191. The Deep American Constitution -- Mark Peterson

The fastest, easiest way to anarchize your life is to buy food locally and cook it yourself (or grow it yourself). It won't create an anarchist society. But it's a great first step.Mark Bittman and I ...

27 Touko 55min

Before it became west of Islam, or China, or "the Orient," "The West" was simply the Western Roman Empire, and what it was east of was the Eastern Roman Empire. But the westerners wanted to be the tru...

20 Touko 1h 5min

This episode is a crossover with Peter Michael Bauer's Rewilding Podcast. Peter and I talk about rewilding, everyday anarchism, and the connections between rewilding and anarchyWe recorded this episod...

11 Touko 1h 7min

Luke Kemp rejoins me to discuss the second part of Goliath's Curse, "Imperial March and Fall." Luke and I start off talking about why empires and states are actually the same thing, and move from ther...

6 Touko 1h 23min

For this first episode in the Radicalism in the American Revolution series, historian Annette Gordon-Reed joins me to discuss her new book Jefferson on Race, a collection of writings by Jefferson on t...

29 Huhti 39min

Here's an introduction to a new series on Radicalism in the American Revolution, in honor of/in frustration with 250 years of America.Soon to come: Jefferson on Race, the American constitutional tradi...

22 Huhti 15min

How do you know your life is worthwhile? How do you connect to the world around you? What sort of life is worth living?In her new book, Transcendence for Beginners, the philosopher and biographer Clar...

15 Huhti 52min