121. Graeber's Debt Chapter 6, Games with Sex and Death
Graeber explains human economies, economies in which money can only be used to shore up social relations, and can't be used to buy things - to the utter confusion of anthropologists trying to buy thin...
8 Maj 202443min
120. Richard Rorty's Anti-Authoritarianism -- John McGowan and Meili Steele
My former professors John McGowan and Meili Steele join me to discuss Richard Rorty's final book, Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism.
1 Maj 20241h 1min
119. Debt Discussion 5: The Sterility of Economics with James K. Galbraith
James K. Galbraith joins me to discuss the flaws in the field of economics and its pseudoscientific justifications
24 Apr 202452min
118. The Films of Preston Sturges -- Stuart Klawans
Stuart Klawans joins me to discuss his recent book Crooked but Never Common about the films of Preston Sturges, the first writer-director of the Hollywood sound era. Informed by the work of Stanley Ca...
17 Apr 202451min
117. Graeber's Debt Chapter 5, The Moral Ground of Economic Relations
The chapter of Debt which inspired this podcast - get ready to hear the origin of everyday anarchism!
10 Apr 202455min
116. Seeing Like a Game -- C. Thi Nguyen
Philosopher of games C. Thi Nguyen joins me to discuss his current work on the intersection of anarchism and games studies. The conversation was so much fun that I started a whole new podcast, Plumbin...
3 Apr 20241h 12min
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...
27 Mars 202449min
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 ...
20 Mars 202455min
