040. Bakunin's "God and the State" -- Mark Leier

At long last, my thoughts on Graeber's Debt, chapter 1.Get ready for a discussion of this chapter, and the garden party, with Eleanor Janega later this month!

6 Sep 202320min

Kim Stanley Robinson and I discuss The Gold Coast, the second volume of his Three Californias triptych. We discuss how the Reagan era served as the inspiration for the book, the connection between the...

30 Aug 202342min

Kristen Ghodsee joins me to discuss her new book, Everyday Utopia. Kristen and I discuss the history of utopian communities, the promise and perils of state socialism, and how anarchism serves as a re...

23 Aug 20231h 1min

Frequent guest James Fallows returns to the podcast as the first ever guest host! James interviews regular host Graham Culbertson about the legacy of progressivism and what ideas from that era we coul...

16 Aug 202350min

Finally, it's happening! My series on David Graeber's book Debt is finally starting for real on September 6. This trailer tells you what to expect, announces a few exciting guests, and reminds me to r...

1 Aug 20238min

Kim Stanley Robinson and I discuss The Wild Shore, the first volume of his Three Californias triptych. We discuss how his career started, the inspiration for both this novel and the entire triptych, a...

26 Jul 202348min

Avi Khalil joins me to discuss the concept of everyday anarchism with respect to Star Trek. Although Star Trek purports to be a perfect neoliberal bureaucracy, all of the heroes are constantly breakin...

19 Jul 20231h 5min

Peter Wilkin joins me to discuss the concept of tory anarchism, how George Orwell articulated the idea, how it differs from other forms of conservative anarchism (like Tolkien's), and the role that to...

12 Jul 202356min