Andrew is a writer, poet and media educator, as well as the founder of the McLuhan Institute. He also happens to be the descendant of renowned media ecologists Marshall and Eric McLuhan. In this episode, he kindly joins me to discuss his work at the institute, what motivates him to write, how we can slow down our digital lives and what it means to continue (and challenge) family tradition.
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Find Andrew Online
- @amicusadastra and @McLinstitute on Twitter
- The McLuhan Institute
- The McLuhan Institute on Patreon
- Andrew McLuhan on Medium
- The Massage: Presented by The McLuhan Institute on Apple Podcasts
Links and Show Notes
Introducing Andrew — 00:00
- Marshall McLuhan
- Family photo from Marshall McLuhan’s 69th birthday
- Eric McLuhan
- University of Toronto
Continuing the Tradition — 06:50
- Understanding Media (1964 book) by Marshall McLuhan, with reference to the concepts ‘the medium is the message’, ‘probing’, ‘hot and cool media’ and more
- Ezra Pound
- T. S. Eliot
- Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
- ABC of Reading (1934 book) by Ezra Pound
- Inscriptorium blog
- Understanding Media Intensive Course
- Tetrad of Media Effects
Outside Academia — 17:04
- Media ecology
- Media Ecology Association
- Jacques Ellul
- 2019 MEA Awards (including Andrew’s receipt of The Jacques Ellul Award for Outstanding Media Ecology Activism)
- John Lennon
- Yoko Ono
Written Matter — 28:41
- Written Matter (2021 book) by Andrew McLuhan
- Book of Ezra (from the Hebrew Bible)
- Tradition according to T. S. Eliot
- Alain de Botton
- The School of Life
- Atheism 2.0
- Lance Strate
- Jack Kerouac
- The Waste Land (1922 poem) by T. S. Eliot
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