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Episode 27 — Judith Butler and the Yellow Vests
Episode 28
In our holiday special, we delve into Judith Butler's Adorno Prize Lecture from September 11, 2012 entitled "Can One Lead a Good Life in a Bad Life?"…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 25 - WASP Unbound with @jeffspross
Episode 27
In this episode, we bring back world champion guest Jeff Spross to discuss Ross Douthat's argument against meritocracy, Bernard Yack's review of Bern…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 23 - Interview with @ThePlumLineGS
Episode 26
This time we interview the Washington Post columnist Greg Sargent, who has a new book out called An Uncivil War. We discuss how to save American demo…
7 years, 3 months ago
Episode 21a: Patreon Announcement
Episode 25
Folks have been asking about this, and here it is: patreon.com/leftanchor.
We'll be publishing two episodes per week, one for patrons and one for fre…
7 years, 3 months ago
Episode 21 - Interview with Brad Evans ( @HistofViolence ), Part II: Fascism
Episode 24
In the second part of our interview with University of Bath philosopher Brad Evans (don't miss part I!) we discuss the characteristics and functions …
7 years, 3 months ago
Episode 20 - Interview with Brad Evans ( @HistofViolence ) Part I: Political Violence & Neoliberalism
Episode 23
This is the first of a two-part interview of Brad Evans, a philosopher and critical theorist who specializes in violence at the University of Bath. W…
7 years, 3 months ago
Episode 19 - Is Democratic Socialism TOO Democratic or Not Democratic Enough?
Episode 22
In this episode from the archive, we discuss dueling takes on whether the rise of democratic socialism in DSA and elsewhere is Taking Democracy Too F…
7 years, 3 months ago
Episode 18 - Interview with @franklinbynum
Episode 21
Today we have a very special episode! It's entirely dedicated to an interview with Franklin Bynum, the Judge-elect of Harris County Criminal Court #8…
7 years, 4 months ago
Episode 17 - Kant, Jonathan Haidt, & Feckless Liberalism
Episode 20
In this episode, we discuss Immanuel Kant's views about the Enlightenment, how they have come down to us today in a bastardized form with Jonathan Ha…
7 years, 4 months ago
Episode 16 - Immigration, Open Borders, & Rights, feat @jeffspross
Episode 19
This time we bring back Jeff Spross to talk about immigration, why conservatives and capitalists whip up anti-immigrant paranoia, the value of open b…
7 years, 4 months ago