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Assassination Week #1: How ETA Launched Spain's First Astronaut

19 Sep 2022

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The gang talks about ETA’s assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco and kicks off assassination week with a bang.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

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17 Sep 2022

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A List of Bad Things The Queen Did (Before Dying)

16 Sep 2022

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Queen Dead! The gang goes over a list of bad things the Queen did (when she was still alive) & why the royal family is not very good.See omnystudi...

The Triumph of the Commons in Barbuda

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew sits down with the gang to explain the history of resilience and community that helped Barbuda overcome centuries of colonial incompetence.See ...

The War In Armenia

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Joe Kassabian to talk about the invasion of Armenia by Azerbaijan, and the looming threat of genocideSee omnystudio.com/listener...

The Attacks on Eden House, A Trans Haven for Kenya

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The gang catches up with residents of Eden House to discuss the attacks and the work that Trans Rescue do to keep trans people safe around the world.S...

Glenn Beck's 9/12 Project

12 Sep 2022

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Robert sits down with James and Mia to talk about Glenn Beck's plan to lock America into a permanent state of reaction to 9/11.See omnystudio.com/list...

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10 Sep 2022

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The 9/11 Cult

09 Sep 2022

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Robert sits down to talk to his Zoomer colleagues about 9/11, and how it became the source of a secular revenge cultSee omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

What’s Up with the Kyle Rittenhouse Cultural Center?

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James, Mia, and Gare take a deep dive into some of the most truly cursed things we’ve seen on the internet, and explain the police raid on the Kyle ...

How Portland Beat the Proud Boys

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The gang sits down to talk about Portland's first Proud Boy free summer since 2017. Find Robert's article about it here: https://newlinesmag.com/argum...

Permaculture with Andrew

06 Sep 2022

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Andrew explains the principles of permaculture to Mia and JamesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Behind the Bastards Panel at Rose City Comic Con

05 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Announcement for the upcoming Behind the Bastards live panel at Portland’s own Rose City Comic Con on Saturday September 10th. https://rosecitycomic...

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03 Sep 2022

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How Transphobia at a YMCA Took Over a Town

02 Sep 2022

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The past month the town of Port Townsend has become a nexus point in the war on Trans people. This episode we explain how, and what the community's re...

Libs of TikTok vs a Literal Children’s Hospital

01 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We walk through Libs of TikTok and Matt Walsh’s campaign of terror against trans kids and Boston Children’s Hospital.See omnystudio.com/listener f...

Who is Viktor Bout and why might the US trade him for Brittney Griner

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James, Gare, and Shereen talk about the “merchant of death,” prisoner swaps, the international arms trade, and Bout’s weird home videos.See omny...

How Liberal Mayors Lie About Unhoused People

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James talks to experts and advocates for San Diego’s unhoused population about how the city allows so many people to die on its streets and the dang...

Partition with Neha Aziz

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Shereen, Mia, and Garrison are joined by Neha Aziz to talk about her new podcast, Partition, and the importance of discovering your own history while ...

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27 Aug 2022

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The Great Chinese Heatwave

26 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The gang talks about the brutal heatwave sweeping China and our blisteringly hot future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Deadly Threat Waiting in Our Forests2

25 Aug 2022

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Have you heard about Chronic Wasting Disease? You will.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Planned Parenthood's War Against Healthcare Workers, Part 2

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In part 2 of our interview we discuss Planned Parenthood's anti-union retaliation and the importance of community support to workers organizing. @ppwp...

Planned Parenthood's War Against Healthcare Workers Part 1

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mia talks with Crystal and Elizabeth, two members of UE Local 696, about the struggle of healthcare workers at Planned Parenthood after the fall of Ro...

Who’s Burning Busses in Baja California?

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James and Shereen are joined by Vicente Calderón @tijuanapress to discuss the narcobloqueos in Baja California and across Mexico and the broader cont...

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20 Aug 2022

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The Limits of Abortion Sanctuary Laws

19 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Alejandra Caraballo, Yveka Pierre, and Michelle McGrath to discuss the limits of abortion sanctuary laws, the role of big data in abor...

You Are Being Lied To About Taiwan

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Taiwan 101, a corrective to the piles of lies fed to leftists about Taiwan by malicious nationalists to conscript them into their imperiali...

The Story of Kuwasi Balagoon Part 2 ft. Andrew

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew finishes off his 2 part series on Kuwasi Balagoon with the formation of the Black Liberation Army, Balagoon's anarchism, and his tragic death i...

The FBI Raided Trump: How Real is Civil War Talk?

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We have us a goddamn round table discussion about the FBI raid on Donny Trump and all the civil war talk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

Armed Self Defense for the Trans Community

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Jessika, a Pennsylvania based activist, to talk about firearms training for the transgender community.See omnystudio.com/listene...

