Ryan Murdock

@hoyer_kat I'm halfway through, as of this morning. What a fascinating read!

Look what's arrived! The very first copies of WEIMAR - LIFE ON THE EDGE OF CATASTROPHE! I have to say, the maps and the cover look fantastic. Allen Lane really make beautiful books. WEIMAR is available for pre-order now and will be out on 7 May 📚

They removed CD/DVD drives from devices. They made physical media harder to buy and use. They removed expandable storage from phones. They pushed us into streaming subscriptions. They made always-online normal. They made unlimited internet necessary. Then slowly raised the price of everything. Ownership quietly became renting.

Lufthansa passengers were trapped overnight in an airplane after their flight from Munich to Copenhagen was cancelled on the runway Ground staff at Munich’s airport had already gone home and could not transport the passengers back to the airport until 6 A.M. the next day

Imagine describing beef to someone from the future: "So it's an animal that eats plants you can't digest, grows on land you can't farm, requires no electricity, purifies water through wetland grazing, builds soil while it moves, self-replicates, and produces complete human nutrition with 100% bioavailability?" "Yes." "And you almost got rid of it in favour of... a factory that uses petroleum to ferment microbes into protein slurry?" "The packaging said it was better for the planet." "..."

Robert Kaplan joined me on Personal Landscapes podcast to talk about the immediacy of every crisis, how faltering institutions enable fanatics, and why the roots of our permanent 21st century crisis lie in what went wrong in the 20th. @HurstPublishers @randomhouse

Robert Kaplan joined me on Personal Landscapes podcast to talk about the immediacy of every crisis, how faltering institutions enable fanatics, and why the roots of our permanent 21st century crisis lie in what went wrong in the 20th. On iTunes, etc personallandscapespodcast.com/p/robert-kapla…

'The prime minister may promise to sweep aside internal trade barriers, and build things at speeds thought impossible. But when he doesn’t actually do it nobody cares' John Robson: In Mark Carney's Canada,nothing matters nationalpost.com/opinion/john-r…

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Which of these two men do you agree with?

@TristinHopper I'd be happy to have you on Personal Landscapes podcast to talk about the madness in my home country. Every time I visit, I think it can't get any worse. Somehow, it keeps getting worse.

Papa Hopper was recently arguing with me that my book, Don't Be Canada, isn't actually that political and that "CBC should have had you on to talk about it." It's *very* hard to convince people raised in a normal country that they don't live in a normal country anymore.

Thousands of Berliners are without electricity in sub-zero temperatures after an attack claimed by far-left terrorists. Vulnerable people are affected, yet this doesn't move activists and politicians like threats from the right. It should. @unherd👇 unherd.com/newsroom/germa…

Isabella Tree joined me on Personal Landscapes podcast to talk about the powers of Nepal's living goddess, how she is chosen, the connection to tantric ritual, and how the goddess foreshadowed the massacre of the royal family. Listen on iTunes, Spotify etc and please support.

Isabella Tree joined me on Personal Landscapes podcast to talk about the powers of Nepal's living goddess, how she is chosen, the connection to tantric ritual, and how the goddess foreshadowed the massacre of the royal family. Listen on iTunes, etc personallandscapespodcast.com/p/isabella-tre…

@LennyBellows @TheCinesthetic Yes. Should be required viewing to gain Canadian citizenship.

A movie that's in your top 25 list but unlikely to be in anyone else's?

@DefiantLs Prime Minister of Canada.

Name a job that used to be respected but has turned into a joke?

@pittsmike joined me on Personal Landscapes podcast to talk about the small group of settlers who discovered Easter Island, the genesis of the famous ecocide myth, and what those massive statues really mean. Listen on iTunes, Spotify, etc. @BloomsburyBooks @MarinerBooks

Mike Pitts joined me on Personal Landscapes podcast to talk about the small group of settlers who discovered Easter Island, the genesis of the famous ecocide myth, and what those massive statues really mean. @pittsmike @BloomsburyBooks @MarinerBooks personallandscapespodcast.com/p/easter-islan…

Looking for a stocking stuffer for the book lover on your list? Here are this year’s favourite reads from Personal Landscapes podcast alumni, including Paul Theroux, Sara Wheeler, Nicholas Shakespeare, Caroline Moorehead and many more.

Looking for a stocking stuffer for the book lover on your list? Here are this year’s favourite reads from Personal Landscapes podcast alumni, including Paul Theroux, Sara Wheeler, Nicholas Shakespeare, Caroline Moorehead and many more. personallandscapespodcast.com/p/books-of-the…