WEBVTT - Introducing Into the Zone

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<v Speaker 1>Pushkin. Whether we like it or not. Opposites shape our world.

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<v Speaker 1>There's this expectation of linearity that life begins and it

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<v Speaker 1>proceeds along one trajectory and then it ends. Then once

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<v Speaker 1>it ends, it stays ended. Life and debt time becomes

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<v Speaker 1>something that can be paused or even sometimes reversed and

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<v Speaker 1>restarted again you and me. So the Stasi came up

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<v Speaker 1>with the methodology they called ze demolition of personality East

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<v Speaker 1>and West. I grew up on Bollywood music of the

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<v Speaker 1>forties and fifties and sixties that my dad used to play,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think country music kind of does the same thing.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a blues tradition that was mixed, it was shared.

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<v Speaker 1>It was neither a white nor black, It was mongrel.

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<v Speaker 1>Is the world ever truly black and white? Is it

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<v Speaker 1>always easy to draw a line what happens at the

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<v Speaker 1>border in the gray zone, where one thing turns into

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<v Speaker 1>its opposite. When I think of a thunderstorm filled with

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<v Speaker 1>energy and lightning and giving birth to tornadoes, it's very

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<v Speaker 1>hardful meander to think about it as a kind of

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<v Speaker 1>protal light. I'm Harry Kunzru As a novelist. I've written

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<v Speaker 1>about computer viruses and Haunted Blues recordings about failed revolutions

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<v Speaker 1>and mystical revelations in the desert. My new podcast explores

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<v Speaker 1>the stories that structure the world and inspire my fiction.

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<v Speaker 1>Over this season, we're going to travel into the Zone,

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<v Speaker 1>to the borderlands of modern life, where nothing is as

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<v Speaker 1>clear as it first appears. Time passes so quickly. We've

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<v Speaker 1>been here about six years, I think, because God had

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<v Speaker 1>already decided whether you will get into heaven or not.

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<v Speaker 1>To the South and the powers of Fire. Welcome, Welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Into the Zone, a new podcast by Pushkin

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<v Speaker 1>Industries coming September third,