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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116. Seeing Like a Game -- C. Thi Nguyen

116. Seeing Like a Game -- C. Thi Nguyen

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115. Debt Discussion 4: Henry Farrell on His Internet Argument with Graeber

115. Debt Discussion 4: Henry Farrell on His Internet Argument with Graeber

In this episode I'm joined by Henry Farrell, who got into an internet spat with David Graeber over Debt. Henry recently wrote a reflection on the kerfuffle at the blog Crooked Timber, and also co-wrot...

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114. Revolution and Anarchism in The Mars Trilogy -- Kim Stanley Robinson

114. Revolution and Anarchism in The Mars Trilogy -- Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson to talk about his Mars trilogy, the theory of revolution that animates it, and where anarchism and anarchists fit in. This conversation is a direct sequel to our conversations on ...

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Rerun: Anarchism is...Mardi Gras with Meredith King

Rerun: Anarchism is...Mardi Gras with Meredith King

Happy Mardi Gras! The show should be back publishing new episodes in March. In the meantime, here's a rerun, and a link to a couple of interview I did late last year:https://pod.link/1705765872/episod...

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113. The Ranters -- Nigel Smith (English Revolution)

113. The Ranters -- Nigel Smith (English Revolution)

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Rerun: Anarchism is...Santa Claus! -- Ruth Kinna

Rerun: Anarchism is...Santa Claus! -- Ruth Kinna

For my very first repeat episode, I'm reposting a conversation with Ruth Kinna about Santa Claus, Kropotkin, and the prefigurative practice of Christmas.You can read Ruth's article on the topic here: ...

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112. The Puritan Christmas Wars -- Diane Purkiss (English Revolution)

112. The Puritan Christmas Wars -- Diane Purkiss (English Revolution)

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111. Graeber's Debt: Chapter 4, Cruelty and Redemption

111. Graeber's Debt: Chapter 4, Cruelty and Redemption

Debt Chapter 4, in which Jesus and Nietzsche show up!

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