LGM Podcast: 9/11 and Cultural Memory

Last night Paul and I sat down and talked through some thoughts on the cultural legacy of the 9/11 attacks. Commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the attacks feels surprisingly lowkey and seems to lack any political urgency. We work through the comparison of 9/11 as social event with other similar events, such as the sinking of the Titanic or the JFK assassination, spending quite a bit of time on the latter. We discuss the extent to which Trump as Catastrophe may have eclipsed 9/11 as Catastrophe, along with the memory-destroying aspects of the pandemic. Finally, we talk a bit about the Miracle in Ann Arbor, of which Paul has promised to write in greater detail.

Transcript is here, laundered through Co Pilot. Please check the audio file for the accuracy of any quotes and speakers.

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