
UNLOCK 22.1 Fascism is Also Rational
In Toronto, the morning after US strikes ignited oil depots across Tehran. I reach for Michael Parenti. His core insistence is that fascism is not madness or mob psychology but a calculated counter-re...
22 Mars 17min

23. The Future of Socialism in Canada w/ Jasmine Peardon
Canada's proto-fascist scorecard is racking up big numbers. Jasmine Peardon — organizer, policy researcher, and New Democratic Party Socialist Caucus candidate for party president — joins me to discus...
18 Mars 45min

22. Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will
What does it mean to hold both clear-eyed despair and committed action at the same time? I trace the antifascist axiom "pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will" through my own life — my late ...
11 Mars 19min

21. Against the Hierarchy of Bodies w/ Michelle Cassandra Johnson
Sitting down today with racial equity educator and spiritual director Michelle Cassandra Johnson about what she calls the “hierarchy of bodies” — the long-standing social logic that determines whose l...
4 Mars 37min

UNLOCK 21.1 Against the Hierarchy of Bodies w/ Michelle Cassandra Johnson pt 2
Back with Michelle, and pivoting from diagnosis to practice. We get a powerful story from her anti-racism work about calling someone into accountability without shaming or discarding them — and what r...
3 Mars 40min

UNLOCKED 19.1 From the Mormon Priesthood to Trans Advocate Dad w/ Blair Hodges Pt 2
Back for Pt 2 of my conversation with Blair Hodges—Salt Lake City journalist, former Mormon insider, and dad to a trans kid—by digging into Mormon masculinity. Blair explains how Mormon emotional vuln...
1 Mars 35min

20: Fascist Pipeline, Evangelical Pipeline w/ Brad Onishi
Welcoming friend and colleague and fellow dad Brad Onishi (Straight White American Jesus, Preparing for War), to explore the parallels between evangelical conversion and fascist recruitment. Brad was ...
25 Feb 44min

UNLOCK 20.1: Fascist Pipeline, Evangelical Pipeline w/ Brad Onishi
Part 2 with Brad Onishi. What interrupts extremist pipelines? Brad dishes on his Japanese American family and how multicultural, multiethnic community might inoculate against fascist identity formatio...
23 Feb 38min



















