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126. Milton's Radicalism -- Nick McDowell and Nigel Smith (English Revolution)
Episode 126
One of the most famous author's in the English language, John Milton, was a 17th century English radical who not only supported but also worked for t…
1 year, 10 months ago
125. Graeber's Debt Chapter 7, Honor and Degradation
Episode 125
A little belatedly, here's my episode about Graeber's Debt, Chapter 7. A discussion on honor and dignity will be coming later this month with Clif Ma…
1 year, 10 months ago
124. The Early Quakers -- Kate Peters (English Revolution)
Episode 124
Kate Peters, author of Print Culture and the Early Quakers, joins me to discuss the Quakers, the last of the radical groups we're covering the Englis…
1 year, 10 months ago
123. Debt Discussion 6: Graeber as Grand Theorist with Fuad Musallam
Episode 123
In this debt discussion, Fuad and I discuss Chapter 6 of Debt, "Games with Sex and Death," and especially the way that Graeber is writing in the gran…
1 year, 11 months ago
122. The Fifth Monarchists -- Bernard Capp (English Revolution)
Episode 122
In the next episode of Radicalism in the English Revolution, I'm joined by Bernard Capp to discuss The Fifth Monarchists - a radical protestant sect …
1 year, 11 months ago
121. Graeber's Debt Chapter 6, Games with Sex and Death
Episode 121
Graeber explains human economies, economies in which money can only be used to shore up social relations, and can't be used to buy things - to the ut…
1 year, 11 months ago
120. Richard Rorty's Anti-Authoritarianism -- John McGowan and Meili Steele
Episode 120
My former professors John McGowan and Meili Steele join me to discuss Richard Rorty's final book, Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism.
1 year, 11 months ago
119. Debt Discussion 5: The Sterility of Economics with James K. Galbraith
Episode 119
James K. Galbraith joins me to discuss the flaws in the field of economics and its pseudoscientific justifications
1 year, 11 months ago
118. The Films of Preston Sturges -- Stuart Klawans
Episode 118
Stuart Klawans joins me to discuss his recent book Crooked but Never Common about the films of Preston Sturges, the first writer-director of the Holl…
2 years ago
117. Graeber's Debt Chapter 5, The Moral Ground of Economic Relations
Episode 117
The chapter of Debt which inspired this podcast - get ready to hear the origin of everyday anarchism!
2 years ago