Everyday Anarchism
Episodes
079. Voltairine de Cleyre - "Anarchism and American Traditions"
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Anarchism 101, I read Voltairine de Cleyre's 1909 essay "Anarchism and American Traditions." Later this month, I'll publish my conv...
078. News from Nowhere -- Ruth Kinna
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I'm joined by my most frequent guest: Ruth Kinna. Ruth and I continue our conversation about William Morris by discussing his science ...
077. The Republic of the Farmers Market -- Richard McCarthy
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I'm joined by Richard McCarthy, a longtime activist around food issues, most especially the creation of farmers markets. In addition t...
076. Anarchism and Oscar Wilde -- Deaglán Ó Donghaile
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Deaglán Ó Donghaile and I discuss Oscar Wilde's connection to revolutionary anarchism, and in particular his idiosyncratic manifest...
075. Batman Begins vs. Anarchism -- David Hill
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing my series, Batman vs. Anarchism, I'm joined on this episode by my esteemed colleague David Hill to discuss Christopher Nolan's Batman Begin...
074. Graeber's Pirate Enlightment -- Cory Doctorow
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Although we lost David Graeber several years ago, we are still getting the bittersweet joy of reading new books by him. This week, Cory Doctorow joins...
073. Our Suicidal Food System -- Mark Bittman and Ricardo Salvador
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Mark Bittman and Ricard Salvador discuss our broken food system and what we can do about it. Jumping off from Mark's fantastic book, ...
072. Stanley Cavell and Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Lawrence Rhu
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lawrence Rhu, my undergraduate mentor and friend of more than two decades, joins me today to discuss Stanley Cavell, one of his mentors and one of Ame...
071. Practical Anarchism -- Scott Branson
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today I'm joined by the author Scott Branson to discuss their book Practical Anarchism. Scott and I discuss the similarities between our approaches, a...
070. Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Also known as Fully Automated Luxury Queer Space AnarchismThis week, 3 of my former students - Joy Frost, Mark Muchane, and Rook Schrader - join me to...
069. Anarchist Constitutions -- Ruth Kinna
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth Kinna joins me to discuss Anarchic Agreements: A Field Guide to Collective Organizing, from PM Press. In this very short book, Ruth and her colla...
068. Rojava and the Kurdish Women's Movement -- Dilar Dirik
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast finally turns its attention to the Kurdish Women's Movement in Rojava. My guest is Dilar Dirik, whose new book The Kurdish Women's Moveme...
067. Embracing Mathematical Anarchism - - Philip Ording
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mathematician Philip Ording joins me to discuss his book, 99 Variations on a Proof, in which he finds the solution to (or "proves" his solution to) th...
066. Dorothy Day's Catholic Anarchism -- Brian Terrell
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Brian Terrell, a member of the Catholic Worker, a goat farmer, a peace protester, and a personal friend of Dorothy Day. Brian discus...
065. Should You Watch the Qatar World Cup? -- David Goldblatt
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Goldblatt joins me to discuss the ethics of the 2022 World Cup. This World Cup is a triumph of corporate capitalism and corruption over workers'...
064. Adorno's Minima Moralia -- David Hill
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm joined by friend and colleague David Hill, composer of the Everyday Anarchism theme music! Our topic is Minima Moralia, a disconcerting ...
063. "Resist!" - a board game about fighting Franco - - David Thompson
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I'm joined by game designer David Thompson to discuss his game Resist!, a solitaire card game about the Spanish Maquis's battle against Franco in the ...
062. Remembering the Paris Commune - - Carolyn Eichner
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Although I'm a little late, I finally get around to honoring the 150th anniversary of the 1871 Paris Commune. My guest is Carolyn Eichner, author of T...
061. "The Roman Empire Lasted Because Its Rulers Were in a Constant State of Terror" --Anthony Kaldellis
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I'm joined today by Anthony Kaldellis, author of The Byzantine Republic and host of the podcast Byzantium and Friends. Anthony and I discuss how Byzan...
060. Batman vs. Anarchism
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What if Batman's biggest enemy isn't crime? What if his deepest fear isn't bats? What if the secret villain Batman faces in every Batman story is anar...
