Left Anchor
Philosophy, politics, and the left.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 377
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Episode 183 UNLOCKED - The Semiconductor Situation
We've got some requests to unlock this episode, so here you go! It's a briefer discussion just from Ryan on two articles about the history and current state of the American semiconductor industry, wh…
Episode 189 PREVIEW - The Legacy of the New Deal, with Eric Rauchway
Franklin D. Roosevelt: America's first social justice warrior?? Subscribe now to hear the full episode!
Episode 188 - Collective Dedication, with Pete Davis
Pete Davis comes on the show to talk about his book Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing. We talk about the value of committing to social institutions, Pink Floyd, whethe…
Episode 187 PREVIEW - Thomas Paine with Harvey Kaye
How did an English corset-maker end up writing the most powerful take of all time? Subscribe now to find out!
Episode 186 - The Fight for Homeless Justice in Austin, with Chris Harris
Austin has seen a major campaign away from the criminalization of homelessness over the last two years. But that effort is running into a backlash, and there will be a city referendum on May 1st to d…
Episode 184 - Jersey Shore Marxism, with Gabriel Raeburn
Today we've got historian Gabe Raeburn to discuss his recent article The Rise and Fall of Marxist Perspectives: Eugene Genovese and the Fight for Hegemony in Radical American Historiography. This was…
Episode 182 - The Movements of 2020 with David Kaib
Friend of the pod David Kaib has been conducting multiple reading groups of the classic book Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed and How They Fail, by Francis Fox Piven and Richard Cloward, ove…
Episode 181 PREVIEW - The Year from Hell
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Episode 180 - The Felt Blanket of M4A, with Abdul El-Sayed and Micah Johnson
Today we've got Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Dr. Micah Johnson on to talk about their new book Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide. We talk about what the pandemic revealed about the broken American health…
Episode 178 - Messing with Texas, featuring Kate Aronoff
Why did the Texas electricity system collapse during the recent cold snap? We've got Kate Aronoff, co-author of A Planet to Win and sole author of the forthcoming book Overheated, on to discuss what …
Episode 177 - The Fascism Question, with John Ganz
Today we've got writer John Ganz on to discuss what relationship fascism has to Trump and the U.S. far right, and the bizarre spectacle of people trying to work up a red-brown alliance. (This has not…
Episode 176 UNLOCKED - The Revolution Will not Be Monetized, with Doug Henwood
Thanks to popular demand, we are unlocking this one. We've got Doug Henwood, author of the excellent book Wall Street, on to talk about GAMESTONK and what it all means. While it may be funny to see a…
Episode 175 - America's Tradition of Egalitarian Freedom, with Mike Konczal
We've got Mike on to discuss Freedom from the Market, a great book that examines how the "free" market has in fact been a source of tyranny and oppression throughout American history, and how America…
Episode 117 UNLOCKED - The Socialist Anti-Imperialism of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today we are hoisting up an episode from the archives in celebration of MLK Day. We discuss King's advocacy of democratic socialism and his argument that civil rights were inadequate without an equal…
Episode 173 - The Organizer Ben Fletcher, with Peter Cole
Today we're bringing back Peter Cole to talk about the second edition of his book Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly. Fletcher was one of the most impressive labor organizers of the e…
Episode 171 - Socialist Freedom
Alexi is out, so Ryan briefly discusses how the coronavirus pandemic blows apart the conservative/libertarian conception of freedom, and illustrates the value of a socialist version of same. Hope you…