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the Grounded Futures Show is hosted by carla joy bergman and Uilliam Joy, and sometimes Jamie-Leigh Gonzales. Season 4 coming September 2024! Uilliam (Liam) and carla discuss topics ranging from climate collapse to identity to how youth can gain new skills to thrive amid current and ongoing disasters that we are collectively facing. The show will take a deep dive on these issues, and be in conversations with incredible guests. We are a Gen-X and a Gen-Z, and we are keen on tearing down the w ...
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Episode 260 - Netanyahu's Visit Was Very On-Brand, Greater Threats of World War, The World's Peace Broker
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If you think that Congress inviting a genocidal war criminal to speak at Congress was an aberration, you need to flip through the pages of US history. It was thoroughly on-brand, as was the disdain with which lawmakers looked upon their own constituents calling for peace in the streets. And they did more than call for peace - protestors created som…
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Episode 259 - Supreme Court Outlaws Life, How To Hide a Genocide
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Oh it was a helluva day for SCOTUS. The Supreme Court has effectively outlawed life, making it illegal to be unhoused and ruling that environmental regulations are bullshit. Meanwhile, Congress is doing its best to hide a genocide by simply refusing to count the dead. Across the pond, for those seeking German citizenship, Germany demands allegiance…
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Episode 258 - 175,000 Marijuana Convictions Pardoned, The US Can't Actually Do More For Israel
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Maryland Gov. Moore pardoned 175,000 marijuana convictions which is good...but also, what does that really mean now that weed is already legal in the state? Meanwhile, the US can't actually be doing more for Israel despite the bizarre tik-tok style sob videos Netanyahu is making about lack of weapons. At the same time, Israel uses US-style logic in…
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Episode 257 - Biden (Not Trump) Bans Refugees, Silencing Palestinian Truth, Ukraine Proxy War Escalates
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Be it targeted killings of journalists, social media shadowbanning and censorship, or shutting down prestigious law review sites so as to keep Palestinian voices quiet, the tactics to silence Palestinian truth are myriad. US terrorism isn't just focused on Gaza. The Biden administration has now effectively banned refugees and asylum seekers while c…
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Episode 256 - Trump's Conviction Doesn't Matter, Found Innocent For Protecting Palestinians, Colonialism as Capitalism's Battering Ram
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Hey, Trump got convicted! Hey, it doesn't matter at all, no really, at all. In other news, the Israeli embassy in Mexico City was set ablaze. What do we know from the frontlines of this protest? How did it escalate? Good news! These folks were found innocent in a case of occupying an Elbit Systems weapons factory using the defense of protecting Pal…
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Episode 255 - The Remarkably Convoluted US Gaza Pier, What The Gaza GoFundMes Are All About
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It's not even built yet and the US' much discussed pier off the coast of Gaza is already having problems, seemingly purposefully convoluted ones. Meanwhile, if you've been wondering what these GoFundMes asking to get folks out of Gaza are all about, this Egyptian company can tell you, to the tune of roughly $2m a day. PLUS interrogated in the US fo…
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Episode 254 - The University of Free Palestine: Bad A** Students Rise Up, Police State Pushes Back
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Colleges and universities across the nation are rising up for a Free Palestine! And of course, as the empire can only speak in the language of violence, it speaks to these students loudly and brutally. Police have attacked many encampments, injuring and arresting dozens of youth. Meanwhile, some of these same cops are the ones who stood by and did …
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Episode 253 - Israel's Oct 7 Claims Crumble Under Mild Scrutiny
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It turns out that even just some basic journalism, i.e. asking questions, can topple Israel's flimsy claims of October 7th crimes. PLUS beware greenwashing in unlikely places, never letting war criminals be comfortable, and more! leecamp.net artkillingapathy.comBy common censored
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Episode 252 - Hold Up: White People Die in Gaza, EPA Can Get You Healthcare, Salamanders vs Democracy
