153. Organizing in the 21st Century -- Jaz Brisack
Jaz Brisack joins me to discuss their new book, Get on the Job and Organize. Jaz and I discuss why billionaires take union organizing personally, how organizing is different in the 21st century, and h...
23 Apr 202537min
152. Why Billionaires Love AI -- Brian Merchant
Brian Merchant, author of the newsletter Blood in the Machine, returns to the show to talk about the newsletter, ai, tech oligarchs, the neoliberal "abundance" agenda, jobs, and pretty much everything...
16 Apr 20251h 5min
151. Graeber's Debt Chapter 12, The Beginning of Something Yet to Be Determined
In which I end my series on David Graeber's Debt, apologize for mistakes, and offer some hope for a new world in which we have more money and less monetarism.Thank you to all of the listeners to this ...
9 Apr 20251h 17min
150. Secret Mall Apartment -- Jeremy Workman and Michael Townsend
When capitalists developed their neighborhood with a giant mall, eight artists developed an abandoned space in the mall into an apartment. It was art without permission, and now there's a documentary ...
2 Apr 202541min
149. Anarchy in the Big Easy -- Max Cafard and Vulpes
Max Cafard (which is a pen name) and Vulpes (which is also a pen name) join me to discuss their fantastic new graphic novel Anarchy in the Big Easy, which is just what it sounds like. Max and Vulpes a...
26 Mar 202539min
148. Debt Discussion 12, In the Middle of Something New with Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis Varoufakis joins me to discuss his new book, Technofeudalism, how the world economy has changed since Graeber wrote Debt, and where things might be going next.Live long and prosper.
19 Mar 202541min
147. Luigi Mangione and Anarchist Terrorism -- Constance Bantman
Constance Bantman joins me to discuss the history of anarchist political violence through the prism of Luigi Mangione - and vice versa. Some of the questions we cover include:Can the history of ninete...
12 Mar 202558min
146. James C. Scott's Two Cheers for Anarchism -- Luke Kemp
Luke Kemp returns to the show to discuss Two Cheers for Anarchism, James C. Scott's six essays or "fragments" applying an anarchist squint to the world. Luke and I discuss the joy of Scott's book, it'...
26 Feb 20251h 3min
