180. Aurora -- Kim Stanley Robinson

180. Aurora -- Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson comes back to discuss Aurora, his novel of a generational starship, in which generations of humans are born, live, and die onboard without ever seeing a planet. We discuss the generational starship as a science fiction genre, whether humans will ever be able to travel to the stars, and what it would mean for science fiction if we can't. We also take a detour into the question of "hard," scientific science fiction vs. "soft," humanist science fiction.

Here's a link to Stan's article for Boing Boing, arguing that we won't ever reach the stars:

https://boingboing.net/2015/11/16/our-generation-ships-will-sink.html

Thanks to Nick Gaskill for suggesting an episode on Aurora!

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140. Graeber's Hidden Truth of the World -- Shawn from SRSLY Wrong

140. Graeber's Hidden Truth of the World -- Shawn from SRSLY Wrong

Shawn Vulliez from SRSLY Wrong joins me to discuss the new collection of David Graeber essays, The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World. Shawn and I talk about the tyranny of economics and how Graeber g...

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139. Hill's The World Turned Upside Down -- Ann Hughes (English Revolution)

139. Hill's The World Turned Upside Down -- Ann Hughes (English Revolution)

A spectre is haunting the Everyday Anarchism series on the English revolution: the spectre of Christopher Hill's 1972 book The World Turned Upside Down. It turns out most of the ideas I've shared in t...

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138. Debt Discussion 10, Debt in the Middle Ages with Eleanor Janega

138. Debt Discussion 10, Debt in the Middle Ages with Eleanor Janega

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137. Mao and Anarchism -- Karl Gerth

137. Mao and Anarchism -- Karl Gerth

I'm joined by Karl Gerth, professor of modern Chinese history at the University of California, San Diego, to discuss the Chinese Communist Revolution and how Maoism attempted to avoid the mistakes of ...

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136. Graeber's Debt Chapter 10: The Middle Ages

136. Graeber's Debt Chapter 10: The Middle Ages

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135. Graeber's Debt Chapter 9: The Axial Age

135. Graeber's Debt Chapter 9: The Axial Age

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134. Debt Discussion 9, the Axial Age with John Weisweiler

134. Debt Discussion 9, the Axial Age with John Weisweiler

In this episode in my series on Graeber's Debt, I'm joined by John Weisweiler to discuss Chapter 9, "The Axial Age." John and I discuss Graeber's insights into the relationship between money, debt, an...

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133. 3rd Anniversary Episode! -- Ruth Kinna

133. 3rd Anniversary Episode! -- Ruth Kinna

Ruth Kinna comes back on the show to celebrate 3 years of Everyday Anarchism. We talk about the relationship between anarchism and protest, and where everyday anarchism fits with capital-A Anarchism. ...

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