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13 Aug 2022

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The Forgotten History of the Old Atlanta Prison Farm: Part Three

12 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode we discuss the question of unmarked grave sites at the Old Prison Farm property, and propose methods of carrying out further historical r...

The Forgotten History of the Old Atlanta Prison Farm: Part Two

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In part two we discuss the prison’s history of forced labor and lack of healthcare in the overcrowded facility.See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

The Forgotten History of the Old Atlanta Prison Farm: Part One

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this three part series, made in collaboration with the Atlanta Community Press, we dive into the lost and incomplete history of the Old Atlanta Pri...

The Story of Kuwasi Balagoon Part 1 ft. Andrew

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew walks us through the early years and political development of Black anarchist Kuwasi BalagoonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

Starbucks Union Busting

08 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mia Wong talks with Tori Tambellini, an illegally fired Starbucks union organizer about Starbucks' anti-union crusade, organizing Starbucks workers, a...

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30 Jul 2022

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Stopping the Sweeps in Dallas

29 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Dallas activists from Say It With Your Chest and the John Brown Gun Clubs who have been there to protect the unhoused community.See omnystu...

Stress and Capitalism ft. Andrew

28 Jul 2022

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Andrew talks with us about stress under capitalismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Black Hammer with WF Thomas

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James and robert interview journalist WF Thomas about the Black Hammer cult and the recent fatality at one of their “Hammer Houses”See omnystudio....

The First Days of the Spanish Civil War, Part 2

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James, Margaret, Robert and Garrison continue their discussion of the coup and the Catalan revolution, and learn about the first art therapy program f...

The First Days of the Spanish Civil War

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James is joint by Margaret killjoy, Garrison And Robert to talk about when anarchists and cops joined forces to fight a coup in Barcelona.See omnystud...

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23 Jul 2022

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Evolution with Andrew

22 Jul 2022

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Andrew joins us once again to discuss the evolutions of species and their effects and correlations with the evolution of society. See omnystudio.com/...

Refugee Mutual Aid in Washington DC

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mia talks with Amy Fischer from Sanctuary DMV about caring for the refugees Greg Abbott and others are sending to DCSee omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

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16 Jul 2022

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Biden’s Border Wall & The Threat to Friendship Park

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James talks with Robert Vivar of friends of friendship park about immigration,  the border, and the threats to the last place people separated by it ...

The New Wave of Queer Exterminationist Rhetoric

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk Jordan Peterson's anti-trans supervillain monologue and the past month of increasing rhetoric around queer exterminationism.See omnystudio.com...

The History of Bread Riot, Part 2

13 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In part 2 we look at the a new kind of bread riot that continues to this day: the IMF riots, and then take a look at the two latest uprisings in Sri L...

The History of the Bread Riot, Part 1

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In part 1 we look at the history of the classical bread riot in the late 1700's and their return in the early 1900's.See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

Shinzo Abe Killed By Electric Blunderbuss

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Who is Shinzo Abe? How did he die the funniest death of any modern world leader? What does it all mean?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

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09 Jul 2022

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3D Printing Tourniquets for Gaza

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James catches up with Tarek Loubani, an emergency medicine doctor who has volunteered in  Gaza, Egypt, and Ukraine. We talk about Glia, an open sourc...

The Weird Meme Ecosystem Behind the Highland Park Shooting

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss Post-Manifesto Terrorism as related to the recent Highland Park mass shooting and how the aesthetics of research are used to manipulate you...

Protecting Your Community In A Hostile State

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with representatives from the Dallas-based Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club to talk about their recent defensive actions to oppose right ...

Abolish Restaurants Ft. Andrew

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew joins us to talk about our experience in the service industry, making food in a non-capitalist system, and the original zine Abolish Restaurant...

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02 Jul 2022

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The Burning Food Factory Myth

01 Jul 2022

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We sit down with a researcher to discuss the disinformation campaign around burning food factories.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Trans and Autistic: Interview with Noah Adams

30 Jun 2022

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We talk with PHD student Noah Adams about his research into the intersection of autism and being trans. https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/metro...

The Struggle for Abortion Rights in Mexico

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Erika Yamada, a feminist and human rights activist in Mexico about the struggle for abortion rights and what we can learn from the Green Ti...

Anti-Racist Hoods Fighting in Ukraine (with Jake Hanrahan)

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We sit down with Jake Hanrahan to talk about his new documentary.   Ukraine's Anti-Fascist Football Hooligans Fighting the Russian Invasion: https://...

Keeping Your Information Secure Online

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Karl Kasarda from InRangeTV to discuss information security and protecting yourself and your communicationsSee omnystudio.com/li...

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25 Jun 2022

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Aiding the Un-Housed Community in Columbus Ohio

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk with Elizabeth Blackburn from the FIRST Collective about a volunteer run encampment on the near-east side of Columbus. first-collective.orgSee...

