144. Victor Serge, Anarchist Bolshevik -- Mitchell Abidor

144. Victor Serge, Anarchist Bolshevik -- Mitchell Abidor

Today Mitch Abidor joins me to discuss Victor Serge: acclaimed novelist, anarchist, Bolshevik, anticommunist, and all-around 20th century contradiction. Mitch and I discuss the legend of Serge, what's true about it, and the ways that Serge fails to live up to the legend.

You can find Mitch's writing all over the place, but here's a good place to start: https://jewishcurrents.org/author/mitchell-abidor

And here's the NYRB page for Serge's work: https://www.nyrb.com/collections/victor-serge

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059. Mike Duncan Meets Everyday Anarchism

059. Mike Duncan Meets Everyday Anarchism

In this episode, I sit down with Revolutions podcaster Mike Duncan to discuss Kropotkin's influence on the Russian Revolution, protesting in Macron's France, mutual aid during the worst of the pandemi...

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058. The Expanse: Not Utopian, Not Dystopian, Just Topian -- Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck

058. The Expanse: Not Utopian, Not Dystopian, Just Topian -- Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck

The authors behind the award-winning novel and TV series The Expanse join me to discuss the politics and sociology of the science fiction future they've created. The Expanse is not a dystopia or a uto...

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Oscar Wilde's Machine Slavery (AIdeas Crossover)

Oscar Wilde's Machine Slavery (AIdeas Crossover)

This week's episode is an edition of my new podcast, AIdeas. Oscar Wilde imagined an anarchist utopia without drudgery and without slavery. How did he propose to accomplish this? Automation. Here's th...

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057. Slouching Towards Utopia -- Brad DeLong

057. Slouching Towards Utopia -- Brad DeLong

This week's guest is J. Bradford DeLong, author of the new economic history of the 20th century, Slouching Towards Utopia. Brad and I discuss William Morris, pre-industrial civilization, jobs versus o...

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056. William Morris -- Ruth Kinna (1st Anniversary Episode!)

056. William Morris -- Ruth Kinna (1st Anniversary Episode!)

One year later, Everyday Anarchism continues!In this episode, Ruth Kinna and I discuss William Morris, the brilliant craftsman/poet/artist who set out to defeat capitalism when he realized that the fo...

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055. Upheavals, Climate Justice, and Denial -- Jon Raymond

055. Upheavals, Climate Justice, and Denial -- Jon Raymond

My guest this week is Jon Raymond, novelist and screenwriter, whose most recent book, Denial, imagines a world in 2052 in which climate justice has been delivered via Nuremberg-style trials, climate c...

31 Aug 202248min

054. Nihilism in Russian Literature -- Maya Slater and Nicolas Pasternak Slater

054. Nihilism in Russian Literature -- Maya Slater and Nicolas Pasternak Slater

This week we will survey nihilism in Russian literature with Maya Slater and Nicolas Pasternak Slater, translators of a new edition of Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Children. Turgenev's novel introduced...

24 Aug 20221h 1min

Kropotkin's Drowning Child (AIdeas Crossover)

Kropotkin's Drowning Child (AIdeas Crossover)

This week's episode is an edition of my new podcast, AIdeas. How should we teach AI about human ethics? Simple: anarchism!Subscribe to AIdeas for more!

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