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The Òrga Spiral Podcasts

Where do the rigid rules of science and the fluid beauty of language converge? Welcome to The Òrga Spiral Podcasts, a journey into the hidden patterns that connect our universe with radical history, poetry and geopoliticsWe liken ourselves to the poetry in a double helix and the narrative arc of a scientific discovery. Each episode, we follow the graceful curve of the golden spiral—a shape found in galaxies, hurricanes, and sunflowers, collapsing empires—to uncover the profound links between

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19:36

Re-thinking Gender: A Yoruba Perspective

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2025/09/08

This collection of excerpts critically examines the imposition of Western gender binaries and societal structures onto Yoruba culture, arguing that traditional Yoruba society was not organized along gender lines. The author highlights how Yoruba language is inherently gender-neutral, lacking specific pronouns or kinship terms for male or female, and how this linguistic reality reflects a social system based on seniority, lineage, and social roles rather than biological sex. The text scrutiniz...

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19:46

So Long a Letter: Senegalese Feminism and Social...

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2025/09/08

The provided texts offer a multifaceted exploration of Mariama Bâ's novel, "So Long a Letter," through various critical lenses. Excerpts from the novel itself introduce themes of polygamy, female subjugation within Senegalese-Muslim culture, and the protagonist's internal struggle during a funeral. Academic analyses expand on these points, with one source specifically highlighting the continued exploitation of women and the need for radical changes in African society, emphasizing a Marxist fe...

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15:31

Buddenbrooks: Capitalism's Self-Consuming Cycle

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2025/09/08

These sources offer a multifaceted examination of Thomas Mann's novel, Buddenbrooks, primarily focusing on its themes, characters, and literary significance. The Wikipedia entry provides a comprehensive overview of the novel's plot, major themes like decadence and the conflict between art and business, and its critical reception and adaptations. Several articles explore the novel's autobiographical elements and how Mann drew inspiration from his own family's history in Lübeck, while also noti...

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14:45

The Clash: with Bertolt Brecht and Joe Strummer

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2025/09/07

The provided texts explore the relationship between artistic novelty, particularly in popular music and theatre, and political radicalism. One source extensively discusses Walter Benjamin's observations on Brecht's epic theatre, its humanist and materialist underpinnings, and Brecht's innovative approaches to challenging traditional dramatic forms and political engagement. This text also touches on Benjamin's Marxist leanings and his analysis of art's reproduction in a capitalist society. The...

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16:25

The Dialectics of Quantum Computing

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2025/09/07

The provided texts discuss the fundamental concept of wave-particle duality in quantum physics, explaining how entities like light and electrons exhibit both wave-like and particle-like properties depending on observation. This duality challenges classical physics and is a cornerstone of quantum mechanics, with applications in various technologies. Building upon this, the second source introduces a philosophical and mathematical framework that interprets wave-particle duality through a dialec...

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17:54

40 Years of Injustice. The Battle of Orgreave.

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2025/09/07

13 sources The provided texts offer a comprehensive look at the 1984-85 UK miners' strike, with a particular focus on the Orgreave confrontation and its enduring legacy. They highlight the violent clash between striking miners and police at Orgreave, emphasizing accusations of police misconduct, evidence manipulation, and media bias in portraying the events. The sources also examine the profound socioeconomic impact of the strike, leading to the deindustrialization of mining communities and l...

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24:03

Topy-as a Bridge to Hodge's Conjecture, Quantum...

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2025/09/06

The sources collaboratively outline the Topy Framework, a novel approach for designing and realizing physical systems based on topological principles. This framework proposes a speculate-verify-realize loop, where desired system properties are first defined as abstract homological patterns (P), then verified against constraints, and finally physically implemented. Initially, the framework suggests practical steps like using Software-Defined Radios (SDRs) for proof-of-concept experiments, such...

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14:52

The Complete Atlas of Human Anatomy and Surgery

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2025/09/06

This comprehensive text details "The Complete Atlas of Human Anatomy and Surgery" by J. M. Bourgery and N. H. Jacob, a monumental 19th-century work. It meticulously outlines the seven volumes of the atlas, covering subjects from osteology to surgical anatomy, and discusses the historical context of anatomical illustration prior to this publication. The source also provides in-depth biographical information on Jean Marc Bourgery, the author, and Nicolas Henri Jacob, the principal illustrator, ...

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25:21

Against Empires, the Audacious Free Press :Guy Aldred...

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2025/09/04

The first source, "1912-richard-carlile.pdf," is a biographical pamphlet by Guy A. Aldred titled "Richard Carlile: His Battle for the Free Press," published in 1912. It details Carlile's life and his relentless struggle against government oppression and censorship in 19th-century England, highlighting his use of defiance to combat official terrorism and his championing of free speech and press. The second source, "Guy Aldred_copy.pdf," is an inventory of the Guy Aldred Papers, covering the ye...

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20:01

Democratizing Literary Journalism: Beyond Tom Wolfe's...

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2025/09/03

The provided sources primarily explore literary journalism as both an academic discipline and a writing style, with a particular focus on Tom Wolfe's influential role and his complex legacy. One source highlights how Wolfe's 1973 publication, The New Journalism, solidified the field, though it also criticizes his emphasis on technique over ideological and political economy considerations. This text proposes a radical democratization of literary journalism, extending the definition of "literat...

