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Tura rejoins the podcast with his partner Evie to talk about Naoki Urasawa's manga and anime series Monster. Ryan's show notes Tura's show notes

SLAS series conclusion. Here's the grand transcribed list of reading recommendations: Against the Grain (Scott's more recent book) Discipline & Punish by Michel Foucault Towards a Political Philosophy of Race by Falguni Sheth Gilles Deleuze: An Introduction by Todd May Capital as Power by Nitzan & Bichler Myth of the Machine by Lewis Mumford Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepard A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici Anarchy, An Anarchist Program, and The Method of Freedom by Errico Malatesta Anarchy Works by Peter Gelderloos Making Sense of Anarchism by Davide Turcato Post-Civ: A Brief Philosophical & Political Introduction to the Concept of Post-Civilization, by Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness Desert by anonymous Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire The show notes are also just regular ass notes! There's 80 pages of notes on this book, including some stuff that wasn't covered in the show.

Ryan, Abdul (The Off Court Pod) and una (Goth Angel Sinners) get together to watch and discuss a very obscure Japanese movie about an aging matagi hunter, his family, and his encounters with a man-eating bear. Show Notes I've made the movie available for download via my google drive, we'll see how long it lasts. If the link stops working, you can DM me or get it for cheap at Samurai Video.

Ryan and Christopher (@itmechr3) talk Chapter 8 of Seeing Like a State This is part 7 of a series. If you haven't listened to the previous 6 episodes I recommend listening to them first! Show Notes

Ryan and yungneocon discuss this weird aspect of Tanzanian food culture. Show Notes This is part 6 of a series. If you haven't listened to the previous 5 episodes I recommend listening to them first!

Kris and una come on the pod to talk about the anime about eating brains, skinning human corpses, and looking at hot men, as well as the various ethnic minorities of Japan that the series talks about Show Notes My brain was not working well enough to remember to ask for plugs, so Check out Kris's fantasy novel series Dream of the White Stag and una's website anarchy.website Episode produced by Casino Socks Bibliography The Conquest of Ainu Lands: Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion,1590-1800. Walker, Brett, 2001. http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C9F3B0D7B2A50BF57DF92E598EF7039B  Race, resistance and the Ainu of Japan. Siddle, Richard, 2014. Sheffield Centre for Japanese. http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=E01360362B90AFC487468919B4FFA1DD  Beyond Ainu Studies: Changing Academic and Public Perspectives. Hudson, Mark; Lewallen, Ann-elise; Watson, Mark; 2016.  University of Hawai’i Press. http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=D5B2B32BBC2CFA2AB66C667E8F125BE4

Ryan and Walk In discuss the CIA-sponsored chapter of Seeing Like a State. Show Notes This is part 5 of a series. If you haven't listened to the previous 4 episodes I recommend listening to them first!

Ryan covers the intro to part 3 of Seeing Like a State and takes a slight diversion to read one of the sources cited in that section. Show Notes

Franz from Doomer v. Bloomer joins Ryan to talk about Seeing Like a State Chapter 5, which covers Lenin's school teacher/factory foreman/military general conception of revolution. Check out the Srsly Wrong Book Club here! Show Notes Production by Casino Socks

Ryan and Tura cover chapters 3 and 4 of Seeing Like a State by James Scott. This is part of an ongoing series, I recommend listening to the previous episodes if you haven't already. Show Notes Also check out Vida's extremely good talk on childhood trauma

Chapter 2 of Seeing Like a State, with Sam (@mathmansam) Show Notes yungneothread on anti-semitism Sam mentioned: Falguni Sheth, Towards a Political Philosophy of Race

Ryan and Nate (@theRadicleLeft) of the Works in Theory podcast kick off a series about Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott. Show Notes

Well, as it turns out I was not able to release this episode before a new COVID strain came out. Ah well. Nevertheless, this is about housing. Show Notes  

We are back for 2021! Ryan, Emily (@minusplnp) and John (@ExJohnValdez) talk about the latest big blockbuster video game Show Notes Resources to help trans people on Rainy TERF Island: Petition to the BBC to stop platforming hate groups Funding a legal challenge to anti-transgender court ruling A charity fund for trans healthcare run by Emily's clinic

