The core idea of this podcast comes from David Graeber, who wrote that our everyday life is mostly run on anarchism, and at the same time people believe that anarchism doesn’t work. One of these is wrong.
I hope to illuminate how our communities already depend on Mutual Aid, in big and small ways. I'll do that by excavating the historical events and cultural trends you already know about, but have never thought about in terms of anarchism.
Find me at https://www.everydayanarchism.com
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179. Socialism from Bernie to Mamdani -- Dan Chiasson (00:57:32)
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...
178. Fighting for the Future of PM Press -- Ramsey Kanaan (00:40:54)
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...
177. Year One of the Second Trump Regime -- Leonard Williams (00:49:52)
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...
176. Building a World without Parkinson's -- Ray Dorsey (00:41:52)
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...
175. The Battle of Seattle -- D.W. Gibson (00:49:56)
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...
174. Rules, Games, and Anarchy -- Jay Dragon (00:52:04)
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, ...
173. From William Morris to Bauhaus to Midcentury Modern -- Robin Schuldenfrei (01:05:34)
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 ...
172. Liberty as Independence -- John McGowan (01:16:40)
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...
171. Reel Politik -- Nathan Gelgud (01:01:04)
Nathan Gelgud joins me to discuss Reel Politik, a comics collection about a group of Brechtian revolutionaries who take over the movie theatre they work in.Nathan and I discuss our shared love for mov...
170. The Biblical Curse of Wealth -- Pastor Micah (01:00:47)
Pastor Micah joins me to share a radical reading of the Book of Genesis in which wealth isn't a blessing on God's people, but a curse!I recently appeared on Micah's podcast, The Word in Black and Red,...
169. The Teacher and Society -- Alfie Kohn (00:41:01)
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...
168. Enshittification -- Cory Doctorow (00:34:47)
It's not your imagination: everything is getting worse. And there's a reason why.
167. Henry Fonda for President -- Alexander Horwath (01:34:34)
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...
166. Goliath's Curse -- Luke Kemp (01:18:04)
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, ...
165. Politics in Hollywood Westerns-- Ruth Kinna (01:10:12)
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 (...
164. Slow Cinema as Democratic Cinema -- Paul Schrader (00:46:05)
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...
163. Capitalism and Nature -- Alyssa Battistoni (00:51:40)
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...
162. Divorcing Anarchism and Liberalism -- Alexandre Lefebvre (00:43:24)
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 ...
161. The German Peasants' War -- Lyndal Roper (01:03:54)
Lyndal Roper joins me to discuss her book The Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants' War. 500 years ago, German peasants learned that Martin Luther had declared that they should be free. They ...
160. Marrying Anarchism and Liberalism -- Alexandre Lefebvre (00:49:46)
Alexandre Lefebvre, author of Liberalism as a Way of Life, joins me to discuss the many ways that anarchism and liberalism are compatible. Later this month, you'll here Alexander back on the show, as ...
159. The Folksinging Anarchist Tradition -- Willi Carlisle (00:57:24)
In celebration of his new album Winged Victory, Folksinger Willi Carlisle joins me to discuss the connections between folk music and leftism, especially anarchism.I love all of Willi's albums. Here's ...
Everyday Anarchism goes back to where it all began: the romantic anarchism of J.R.R. Tolkien. Meredith Veldman, author of Fantasy, The Bomb, and the Greening of Britain, joins me to talk about the rom...
157. Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols -- David Hill (00:55:30)
My colleague David Hill rejoins the show to discuss Twilight of the Idols, one of Nietzsche's last works, and one in which Nietzsche directly discusses anarchism.In addition to Nietzsche's putdowns of...
156. Bauhaus and the Anarchic City -- Robin Schuldenfrei (01:06:33)
Robin Schuldenfrei joins me to discuss her new book Objects in Exile, which is about the many afterlives of the Bauhaus school and its practitioners. Robin and I particularly focus on the relationship...
155. Baseball Utopia in Eephus -- Carson Lund (00:55:59)
"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 lo...
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