173. From William Morris to Bauhaus to Midcentury Modern -- Robin Schuldenfrei

173. From William Morris to Bauhaus to Midcentury Modern -- Robin Schuldenfrei

Robin Schuldenfrei rejoins me to talk more Bauhaus! In this episode, we discuss her book Luxury and Modernism, covering the complexities of the Bauhaus, which had a leftwing ethos but produced luxury objects, and made them by hand to appear machine made. Robin talks us through how the contradiction between luxury and egalitarianism ran from Morris's arts and crafts movement to the Bauhaus, and modernism only became a truly "everyday" part of life during the colossal expansion of middle-class wealth in the midcentury, as celebrated by Life magazine and recreated in the show Mad Men

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057. Slouching Towards Utopia -- Brad DeLong

057. Slouching Towards Utopia -- Brad DeLong

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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...

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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...

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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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053. Lucy Parsons, Goddess of Anarchy -- Jacqueline Jones

053. Lucy Parsons, Goddess of Anarchy -- Jacqueline Jones

In this episode of Anarchism 101: An Anarchist Syllabus, I'm joined by Jacqueline Jones, author of Goddess of Anarchy, to discuss Lucy Parsons and her legacy.

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052. The Liberation of Contract Grading -- Asao B. Inoue

052. The Liberation of Contract Grading -- Asao B. Inoue

In this episode I'm joined by Asao B. Inoue to discuss contract grading, a radical (even anarchistic?) form of grading which strengthens the student-teacher relationship, lessens the power of hierarch...

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051. Anarchist Archaeologists on The Dawn of Everything, pt 2

051. Anarchist Archaeologists on The Dawn of Everything, pt 2

Welcome back to my continuing coverage of the Graeber and Wengrow book The Dawn of Everything. This week, is the conclusion of my conversation with four members of the Black Trowel Collective, a netwo...

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