185. Radicalism in the American Revolution
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
184. The Horizontal Transcendence of the Everyday -- Clare Carlisle
How do you know your life is worthwhile? How do connect to the world around you? What sort of life is worth living?In her new book, Transcendence for Beginners, the philosopher and biographer Clare Ca...
15 Huhti 52min
183. Mrs. Orwell -- Andrea Chalupa
Eric Blair, known as George Orwell, had all of his successes after he met and married Eileen O'Shaughnessy. The graphic novel Mrs. Orwell, written by Andrea Chalupa, is the story of how George Orwell ...
1 Huhti 44min
182. A Door Into Ocean -- Joan Slonczewski
Joan Slonczewski joins me to discuss their novel A Door Into Ocean, a science fiction novel about an all-female society of "sharers" on an ocean planet, Shora. Joan's sharers are one of the best specu...
18 Maalis 50min
181. The Language of Incompleteness -- Amit Chaudhuri
Amit Chaudhuri joins me to discuss his new collection of essays, Incompleteness. In these essays and his novels, Amit is constantly searching for new language that will acknowledge the instability and...
11 Maalis 1h
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 gen...
25 Helmi 1h
179. Socialism from Bernie to Mamdani -- Dan Chiasson
Dan Chiasson joins me to discuss his combined Bernie and Burlington biography, Bernie for Burlington, and the connections between Bernie's socialism and Mamdani's socialism.You can purchase Dan's book...
4 Helmi 57min
178. Fighting for the Future of PM Press -- Ramsey Kanaan
For almost 20 years, PM Press has been publishing brilliant anarchist books, including many covered on this podcast. Co-Founder Ramsey Kanaan joins me to discuss what PM Press does, how it works on an...
21 Tammi 40min