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Calls for a ceasefire erupt after white people die in Gaza. At the other Palestine, that's East Palestine, OH, new evidence comes to light that shows how the EPA could have automatically given all the affected residents universal healthcare (because it's done so before) but chose not to because they didn't wanna "get into this." It's not you and yo…
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Episode 251 - By God Buy Duct Tape, Meet The Israelis Blocking Aid, Alabama Bans Diversity
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NATO wants you to prepare for the worst, i.e. nuclear war - so make sure you have a flashlight! Or a fleshlight, unclear which one. The Grayzone infiltrates the Israelis blocking aid to Gaza, and brings us footage of their take on things, and yep it's as awful as you'd expect. Meanwhile, as climate chaos worsens wildfires across the country, the su…
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Episode 250 - When Aid Isn't Aid, When A Ceasefire Isn't Enough, and When AI Reflects The Worst In Us
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As more celebrities and zionist politicians jump on the ceasefire bandwagon, we gotta accept that what's needed goes WAY beyond a simple ceasefire into the decolonized realms where no politicians will venture... In the shared category of words not meaning what they say, the "aid" the US has dropped (or bombed) onto Gazans is even less helpful than …
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Episode 249 - We Don't Want Girlboss Feminism, Automating Genocide, You're Almost Unhoused
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Ah, International Women's Day, a day for liberal women to co-opt the concept of radical feminism in order to uplift white supremacy and capitalism. If we really wanna uplift women (and in so doing, all genders), we gotta recognize that feminism is a rejection of all domination and coercion, especially capitalism and white supremacy. Furthermore, we…
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The New Eon - A Chat with Tim Benson
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In this initial interview with musician, author and old friend, Tim Benson, we review some of the main themes of his new book, "The New Eon", which, building on the work of David Hawkins, advances that we are on the cusp of a historically unprecedented time. Check out Tim's site here:https://theneweon.org/what-is-an-eon-...His work is also availabl…
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Episode 248 - October 7th Stories Continue to Crumble, NATO Attempts Humor as a Propaganda Tool, Tech Bros Try Geoengineering
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The US can't and won't condemn the murder of Palestinian children even when asked pointedly. NATO attempted to use humor and memes to propagandize people into thinking Ukraine would win. Here's how that turned out... Apparently some intentional killings by police don't count as murders by police. You read that right. PLUS techo bros try geoengineer…
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Episode 247 - One Nation of Cop Cities, Plastic Waste Colonialism, FBI Going After Indigenous Youth,
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Sexual violence is often used as a weapon of war. Unfortunately, claims of sexual violence are also used to declare victimhood in the face of legitimate allegations of war crimes, as is the case with Israel. As more and more details emerge from Israel's flimsy reports from October 7th, the issue of mass rape is a glaring example of how those perpet…
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Episode 246 - Ten Things They Won't Tell You About Mass Shooters, #FreeAssangeNOW
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It's genocide. Deeds matter. Not words. As corporate media continues to throw up headlines about how conflicted Biden feels, and how the UN feels this or that way about Israel, the genocide continues unabated. Don't let these "feel-good" or promising headlines hide the fact that our government is perpetuating the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Mean…
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Episode 245 - More Lies About October 7th Revealed, Open Season on the Homeless, Silenced for Speaking on Gaza,
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This one goes out to all the October 7th handwringers: check your facts. More and more comes to light about the remarkable propaganda campaign about supposed violent acts by H**as on October 7th. Meanwhile, in the birthplace of genocidal colonialism, the European Parliament silences member Clare Daly for, well, for speaking facts. Here on the homef…
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Episode 244 - The Secret $1.5 Trillion Nuclear Program, Slave Labor: It's What's For Dinner, Surveillance Like You've Never Seen it Before!
