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Real People Talking about Fake Reality. Peter Coffin (P) and Ms. Astronaut Cowboy Doctor, PhDc (ACD), discuss current events and politics to find what makes sense, what is funny, and what smells funny.

P and ACD


    • Jun 25, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 66 EPISODES


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    Can We Talk About the Peanut Butter!?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2022 33:13


    The JIF peanut butter shortage is an amazing example of the Anarchy of Production striking again!

    The Gang Celebrates Pride and Juneteenth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2022 34:51


    Pride and Juneteenth symbolize freedom and acceptance while also being used as evidence that liberalism and capitalism are now NICE (distracting from violence against other countries or communities).

    Calling-IN Show, NOT Calling-Out Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2022 54:22


    After the launch of the new Cancel Culture doc, P and ACD opened up the phone lines for psycho females to blow up.

    Your Local Media is Fake News

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 34:34


    A local news article from Massachusetts about Doordash and Amazon saving "food deserts" exposes how profoundly controlled supposedly "local" media is.

    Alexandra Kollontai's "The Social Basis of the Woman Question" (PART 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2022 33:57


    FEMINISTBUSTERS AFTERLIFE http://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1909/social-basis.htm PART 1: https://anchor.fm/pacd/episodes/Alexandra-Kollontai-The-Social-Basis-of-the-Woman-Question-FEMINISM-DESTROYED-e1imvr7 PART 2: https://anchor.fm/pacd/episodes/Alexandra-Kollontais-The-Social-Basis-of-the-Woman-Question-PART-2-e1j924v

    Alexandra Kollontai's "The Social Basis of the Woman Question" (PART 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 55:21


    KOLLONTAI DESTROYS FEMINISM 2 PART 1: https://anchor.fm/pacd/episodes/Alexandra-Kollontai-The-Social-Basis-of-the-Woman-Question-FEMINISM-DESTROYED-e1imvr7

    Alexandra Kollontai's "The Social Basis of the Woman Question" (PART 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 53:12


    Will feminism (or any identity-centric struggle) truly liberate... anyone?

    Elon Musk Buys Twitter, Injuring Thousands

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 30:14


    RIP Cultural Appropriation (feat. Kirby Ferguson)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 32:01


    Kirby Ferguson joins us to talk about his video "The Rise and Fall of Cultural Appropriation" and the issue itself. http://youtu.be/YEN0nRKt5UI Subscribe to Kirby at http://youtube.com/KirbyFerguson and follow him on Twitter http://twitter.com/remixeverything

    We Don't Talk about AOC, No No (LEAKED AUDIO)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 32:51


    Audio leaked where Chelsea Manning confirms criticisms we have of AOC (and all politicians).

    The Woke Ouroboros

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 43:26


    Peter's upcoming full-length book is titled Woke Ouroboros, and we're introducing the concept - while at an academic conference in Baltimore!

    On Cancel Culture (PACD at CPI Austin)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022 30:56


    We were in Austin, TX for the CPI event! Here's our presentation on Cancel Culture. More info: cpiusa.org

    Everyone is LYING: Inflation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 34:10


    Whether they're lying or just don't understand, everyone on the Right and Left puts forward the wrong analysis of inflation.

    The Gang is State-Affiliated Media

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 25:51


    State affiliation has to be disclosed for SOME media, but not AMERICAN state-affiliated media. Also, CAPITAL-affiliated media doesn't have to be disclosed. Why?

    Degrowth 2022: The Unoboomber and Bicycle Violence

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 65:54


    Space Commune's Fox (@FoxGGreen) and Alex (@AlexSPCM) join us to talk about the various updates to degrowth ideology and to address "the literature"...

    Naivete and Cynicism: Two Paths to Ukraine (feat. Caleb Maupin)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 51:36


    Caleb Maupin joins us to talk about the direct history of what led up to the current Ukraine crisis, how thick the western imperialist propaganda cloud has gotten, and how Lugansk and Donetsk are a cause for optimism.

    New Woke Imperialism Law Makes Joe Biden into Santa Claus

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 45:14


    "The Global Respect Act" provides a basis for the US State to again enforce its own ideology on the world in order to wokely justify imperialism.

    Joe Rogan, Jon Stewart, Engagement and "Accountability"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2022 97:49


    So this whole Joe Rogan thing has been absolutely ridiculous. We basically took on every aspect of it. Engagement is good, the ruling class isn't.

    PragerU's Fake Hasan Piker Discusses Communism, Has Trauma Response

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2022 48:27


    PragerU hired a new "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" version of Hasan Piker (named Will Witt) and he tries to tell people how evil communism is without defining even a single word. Impressive! IMPORTANT CONTEXT: Here's the stupid PragerU video we're responding to: http://www.prageru.com/video/communism-is-as-evil-as-nazism

    The Ukraine/Russia Conflict Explained (Now With Nazisâ„¢)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2022 38:49


    The news is hyping the Ukraine situation as one purely of Russian aggression that could lead to World War 3. Is it that? (no) IMPORTANT CONTEXT: Our reading/interpretation of Lenin's "Imperialism and the Split in Socialism": http://anchor.fm/pacd/episodes/Imperialism-and-The-Split-in-Socialism-e1bsejb

    West Elm Caleb

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 38:10


    A harassment campaign against a man named West Elm Caleb exposes limitations of liberal feminism and how brands and companies exploit these situations.

