155. Baseball Utopia in Eephus -- Carson Lund

155. Baseball Utopia in Eephus -- Carson Lund

"What is joy when everything has been monetized and optimized?" For Carson Lund, the answer is rec league baseball, and his new film Eephus is about how a meaningless, anachronistic activity like a local baseball league can actually be the most meaningful and important thing you can do. The film is an ode to baseball, a comedy, and "an argument for democracy at a more human level, people just figuring things out."

You can find ways to stream Eephus or watch it in the theater here: https://www.eephusfilm.com/

And here's the Hawthorne quote I got totally wrong in the episode:

The novels of Anthony Trollope "just as real as if some giant had hewn a great lump out of the earth and put it under a glass case, with all its inhabitants going about their daily business, and not suspecting that they were being made a show of."

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139. Hill's The World Turned Upside Down -- Ann Hughes (English Revolution)

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138. Debt Discussion 10, Debt in the Middle Ages with Eleanor Janega

138. Debt Discussion 10, Debt in the Middle Ages with Eleanor Janega

Eleanor Janega, the very first guest on the Graeber's Debt series, comes back on the show to discuss what the middle ages were, how they were a global phenomenon, and why they weren't as bad as you've...

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137. Mao and Anarchism -- Karl Gerth

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136. Graeber's Debt Chapter 10: The Middle Ages

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135. Graeber's Debt Chapter 9: The Axial Age

135. Graeber's Debt Chapter 9: The Axial Age

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134. Debt Discussion 9, the Axial Age with John Weisweiler

134. Debt Discussion 9, the Axial Age with John Weisweiler

In this episode in my series on Graeber's Debt, I'm joined by John Weisweiler to discuss Chapter 9, "The Axial Age." John and I discuss Graeber's insights into the relationship between money, debt, an...

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133. 3rd Anniversary Episode! -- Ruth Kinna

133. 3rd Anniversary Episode! -- Ruth Kinna

Ruth Kinna comes back on the show to celebrate 3 years of Everyday Anarchism. We talk about the relationship between anarchism and protest, and where everyday anarchism fits with capital-A Anarchism. ...

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132. Debt Discussion 8, Cycles of History with Luke Kemp

132. Debt Discussion 8, Cycles of History with Luke Kemp

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