173. From William Morris to Bauhaus to Midcentury Modern -- Robin Schuldenfrei

173. From William Morris to Bauhaus to Midcentury Modern -- Robin Schuldenfrei

Robin Schuldenfrei rejoins me to talk more Bauhaus! In this episode, we discuss her book Luxury and Modernism, covering the complexities of the Bauhaus, which had a leftwing ethos but produced luxury objects, and made them by hand to appear machine made. Robin talks us through how the contradiction between luxury and egalitarianism ran from Morris's arts and crafts movement to the Bauhaus, and modernism only became a truly "everyday" part of life during the colossal expansion of middle-class wealth in the midcentury, as celebrated by Life magazine and recreated in the show Mad Men

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080. Voltairine de Cleyre - - Leonard Williams

080. Voltairine de Cleyre - - Leonard Williams

In this discussion episode of Anarchism 101, Leonard Williams and I discuss the American anarchist Voltairine de Cleyre and her work "Anarchism and American Traditions." For more from Leonard, checkou...

19 Apr 202356min

079. Voltairine de Cleyre - "Anarchism and American Traditions"

079. Voltairine de Cleyre - "Anarchism and American Traditions"

In this episode of Anarchism 101, I read Voltairine de Cleyre's 1909 essay "Anarchism and American Traditions." Later this month, I'll publish my conversation with Leonard Williams about this essay as...

12 Apr 202333min

078. News from Nowhere -- Ruth Kinna

078. News from Nowhere -- Ruth Kinna

In this episode I'm joined by my most frequent guest: Ruth Kinna. Ruth and I continue our conversation about William Morris by discussing his science fictional work News from Nowhere. Ruth and I discu...

29 Mar 202343min

077. The Republic of the Farmers Market -- Richard McCarthy

077. The Republic of the Farmers Market -- Richard McCarthy

In this episode I'm joined by Richard McCarthy, a longtime activist around food issues, most especially the creation of farmers markets. In addition to his work with the New Orleans Crescent City Farm...

15 Mar 202350min

076. Anarchism and Oscar Wilde -- Deaglán Ó Donghaile

076. Anarchism and Oscar Wilde -- Deaglán Ó Donghaile

In this episode, Deaglán Ó Donghaile and I discuss Oscar Wilde's connection to revolutionary anarchism, and in particular his idiosyncratic manifesto, "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." For more on Wi...

1 Mar 202353min

075. Batman Begins vs. Anarchism -- David Hill

075. Batman Begins vs. Anarchism -- David Hill

Continuing my series, Batman vs. Anarchism, I'm joined on this episode by my esteemed colleague David Hill to discuss Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins. David and I discuss David Graeber's theory that...

15 Feb 202354min

074. Graeber's Pirate Enlightment -- Cory Doctorow

074. Graeber's Pirate Enlightment -- Cory Doctorow

Although we lost David Graeber several years ago, we are still getting the bittersweet joy of reading new books by him. This week, Cory Doctorow joins me to discuss Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real L...

1 Feb 202357min

073. Our Suicidal Food System -- Mark Bittman and Ricardo Salvador

073. Our Suicidal Food System -- Mark Bittman and Ricardo Salvador

On this episode, Mark Bittman and Ricard Salvador discuss our broken food system and what we can do about it. Jumping off from Mark's fantastic book, Animal, Vegetable, Junk, we discuss the exploitati...

25 Jan 202341min

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