    Breaking News From Chevron

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 22:14


    Chevron is starting a national-level "newsroom." Why does that matter? Let's look at the local paper they run in Richmond, CA.

    COVID did 9/11

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 36:51


    Why are people skeptical of COVID, vaccines, and official narratives?

    Amanda Gorman's Poem was Wrong. Biden is Trump.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 58:36


    Biden's first year hasn't seen a whole lot of change. Which is exactly what he said! Nothing will fundamentally change! When Amanda Gorman wrote her inaugural poem, she didn't seem to understand this... or how to make good poems. #NeverForget #January6

    Agent Thorne and The Fall of the USSR (feat. Caleb Maupin)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 106:32


    Caleb turns out to be right once again: Breadtube DOES serve imperialism (amzn.to/3HpEmyb). Also, it turns out they are not the first version of what they are. Let's talk about the fall of the USSR and factions in the communist parties!

    Lenin's Imperialism and The Split in Socialism

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2021 93:03


    To understand how to fight imperialism, we must first understand imperialism. To understand who to fight, we must understand class.

    Abortion and "The Right to Choose"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 30:44


    Abortion isn't about morals, it's about the ruling class imposing ideology.

    The 2021 Conspiracy Chart

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2021 51:01


    The new version of the conspiracy chart - because the old version is... no longer accurate? Hmm!

    Kyle Rittenhouse and Culture War

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 28:39


    Rittenhouse's trial for double murder is a glaring example of the media distracting and dividing the public with news.

    We're Jealous of Nicaragua's Elections (feat. Andrew Saturn of Socialism Train)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 40:51


    Looking at all evidence, it really seems like the elections in Nicaragua are way better than the ones in the USA. Listen to Socialism Train: http://socialismtrain.com

    The GREAT Supply Chain Disruption

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 54:40


    The VERY LARGE supply chain DISARRAY causes Chapo Trap House DSA libs to mock regular Americans... There's much more to it, though.

    The Gang Knows What Class Is: Netflix Walkout, Chappelle, and the PMC

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 47:25


    Class is a material relationship over means of production. It is not an identity, moral alignment, lifestyle, ideology, it doesn't matter if you produce a physical product, or if you are good or bad. In fact, moralizing is not helpful.

    Uber, YouTube, The Gig Economy and Commodities

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 24:27


    Believe it or not, Marx is still applicable despite mystified relations of production.

    SOMETHING is up with that Facebook Whistleblower

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 46:47


    PACD investigates the very obvious Facebook leaks and notes possible agenda around the whistleblower.

    No Charity to People Lying About Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2021 4:07


    support us at http://patreon.com/PACDpod or https://anchor.fm/PACD/support follow peter http://twitter.com/petercoffin and ACD http://twitter.com/ms_acd_phdc Discussed: NDN/Landback Press Release on $12m from Bezos: https://ndncollective.org/shifting-power-and-emboldening-indigenous-led-climate-solutions-ndn-collective-on-bezos-earth-fund-grant/ NDN Collective gets awarded $12M from Jeff Bezos https://www.kotatv.com/2020/11/26/ndn-collective-gets-awarded-12m-from-jeff-bezos/ Squamish Nation doubles proposed Kits development to 11 towers, 6K units https://globalnews.ca/news/6131104/squamish-nation-senakw-development/ A Multi-Billion Dollar Real Estate Project Is Rising on Native Reserve Land in Vancouver https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/vancouver-real-estate-native-reserve-land Excerpts from Squamish Nation's/Wesbank Projects Corporation's Apartment Complex: https://senakw.com/vision, https://senakw.com/partnership Reading List: "Wage-Labour and Capital and Value, Price, and Profit" Marx https://amzn.to/3gieOrQ, https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/wage-labour/, https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1865/value-price-profit/ "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" Engels https://amzn.to/2W0EMcx, https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm "State and Revoluton" Lenin https://amzn.to/3iX1hYl, https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism" Lenin https://amzn.to/3suPBiA, https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ "The Communist Manifesto" Marx/Engels https://amzn.to/3CXLwZn, https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ "Society of The Spectacle" Debord https://amzn.to/3CZTMbd, https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm Our Books: Our Books: "Custom Reality and You" Peter Coffin https://amzn.to/380cpgJ

    5 Settlers Discuss Landback (feat. Caleb Maupin + Fox & Alex from Space Commune)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 65:03


    Landbackâ„¢ or land reform and self-determination? NPO/NGO brand with billionaire support or anti-imperialism?