Inflation and the Class War

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Mia walks us through the Federal Reserve discovering Neo-Marxism in a desperate attempt to figure out why inflation happens and why it...

Pedagogy of the Oppressed Ft. Andrew

22 Jun 2022

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Andrew leads a discussion on Paulo Freire's book Pedagogy of the Oppressed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Supreme Court's New Rulings

21 Jun 2022

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Robert sits down with our favorite lawyer, Moira Meltzer-Cohen, to discuss some recent Supreme Court fuckery.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

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18 Jun 2022

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City of Hate Part 2: Stedfast Baptist Church

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the Dallas area church preaching the genocide of LGBTQ+ people from the pulpit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Board Games and Settler Colonialism

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk with Kyle Flannery from Strange Matters about the implicit and sometimes explicit politics hidden in board games like Settlers of Catan.See om...

Patriot Front's Idaho UHaul Adventure

15 Jun 2022

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America's dumbest Nazis steal the spotlight at an armed protest of a pride rally.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LA Tenants Expropriate their Landlord

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mia talks with Janis Yue and Anahy about how Hillside Villa tenants forced the LA city council to agree to buy their apartment building from their lan...

City of Hate: The Fascist Attack on Dallas Pride

13 Jun 2022

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We discuss the attack on a family friendly drag event by self described Christian Fascists on June 4th.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...

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11 Jun 2022

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Anarchist Infrastructure Ft. Andrew

08 Jun 2022

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Andrew joins us to talk about what an anarchist society would actually look like and how it would functionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

Abortion Clinic Escorting

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Tanya, a long time clinic escort, to talk about abortion clinic escorting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Atlanta Forest Week of Action Update

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An update on Defend the Atlanta Forest discussing what’s happened the past month from the Week of Action up to the current situation.  http...

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04 Jun 2022

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Tiananmen and the Question of Democracy, Part 2

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the material factors that led to democracy in the factory as a movement and implication and causes of the collapse of the movement itself.S...

Tiananmen and the Question of Democracy, Part 1

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about the Tiananmen Square massacre and the movement for democracy in the workplace that the workers there were fighting for.See omnystudio.co...

Operation Pridefall, Groomers, and Kink at Pride: Part 2

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Gare talks about the anti-LGBTQ+ hate campaign "Operation Pridefall" and how it mirrors the current groomer trend and kink at pride discourse.See omny...

Operation Pridefall, Groomers, and Kink at Pride: Part 1

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the influx of “grooming” accusations levied against queer people in recent months alongside “kink at pride” discour...

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28 May 2022

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How A Butterfly Sanctuary Became The Center of a Border War, Part Three

27 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conclusion of the saga of the Butterfly Center at the border. For now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How A Butterfly Sanctuary Became The Center of a Border War, Part Two

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

James and Robert continue their exploration of the war between Qanon and the Butterfly Sanctuary.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How A Butterfly Sanctuary Became The Center of a Border War, Part One

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and James head down to the Texas border to meet with the director of a butterfly sanctuary in the crosshairs of a far right culture war.See omn...

Anti-Abortion Terrorism

24 May 2022

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Mia Wong walks us through the bloody and violent history of anti-abortion terrorSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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21 May 2022

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The Dual Power Gathering!

20 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mia is joined by Shannon and John, two organizers working on the Dual Power Gathering, to talk about how you can join a bunch of cool people camping i...

Cultures at the Dawn of Everything Ft. Andrew

19 May 2022

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Andrew joins us to talk about the history of regional cultures and how they developed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mass Shootings in Buffalo and Laguna Woods

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The crew talks about the recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Laguna Woods and the propaganda techniques and discourses fascist terrorists use to crea...

The Future of Abortion Access

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Diana and Odile from The Brigid Alliance and the Midwest Access Fund about the impact of existing and new restrictions on abortion and what...

Jane's Revenge

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the new pro-choice direct action group who carried out a Molotov attack on a Wisconsin anti abortion group headquarters.See omnystudio.com/...

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14 May 2022

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Parables of Sowing and Talents Ft. Andrew

13 May 2022

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Andrew takes the lead once again to discuss Octavia Butler's masterpieces Parable of the Sower and Parable of the TalentsSee omnystudio.com/listener f...

Crisis Pregnancy Centers are Evil

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Carina Domingez, a reproductive health expert, about the predatory fake clinics known as crisis pregnancy centers and how they've infiltrat...

How You Can Help At The Border

11 May 2022

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Robert sits down with James Stout to talk about the groups saving lives at the U.S. / Mexico border.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

Roundtable on Roe v Wade & the Future of Political Action

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The team is joined by Shereen and Kieryn to discuss the leaked Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Protecting Abortion Providers from Terrorism

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk with Kat Green (@spygirlpix) from Abortion Front (@abortionfront) on how the fight to protect abortion access goes underground. Links: aafront...