059. Mike Duncan Meets Everyday Anarchism
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I sit down with Revolutions podcaster Mike Duncan to discuss Kropotkin's influence on the Russian Revolution, protesting in Macron's ...
058. The Expanse: Not Utopian, Not Dystopian, Just Topian -- Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The authors behind the award-winning novel and TV series The Expanse join me to discuss the politics and sociology of the science fiction future they'...
Oscar Wilde's Machine Slavery (AIdeas Crossover)
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode is an edition of my new podcast, AIdeas. Oscar Wilde imagined an anarchist utopia without drudgery and without slavery. How did he...
057. Slouching Towards Utopia -- Brad DeLong
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is J. Bradford DeLong, author of the new economic history of the 20th century, Slouching Towards Utopia. Brad and I discuss William ...
056. William Morris -- Ruth Kinna (1st Anniversary Episode!)
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One year later, Everyday Anarchism continues!In this episode, Ruth Kinna and I discuss William Morris, the brilliant craftsman/poet/artist who set out...
055. Upheavals, Climate Justice, and Denial -- Jon Raymond
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Jon Raymond, novelist and screenwriter, whose most recent book, Denial, imagines a world in 2052 in which climate justice has be...
054. Nihilism in Russian Literature -- Maya Slater and Nicolas Pasternak Slater
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we will survey nihilism in Russian literature with Maya Slater and Nicolas Pasternak Slater, translators of a new edition of Ivan Turgenev's...
Kropotkin's Drowning Child (AIdeas Crossover)
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode is an edition of my new podcast, AIdeas. How should we teach AI about human ethics? Simple: anarchism!Subscribe to AIdeas for more...
053. Lucy Parsons, Goddess of Anarchy -- Jacqueline Jones
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Anarchism 101: An Anarchist Syllabus, I'm joined by Jacqueline Jones, author of Goddess of Anarchy, to discuss Lucy Parsons and her...
052. The Liberation of Contract Grading -- Asao B. Inoue
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I'm joined by Asao B. Inoue to discuss contract grading, a radical (even anarchistic?) form of grading which strengthens the student-t...
051. Anarchist Archaeologists on The Dawn of Everything, pt 2
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to my continuing coverage of the Graeber and Wengrow book The Dawn of Everything. This week, is the conclusion of my conversation with fo...
050. Lucy Parsons - "Principles of Anarchism" and IWW Convention Speech
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Anarchism 101: An Anarchist Syllabus, I read Lucy Parsons' "The Principles of Anarchism" and "Speech on June 29 of the Fo...
049. Gandhi's Anarchism -- KP Shankaran
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this June 2022 discussion episode of Anarchism 101, I discuss Gandhi's "Passive Resistance" with KP Shankaran. Join us as we discuss Gandhi's place...
048. Anarchist Archaeologists on The Dawn of Everything
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to my continuing coverage of the Graeber and Wengrow book The Dawn of Everything. This week, I'm joined by four members of the Black Trow...
047. The High Sierra -- Kim Stanley Robinson
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Stanley Robinson joins me to discuss his new book, The High Sierra: A Love Story. Stan and I discuss literary form, the need for Keynesianism in a...
046. Kropotkin's Theory of Revolution -- Iain McKay
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Iain McKay joins me to discuss the new edition of Kropotkin's Words of a Rebel from PM Press. In this book, Kropotkin's very first, he lays out the ne...
045. Mohandas Gandhi - "Passive Resistance" from Hind Swaraj
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Anarchism 101: An Anarchist Syllabus, Abby Russ and I read Gandhi's "Passive Resistance" from his anarchist manifesto, Hind Swaraj....
044. Fight Like Hell -- Kim Kelly
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Labor journalist Kim Kelly joins me to discuss her new book, Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor. We talk unions, what they did hist...
043. Anarchism is...Capitalism
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The heart of modern capitalism is the exploitation of workers. But according to all of the great theorists of capitalism, capitalism will actually pre...
042. The Tragedy of Climate Change Science
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm joined by Bruce Glavovic, Iain White, and Tim Smith to discuss their recent article "The Tragedy of Climate Science." In the article, th...
