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Slow Cinema as Democratic Cinema -- Paul Schrader
Episode 164
In normal cinema, the goal of the director is to control the audience, to direct their gaze, to dictate their emotions.
What does it mean when directo…
10 months, 1 week ago
Capitalism and Nature -- Alyssa Battistoni
Episode 163
Alyssa Battistoni joins me to discuss her new book Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. Capitalist theory generally describes nature as…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Divorcing Anarchism and Liberalism -- Alexandre Lefebvre
Episode 162
Alex comes back on the podcast and we try to separate liberalism and anarchism, with some success! (I think the problem is that what Alex and I agree…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
161. The German Peasants' War -- Lyndal Roper
Episode 161
Lyndal Roper joins me to discuss her book The Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants' War. 500 years ago, German peasants learned that Martin …
11 months, 1 week ago
160. Marrying Anarchism and Liberalism -- Alexandre Lefebvre
Episode 160
Alexandre Lefebvre, author of Liberalism as a Way of Life, joins me to discuss the many ways that anarchism and liberalism are compatible. Later this…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
159. The Folksinging Anarchist Tradition -- Willi Carlisle
Episode 159
In celebration of his new album Winged Victory, Folksinger Willi Carlisle joins me to discuss the connections between folk music and leftism, especia…
1 year ago
158. Tolkien's Romantic Anarchy -- Meredith Veldman
Episode 158
Everyday Anarchism goes back to where it all began: the romantic anarchism of J.R.R. Tolkien. Meredith Veldman, author of Fantasy, The Bomb, and the …
1 year ago
157. Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols -- David Hill
Episode 157
My colleague David Hill rejoins the show to discuss Twilight of the Idols, one of Nietzsche's last works, and one in which Nietzsche directly discuss…
1 year, 1 month ago
156. Bauhaus and the Anarchic City -- Robin Schuldenfrei
Episode 156
Robin Schuldenfrei joins me to discuss her new book Objects in Exile, which is about the many afterlives of the Bauhaus school and its practitioners.…
1 year, 1 month ago
155. Baseball Utopia in Eephus -- Carson Lund
Episode 155
"What is joy when everything has been monetized and optimized?" For Carson Lund, the answer is rec league baseball, and his new film Eephus is about …
1 year, 1 month ago