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The nuclear arms race never went away, it just shifted gears. And now, it's shifting back into high gear with a brand spankin new $1.5 trillion deal that'll require, among other ills, massive new mining for radioactive materials. Meanwhile, lest we forget, slave labor is still totally legal in the land of the free. A new report shows how extensive …
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Episode 243 - What Can The World Court Do Now, UK Plots Against Journalist, American Gas Chambers
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Welp, the ICJ ruling has come down as you've now likely heard - what does it mean, what does it do and where do we go from here? Meanwhile in the shared category of horrific acts, the US can now add gassing prisoners to its tally of human rights violations. This past week, a prisoner in Alabama was tortured and ultimately murdered by the state usin…
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Episode 242 - US Admits It Aims to Suppress Democracy, Rent Is Killing Us, Rest in Power Klee Benally
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And now for a list of things you knew but didn't have official confirmation on! Amidst its ongoing support for genocide in Gaza, a US representative said the quiet part loud and just straight up said (or slipped) that the US is all about suppressing democracy. Next up, the struggle to pay rent in the US is actually killing us sooner. The US is impl…
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Episode 241 - How US Media Laid the Groundwork for Israel's Onslaught, Thoughtcrimes Against Apartheid, Get Them Kids Back To Work!
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'Tis the season! Earlier this month, rad Jews celebrated the eight nights of Chanukah with direct action blocking business as usual in the face of genocide. Several Jewish elders also locked themselves to the gates of the White House in protest of the US support for genocide. Meanwhile, it's already a crime to boycott Israel in about 30 states. But…
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The End of Thinking - A Chat with James Tunney
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In a conversation that in some way draws many of our previously discussed themes to a point, James Tunney and I consider the manner in which contemporary modes of culture and technology are driving us not merely to a diminuition of thinking, but, perhaps even its loss altogether.Please check out James' work here:https://www.jamestunney.com/…
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Episode 240 - Why Go After Poets, Neoliberalism The Long Road to Fascism, And YOU Get a Grenade Launcher!
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It's not worth discussing COP(out)28 much, but here's an action that draws the important connection between what's happening in Palestine to the greenwashing farce of the COP meetings. Last week, a much beloved and powerful poet and teacher Refaat Alareer was murdered by Israel. He was specifically targeted - why? Why is it so important to go after…
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Episode 239 - Inside and Under the Hospital, Calls for a Ceasefire Continue, War Pigs Making Bank
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The media has moved on from the breathtakingly horrific terrorist raid on Al Shifa hospital - so here are some things worth nothing, insde and under. Actions for Palestine continue across the country while these war pigs making bank off of the continued genoc1de. PLUS a guy who thinks H1tler was just a really intense tourguide, the rad tactics in A…
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Episode 238 - State Department Fumbles Over Zionist Illogic, Connecting Struggles From Atlanta to Gaza
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A State Dept talking head was tasked with defending the US' backing of genocide, and it goes about as smoothly as you'd expect. Not so side note, hats off to Sam Husseini for not rushing the stage... In that same vein, Eleanor and Lee dig into some popular talking points in the ongoing Zionist mental gymnastics and how to approach/debunk them. Fina…
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Episode 237 - Zelensky's Inner Circle Admits It's Over, Unprecedented Secret Weapon Deals
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What with a genoc*de unfolding, folks would be forgiven for not paying attention to Ukraine. But since we last spoke of good ole Zelensky, it seems that things are not looking up for him. In fact, it's gotten to the point where even his closest advisers are admitting that there is no path to victory for them. So, what now? More udpates on what's ha…
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The Subterranean Anti-Modern: A Chat with W.D. James...
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In an opening discussion, WD James and I discuss elements of the Western Tradition that loosely constitute what could be termed "Egalitarian Anti-Modernism": Building upon and expanding on aspects of his ongoing essay series at Winter Oak, and WD's substack, Philosopher's Holler, themes we explore include aspects of Plato's 'Republic', the debate b…
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The Distraction of the Left/Right Political Spectrum - A Chat with James Tunney
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In another conversation with James Tunney, we take up the question of how relevant the distinction between the political Left and Right are, exploring whether its function is merely propagandist in quality. In turn, we scrutinize whether it is connected to deeper cultural currents, and how we are to relate to them....…
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Episode 236 - Europe Makes Solidarity With The Oppressed Illegal, Should We Call It A Genocide?