Srsly Wrong and Neighbor Science present their first crossover episode, Wrong Science; Neighbor Wrong; Srsly Neighbors.  Aaron, Shawn, and Ryan discuss some of the foundational assumptions of neoclassical economics, which are so ridiculous they're almost unbelievable. Show Notes (contains a lot of information we didn't cover in the episode)   Books referenced: Debunking Economics Debt: The First 5000 Years Against the Grain Seeing like a State The Invention of Capitalism The Modern Corporation and Private Property  Capital as Power (PDF)

This is a two-part episode. Part 2 will come out next week.Samuel Miller McDonald (@sjmmcd) and yungneocon (@yungneocon) come on the show to critique several articles on degrowthSamuel's WebsiteBe sure to check out Samuel's upcoming book: https://twitter.com/thebookseller/status/1317087909254733828 Articles we discuss in this episode (not just in this part):John Cassidy's ArticleNoah Smith's ArticleBlogspot Article Additional resources:C4SS article on degrowthRobin Hahnel article that attempts and fails to debunk degrowth (PDF)yungneothread on degrowth

This is a two-part episode. Part 2 will come out next week.Samuel Miller McDonald (@sjmmcd) and yungneocon (@yungneocon) come on the show to critique several articles on degrowthSamuel's WebsiteBe sure to check out Samuel's upcoming book: https://twitter.com/thebookseller/status/1317087909254733828 Articles we discuss in this episode (not just in this part):John Cassidy's ArticleNoah Smith's ArticleBlogspot Article Additional resources:C4SS article on degrowthRobin Hahnel article that attempts and fails to debunk degrowth (PDF)yungneothread on degrowth

Solo episode. I talk about the Edict on Maximum Prices and Ancient Roman political economy. Show Notes

Abdul Malik (@socialistraptor) talks about the political economy & politics of sports (mostly basketball) Sorry if the quality isn't as good as it usually is, I'm in bad shape and can't spend much longer on the computer than I have to. Abdul's article on the sports strike Abdul's Writing Recommendations mentioned in the episode: Hoop DreamsLenny CookeThe Eagle HuntressThe Game is not a Gameabdulymalik.comPeace by Chocolate

Solo episode about the emergence of written language in ancient history Show Notes Article about writing emerging as a consequence of accounting Erard's Article

Got me a study, I want you to know Slicing up time, I want you to know Paying infinite money the second time I want an expert to evaluate the composition of my coins, I want you to know Don't know about you, but I am une savante néoclassique Show Notes

Ryan and Kris are joined by Leslie Lee of Struggle Session to talk about a history-heavy isekai by the creator of Hellsing   Show Notes

Ryan (@HandleOfRy) and T (@RickyRawls, Champagne Sharks) find out the woke Tumblr kiddos were right about this one, it's very bad. But also, somehow, good? Check out the Champagne Sharks Youtube channel and be sure to subscribe to their podcast!   Show Notes

Daniel (@apeirophobic) and Cheech (@hermesthemagi) join to talk about Dr. Stone and why Senku is an evil piece of shit Anark on Youtube Hermes the Magi on SoundCloud   Show Notes  

Ryan (@handleOfRy) and Abdul (@SocialistRaptor) talk about the only isekai ever made about getting stuck in a video game. Spoiler: It's, surprisingly, extremely good. Be sure to listen to Kino Lefter and check out Abdul's other work here Show Notes  

To kick off Isekai July, una (@unaxiii) comes on to talk about one of their favorite series, Youjo Senki/The Saga of Tanya the Evil Show Notes

Ryan (@handleOfRy) & Kris (@solidarity_goth) take a look at how Brookings Institute thinks we should end police violence.   Show Notes

Show Notes Correction: I mixed up zaibatsu with keiretsu. Pieter's definition was correct. Transhumanism and the Broken Promise of Cosmic Communism

Ryan (@HandleOfRy) and Kris (@solidarity_goth) get into one of our classic, extremely specific topics: The history and political economy of the Georgian tea industry Show notes

Ryan and Abdul talk Aim for the Top 2!: Diebuster Show Notes  

Ryan and @yungneocon discuss degrowth, sacrifice zones, and malthusianism. Plus, a bonus Mecha Madness minisode! Show Notes + Bibliography  

Ryan (@handleofry) and Corey (@f_a_r_t_s) discuss Capital as Power and Capital Show notes

I interview Zalin, who works in the medical supplies industry.

