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Minicast F2: Short Music for Short People
Question Kyle joins me for musings on concept albums as I fondly recall the 1999 gimmick-compilation "Short Music for Short People" from the pop-punk mavens at Fat Wreck Chords. The idea: 101 bands, 101 songs, each one 30 seconds long. The royalty of...
episode 40: 040 - Project Genetrix (feat. Kelsey Atherton)
Motivated by the Chinese balloon story that recently if briefly dominated the news, Kelsey Atherton () joins me to talk about PROJECT GENETRIX (1956), a Pentagon scheme to float almost 600 balloons over remote parts of the USSR and China. Turns out...
Minicast F1: The Battle of the Waldorf-Astoria Ballroom
At the height of the Cold War, the looming existential dread of human extinction in a nuclear holocaust was punctuated by a three-way battle for the Grand Ballroom of New York City's famous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel fought by Nikita Khrushchev, the US...
episode 37: 037 - Workin' on the Railroad with Matt Weaver and Maximillian Alvarez
Labor journalist and author Max Alvarez () takes a break from hosting the essential podcast (@WorkingPod) and reporting for to talk about the recent labor issues on America's freight railroads. Also joining us is Matt Weaver, a maintenance of way...
episode 36: 036 - Smashing Statues with Erin Thompson
Dr. Erin Thompson (), the , joins me to talk about her book We cover the illusory permanence of monuments, the politics of taking them up (and down), and the fate of removed monuments sitting in storage right now, waiting for a more reactionary...
Minicast E5: Chaotic Neutral
In which I stoop to being my own guest on my own podcast to talk about my book, which is available from wherever you prefer to get books in , , and formats. If you listen to this podcast you're almost certainly aware by now that I have a book, and in...
Minicast E4: The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872
Two vagabonds with great luck and big balls perpetrate a hoax that made them extremely rich and hoodwinked some of the finest, most respectable citizens of early Gilded Age America. In our modern era of boring electronic fraud, the romance of walking...
episode 35: Olufemi Taiwo, "Elite Capture"
Dr. Olufemi Taiwo () joins us with his new book . We talk about the future of organizing and activism and what those of us without power should be doing to avoid falling into the traps more powerful actors set for us. I also do my best to embarrass...
Minicast E3: MiG Jacker
This is a quick teaser to let non-Patreon subscribers know that you missed the last Minicast, . I won't be putting all Minicasts behind the paywall, but this one was a special treat for subscribers. If you want to listen and can spare $1, join...
episode 34: 034 - Ryan Cooper (Left Anchor, American Prospect)
The resplendent radio voice of Ryan Cooper joins me to talk about his new book, . You might be familiar with his writing from his tenure at The Week, or from his cohosting duties on the . He currently is the . We talk the social welfare state,...