    Are American Workers The Beneficiaries of Imperialism?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 22:53


    Do the interests of the US working class align with the state because they have refrigerators? (No. It's the DENNIS system). William Z. Foster "Toward Soviet America" marxists.org/archive/foster/1932/toward/index.htm Mao Tse-Tung "TELEGRAM TO COMRADE WlLLIAM Z. FOSTER" marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_30.htm V. I. Lenin "On the National Pride of the Great Russians" marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1914/dec/12a.htm

    Surprise! We Love America!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 36:18


    A popular misconception is that communists hate America. This is wrong. We just don't like the US state - and no one else does, either!

    Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, Part 3: Historical Materialism

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021 87:03


    Socialism isn't utopian when it's dialectical. But what is dialectics? Is it classist to talk about it? Is theory classist?

    Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, Part 2: Dialectics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 50:13


    Socialism isn't utopian when it's dialectical. But what is dialectics? Is it classist to talk about it? Is theory classist?

    Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 61:36


    The spectre of socialism as a utopian dream continues to haunt liberals, the left, the post left, and everyone who doesn't read. No more excuses!

    Would Karl Marx Envy Contrapoints?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2021 34:16


    Contrapoints is here to tell us how we're all a bunch of jealous d-bags and that communism won't work. Also, envy is apparently human nature!

    The Overton Window, Qualitative, and Quantitative Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 16:36


    A discussion on popular political framing. support us at http://patreon.com/PACDpod or https://anchor.fm/PACD/support follow peter http://twitter.com/petercoffin and ACD http://twitter.com/ms_acd_phdc

    Calling for a General Strike on Social Media

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2021 28:49


    Hey did you know that just not showing up for work because the internet told you to is not a strike? The Strike's website: http://octoberstrike.com/ Ghost on the Ohio's video: http://youtu.be/afaGv_bcv1I support us at http://patreon.com/PACDpod or https://anchor.fm/PACD/support follow peter http://twitter.com/petercoffin and ACD http://twitter.com/ms_acd_phdc

    Benevolent Billionaires and Non-Profit Neo-Feudalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 27:53


    What Happens When a Buffett Buys Your Town? https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/buffett-kingston-sean-cooper support us at http://patreon.com/PACDpod or https://anchor.fm/PACD/support follow peter http://twitter.com/petercoffin and ACD http://twitter.com/ms_acd_phdc

    Cuba, Color Revolutions, and the US "Left"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 39:11


    A brief history of Cuba, what a color revolution is, and why supporting the anti-communist protests against Cuba is a contradiction to "calling to end the embargo." "We Are City Builders" by Caleb Maupin https://amzn.to/3rnqcqw "Color revolutions: Democratization, Hidden Influence or Warfare?" https://www.naa.mil.lv/sites/naa/files/document/1_WP2014%20Color%20revolutions.pdf support us at http://patreon.com/PACDpod or https://anchor.fm/PACD/support follow peter http://twitter.com/petercoffin and ACD http://twitter.com/ms_acd_phdc

    Breadtube Serves Imperialism (feat. Caleb Maupin)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 64:58


    Caleb Maupin of the Center for Political Innovation and author of "Breadtube Serves Imperialism" explains how left-sounding rhetoric and people get used to serve the current power structure. BUY AND READ THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/2TTQlkL support us at http://patreon.com/PACDpod or https://anchor.fm/PACD/support follow peter http://twitter.com/petercoffin and ACD http://twitter.com/ms_acd_phdc

    Doing Idpol to Own The Libs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2021 25:15


    How transracial isn't the same thing as transgender, how social constructs and biology aren't automatically a counterargument, and how a disillusioned "post-left" thinks identity politics is the key to beating the DNC. support us at http://patreon.com/petercoffin or https://anchor.fm/PACD/support follow peter http://twitter.com/petercoffin and ACD http://twitter.com/ms_acd_phdc

    India Walton, "Socialism for The Rich," and Utopian Thinking

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 31:21


    The Buffalo, NY mayoral democratic primary winner, India Walton, tells us about "socialism for the rich. We reference Engels's "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" (available here: http://amzn.to/3AqxvCa) support us at http://patreon.com/petercoffin or https://anchor.fm/PACD/support follow peter http://twitter.com/petercoffin and ACD http://twitter.com/ms_acd_phdc

    UnLeArN yOuR FaTpHoBiA‼

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 21:09


    A TikTok person has told us all that it is fatphobic to not want to be fat. Also, did you know there is no evidence that you can do anything about your size? Who'da thunk? support us at http://patreon.com/petercoffin or https://anchor.fm/PACD/support follow peter http://twitter.com/petercoffin and ACD http://twitter.com/ms_acd_phdc

    What Is It About The Algorithm?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 24:09


    Gather ye round for a tale of woe... Peter explains the algorithm! support us at http://patreon.com/petercoffin or https://anchor.fm/PACD/support follow peter http://twitter.com/petercoffin and ACD http://twitter.com/ms_acd_phdc

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