169. The Teacher and Society -- Alfie Kohn
Alfie Kohn returns to the show to discuss his new podcast, the role of teachers in social progress, and why someone's view on chatbots in the classroom tells you eveything you need to know about their...
22 Okt 202541min
168. Enshittification -- Cory Doctorow
It's not your imagination: everything is getting worse. And there's a reason why.
8 Okt 202534min
167. Henry Fonda for President -- Alexander Horwath
More than any other individual, Henry Fonda was a symbol for better, more leftist, more social democratic America, from The Grapes of Wrath to 12 Angry Men. He even played an English professor who fac...
29 Sep 20251h 34min
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, ...
24 Sep 20251h 18min
165. Politics in Hollywood Westerns-- Ruth Kinna
Happy 4th Anniversary to Everyday Anarchism! For this year's anniversary episode, Ruth Kinna comes on to talk about a couple of Hollywood Westerns: Fort Apache (John Ford, 1948) and Rancho Notorious (...
10 Sep 20251h 10min
164. Slow Cinema as Democratic Cinema -- Paul Schrader
In normal cinema, the goal of the director is to control the audience, to direct their gaze, to dictate their emotions.What does it mean when directors make movies where the audience is allowed to dec...
27 Aug 202546min
163. Capitalism and Nature -- Alyssa Battistoni
Alyssa Battistoni joins me to discuss her new book Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. Capitalist theory generally describes nature as a "free gift." If gifts are already free, why does...
20 Aug 202551min
162. Divorcing Anarchism and Liberalism -- Alexandre Lefebvre
Alex comes back on the podcast and we try to separate liberalism and anarchism, with some success! (I think the problem is that what Alex and I agree on is democratic socialism - so liberal socialism ...
6 Aug 202543min
