Left Anchor
Philosophy, politics, and the left.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 377
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Episode 109 - Nicole Fabricant on the Bolivian Situation
We've got Professor Nicole Fabricant from Towson University to discuss what's going on in Bolivia. We talk about Evo Morales' flawed but decent record, the source of right-wing authoritarian sentimen…
Episode 108 UNLOCKED - Ezra Levin on Political Organizing
Today we've got Ezra Levin, co-author of the book We Are Indivisible (along with his wife Leah Greenberg) to talk about how he fell, by his own account, ass-backwards into leading a national politica…
Episode 107 - The Baldwin-Buckley Debate
We have on Nicholas Buccola to talk about his book The Fire Is Upon Us, which is a history of the famous debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley. We discuss why Baldwin whipped Buckley so…
Episode 106 Preview - Overworked America
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Episode 105 - Matt Karp on the Antislavery Movement and Bernie vs. Warren
We've got Professor Matt Karp of Princeton on to discuss his new Catalyst article on "The Mass Politics of Antislavery," his first preview of a new book on the history of the 1850s that is in progres…
Episode 104 Preview - Jeff Spross on the Warren Medicare-for-All Financing Flap
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Episode 103 - Interview with Texas-25 Candidate Heidi Sloan
Today we've got Heidi Sloan, a DSA member who is running for Congress in Texas' 25th district. We chat about what got her into politics, what it's like running as a DSA member, what is most important…
Episode 102 Preview - Emma Caterine on Credit and Utopian Science Fiction
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Episode 101 - Harvey Kaye on the Promise of America
Today we've got Professor Harvey Kaye on to discuss his upcoming book Take Hold of Our History: Make America Radical Again. We discuss how many of the grim realities of American reality and history a…
Episode 100 Preview - Manu Saadia on Piketty's Capital and Ideology, Part II
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Episode 99 - Jedediah Purdy on the Crumbling American Commonwealth
Today we've got Professor Jedediah Purdy on to discuss his new book This Land Is Our Land: The Struggle for a New Commonwealth. We talk about how he distinguishes a socialist society from a commonwea…
Episode 98 Preview: Manu Saadia on Piketty's Capital and Ideology
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Episode 97a Preview: An Exploration of the Little Colorado River Gorge
Here's a little excerpt from a story by Ryan's father about running the Little Colorado during a flood. Find the whole thing here!
Episode 97 - David Dayen on Presidential Power
If a Democrat wins the White House next year, they will almost certainly not have 60 votes in the Senate, or perhaps even a majority. New bold legislation like a Green New Deal will face a near-impos…
Episode 96 Preview: Hannah Arendt on Republican Cheating
In this excerpt we discuss how Republican electoral cheating reveals their lack of power in an Arendtian sense. Subscribe now to hear the full episode!
Episode 95 - Liza Featherstone on the 2020 Primary
Today we've got on Liza Featherstone to chat about her article on the families of 2020 candidates. From there we move onto a broader discussion of the merits of Bernie vs. Warren, how FDR became a cl…
Episode 94 UNLOCKED - Dissolving the Blob with David Klion
We've got writer David Klion on to discuss the freshly updated magazine Jewish Currents, Center for American Progress chief Neera Tanden's decision to bust the ThinkProgress union, the prospects for …
Episode 93 - Jamaal Green on Slavery and Capitalism
We bring on Dr. Jamaal Green -- otherwise known as the Surly Urbanist -- to talk about the ongoing debate about the role of slavery in early capitalism. Was it necessary to get capitalist development…
Episode 92 Preview: L'Affaire Bretbug
Listen to Ryan's petty rant about how Bret Stephens has the easiest job on the planet, but can't even enjoy it. Subscribe here to hear the full episode!
Episode 91 - Interview with John Thornton Jr., Socialist Southern Pastor
We've got a gen-u-ine lefty preacher, Rev. John Thornton Jr., on the podcast to talk about what it's like participating in organized leftist Christianity in 2019. We discuss "The Class Struggle and C…