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in this episode I read and reflect upon Nate Holdren's blog piece "A letter on epistemological breaks, morality, and the current conjuncture" originally written/posted on October 18, 2025 as an open source essay.

an excerpt from a new play of mine called WAR PAINTING.

an essay about what the hug can mean in theatre.

an essay about when a scene in a play is labelled as a "money" scene.

an essay about what it is like for a writer to be cast off to the wilderness.

an essay about what happens when theatre self censors.

an essay on theatre's relationship to capitalism.

an essay about storytelling and what the campfire metaphor even means.

in this episode i read from my essay "language games" where i talk about writing in Spanish and bilingually in an Anglophone theatre.

in this episode i read an essay i wrote about theatre, class system and who gets kept in and who gets kept out: "Three card monte or the theatre shell game"

in this episode, i read the first essay from my substack called pocket theatre or slow news from old wars: "I Miss When Plays were just plays."

in this episode I read from poet Andrea Gibson's work in honor of their memory. the poems are from their collection YOU BETTER BE LIGHTNING (Button Poetry, 2021), as follows: "Acceptance Speech After Setting the World Record In Goosebumps" "The Year of No Grudges, Or Instead of Writing a Furious Text, I try a Poem" "The Museum of Broken Relationships" "Time Piece"

in this episode I read Dan O'Brien's pamphlet 40 QUESTONS FOR A POLITICAL PLAY. published by Calque Pamphlets. Calquepress. (2025)

in this episode I read and reflect upon Sara Ahmed's "A Useful Manifesto" (published July 11, 2025 on their substack feministkilljoys).

in this episode I read the second half of Tobi Haslett's essay "Magic Actions" (summer 2021, nplusone.mag/issue-40