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154. Hannah Arendt and Civil Disobedience -- John McGowan
Episode 154
John McGowan joins the podcast again to discuss a recent republication of Hannah Arendt's essay "Civil Disobedience, which responds to Plato's Crito,…
1 year, 2 months ago
153. Organizing in the 21st Century -- Jaz Brisack
Episode 153
Jaz Brisack joins me to discuss their new book, Get on the Job and Organize. Jaz and I discuss why billionaires take union organizing personally, how…
1 year, 2 months ago
152. Why Billionaires Love AI -- Brian Merchant
Episode 152
Brian Merchant, author of the newsletter Blood in the Machine, returns to the show to talk about the newsletter, ai, tech oligarchs, the neoliberal "…
1 year, 2 months ago
151. Graeber's Debt Chapter 12, The Beginning of Something Yet to Be Determined
Episode 151
In which I end my series on David Graeber's Debt, apologize for mistakes, and offer some hope for a new world in which we have more money and less mo…
1 year, 2 months ago
150. Secret Mall Apartment -- Jeremy Workman and Michael Townsend
Episode 150
When capitalists developed their neighborhood with a giant mall, eight artists developed an abandoned space in the mall into an apartment. It was art…
1 year, 3 months ago
149. Anarchy in the Big Easy -- Max Cafard and Vulpes
Episode 149
Max Cafard (which is a pen name) and Vulpes (which is also a pen name) join me to discuss their fantastic new graphic novel Anarchy in the Big Easy, …
1 year, 3 months ago
148. Debt Discussion 12, In the Middle of Something New with Yanis Varoufakis
Episode 148
Yanis Varoufakis joins me to discuss his new book, Technofeudalism, how the world economy has changed since Graeber wrote Debt, and where things migh…
1 year, 3 months ago
147. Luigi Mangione and Anarchist Terrorism -- Constance Bantman
Episode 147
Constance Bantman joins me to discuss the history of anarchist political violence through the prism of Luigi Mangione - and vice versa. Some of the q…
1 year, 3 months ago
146. James C. Scott's Two Cheers for Anarchism -- Luke Kemp
Episode 146
Luke Kemp returns to the show to discuss Two Cheers for Anarchism, James C. Scott's six essays or "fragments" applying an anarchist squint to the wor…
1 year, 4 months ago
145. Debt Discussion 11, The Great Divergence with Christopher Isett
Episode 145
Christopher Isett joins me to discuss the rise of capitalism and "The Great Divergence," in which Christendom transformed itself from an obscure corn…
1 year, 4 months ago