Bonus Sample: Graeber vs Bannon, Anarchism vs Leninism (Part 2)
Conspirituality24 Marras 2025

Bonus Sample: Graeber vs Bannon, Anarchism vs Leninism (Part 2)

This bonus episode is Part 2 of Graeber vs Bannon, Anarchism vs Leninism. I start in the 1870s with Marx and Bakunin fighting over the joys and traumas of the Paris Commune. Marx sees it as an imperfect but historic prototype of a workers’ transitional state, cut down before it could consolidate power. Bakunin reads it as a betrayal of anarchist principles — too willing to replicate the machinery it meant to overthrow. Out of that conflict comes a rift that still haunts us: should revolution be disciplined, organized, and strategic, or spontaneous, horizontal, and permanently suspicious of institutions? I explore David Graeber as a hopeful modern anarchist, highlighting his idea of “everyday communism”—the mutual aid and cooperation we already practice—and his vision of Occupy as a revelation of our capacity to act as if we’re free. I contrast this with Marxist-Leninist critiques: the exhaustion of consensus, obstructionism, spectacle without strategy, and the refusal to make demands. A story about my late friend Michael Stone at an Occupy “mic check” shows how openness can invite opportunism. Finally, I contrast No King’s vagueness with MAGA’s fusion of mystical energy and disciplined technocracy—QAnon shamans backed by P2025 architects, vibes condensed to machinery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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287: She Did Nuzzi RFK Jr Coming

287: She Did Nuzzi RFK Jr Coming

How does an elite Millennial politics reporter wind up having phone sex with and giving campaign advice to the 70-year-old emerging fascist she’s reporting on? Most of that should stay between Olivi...

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Bonus Sample: “Joe Rogan of The Left” Glazes China

Bonus Sample: “Joe Rogan of The Left” Glazes China

Listen to the full episode here Hasan Piker just spent two weeks in The People’s Republic of China. The famous streamer is often invoked as being a potential “Joe Rogan of The Left,” who might bring ...

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Brief: Have Tech Bros Killed Psychedelics?

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"Immortality influencer" Bryan Johnson recently livestreamed his second-ever psilocybin trip "for science." But was it, really? Derek and Julian break down the performative nature of this stunt and d...

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286: RFK Jr’s Great Crusade

286: RFK Jr’s Great Crusade

RFK Jr is one of the greatest perpetrators of a firehose of falsehoods that we’ve ever covered. The stakes were raised when he was installed as head of America’s public health system. A new longform a...

4 Joulu 20251h 8min

Bonus Sample: How Does Andrew Wakefield Keep Getting Resurrected?

Bonus Sample: How Does Andrew Wakefield Keep Getting Resurrected?

Listen to the full episode. With the CDC recently updating its website with anti-vax propaganda under the direction of RFK Jr, disgraced and disbarred physician, Andrew Wakefield, is back in the news...

1 Joulu 20255min

Brief: Black Friday’s Wellness Extravaganza

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Derek and Julian survey all of the incredible, life-changing deals going down this weekend in Wellnesslandia. Show Notes Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society ...

29 Marras 202534min

285: Can Peter Attia Live Forever?

285: Can Peter Attia Live Forever?

In the wildly popular biohacking and longevity space, Peter Attia is often cited as one of the leading luminaries. His straightforward, science-backed approach seems to cut through the noise in a spac...

27 Marras 20251h 11min

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