Left Anchor
Philosophy, politics, and the left.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 377
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Episode 205 - The Fascism Question, Part II
After unlocking our episode about the January 6 putsch, Ryan is doing a quick follow-up on our episode with John Ganz from February. This time we're talking about Robert Paxton's book The Anatomy of …
Episode 172 UNLOCKED - The Trump Putsch
We're unfortunately delayed thanks to personal events so we're unlocking this one as a retrospective of our initial thoughts on the January 6 putsch. Tomorrow Ryan will have another episode on the fa…
Episode 204 PREVIEW - America‘s 20-Year War Bender
In this excerpt we make the case against sanctioning Afghanistan. To hear the full episode subscribe here!
Episode 203 - Socialism and Nature
Today we are talking with Alex from the Providence Leftist Radio Podcast (also see their Patreon here) about Chapter 5 in Nikolai Bukharin's book Historical Materialism, "The Equilibrium between Soci…
Episode 202 EXCERPT - The Afghanistan Withdrawal with Lyta Gold
In this first half of this episode, we talk about the situation in Afghanistan with Lyta Gold, particularly the media freakout about America's imperial humiliation. To hear our following discussion o…
Episode 201 PREVIEW - Caught in the Gears of Capitalism with Nate Holdren
Episode 200 - Beholding Humanity with Brad Evans
Today we've got Professor Brad Evans to talk about his recent book Ecce Humanitas: Beholding the Pain of Humanity. We discuss his arguments against privileging sacrifice, why liberalism is dead, and …
Episode 199 PREVIEW - Climate Politics and Hungary Discourse
In this preview we discuss the ways that America really is better than Hungary, and the ways that it is an international embarrassment. Subscribe now to hear the whole thing!
Episode 198 - The Jersey Machine with Imani Oakley
Today we've got an interview with Imani Oakley, who is running to represent New Jersey's 10th District in Congress next year. We talk about what the district is like, why she got into politics, the p…
Episode 197 PREVIEW - Climate Hell Is Here
In this excerpt, we discuss a (partial) list of one week's worth of climate disasters, and the recent Kim Stanley Robinson book The Ministry for the Future. Subscribe now to hear the full episode!
Episode 194 UNLOCKED - Critical Race Theory, Real and Imagined
Ryan has been off on vacation for the past 2 weeks, so we are unlocking this one as a treat while we get the next one produced. This time we talk about both the fake smear campaign version of critica…
Episode 196 - PREVIEW - The Coconut Revolution with Manu Saadia
Enjoy this PREVIEW of our latest bonus episode with Trekonomics author and friend of the podcast Manu Saadia
Manu joins us to discuss the greatest eco-socialist revolution you've never heard of: "The…
Episode 195 - Waiting on the Thunder with Matt Karp
Episode 194 PREVIEW - Critical Race Theory, Real and Imagined
In this preview we discuss the history of McCarthyism and why conservatives are trying to re-created with their fake version of CRT. Subscribe now to hear the rest!
Episode 187 UNLOCKED - Thomas Paine with Harvey Kaye
In this episode we talked to Professor Harvey Kaye to talk about his book Thomas Paine and the Promise of America. We discuss how Paine ended up in America, his role in the French Revolution, and how…
Episode 189 UNLOCKED - The Legacy of the New Deal, with Eric Rauchway
Today we've got historian Eric Rauchway on talk about his new book Why the New Deal Matters. We discuss how New Deal projects and programs shape our everyday life for good and ill to this day, how El…
Episode 192 PREVIEW - Disability History with Chelsea Chamberlain
Today we've got historian Chelsea Chamberlain on to talk about her recent paper "Challenging Custodialism," about the history of an institution for disabled folks called Elwyn (still in operation). T…
Episode 191 - Remaking the World with Astra Taylor
Today we've got Astra Taylor on to talk about her new essay collection, Remake the World: Essays, Reflections, Rebellions. We talk about the student debt crisis, the politics of refugees, what she ca…
Episode 190 PREVIEW - Glenn Greenwald's Right Turn
In this excerpt, we discuss the strange trajectory of The Intercept's co-founder. Subscribe now to listen to the rest of the episode!