Serrano and music by Sun Blood Stories.

Real-world Links:

Diversify Outdoors 

National Parks and Racial Equity

Nature and Health

Climate Change and Indigenous Activism

Standing Rock

Spotlight on Indigenous Activists 


Coffee Break featured Inca Lands by Hiram Bingham, reading courtesy of Librivox

Jan 26, 202114:49
Special Episode - Earth Dispatch

Special Episode - Earth Dispatch

This special non-fiction episode includes commentary about the attempted insurrection on January 6th, 2021 and extended reading/listening/watching resources. 

Transcript available here

Related to the complicity of Capitol police (be it active or passive) Aljazeera is reporting on the FBI’s warning US Law Enforcement before the attack. They also have live updates pertaining to the insurrection, Donald Trump, consequences, and lack thereof.

BBC News has an article called The 65 Days that Led to Chaos at the Capitol that helps track some of the key moments, predominately on social media, that led to Wednesday’s action as well as the evolution of the Stop the Steal quote, movement.

Unicorn Riot’s reporting on Proud Boy’s leader Henry Tarrio’s arrest. Tarrio was arrested before the attempted insurrection, upon arrival to DC, because in December of 2020 he carried out a hate crime against a Black church in the area. His arrest revealed two illegal high capacity firearms. I think this one is particularly important because it helps illustrate that Wednesday’s action was part of a steady violent escalation, very much reinforced by racism, rather than a spontaneous show of political ideology. 

PRX’s podcast Reveal’s most recent episode Democracy Under Siege dives into the attempted coup and explores a historical parallel

Politics and Prose Bookstore has lecture/reading from On Tyranny author Timothy Snyder free on YouTube. It’s a bit over an hour. The takeaway is, it can happen and it happens fast.

It Could Happen Here is Robert Evan’s podcast from 2019 that considers the possibility of a modern American civil war.

Speaking of imaginings of a modern US civil war, Omar El-Akkad’s American War is a work of speculative fiction that reads like historical fiction. As a former conflict journalist El-Akkad brings intense realism to his dystopia. (Affiliate link included, purchasing through Bookshop helps support DDP)

And, if you’re turning to SpecFic right now, obviously, read Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower. If it’s not an option for you right now due to funds. A teacher has done a very cool thing and shared a reading on Youtube to help get students through shelter in place. She also displays the PDF text. 

In June of last year Politico wrote about the current golden age of conspiracy theories. 

Reporter Jake Hanrahan’s podcasts Q Clearance delves into the origins of the Qanon conspiracy.

Also, check out our Bingo, Fascism card! It’s free, and terrifying.


Jan 12, 202105:59
BONUS - Onboard Announcements (1)

BONUS - Onboard Announcements (1)

Catch some of the 89.x1 crews evening announcements. Thank you to our donors, and sustaining Ko-fi/Patreon supporters for making Dispatch from the Desert Planet Possible. 

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Deepest gratitude Bean, Angela, Sarra, Sagrario, Leanne, Leanne, Matt, Berry, Justin, Tevanna, Mariah, Alyse, Lauren, Gina, Amber and the entire Sun Blood Stories team, Oliver, Oliver, Mara, Miki, Bobby, Michelle, Alyssa, Alyssa, Sophia, Jo, Eva, Connor, Cassidy, Kayla, Carolyn, Jordyn, Gabriella, Samantha, Samara, Melissa, Hedda, Sami, and Cindy.

Jan 04, 202108:05
CenterCitizen

CenterCitizen

Broadcaster C. Countee embraces life as a space pirate and takes some time to do a broadcast. 

Transcripts available here.

Morgan Wolski as Broadcaster C. Countee

Morgan Maxwell as Broadcaster J. June

Leanne Thacker as Broadcaster W. Coleman

Angela Barraza as Broadcaster S. Cisneros 

Kent Overshown as Broadcaster K. Baldwin

Dispatch from the Desert Planet is a work of fiction. For non-fiction learning we recommend starting with the following links. (None of the following people, resources, or organizations are affiliated with this podcast in any way.)

Prisons for profit: Concerns mount about Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, operator CoreCivic (article)

Today It Locks Up Immigrants. But CoreCivic’s Roots Lie in the Brutal Past of America’s Prisons (article)

CoreCivic (website for a diversified, government-solutions company with the scale and experience  needed to solve tough government challenges in cost-effective ways.)

Starting to consider yourself an abolitionist? Looking for more reading? Try:

Dereka Purnell's article How I Became an Abolitionist in the Atlantic

Thank you to Librivox for our poetry interlude. Ralph Chaplin's From Bars and Shadows

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Dec 29, 202021:08
Bingo, Fascism!

Bingo, Fascism!

Join Broadcasters W. Coleman, J. June, and L. Hughes for an epically un-fun game. 

Transcripts available here.