041. American Democracy -- Corey Robin
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm joined by Corey Robin, author of The Reactionary Mind, to discuss American democracy in the wake of the January 6th attack and the suppo...
040. Bakunin's "God and the State" -- Mark Leier
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this May 2022 discussion episode of Anarchism 101, I discuss an excerpt of Bakunin's God and the State with Mark Leier. Join me and Mark as we disc...
039. Playing the Past -- Aris Politopoulos
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm joined by Aris Politopoulos, an archeologist who works on video games, to discuss the way that video games can help us understand ...
038. Anarchism is...Pirates -- Gabriel Kuhn
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode I'm joined by Gabriel Kuhn, author of Life Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on Golden Age Piracy, to discuss the anarchist nature o...
037. Anarchism is...Deweyan Democracy with John McGowan
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I'm joined by one of my dissertation directors, John McGowan, to discuss the philosophy of John Dewey in the context of anarchism. Dewey is today reme...
036. Ukrainian Identity and Russian Imperialism with Graeme Robertson
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I'm Graeme Robertson, co-author of Putin vs. the People, joins me to discuss Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the formation of the new Ukr...
035. Mikhail Bakunin - from "God and the State"
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Anarchism 101: An Anarchist Syllabus, I read Bakunin's famous discussion of science and authority from God and the StateThis projec...
034. Proudhon's "What is Property" with Edward Castleton
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this March 2022 discussion episode of Anarchism 101, I discuss an excerpt of Proudhon's "What is Property" with Edward Castleton. Join me and Edwar...
033. The Shame Machine With Cathy O'Neil
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cathy O'Neil - a veteran of both Wall Street and Occupy Wall Street - joins me to discuss her new book, The Shame Machine. We discuss her previous boo...
032. Anarchism is...The Dawn of Everything
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Just before his death, David Graeber completed a manuscript of a book called The Dawn of Everything - both a serious attempt to provide an entirely ne...
Bonus Episode: A Report from Ukrainian Anarchists
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this emergency Ukrainian war episode, I'm joined by Stan, the coeditor of the website for Assembly, an anarchist group in Ukraine. Assembly's  ...
031. Anarchism is...Bread with Mark Bittman and Kerri Conan
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Finally, on Everyday Anarchism, we turn to bread! I'm joined by Mark Bittman and Kerri Conan to discuss their new book, Bittman Bread, and how baking ...
030. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon - from "What is Property?"
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Anarchism 101: An Anarchist Syllabus, I read Proudhon's famous declaration that property is theft in What is Property? This project...
029. Anarchism is...Mardi Gras with Meredith King
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Meredith King of the University of New Orleans joins me to discuss Mardi Gras. We begin with the liberatory possibility of historical...
028. Peter Kropotkin's "Anarchism" with Ruth Kinna
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this February 2022 discussion episode of Anarchism 101, I discuss Kropotkin's "Anarchism" with Ruth Kinna. Join me and Ruth as we discuss Kropotkin...
027. Anarchism is...James Fallows's Our Towns
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features my conversation with James Fallows, a legendary journalist whose work Our Towns is one of the inspirations for Everyday Anarchis...
026. An Anarchist Pilgrimage to Barcelona with Dave Zirin and Mike Stark
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we go to Barcelona - today's Barcelona, where the memory of the heroic anarchist revolution of the 1930s mostly goes unmemorialized. My gues...
025. Education as Gift with Andreas Wittel
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode is another in my ongoing series about the takeover of higher education by bureaucracy and managerialism. I'm joined by Andreas Wit...
024. Peter Kropotkin - "Anarchism" for Encyclopedia Britannica
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Anarchism 101: An Anarchist Syllabus, I read Kropotkin's historical overview of anarchism, published in the 1911 edition of Encyclo...
023. Emma Goldman's "Anarchism" with Kathy Ferguson and Penny Weiss
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this first discussion episode of Anarchism 101, I'm joined by eminent Goldman scholars to discuss Emma Goldman's "Anarchism: What it Really Stands ...
