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The Madgecast is a podcast on how to listen, resist, and be good to ourselves and each other in a time of unprecedented what-the-fuckery in American politics. Madge is the writer of Be Less Crazy About Your Body (belesscrazy.com)

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    • Sep 15, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 19m AVG DURATION
    • 22 EPISODES


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    S2E4 Be Less Crazy About Your Body Chapter 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 13:55


    This week's chapter is called "Humans Be Trippin," and how we can stop trippin so much. Here's the show notes -- thanks for listening! https://www.belesscrazy.com/be-less-crazy/2017/9/15/madgecast-s2e4-be-less-crazy-about-your-body-chapter-4

    S2E3 Be Less Crazy About Your Body Chapter Three

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2017 10:18


    This week I'm reading out Chapter Three, "Our Bodies, Our Thoughts, Ourselves," all about how we are taught to think in not very loving ways about our own bodies, and what we might be able to do about that. Please enjoy!

    S2E2 Be Less Crazy About Your Body Chapter 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2017 13:06


    This week I read the story of how I became a 200 lb beauty* queen. Please enjoy! * Talent

    S2E1 Be Less Crazy About Your Body Chapter 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2017 15:25


    Season Two begins! I'm reading out my book, Be Less Crazy About Your Body. This week is chapter one, "Be Less Crazy ... For the Children." Please enjoy!

    S1E18 - Fight for the Future, Not Just Against the Donald

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2017 22:10


    This week we are talking about how bad it sucks that the Donald has us focused on such rinky-dink shit when we have GINORMOUS fish to fry -- namely climate change. Because solving it is just as much about reinventing human culture and society as it is technology. Show notes are here: http://belesscrazy.com/2017/04/10/madgecast-18-fight-for-the-future-not-just-against-the-donald/ Thanks as always for listening

    S1E17 - We Won! Let Us Gloat, and Talk About How

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2017 22:36


    This week we go deep on the stunning defeat of the AHCA. Why did this bill fail, and what can we learn from it? Let us suck all the joy and information out of this moment together. Thanks for listening! Show notes here:

    S1E16 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Rich White Dudes?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2017 17:02


    This week we talk about self-caring ourselves out of the cycle of activism, exhaustion, depression, and guilt. We also talk about how rich white male rule of the planet is screwing us all, and how we might be able to spread some of that power around. Political reparations, maybe? Thanks for listening -- show notes here: http://belesscrazy.com/2017/03/19/madgecast-16-how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-rich-white-dudes/

    S1E15 - Down With Bullshit Made-Up Hierarchies

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2017 17:36


    This week we talk about the way the protest shapes the narrative, how bullshit made-up hierarchies ruin everything, and how we can take them down. Show notes here -- http://belesscrazy.com/2017/03/12/madgecast-15-down-with-bullshit-made-up-hierarchies/ Thanks as always for listening

    S1E14 - Who Runs the World? Hermione

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2017 17:21


    This week we talk about more false equivalency BS -- black bloc protesters are just as bad as those they are fighting against? Nah, I don't think so. We also talk about how it clearly behooves everyone to listen to the Hermione Grangers of the world. Thanks for listening, show notes here: http://belesscrazy.com/2017/03/05/madgecast-14-who-runs-the-world-hermione/

    S1E13 - Unapologetically Intolerant Liberal Seeks Realists of Larger Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2017 13:09


    This week on the podcast I'm a little fired up about being asked to be tolerant of the moderate Trump voter instead of firing them into the sun (my preferred response). But where do we go from here? Show notes here, thanks as always for listening: http://belesscrazy.com/2017/02/20/madgecast-13-unapologetically-intolerant-liberal-seeks-realists-of-larger-reality/

    S1E12 - The Donald Is America's Abusive Boyfriend

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2017 22:17


    This week we talk about the concept of circles of care -- what they are, and how do they relate to politics? We also talk about the idea that a large chunk of people who support Donald Trump are actually in an abusive relationship with him, and how we might be able to help them get out. Show notes here -- lots of good links this week: http://belesscrazy.com/2017/02/13/madgecast-12-the-donald-is-americas-abusive-boyfriend/

    S1E11 - We Will Not Go Away / Welcome To Your Every Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2017 30:35


    This week's podcast has it all! A short discussion of how the American shit-show can be triggering AF, and a longer interview with Katie Farnan, one of the leaders of Indivisible Front Range Resistance. Find more show notes here and thanks for listening

    S1E10 - Shit Is Complicated But Glossing Over It Isn't the Answer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2017 20:29


    This week we talk about a known bug in the human brain called the Fundamental Attribution error, and why insisting on ideological purity is a mistake. The answer to complexity isn’t to shut it out or deny it; it’s to develop our capacity for handling it: Show notes here, thanks for listening: http://belesscrazy.com/2017/01/30/madgecast-10-shit-is-complicated-but-glossing-over-it-isnt-the-answer/

    S1E9 - White Women, Let's Love Solidarity More Than Our Privilege

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2017 21:21


    This week we're talking about intersectionality, and how white women can and MUST stop making feminism just about us. Show notes here: http://belesscrazy.com/2017/01/23/madgecast-9-white-women-lets-love-solidarity-more-than-our-privilege/

    S1E8 - Getting Around Big Daddy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2017 18:37


    This week, we talk about how conservatives are much better salespeople than liberals, and how we can change that. Check out the show notes here: http://belesscrazy.com/2017/01/16/madgecast-8-getting-around-big-daddy/

    S1E7 - How To Become An Activist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2017 22:10


    This week we discuss how to get started in activism, or re-started if it's been a while. Check out the show notes here: http://belesscrazy.com/2017/01/09/madgecast-7-how-to-become-an-activist/

    S1E6 - We're Our Only Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2016 14:47


    In which Madge realizes that taking care of ourselves and each other is as critical to the resistance as any other form of activism. Show notes can be found here: http://belesscrazy.com/2016/12/31/madgecast-6-were-our-only-hope/

    S1E5 - Why Don't You Run?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 23:58


    This week we talk about the Carbon Bubble, working the levers of power that we have, and a conversation with MJ about WOMEN RUNNING FOR OFFICE. Check out the show notes here -- lots of good resources this week: http://belesscrazy.com/2016/12/19/madgecast-5-why-…u-run-for-office/

    S1E4 - Love Doesn't Just Win

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2016 21:50


    In which we discuss why we need to stop saying stuff like "Love wins." Also, what if the era of protesting in the streets is over? Is there a more effective way? Find show notes here: http://belesscrazy.com/2016/12/12/madgecast-episode-4-love-doesnt-just-win/

    S1E3 - Of Many Minds

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2016 20:18


    In which we discuss the weirdness of being perfectly happy and totally terrified at the same time. Also, how do we navigate the world when the ground keeps shifting? And a challenge! Show notes here: http://belesscrazy.com/2016/12/04/madgecast-episode-3-of-many-minds/

    S1E2 - What Would Olamina Do?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2016 21:37


    Madge talks about Octavia Butler's Parable books, and how important it is that we respond to this election by doubling down on the politics of inclusion. Read the show notes at http://belesscrazy.com/2016/11/27/madgecast-episode-2-what-would-olamina-do/

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    S1E1 - Holding It Together

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2016 17:12


    Madge talks about how she is trying to hold it together in this weird space after the 2016 election. The goal is to not fall apart, to not allow ourselves to be incapacitated by all the uncertainty and clusterfuckiness, so we can be USEFUL and RESIST.

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