Broadcaster W. Coleman played by Leanne Thacker

Broadcaster. J. June played by Morgan Maxwell

Broadcaster L. Hughes played by Rhae-Dawn Royal

Cover Art By Jeremie Serrano

Music by Sun Blood Stories. Pre-order Sun Blood Stories' latest project (a)Live and Alone at Visual Arts Collective by making any monetary donation. All funds will be donated to VAC. More information here

Dispatch from the Desert Planet is a work of fiction. Any resemblance it may bear to the real world is purely coincidental. For non-fictional learning about fascism check out Robert O. Paxton's The Anatomy of Fascism or the Behind the Bastards Podcast. (Both sources are entirely unaffiliated with Dispatch from the Desert Planet.)

The poetry interlude this episode was Langston Hughes' My Loves courtesy of LibriVox

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Dec 15, 202023:11
Testing, Testing, Testing.

Testing, Testing, Testing.

Listeners? Are you there? 

Transcripts available here.

Angela Barraza as Broadcaster S. Cisneros

Athena Hagen as "Broadcaster" Jane

Morgan Maxwell as Broadcaster J. June

Kent Overshown as Broadcaster K. Baldwin

Rhae-Dawn Royal as Broadcaster L. Hughes

Leanne Thacker as Broadcaster W. Coleman 

and

Morgan Wolski as Broadcaster C. Countee

Cover art by Jeremie Serrano and music by Sun Blood Stories. For more about Sun Blood Stories click here

Dispatch from the Desert Planet is a work of fiction. Any resemblance it may bear to the real world is purely coincidental.

For non-fictional learning about legal tactics for suppressing journalism check out:

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/12/29/2018-a-year-of-media-suppression-and-rights-abuses-in-pakistan/

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/437610-trump-calls-press-the-enemy-of-the-people

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/07/donald-trump-war-on-the-media-oppo-research

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Dec 01, 202020:01
BONUS - The Blood of the Covenant (Message Three)

BONUS - The Blood of the Covenant (Message Three)

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Broadcaster J. June calls home. 


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Nov 20, 202006:54
BONUS - Things Are Dark But...! (Message Two)

BONUS - Things Are Dark But...! (Message Two)

Transcripts available here. Broadcaster J. June makes the second phone call in a farewell series. Featuring Sagrario Estrella. 


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Nov 15, 202003:52
BONUS - Break Out the Champagne! (Message One)

BONUS - Break Out the Champagne! (Message One)

Transcripts available here. Message One in a three part series. Broadcaster J. June as opened a case of Break in Case of Emergency! Plus, meet The Council. 


Content Notice: Two uses of explicit language


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Nov 10, 202006:49
89.x1 Radio!

89.x1 Radio!

Episode Description: Utterly regular and unremarkable greetings from Broadcaster Jane.


CONTENT WARNING (CW): Weight loss and weight gain. This episode includes two vintage commercials that discuss weight. One is a children’s tonic to support weight gain (starts 1:29 and ends 2:23) and the other is an advertisement for weight loss pills (starts 5:09 and ends 5:38). The inclusion of this content is intended as satire and a critique of western conversations around body weight. Dispatch from the Desert Planet unequivocally denounces weight loss pills and does not support the narrative that weight is an indicator of health.


Presenting Athena Hagen as the voice of Broadcaster Jane.

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Dispatch from the Desert Planet is a work of fiction. The commercials in this episode were derived from the following material. These products/organization are in no related to the podcast and do not endorse Dispatch from the Desert Planet, conversely Dispatch from the Desert Planet does not endorse these products/organizations.

Juvenal 

R.D.X  

YWCA

The Worm by Ralph Bergengren read by Janice Green through Librivox Public Domain Resources.

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Sep 21, 202009:30
While We Wait!
Sep 14, 202010:10
Sincere Apologies and Harmonious Safety!

Sincere Apologies and Harmonious Safety!

Show Notes:

Transcripts here.

Broadcaster J. June offers a sincere apology to Bach and Barker Financial Services. A non-news information update helps listeners understand all of the protests that are definitely not happening.

Brave Robot Ice Cream makes an appearance! It’s animal-free completely vegan DAIRY ice cream! You read that right. Looks like vegan dairy is a bright spot in a kinda dark Coalition monitored future. Learn more about the dreamy creamy treat sustaining 89.x1 Broadcasters here.

Science Fiction, Sc-Fi, Afrofuturism, Audio Drama, Black Written

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Dispatch from the Desert Planet is a work of fiction. Some elements of this fictional narrative are inspired by real events. If you’d like to learn more about the real events that are fictionally captured in this episode please refer to the following links

Vehicular attacks against protestors on the rise

Anti-protestor legislation

Sanctions against International Court of Justice employees

Police officers targeting journalists

Abuse during detainment following protests

Police destruction of supplies

Police and medics

Police fire tear gas and pepper spray

Police slash tires

Episode Commercials

The United Way

Hill's Brothers Coffee


Sep 08, 202009:42
Financial Literacy! - Presented by Bach and Barker
Sep 03, 202007:51
Reflection Day!