022. Anarchism is...Martin Luther King's Universal Basic Income
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode comes out a little early in honor of MLK!This episode places Martin Luther King Jr. right where I think he belongs: in the midst o...
021. Anarchism is...FC St. Pauli with Fabian Fritz
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, January 18, German soccer giants Borussia Dortmund take the field against FC St. Pauli, a second division soccer team from Hamburg (in the...
020. Critical University Studies with Liz Morrish
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode I'm joined by Dr. Liz Morrish, a leading critic of the current state of universities. Liz and I discuss the craze for evaluatin...
019. Emma Goldman - Anarchism: What it Really Stands for
01 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode of Anarchism 101: An Anarchist Syllabus, I read Goldman's famous essay. If you would prefer to read the essay, you can find ...
018. Anarchism is...the Bundesliga (with Julian Einfeldt)
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Association football, also known as soccer, is one of the most beloved of all human pursuits. It's also one of the most democratic, most grassroots, m...
017. The Twilight Zone's Christmas Romance
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the second Christmas special from Everyday Anarchism in 2021, I'm doing a reading of "The Night of the Meek," season 2, episode 11 of The Twilight...
016. Anarchism is...Santa Claus! -- Ruth Kinna
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the first of two Christmas specials from Everyday Anarchism, I'm joined by Ruth Kinna to discuss the anarchism of Christmas and Santa Claus. You c...
015. The Meritocracy -- William Deresiewicz
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode is the first of several episodes about how colleges and universities have abandoned their core mission - the collaborative search ...
014. Anarchism is...Breaking (Supply) Chains
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We've got a supply chain crisis! But the supply chain is the crisis. The supply chain isn't some new, efficient, capitalist remnant of colonialism and...
013. Anarchism is...Crossword Puzzles -- Leonard Williams
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode is an interview with Professor Leonard Williams, a professor of political science, crossword puzzle constructor, and author of the...
012. Anarchism Is...Science
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Science is real! At least that's what my neighbor's sign says. But what does it mean to claim that science is real? Aren't lots of things real?In this...
011. Q&A: Anarchism and the Political Process
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Q&A episode, I respond to questions about voting, juries, and other elements of the political process. Tune in to hear how I think we can ...
010. Anarchism is...Jesus of Nazareth - Part 2: Jesus of Nazareth
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Now that Jesus Christ is out of the way, we can study Jesus of Nazareth, the anarcho-communist who hated property, encouraged his followers to share e...
009. Q&A: Who Counts as an Anarchist?
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I dive into the definition of anarchism. Are the street fighters of the black bloc "really" "anarchists"? Is cooperation really all i...
008. Anarchism is...Jesus of Nazareth - Part 1: Jesus Christ
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus of Nazareth was an anarchist. But he doesn't get talked about too much by Christians. Instead, Christians tend to focus on Jesus Christ, who was...
007. Q&A: Should Anarchists Support Vaccine Mandates?
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Q&A episode, I devote most of the time to the question of vaccine mandates. Also included are:0:20 - New website, and updates about the po...
006. Anarchism Is...Divorce
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marriage is a patriarchal, capitalistic tool of oppression. But John Milton, the man who made Satan a revolutionary hero, suggested that marriage coul...
005. Interview: Anarchism is...Tolkien with Sam Brock
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tolkien expert and fellow podcaster Sam Brock joins me for a discussion of Tolkien's anarchism! In my attempts to convince Sam that anarchism is the t...
004. Q&A: Was Tolkien's Anarchism Selfish?
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I answer a question about Tolkien's anarchism, then a series of questions about anarchism, everyday anarchism, and why they matter! Featuring Tolkien'...
003. Anarchism is...J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tolkien was an anarchist. So was Gandalf. In fact, anarchism is the hero of The Lord of the Rings - or at least, I think so.
002. Q&A: If Everything is Anarchism, is Anarchism Anything?
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I answer listener questions, like: Would anarchism actually work? Do we have rights under anarchism? If everything is anarchism, does...
001. Introducing Everyday Anarchism
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I introduce the idea that anarchism is all around you and you're using it every day. In fact, there's nothing more everyday - more no...