Left Anchor
Philosophy, politics, and the left.
Episodes
Dec 9, 2021
Dec 5, 2021
Dec 5, 2021
1 hr 3 min
Today we've got the authors of Carceral Con: The Deceptive Terrain of Criminal Justice Reform on to discuss their book. We discuss some of the downsides of how criminal justice reform has been portrayed in popular media, in particular the downsides of the austerian logic that doing so will save the government money. Enjoy!
Nov 28, 2021
Nov 28, 2021
11 min
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Also don't miss Kate's book here.
Nov 18, 2021
Nov 18, 2021
1 hr 2 min
Today we've got Smith College Assistant Professor of Government Erin Pineda on to talk about her book Seeing Like An Activist: Civil Disobedience and the Civil Rights Movement. We discuss how her work relates to the famous James Scott book Seeing Like a State, how civil disobedience really worked during the civil rights movement, how the movement against police brutality today has been sidetracked by fussy liberals, and more. Enjoy!
Nov 13, 2021
Nov 13, 2021
8 min
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And check out David's podcast series "Meltdown" here.
Nov 4, 2021
Oct 27, 2021
Oct 27, 2021
1 hr 24 min
Today we have Ashley Lucas on to talk about her essay "The End of Rage" about a man named Russell "Maroon" Shoatz. He was a Black Panther and political radical in the 1970s who ended up in prison for killing a police officer, despite a lack of any direct evidence he was the culprit, and later served over 22 years in solitary confinement after attempting to escape. He is now old and has terminal cancer, and after recording the episode he was (remarkably enough, by American standards at least) released into hospice care.
Check out Maroon's book of essays here, and a piece on the horrid conditions in Riker's Island here.
Oct 22, 2021
Oct 22, 2021
5 min
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Also, don't miss Alex's newsletter.
Oct 14, 2021
Oct 14, 2021
1 hr 10 min
This time we've got philosopher David Livingstone Smith (last seen here on episode 165) to discuss his book Making Monsters: The Uncanny Power of Dehumanization. We talk about the sources of dehumanizing ideology, what purpose it can serve politically, why even Heinrich Himmler couldn't take witnessing a massacre of Jews during the Holocaust, and more. Enjoy!
Oct 5, 2021
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This podcast is by journalist Ryan Cooper and academic Alexi the Greek. We talk politics, philosophy, history, current events, and whatever else catches our fancy.