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Everyday Anarchism

Graham Culbertson

The core idea of this podcast comes from David Graeber, who wrote that our everyday life is mostly run on anarchism, and at the same time people believe that anarchism doesn’t work. One of these is wrong.

I hope to illuminate how our communities already depend on Mutual Aid, in big and small ways. I'll do that by excavating the historical events and cultural trends you already know about, but have never thought about in terms of anarchism.

Find me at https://www.everydayanarchism.com

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  • #180
    February 25 · 1 hr

    180. Aurora -- Kim Stanley Robinson

    Kim Stanley Robinson comes back to discuss Aurora, his novel of a generational starship, in which generations of humans are born, live, and die onboard without ever seeing a planet. We discuss the generational starship as a science fiction genre, whether humans will ever be able to travel to the stars, and what it would mean for science fiction if we can't. We also take a detour into the question of "hard," scientific science fiction vs. "soft," humanist science fiction. Here's a link to Stan's article for Boing Boing, arguing that we won't ever reach the stars: https://boingboing.net/2015/11/16/our-generation-ships-will-sink.html Thanks to Nick Gaskill for suggesting an episode on Aurora!

  • #179
    February 4 · 57 min

    179. Socialism from Bernie to Mamdani -- Dan Chiasson

    Dan Chiasson joins me to discuss his combined Bernie and Burlington biography, Bernie for Burlington, and the connections between Bernie's socialism and Mamdani's socialism. You can purchase Dan's book here: https://flyleafbooks.com/book/9780593317495 Here's Dan's article about Mamdani: https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/11/06/have-you-met-z-zohran-mamdani/ And we discuss Corey Robin's piece on socialist excellence: https://coreyrobin.com/2025/11/15/excellence-over-mediocrity-from-mamdani-to-marx-to-food/

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