167. Henry Fonda for President -- Alexander Horwath

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 faced cancellation for teaching anarchist literature!

Then in the 1960s, he was the literal father figure that New Left Hollywood figures Jane and Peter Fonda were rebelling against. And Henry let himself be used as a villain in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, playing the embodiment of rapacious American capitalism.

Alexander Horwath weaves together all these threads into his essay film Henry Fonda for President. As we live in a world haunted by 50 years of neoliberal decay, the America Fonda represented seems further away than ever, even as his films still crackle with righteous rage against injustice. Alex and I talk about all these issues and more - I hope you enjoy the conversation, and see the film when you have a chance!

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179. Socialism from Bernie to Mamdani -- Dan Chiasson

179. Socialism from Bernie to Mamdani -- Dan Chiasson

Dan Chiasson joins me to discuss his combined Bernie and Burlington biography, Bernie for Burlington, and the connections between Bernie's socialism and Mamdani's socialism.You can purchase Dan's book...

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178. Fighting for the Future of PM Press -- Ramsey Kanaan

178. Fighting for the Future of PM Press -- Ramsey Kanaan

For almost 20 years, PM Press has been publishing brilliant anarchist books, including many covered on this podcast. Co-Founder Ramsey Kanaan joins me to discuss what PM Press does, how it works on an...

21 Jan 40min

177. Year One of the Second Trump Regime -- Leonard Williams

177. Year One of the Second Trump Regime -- Leonard Williams

Leonard Williams, who was my second guest on this podcast back in November of 2021, returns to talk about Trump's presidency over the past year, what it means, and what we can do to fight it.To hear m...

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176. Building a World without Parkinson's -- Ray Dorsey

176. Building a World without Parkinson's -- Ray Dorsey

Ray Dorsey joins me to discuss The Parkinson's Plan, his new book about fighting and hopefully ending the disease. Ray and his co-author Michael S. Okun show that Parkinson's is primarily caused by hu...

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175. The Battle of Seattle -- D.W. Gibson

175. The Battle of Seattle -- D.W. Gibson

The modern anarchist movement began in 1999, when the World Trade Organization met in Seattle in order to create a set of rules which would require every country to accept the worst excesses of capita...

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174. Rules, Games, and Anarchy -- Jay Dragon

174. Rules, Games, and Anarchy -- Jay Dragon

Ever since C. Thi Nguyen appeared on the podcast, I've been trying to use games to understand more about the relationship between rules and life. Jay Dragon, whose game Wanderhome is almost ruleless, ...

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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 ...

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172. Liberty as Independence -- John McGowan

172. Liberty as Independence -- John McGowan

John McGowan joins me to discuss Liberty as Independence, Quentin Skinner's new book about the way that our ideals of liberty were formed in in 17th and 18th century debates. The book covers legendary...

19 Nov 20251h 16min

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