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We must never lose our ability to be disgusted, even if we quickly lose our ability to be shocked. Congress voted (in a totally pointless display of awfulness) to support genocide. Oh and should we call it "genocide?" Here's a look at what that term means and how it applies. PLUS Europe makes moves to crackdown on solidarity with the oppressed, tea…
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Episode 235 - The US War on Peace, Most Zionists Are Christian
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Imagine a US President standing up in front of Congress and demanding money for healthcare, education, infrastructure, reforestation. Hard to do, huh? Now imagine a US President standing up in front of Congress demanding $100 billion for war. Pretty easy to imagine, right? Well, that's because it happened. And that's because it's toally in line wit…
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Episode 234 - Why These Two Jews Support Palestine
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It's been a non-stop barrage of propaganda from the corporate media, and if you follow alternative sources, it's been non-stop vital reporting of the horrifying facts from the ground. Lee and Eleanor wade through this to contextualize what's going on, where the nuance lies and why we fundamentally support the Palestinian struggle for freedom. leeca…
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Episode 233 - Walls Don't Work So Let's Build One, US Invading Haiti, Why Drag Shows Are Dangerous
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With much himming and hawing, Biden announces his administration's fast tracking of border wall construction - because walls don't work! Wait, what? Meanwhile, the US is invading Haiti - but not like officially. In other news, drag shows are dangerous - because they threaten the heteronormative patriarchal state. PLUS good and bad news from Califor…
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Journalism in the Age of Digital - A Chat with Eric Coppolino
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In a sequel conversation with Eric Coppolino of Planet Waves FM and Chiron Return, we begin considering the degraded state of journalism in the wake of digital's ascendency, and move over the course of the conversation to reflections upon the importance of embodiment and embodied relationship as an antidote to the dilemmas of the present.Here is th…
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In another ranging conversation with James Tunney, we survey the curiously mythological dimensions of the scientific project as prologue to considering the symbolism of the skull, the implications of Golgotha, and how these things ramify for our relationship to the technological. James Tunney's work can be found here: https://www.jamestunney.com/ar…
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Episode 232 - Lee Camp Attacked For Being Anti-War, Democrats and Republicans Reach Across Aisle To Punch The Unhoused
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Oh Mother Jones, how horrified you be to know that your name is being used to smear legitimate leftists! Eleanor and Lee peruse a new hit piece against Lee and two presidential candidates for being...anti-war. Meanwhile, did you know that it's Russia's fault that Canada harbored N*zis after the 2nd world war and gave a standing ovation to one in th…
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Inventing the Passion - A Chat with Arthur Dewey on the Remembrance of Jesus' Death...
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This conversation opens considering the surprising dearth of imagery around the death of Jesus until the late fourth century, a circumstance which clues one into questions of how, otherwise, is the death of Jesus remembered and understood for early Christianity: this segues into reflections of text, historicity, facticity, myth and imagination. The…
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What Just Happened? - A Chat with David Cayley
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From the interrogation of the conceptual shifts which were crystallized by the events of recent years through the lens of Ivan Illich and beyond, this conversation with David Cayley turns over a bushel of stones, from the idolization of 'Life', to the unconsciously Christian character of secular society, to the problematics around the relationship …
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Episode 231 - West Virginia's Chernobyl, A Tale of Two UN Speeches, World's 5th Largest Economy Sues Big Oil
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Israeli forces are concerned about their government - because they want to keep murdering children. Hey, war in Ukraine is over! But Uncle Sam can't stop, won't stop. Look no further than Biden's address to the UN where he used his time to have a sandbox tiff of propaganda against Russia. Meanwhile, President of Brazil Lula da Silva used his time t…
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Episode 230 - Striking Strategies, Block Cop City, Google Nimbus Apartheid, Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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UAW's striking strategy looks different than some expected and others hoped. Relatedly, some Google employees take a stand against the company's role in perpetuating apartheid. A call to action this November: Block Cop City! And this continued push against this highly unpopular project marks one of the many reasons why Stop Cop City is so dangerous…
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To the Trees - A Conversation with Eleanor Goldfield
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In a conversation with the fierce and gracious Eleanor Goldfield, we consider some of the themes of her latest film, "To The Trees", which documents the defense of the Redwood forests against the encroaching destruction of development and lumber companies. Numerous are the points along the way, leading to a surprising coda, which is a reflection on…
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Episode 229 - A Bird, A Plane? No! It's A Cop Drone In Your Backyard!