Ryan (@HandleOfRy), Adam (aka Cheech aka @HermesMagi) and Abdul (@AbdulYMalik) from the Kino Lefter film podcast review Hideaki Anno's directorial debut, Gunbuster. Special thanks to Beep Beep Lettuce! Abdul's writing: https://www.abdulymalik.com/ Adam's new podcast will be called The LEFTovers

Soyboi of the Deep (@halfasstroknot) joins me to talk about In-Q-Tel, the CIA's investment arm, the Predator drone's origins in trying to crush the Sandinistas, and one way to avoid their all-seeing eye. Don't forget about our Five Star Stories livestream, 29 February at 7PM EST! Show Notes Donate to the Signal Foundation

Ryan is joined by Alexander Edward (Minion Death Cult, @flieldy) and Evan Lourie (@EvanLourie1) to talk the late night classic, Big O Here is our merch page Don't miss our livestream of Five Star Stories, 2/29 at 7PM EST: https://www.twitch.tv/drunkydluffy

Ryan (@handleofry), Mouse (@trvshprincess), John (@exJohnValdez) and Cheech (@HermesMagi) discuss a recent Twitter debacle and the first few sections of Marx's Kapital. We will be livestreaming The Five Star Stories (1989) on leap day, 29 Feb at 7PM EST as part of Mecha Madness!

Updated 2/5/2020. Ryan and Reed (@wingulls1312) discuss the pinnacle of mecha anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion The show notes cover even more than the episode, highly recommend checking them out! Sorry about Reed's sound quality, he wasn't turned up enough so I had to compress it like crazy. Note: I said the most popular toy was Asuka in bandages, but I meant Rei. Also, when I say "anxiety" I actually meant "dread". Check out our merch!

Ryan and Teen (@mont_jiang, Plan A Magazine, Escape from Plan A podcast) discuss everyone's favorite hashtag, #MMT

Ryan and Josh kick off the Mecha Madness miniseries with an important question: Is Char Aznable Space Hitler or Space Stalin? Josh's plug: https://www.youtube.com/user/JasonDeAthenrye

Alex and Tony of Minion Death Cult join us to delve into the wild world of libertarian thought. If I sound weirdly quiet at the beginning it's because I had to re-record some lines. If I sound normal then it's because the recording actually went perfectly and there were no technical issues.

Kris and Ryan talk big stupid ugly buildings Show Notes We have a new "open borders communism" shirt design: Merch site

Illegal mining/sand mining Show notes Check out the new Wano Open Borders Communism shirt design: https://teespring.com/open-borders-communism

Ryan and una (@trewbot) discuss Mahou Shojo Madoka Magica

Kris and Ryan do a little bit of imagining what an ecocommunist utopia might look like. Absolutely nothing wrong with that

Kris and Ryan talking about freaking political economy and freaking anime!

Part 2 of our Indonesia episode, freed from the shackles of the paywall since it's an important subject

Kris walks us through a brief history of Indonesia as a background to the current unrest. Show Notes Note, there are some audio issues with this episode, so your phone is fine. Apologies to Alexander of Minion Death Cult for getting his name wrong!

Mel (@coldbrewedtool) from Coffee with Comrades joins us to talk about the history and political economy of the printing and publishing industry. Show notes *This episode was released early on the Patreon feed. To get access to episodes ahead of time, donate to our Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/neighborscience  

The second of our series, on Superfreakonomics, with @yungneocon Neighbor Science Merch

Yungneocon comes back for an episode on the extremely popular and extremely bad economics book, Freakonomics. Further reading, courtesy of yungneocon: Criminal Deterrence: A Review of the Literature A Simple Test of Abortion and Crime Abortion and Crime in Canada: A Test of the BMDL Hypothesis Looking Through Broken Windows: The Impact of Neighborhood Disorder on Aggression and Fear of Crime is an Artifact of Research Design The Illusion of Free Markets Punishment and Inequality in America The Growth of Incarceration in the United States The Political Movement that Dared not Speak its own Name: The Neoliberal Thought Collective Under Erasure