# heart city — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover heart city. Page: Feed: --- ## [Where Are We Going? Decay vs Circumvention](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/where-are-we-going-decay-vs-circumvention) _2026-08-15 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ . ## [You Can Just Do Things (For Your Friends' Projects)](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/you-can-just-do-things-for-your-friends) _2026-08-13 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ . ## [Don't Expect Any Gratitude For Fixing Society](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/dont-expect-any-gratitude-for-fixing) _2026-08-12 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ . ## [Historical Perspective Is An Antidote To Cope](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/historical-perspective-is-an-antidote) _2026-07-29 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ . ## [EC Potpourri 30](https://elevatorclubradio.podbean.com/e/ec-potpourri-30/) _2026-07-26 · Elevator Club_ Frank Mills Heart of the City Maurice Larcange The Good Life Astrud Gilberto Misty Roses Norman Newell Orchestra Live For Life Ferrante & Teicher There Will Never Be Another You Bert Melia AHO Yellow Days Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra Barefoot In The Park George Maharis It's All In The Game Roland Shaw AHO The Way We Were Gheorghe Zamfir The Lonely Shepherd Romantic Strings Orchestra Yesterday Once… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/342s2rah7pys5zx3/EC_Potpourri_3069kx5.mp3) ## [There Is No Steady State](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/there-is-no-steady-state) _2026-07-22 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ . ## [Parasite Load](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/parasite-load) _2026-07-20 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ . ## [EC Sax on the Beach](https://elevatorclubradio.podbean.com/e/ec-sax-on-the-beach/) _2026-07-19 · Elevator Club_ Frank Mills Heart of the City Tom Scott Fool on the Hill Walter Beasley Do You Wanna Dance Bill Perkins Baia Billy Vaughn AHO Harbor Lights Les & Larry Elgart So Rare Cannonball Adderley I Cover the Waterfront Oscar Peterson & Ben Webster When Your Lover Has Gone Will Downing & Gerald Albright The Nearness of You Scott Hamilton My Foolish Heart Nelson Rangell In The Wee Hours of the Morning/ Don't… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4axpar86svuu9enp/EC_Sax_on_the_Beach9b72l.mp3) ## [If You Build It, They Will Come](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/if-you-build-it-they-will-come) _2026-07-18 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ . ## [The Fourth American Republic](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/the-fourth-american-republic) _2026-07-17 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ America is going through a period of political dysfunction and decline. ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/CQeKibpundmH) _2026-07-17 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [Blood Without A Contract](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/blood-without-a-contract) _2026-07-15 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ When I read the political philosophers who originated modern liberal morality, Hobbes and Locke, I was struck by how they struggle to account for the family. ## [EC While My Lady Sleeps](https://elevatorclubradio.podbean.com/e/ec-while-my-lady-sleeps/) _2026-07-12 · Elevator Club_ Frank Mills Heart of the City Phineas Newborn Jr. While My Lady Sleeps Leroy Holmes AHO Sophisticated Lady Syd Dale AHO Enchanting Lady Johnny Mathis Lady Marty Gold AHO I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face Norm Geller AHO Red Roses For A Blue Lady Percy Faith AHO Lady Sings The Blues Les Baxter AHO Lady Love George Shearing Oh, Lady Be Good Nat 'King' Cole Here's To My Lady Living Strings Ain't No… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/he88gar5c2a6cp9y/EC_While_My_Lady_Sleepsa82h9.mp3) ## [EC The Car's Playlist](https://elevatorclubradio.podbean.com/e/ec-the-cars-playlist/) _2026-07-05 · Elevator Club_ Frank Mills Heart of the City Leroy Holmes AHO The World That Lovers See Henry Mancini AHO Once Is Not Enough Astrud Gilberto Non-Stop To Brazil The Botticelli Orchestra Fernando Billy Vaughn AHO Mr. Lucky Beegie Adair I Left