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Hope y'all had a good weekend filled with drones spying on you in the name of the law... Meanwhile, the EPA has tossed 63% of all wetlands out of its purview of giving a shit (not that it gave much of a shit to begin with), and oh how apt, this has a lot to do with the wildfires in Maui! Be it banning the history of US racism and genocide or the ba…
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The Spiritual and Existential Hazards of the Digital - A Chat with Eric Coppolino
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In a ranging conversation with the inimitable Eric Coppolino of Planet Waves FM and Chiron Return, we reflect upon the spiritual hazards of the digital medium. Exemplified in recent years, the intensity of that interval reflected an initial consummation of a process long unfolding, but with which we must now reckon. Within that broader thematic con…
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The Prince, Principalities and the Rise of Scientocracy - A Chat with James Tunney
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In our third in a series of conversations with James Tunney, we examine the double-edged archetype of the Prince, how its character is transposed, initially by Machiavelli near the dawn of Modernity, and then later with such more recent figures as Antonio Gramsci or H.G. Wells. Along the way, various signposts, and reflections on the nature of the …
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Episode 228 - The Remarkable and Avoidable Failures of Maui Officials, A Salamander Stole Your Vote, and I Got Chased by a Bear
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Much of the disastrous wildfires on Maui could not be avoided thanks to decades of capitalist and colonialist destruction. But some of it, particularly the numbers of dead and missing - could have been avoided. It's a topsy turvy world so why wouldn't there be an onomatopoeia-esque consolidation of our food system... PLUS Yard Rock 2024 attends BRI…
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Does the Digital Fracture Time? A Chat with Richard Polt
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In this conversation, we begin with a consideration of how the digital informs and perhaps even does violence to our sense of time, appealing to the thought of Henri Bergson. As the chat unfolds, we turn also to Martin Heidegger, and additionally, to reflections upon death and being towards death as component to life itself.Richard Polt's rich and …
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Episode 227 - Cops Stole Your DNA, Justice Department Confirms There's No Right To Livable Climate
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If you've ever gotten a glimpse into your family tree via a DNA-testing service, well now the cops have a glimpse into you - literally. It wouldn't be a Democrat in office if they weren't kicking millions of people off of Medicaid while also saying what a shame it is that millions are being kicked off of Medicaid. Eleanor's new film is out on Augus…
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Machiavelli and the Political Character of Modern Science - A Chat with Timothy Sean Quinn
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Going a bit further back in focus than some of our more recent conversations, in this chat with Dr. Timothy Sean Quinn we explore the metaphysical commitments upon which Machiavelli formulates a political vision which both departed from that of his predecessors and which formed the framing and justification of the scientific project, both by Franci…
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The Occult, Technology, and the Problem of Human Evil - A Chat with Michael Whisler
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Michael returns for a gamboling conversation which begins with a jump into the deep end with the problem of evil and the manner in which many decisions and policies emanating from institutions are suggestive of it. We also consider the moral valence of technologies in general, and way of response to the challenges raised by these issues...Michael's…
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Is Aging a Disease? A Discussion with David Katz
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Beginning with some introductory remarks by David Katz where he introduces his thesis that aging is an adaptive trait of the evolutionary process, we then transition to a discussion of whether the cessation of aging or death is an advisable course of action. David avers that it is ultimately a worthy goal, whereas I contend it is deeply unwise.Some…
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Defenders of Sauron - The Liabilities of Liberalism: A Chat with Nick Bascom
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Building on our previous two conversations, Nick and myself depart from a remark of Jacques Ellul, namely, that fascism is the child of liberalism. Recalling some themes from our first exchange (on deschooling society), we then segue to Peter Thiel's apologetics for Sauron, the chief antagonist in J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" Saga. From the…
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