166. Goliath's Curse -- Luke Kemp

166. Goliath's Curse -- Luke Kemp

According to conventional history, the last 12,000 years has seen the steady march of progress from primitive savagery to enlightened civilization.

In the age of Trump, Elon, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Putin, Xi, Orbán, Netanyahu, Erdoğan, and Khamenei, this story can't be true.

Luke Kemp joins me to offer another story, one in which mutual aid is what makes humans special - and what historians call "civilization" is actually the history of domination and coercion.

I cannot recommend the book more highly!

https://flyleafbooks.com/book/9780593321355

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156. Bauhaus and the Anarchic City -- Robin Schuldenfrei

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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 lo...

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154. Hannah Arendt and Civil Disobedience -- John McGowan

John McGowan joins the podcast again to discuss a recent republication of Hannah Arendt's essay "Civil Disobedience, which responds to Plato's Crito, Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government," and th...

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153. Organizing in the 21st Century -- Jaz Brisack

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...

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152. Why Billionaires Love AI -- Brian Merchant

152. Why Billionaires Love AI -- Brian Merchant

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151. Graeber's Debt Chapter 12, The Beginning of Something Yet to Be Determined

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

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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...

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