Left Anchor
Philosophy, politics, and the left.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 377
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Episode 224 PREVIEW - Normal World Much?? with Phil Christman
In this excerpt Phil talks about the weirdness of the norms of chivalry. Subscribe here to hear the whole thing!
Also don't miss his book How to Be Normal.
Episode 223 - The Economy Is Wilding Out, with Rob Larson
Today we've got economics professor Rob Larson back on the pod (see his previous episode here) to talk about the bizarre state of the economy. The labor market is red hot, inflation is higher than in…
Episode 222 PREVIEW: How Are You Going to Pay for That, Part II
You can find the first part of the discussion with Jeff Spross here, or subscribe to hear the rest here, or check out Ryan's book here!
Episode 89 RERUN - Brian Fallon on Stomping out BigLaw Corruption
With the news of Justice Stephen Breyer retiring (and Ryan on vacation for the next week), we thought it would be a good opportunity to post this 2019 interview of Brian Fallon about his organization…
Episode 221 - How Are You Going to Pay for That?
Ryan's book is finally out on January 25!! Called How Are You Going to Pay for That? Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics, it's a book about political economy, how to break free of the m…
Episode 220 PREVIEW - The Power of Propaganda with Hannah Arendt
Subscribe now to hear the whole episode!
Or you can pre-order Ryan's book here, or check out the launch event on January 25 here.
Episode 219 - One Year After the Trump Putsch
Today we are taking a look back at the January 6 putsch -- the total failure to prosecute any of the top organizers, above all Trump, how that has emboldened them to further extremism, how a segment …
Episode 170 UNLOCKED: America Is Pottersville
We're reposting our episode from last year discussing It's a Wonderful Life, one of our favorite films of all time, and one that has only grown in relevance compared to when we grew up watching it de…
Episode 217 PREVIEW - Fake Populism and the Right‘s New Hitler Apologia
In this preview, Harvey Kaye discusses Josh Hawley's bizarre new book. Subscribe now to listen to the whole thing!
Episode 215 - Carceral Con with Kay Whitlock and Nancy A. Heitzeg
Today we've got the authors of Carceral Con: The Deceptive Terrain of Criminal Justice Reform on to discuss their book. We discuss some of the downsides of how criminal justice reform has been portra…
Episode 213 - Seeing Like an Activist with Erin Pineda
Today we've got Smith College Assistant Professor of Government Erin Pineda on to talk about her book Seeing Like An Activist: Civil Disobedience and the Civil Rights Movement. We discuss how her wor…
Episode 210 - The American Gulag, with Ashley Lucas
Today we have Ashley Lucas on to talk about her essay "The End of Rage" about a man named Russell "Maroon" Shoatz. He was a Black Panther and political radical in the 1970s who ended up in prison for…
Episode 207 - Making Monsters with David Livingstone Smith
This time we've got philosopher David Livingstone Smith (last seen here on episode 165) to discuss his book Making Monsters: The Uncanny Power of Dehumanization. We talk about the sources of dehumani…