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15:35

How: an Operational Calculus for Geometric Design can...

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2025/09/03

The sources chronicle the conceptualization and development of Topy, a novel Topological Operating System. Topy aims to revolutionize design by employing speculative decoding, a process where geometric intent is first translated into algebraic operations on lightweight homological patterns. This allows for predictive verification against mathematical contracts, ensuring design constraints are met before computationally intensive geometric realization. The narrative explores Topy's potential a...

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16:45

The Pythagorean Path: Life, Lore, and Wisdom

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2025/09/02

The provided texts offer a multifaceted exploration of philosophical concepts, primarily focusing on Pythagorean thought and materialism. "CompletePythagoras.pdf" details the life, teachings, and community structure attributed to Pythagoras, covering topics such as his legendary birth, the Pythagorean community's asceticism and emphasis on friendship, their mathematical discoveries in music, and their views on gods, duty, and the soul. Complementing this historical perspective, "Gustavo E. Ro...

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10:14

Babylon 5: The Complete Collection (1995-2001)

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2025/08/31

This Internet Archive collection compiles an extensive array of Babylon 5 media, primarily focusing on novels, short stories, guides, and scripts published between 1995 and 2001. The content includes 24 novels across various series like the Psi Corps Trilogy and Legion of Fire Trilogy, as well as standalone novels, episode novelizations, and a movie novelization. Additionally, it features six magazine short stories that have been formatted into ebooks, three unfilmed Crusade scripts, and a "D...

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14:45

The Doll's House :A Commentary on Marriage and Morality

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2025/08/31

These sources collectively examine the cultural significance of dollhouses, particularly in relation to gender roles and women's liberation. They discuss how Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" inspired Chinese "women walk out" literature, where the emphasis shifted from individual freedom to social emancipation within a patriarchal and feudal society. The texts also explore the history and evolution of dollhouses, from their origins as adult display items to their role as children's toys that re...

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18:08

Helen Crawfurd- the Fearless Organiser,

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2025/08/31

The year is 1915. The air in Glasgow is thick with smoke and righteous fury. At its centre stands Helen Crawfurd, a force of nature carved from grit and principle. Her face, sharp and intelligent, is alight with a fire that no oppressive government could ever extinguish. This is not a woman of gentle persuasion; she is a general in the battle for justice. Her eyes, piercing and unwavering, hold the suffering of the poorhouse mothers and the determined resolve of the rent striker. She stands o...

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15:20

The Pathfinder Paradox: Historicizing African Art...

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2025/08/31

This scholarly review by Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, titled "The pathfinder paradox: historicizing African art within global modernity," critically examines Chika Okeke-Agulu’s book, Postcolonial Modernism: Art and Decolonization in 20th Century Nigeria. Ogbechie praises Okeke-Agulu’s work as a valuable social history but argues it oversimplifies the complex origins of Nigerian modernism, particularly by sidelining pioneering artists like Ben Enwonwu in favor of the Zaria Art Society. The re...

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18:32

The Jute-Mill Song

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2025/08/31

These sources collectively explore aspects of Scottish industrial heritage, social activism, and cultural expression, particularly focusing on Dundee's jute industry. The Dundee Heritage Trust provides an overview of the Verdant Works Museum, highlighting its role in preserving the history of jute manufacturing and the lives of its workers, while also outlining its contemporary initiatives. Complementing this, several articles discuss Mary Brooksbank, a significant figure from Dundee, detaili...

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13:31

Unpacking Scotland. From Lord Byron's Peaks to Hidden...

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2025/08/31

"Unpacking Scotland" demands looking beyond the tartan-clad romance of lochs and castles to uncover its complex, often contradictory soul. This is a land of dualities: the Enlightenment reason of Edinburgh’s philosophers coexists with the enduring magic of Highland folklore. One well-trod path follows the figure of the Romantic hero, epitomized by Lord Byron. His iconic, stormy persona was consciously sculpted amidst the dramatic peaks of the Cairngorms, a landscape that became synonymous wit...

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10:01

Kurihara Sadako: Let Black Eggs Hatch!

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2025/08/31

In the atomic desert of Hiroshima, a poet named Kurihara Sadako bore witness to the unthinkable. From that abyss, she did not offer a simple plea for peace. Instead, she gave us a searing mandate: “Let us be midwives!” and her profound metaphor: “Let Black Eggs Hatch!” The “black egg” is the hardened, terrifying reality of hatred, war, and oppression we find ourselves within. Our instinct is to reject it, to crush it, to deny its existence. But Kurihara’s call is far more radical and transfor...

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22:12

Iceland's Kitchenware Revolution: Crisis and...

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2025/08/30

The provided text describes Iceland's "Kitchenware Revolution," a period of significant civil unrest that occurred between late 2008 and early 2009. Triggered by the severe financial crisis and the collapse of the nation's major banks, the Icelandic public expressed their outrage through widespread protests, notably by using pots and pans to create noise. These demonstrations aimed to hold the government and financial institutions accountable, demanding the resignation of key officials and th...

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