Left Anchor
Philosophy, politics, and the left.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 377
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Episode 168 UNLOCKED - The Worst Excerpts from the Obama Memoir
Thanks to popular demand, we are unlocking this one for everyone. We couldn't decide how we wanted to tackle such a gigantic book, so we decided we'd each pick out 10 quotes that drove us furthest up…
Episode 167 - The Work of Politics with Steven Klein
Today we are talking with Steven Klein, a professor of political theory at King's College London, about his book The Work of Politics. How does the welfare state interact with traditional conceptions…
Episode 166 PREVIEW - How Social Security Created the Senior Vote, with Jeff Spross
Episode 165 - Dehumanization with David Livingstone Smith
Today we've got philosopher David Livingstone Smith on to discuss his book On Inhumanity. We discuss how people can come to believe others are less than human, how that is related to various atrociti…
Episode 164 - The Post-Trump Future with Osita Nwanevu
What happens after Trump? We've got The New Republic's Osita Nwanevu on to discuss his recent article on why the left should take to the streets immediately, broader questions of political possibilit…
Episode 162 PREVIEW - Greenwald Drama and Election Stakes
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Episode 161 - The Fratelli Tutti Encyclical, with Matthew Sitman
Today we've got Matt Sitman, who is co-host of the excellent Know Your Enemy podcast, associate editor at Commonweal, and editorial board member of Dissent, on to discuss the quite remarkable papal e…
Episode 160 PREVIEW - Life, Death, and Democratic Socialism, Part II
On this episode we discuss the LARB symposium on Martin Hägglund's book This Life. Subscribe now to hear the whole thing!
Episode 159 - Oil and the American Empire with Robert Vitalis
Today we've got Professor Robert Vitalis on to discuss his book Oilcraft, and how a mistaken understanding of how the oil supply works has bedeviled both imperialists and anti-imperialists. Enjoy!
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Left Anchor 158 PREVIEW 2: The Trump-Biden Debate
In the second half of our latest bonus episode we discuss the presidential debate, the Amy Coney Barrett nomination, and judicial theories of originalism. Subscribe now to hear the whole thing!
Episode 158 PREVIEW 1: Trump's Got the Covid
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Episode 157 - Imperial Rollback with Daniel Bessner
Today we've got Daniel Bessner, University of Washington professor and recently inaugurated Foreign Exchanges columnist, on to discuss various foreign policy topics: the motivations and functioning o…
Episode 155 - Socialism vs. Antitrust with Marshall Steinbaum
Today we've got Marshall Steinbaum from the University of Utah to discuss whether socialism and antitrust (or antimonopoly) inherently trade off, or can complement each other. The Gabriel Winant revi…
Episode 149 UNLOCKED - The Four Freedoms with Harvey J. Kaye
Today we've got Professor Harvey Kaye on to discuss his book The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great. We discuss the radical content of this doctrine, h…
Episode 153 - Healing Politics with Abdul El-Sayed
Today we've got Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on to talk about his new book, Healing Politics. We discuss the coronavirus pandemic, health care reform, the experience growing up in an immigrant community, what …
Episode 152 - The Thought of MLK with Meena Krishnamurthy
Today we've got political philosopher Meena Krishnamurthy on to talk about her writings on Martin Luther King, Jr. We discuss distrust and solidarity, how individualism strangles American government,…
Episode 151 PREVIEW: Did Kamala Harris Have to Be Tough on Crime?
We discuss Peter Beinart's argument that black politicians can't be as progressive as white ones in this preview. To hear the whole thing, subscribe here!