Reflection Day!

The 89.x1 team commemorates the day with a trip into the Broadcast vaults. 


Transcripts available here.

Science Fiction, Sc-Fi, Afrofuturism, Audio Drama

Elements of this episode were inspired by the ongoing internment of members of the Uighur ethnic group in China. Learn more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53650246

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53809345

help spread awareness.


Elements of this episode were inspired by the attempted murder of Jacob Blake by "law enforcement." Learn more:

https://unicornriot.ninja/tag/jacob-blake/

contact your representatives to demand justice for Blake and advocate for the dismantling of racist infrastructure starting with abolition. 


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Aug 31, 202008:11
Villainous Soul!

Villainous Soul!

Some uninvited guests make themselves comfortable at the 89.x1 Remote Desert Planet HQ. 

Transcripts available here.

Science Fiction, Sc-Fi, Afrofuturism, Audio Drama

Show Notes:

Elements of this episode were inspired by the story of Nick Tilsen. Tilsen is in no way affiliated with Dispatch from the Desert Planet. Learn more about real events here:

https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/black-hills-treaty-defender-faces-felony-charges-UIcevFnGqUKdRfDckw7qWw

https://ndncollective.org/people/nick-tilsen/

Elements of this episode were inspired by current protests in Portland, Oregon. The movement is in no way affiliated with Dispatch from the Desert Planet. Learn more about real events here:

https://twitter.com/IwriteOK

Elements of this episode were inspired by the following incident:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/04/aurora-pd-handcuffs-family-gunpoint/

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Aug 24, 202007:02
Farewell Friend!

Farewell Friend!

Broadcaster J. June interrupts regularly scheduled programing for a sad announcement.

Click here for Transcripts. 




Afrofuturism, Audio Drama, Science Fiction, Black Written

Show Notes:

The fictional NewCanem Magazine presented in Dispatch from the Desert Planet references the real Cave Canem Foundation but is in no way affiliated with it. Learn more about the Cave Canem Foundation at https://cavecanempoets.org/.

Outro Music was “Me and My Pillow” by Lizzie Miles from freemusicarchive.org

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Aug 20, 202005:45
T. Tosin Travels Through Time!

T. Tosin Travels Through Time!

Broadcaster K. Baldwin reads listeners another chapter in the adventure saga "T. Tosin Travels Through Time!" Join our hero on Earth One, PreStandardTime 1998. 

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Broadcaster K. Baldwin was voiced by Kent Overshown.

Sources:

Taft, William H.: Author, and William H.: Speaker Taft. President Taft on prosperity. 1912. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .

https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-132172/

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Aug 17, 202008:52
Purple Wine!
Aug 12, 202005:45
See the Worlds!
Aug 10, 202008:06
Subspace Insomnia!

Subspace Insomnia!

Broadcaster J. June has a bout of insomnia and takes to the airwaves.


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Show Notes:

The Night Shift

https://www.pbs.org/livelyhood/nightshift/profiles/dorothy.html

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/aekgn4/the-graveyard-shift-we-talked-to-a-night-server-about-her-fear-of-missing-out

Great Secrets Cocktail per Sam Malone’s Black Book: 6thEdition

Fill glass with ice.

1 ½ oz Gin

½ oz Lillet

Dash of Bitters

Shake

Strain into chilled glass

Garnish with Orange.


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Aug 05, 202005:29
"Deepest Gratitude!"
Aug 03, 202009:24
A Fairytale!

A Fairytale!

The 89.x1 team celebrates the Standardized Non-Revolution Based Seasonal Block Two with a fairytale.

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Sources

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2012/08/oakland-poets-and-activists-wake-an-abandoned-library-from-its-slumber-

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Jul 30, 202003:02
Horoscopes!
Jul 30, 202007:14
Solidarity and Salutations!

Solidarity and Salutations!

The 89.x1 team does their best to give an "information update" despite interference from Peace Officers.

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https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rick-bright-whistleblower-trump-administration-coronavirus-pandemic-response/

Don’t Leave Me, Daddy by Marion Harris  licensed under a Public Domain Mark 1.0 License.

Roosevelt, Eleanor. Speech by Eleanor A. Roosevelt, New York. 1941. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afccal000100/>.

Achenbach A, Foitzik S. First evidence for slave rebellion: enslaved ant workers systematically kill the brood of their social parasite protomognathus americanus. Evolution. 2009;63(4):1068-1075. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00591.x

"Ant." Britannica Library, Encyclopædia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2020. library-eb-com.ezproxy.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/levels/referencecenter/article/ant/7736. Accessed 24 Jul. 2020.

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