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Back to SearchEpisode 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago
Episode 15 - 2018 Midterms
Episode 18
This episode we discuss the midterms. We start off with Ryan flagrantly botching the state Claire McCaskill is from (Missouri, not Iowa), then move i…
7 years, 6 months ago
Episode 14 - Anand Giridharadas on Big Philanthropy & Antonio Gramsci
Episode 17
This time we discuss Anand Giridharadas's book Winners Take All about the ideological underpinnings and functions of elite philanthropy. Then (about …
7 years, 6 months ago
Episode 13 - Karl Polanyi
Episode 16
In this episode (recorded some time ago) we discuss the ongoing insight and relevance of Karl Polanyi, whose brilliant work The Great Transformation …
7 years, 6 months ago