Episode 10: “Alone In the Alaskan Wilderness With Your Football Railgun”

Utopia and the Pastoral, Part 2 (17776: What Football Will Look Like in the Future)

09 January 2021 · 28:24


Cancelling the Apocalypse
Cancelling the Apocalypse
Episode 10: "Alone In the Alaskan Wilderness With Your Football Railgun"
/

In the second part of our bumper 2-part utopianism and the pastoral deep dive, we explore Jon Bois’ internet masterpiece 17776: What Football Will Look Like in the Future. What does a long-form multimedia piece about the distant future of football and humanity teach us about nature and better worlds? We consider the magic of being in an audience; communal and individual play; surplus, self-sufficiency, simplicity, and choice. Also don’t miss us making it extremely clear that we will never, ever monetise this podcast.

Media

17776: What Football Will Look Like in the Future (Jon Bois)

The Wandering Earth (dir. Frant Gwo, based on The Wandering Earth by Liu Cixin)


More episodes

Episode 2: “Brads Are On Notice”
The film Hackers (1995) and the novel Walkaway (Cory Doctorow, 2017).
11 March 2019

Episode 4: “No-one has Literally Died in the Production of Years of Rice and Salt”
The Years of Rice and Salt (Kim Stanley Robinson) and the art of Professional Wrestling.
22 April 2019

Episode 1: “Star Trek was the First Thing for a Lot of Things”
Definitions of utopia, Peppa Pig, and Star Trek (mostly the Original Series).
23 February 2019

Episode 6: “John Boyega Week feat. The Guy Debord Ouija Board”
Attack the Block, Pacific Rim: Uprising, and intentional communities
15 June 2019

Episode 7: “Do You Want To Play ✧・:* video games *:・✧”
Kentucky Route Zero (2013-2020) and Disco Elysium (2019)
04 April 2020

Browse all episodes
Cancelling the Apocalypse cover art

Dom and Raph learn how to cancel the apocalypse by discussing their favourite utopian books, films, TV shows, and more.

RSS Feed (mp3)