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SPC UNCUT, UNEDITED, and EXXXXXXTREEEEEME: 2021 in Review, or, What is An Insurrection? / 2022 Predictions, or, Life Will Get Weirder and Weirder, Forever

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 100:55


2022 - the year of anti-perfectionism! No theme music, probably a random 5 minute coffee break silence, who knows what else. Preemptively canceling ourselves for anything problematic we say, we will do better and try to focus on listening more. Solidarity forever! Insurrections are in fact BAD and democracy is DECENTLY BETTER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE ON OFFER!

Episode 16: It's Chestertons All The Way Down, Or, "The Great Localism Throwdown of 2021"

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2021 145:45


We debate localism! What's the deal with "small is beautiful"? Which way Western person, the Chestertonian pipe-smoker or the DSA industrialist? A debate in which everyone wins There are some swears here, and the outro music is an explicit Rage Against the Machine Song (heads up for those of you who email to yell at me for swearing on the SPC podcast when your kids are in the car! and also sorry Mom).

Episode 15: Panel Reacts to Afghanistan

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2021 81:39


A couple of swear words in this one.

Episode 14: Demography! Get your Demography here! w/ Lyman Stone

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 55:16


Audio from an interview recorded in March 2021, and aired at the American Solidarity Party National Convention in July 2021. Some of the events discussed about the early Biden administration may have been rendered moot since then. Thanks to co-moderator Patrick Harris, Chairman of the ASP, for sponsoring. Follow Lyman at @lymanstoneky on Twitter. Obligatory disclaimer: the Solidarity Policy Center is a nonpartisan research institute and does not endorse political candidates or campaigns

Vacation!

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 3:59


We're on vacation until next week! And a quick read of the most concise yet biting summary we've seen so far of the current efforts of the Paris Climate Agreement.

Bonus! Ep: Riffing on Ross

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 123:57


We gathered this week with the best of intentions, ready to continue our close read of the DSA platform. Except, we ended up talking about this Ross Douthat piece the whole time. So, we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming for a romp through the world of Catholic politics. Apologies for a few swears. References: Ross's Piece: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2021/08/catholic-ideas-and-catholic-realities The Tradinista! Manifesto: https://tradistae.com/2020/04/30/tradinista-manifesto/ Integralism in 3 Sentences: http://thejosias.com/2016/10/17/integralism-in-three-sentences/

Posts and Misdemeanors: Do the Reading pt 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 82:34


Tim, Chase, and Amar continue their close read of the DSA 2021 Platform Draft. We spend a lot of time on prison abolition!

Realism, Just War, and the Blob with John Allen Gay

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 69:11


The John Quincy Adams Society: https://jqas.org/ John Mearsheimer: https://www.mearsheimer.com/publications/ Fratelli Tutti: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html

Doing the Reading: The DSA 2021 Platform Draft w/ Amar Patel and Chase Padusniak (Part One)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 85:49


Friends of the pod and previous guests Amar Patel and Chase Padusniak join us for the first in a multipart series - a close read of the DSA platform manifesto ahead of the 2021 July Convention. What's the deal with democratic socialism?

Health Policy and Human Flourishing with Grant Martsolf

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 49:49


Grant Martsolf, Professor Health Policy at the University of Pittsburgh, joins us to talk about the health crisis in rural America, what traditional health outcome measures miss about the human person, and his new class at Pitt which talks about liberalism and healthcare.

The Credit Union Challenge with Amar Patel

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 43:15


Former Vice Presidential Candidate Amar Patel on politics, modern life, and why you should Unionize! your credit.

Open Source Vaccines and the Next Pandemic w/ Alex Hoekstra of RaDVaC

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 54:11


@HoekstraTweets @RADVACproject https://radvac.org/ White paper: https://radvac.org/white-paper/

Lessons from the Moral Majority with Chase Padusniak

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 66:06


Learn more about Chase here: https://macrinamagazine.com/ https://twitter.com/ChasePadusniak https://www.patreon.com/strangelanguage?fan_landing=true https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jappersandjanglers/

A New and Doubtless Very Different FDR with Prof. Harvey Kaye

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 66:02


Harvey's latest book: FDR on Democracy: The Greatest Speeches and Writings of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Twitter: @harveyjkaye The SPC website is https://solidaritypolicy.org/

Wargaming Series: Fight Club

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 36:13


We interview part of the council of an elusive group of British officers wargaming different scenarios. The first in a series that explores the theory and practice of simulacra, simulations, and games. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Bruenig/Cass Debate Child Benefit Reform

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 78:53


Debating the Bruenig, Biden, Cass, and Romney plans. With a segment on the cosmic definition of the child - disabled worker, appendage of a parent, or something else entirely? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Cringe ft. Matt Christman

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 75:48


We talk to one of the founding members of le poopoo Left about the Big Bang, consciousness, public school, and why everyone who voted for Bernie needs to find that old time spirituan-but-not-religion before the world descends into a flaming inferno. 0:00 - 5:56: Stream of consciousness introduction the SPC podcast from Tim. A long quote from David Fleming's Lean Logic. 5:57 - 1:14: Matt Christman interview fun times. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Trailrrr

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 2:16


Grrrrrrr. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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