My Heart in San Francisco Arthur Prysock Since I Fell For You Billy Butterfield It's Easy To Remember Gordon Franks AHO A Man and A Woman Helmut Zacharias AHO Brown Eyed… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pc8y359rkjdmr5zn/EC_The_Car_s_Playlistbfzl5.mp3) ## [EC Soft 70's (Part 1)](https://elevatorclubradio.podbean.com/e/ec-soft-70s-part-1/) _2026-06-28 · Elevator Club_ Frank Mills Heart of the City James Last Close to You Jim Adkins Let's Stay Together Geoff Love's Big Disco Sound You Make Me Feel Like Dancing Enoch Light AHO Feel Like Making Love Ferrante & Teicher I'm Stone In Love With You Champion Sisters Best of My Love Percy Faith AHO Sundown George Greeley AHO She's Out of My Life Bette Midler Just My Imagination Billy Vaughn AHO Make It With You Johnny… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qbtpdwz2sdixfvzr/EC_Soft_70_s_Part_1_7l2rs.mp3) ## [SNAP-to-Cash: How food assistance vouchers were traded for cash at the Heart of the City Farmers’ Market](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/snap-to-cash-how-food-assistance) _2026-06-17 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ At the Heart of the City Farmers Market, Jessica waits in line. She is slouched forward in the characteristic fentanyl fold, supporting her weight by leaning heavily on a wire pushcart. At the front of the line, she produces her Calfresh EBT card. The farmers market clerk charges her card $30 and gives her paper vouchers $30 in regular SNAP vouchers valid at the farmers market, plus an extra $60… ## [EC Potpourri 29](https://elevatorclubradio.podbean.com/e/ec-potpourri-29/) _2026-06-14 · Elevator Club_ Frank Mills Heart of the City Skitch Henderson AHO There's a Kind of Hush Stan Getz Sambalero Beverly Kenny Somewhere Along The Way Bryan Bennett AHO The Girl From Ipanema William Hill Bowen AHO Over The Rainbow Starsound Orchestra I Talk To The Trees Val Doonican The Folks Who Live on The Hill Stephane Grappelli Baubles,, Bangles & Beads Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme I Remember It Well Starborne… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/j4nc8p26uqc9csnf/EC_Potpourri_299rp4w.mp3) ## [EC June is Bustin' Out](https://elevatorclubradio.podbean.com/e/ec-june-is-bustin-out/) _2026-06-07 · Elevator Club_ Frank Mills Heart of the City Peter Knight Orchestra & Chorus June is Bustin' Out All Over Gordon Langford AHO Soft Summer Breeze Nat 'King" Cole Summer' Is A Comin' In David Whitaker AHO Summer Samba Norrie Paramor AHO Summer Holiday Red Skelton Summer Girl Nancy Sinatra June, July & August Skip Martin Summer Mood Mantovani AHO Cool Summer Evening Laura Fygi & Michel Legrand Once Upon a… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/6bx8hqhr89gxtyj6/EC_June_is_Bustin_Outbrw46.mp3) ## [EC Orchestral Gems 2](https://elevatorclubradio.podbean.com/e/ec-orchestral-gems-2/) _2026-05-31 · Elevator Club_ Frank Mills Heart of the City Ferrante & Teicher One-Eyed Jacks Kurt Wege Belle of the Ball Ronnie Aldrich Born Free Percy Faith AHO Laura 101 Strings Shenandoah BBC Big Band Out of Africa Stanley Black Breakfast at Tiffany's Medley Mantovani AHO Send In The Clowns Morton Gould AHO Moonglow George Greeley AHO You Needed Me Paul Mauriat My House By The River Franck Pourcel AHO Flamingo Richard… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wmra5zbrxs9q4368/EC_Orchestral_Gems_28of2p.mp3) ## [EC Orchestral Gems](https://elevatorclubradio.podbean.com/e/ec-orchestral-gems/) _2026-05-17 · Elevator Club_ Frank Mills Heart of the City Eastman Rochester Pops Oh, Lady Be Good Chelsea Strings The More I See You Geoff Love AHO Out of My Dreams Denny Vaughn AHO Traces Claus Ogerman AHO Now I Have Everything The Hollyridge Strings The Long and Winding Road James Last AHO Nights In White Satin Cinema Soundstage Orchestra Toys In The Attic Douglas Gamley AHO True Grit Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Deep In My… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2kehd92a3tm64cg2/EC_Orchestral_Gems9ulw4.mp3) ## [EC Under the Covers 7](https://elevatorclubradio.podbean.com/e/ec-under-the-covers-7/) _2026-05-10 · Elevator Club_ Frank Mills Heart of the City Ferrante & Teicher Smile a Little Smile For Me Johnny Harris AHO Wichita Lineman Ray Conniff I Honestly Love You The Clebanoff Strings Our Day Will Come Fantasy Strings Saving All My Love For You Brook Benton Can't Ta3:52ke My Eyes Off You Chelsea Strings You Are The Sunshine Of My Life Castaway Strings Blue Velvet Anthony Ventura AHO In the Ghetto & Let It Be Me The… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7ejfsiyqcvmmxdam/EC_Under_the_Covers_76410s.mp3) ## [Play Both Sides Of The Lie (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/i95OMgWzVmaM) _2026-05-10 · **Sponsored**_ Two operatives, one manufactured war — uncover the Complete Truth after both campaigns. ## [The Lifecycle of an Apocalypse](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/the-lifecycle-of-an-apocalypse) _2026-04-23 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ For as long as any of us have been alive, we have seen an ever-changing series of popular predictions for how industrial technology is about to destroy civilization. ## [Carroll Quigley on Western Ideology](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/carroll-quigley-on-western-ideology) _2025-12-03 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ The following is an abridged excerpt from Carroll Quigley s The Evolution of Civilizations. The whole book is worth reading, and regular readers know that it s a huge influence on my thinking. ## [The Archaeologist And The Oil Drop](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/the-archaeologist-and-the-oil-drop) _2025-11-24 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ Millikan measured the charge on an electron by an experiment with falling oil drops and got an answer which we now know not to be quite right. ## [Preserving Text For The Year 5000](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/preserving-text-for-the-year-5000) _2025-11-15 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ My work these days is preserving our civilization s text on tempered glass tablets, to last for future historians thousands of years from now. ## [Why the New Leisure Class Enjoys Activism and Philanthropy](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/why-the-new-leisure-class-enjoys) _2025-10-25 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ Full article at Palladium. ## [Military Revolts No Longer Work](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/why-the-bureaucrats-wont-be-toppled) _2025-09-09 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ Across the Western world, appointed administrators have gained power at the expense of elected legislators. More and more of the most consequential political decisions are made by bureaucrats and judges, while fewer are made by congresses and parliaments. This trend has been slowly underway since the World Wars, and especially in this millennium. ## [No, The Black Death Was Not Good For The Economy](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/no-the-black-death-was-not-good-for) _2025-09-03 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ People love repeating counterintuitive factoids. People do not love conducting deep historical research to check whether clever-sounding factoids are actually true. A common one is that the Black Death supercharged Europe s economy. This is false. ## [Why Do Victims of Massacres Go Quietly to Their Deaths?](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/why-do-victims-of-massacres-go-quietly) _2025-07-23 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ I often hear that it s a moral imperative to learn from the great 20th century atrocities, that these events are a window into what humans are capable of, and we must find those impulses in ourselves to make sure we do not follow in their footsteps. ## [Will Future Civilizations Bother to Excavate Our Remains?](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/will-future-civilizations-bother) _2025-07-12 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ Full article in Palladium magazine. ## [Code Faster with Clear Tutorials (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2JAFVNB2bn6w) _2025-07-12 · **Sponsored**_ Short, step-by-step coding videos you can follow along ## [Alignment Research and Intelligence Enhancement: Discussion on The Failed Strategy of Artificial Intelligence Doomers](https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/alignment-research-and-intelligence) _2025-03-19 · Ben Landau-Taylor · Ben Landau-Taylor_ The people I critiqued in my Palladium article The Failed Strategy of Artificial Intelligence Doomers have responded, and I ll reply to some of that here.