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Space Commune is a media project by two Upstate New Yorkers seeking an alternative to the degrowth and deindustrialization paradigm being thrust upon us through The Great Reset agenda. We love our country, the United States of America and take inspiration from our revolutionary founding. We want win-win cooperation with Russia and China in developing the world economy for all of humanity, and to Make America Great Again.

Space Commune


    • Jul 10, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Ep 036 The Green Movement Monster (feat. Ben Pile)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 104:52


    On this episode we are joined by Ben Pile, a researcher, commentator and blogger. He is the co-founder and main writer of the Climate Resistance blog, which claims to be “challenging the climate orthodoxy.” We discuss: 15 minute cities, British monarchy, energy, racism of the Green Movement, Greta Thunberg and more! Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/clim8resistance Check out: https://climatedebate.co.uk/ And: https://www.climate-resistance.org/

    Ep 035 Debunking the Eco-Terrorist Zeitgeist (feat. Matthew Ehret)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 80:50


    On this episode we talk to Matthew Ehret, journalist, artist, Senior Fellow of American University in Moscow. We cover topics like: Ted Kaczynski, eco anarchism/terrorism, deep green resistance, Planet of the Humans & How to Blow Up a Pipeline, weaponized masses, Fabian socialists and Jacobin terror, Hamilton vs Jefferson, giving rights to animals and rivers, socialism vs capitalism, and more! Read Matthew's article: The Roots of Modern Eco-Terrorism: From MK Ultra and the Unabomber to Maurice Strong and Yuval Harari https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/roots-of-modern-eco-terrorism/ Follow Matthew on Substack: https://matthewehret.substack.com/

    Ep 034 There are No Limits to Scientific Abundance (feat. Cynthia Chung)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2023 69:46


    In this episode we talk to Cynthia Chung, President of the Rising Tide Foundation and a writer at Strategic Culture Foundation. Topics include: geopolitics, Davos/World Economic Forum, China, debunking Malthus & Darwin from a scientific pov, wind & solar vs nuclear & fossil fuel; debunking scientific technology myths about: genetic modification of food (GMOs), nuclear radiation, climate change, greening deserts, plasma torch and more! Read Cynthia's essay "What Determines a 'Limit to Growth?'" https://cynthiachung.substack.com/p/what-determines-a-limit-to-growth

    Ep 033 Small Is Not Beautiful: Debunking E.F. Schumacher

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 81:03


    Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered by E.F. Schumacher is one of the most influential books you've never heard of. In this episode we discuss the full background, context and legacy of this small-but-mighty philosophical work that has ties to the degrowth movement, influenced people such as Jimmy Carter, King Charles, Bill McKibben, and is responsible for green fascist policy keeping the global south impoverished under a pacifist guise. Sources: https://blogs.dickinson.edu/hist-118pinsker/2017/05/01/the-contested-legacy-of-an-economic-prophet/ https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/11/the-fascinating-backstory-of-king-charles-iii-and-environmental-crusading https://youtu.be/G6xBXYlqzWA?t=2766

    Ep 032 The Anti-Industry Industry (feat. Robert Bryce)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 65:32


    In this episode we're joined by writer, film producer, and podcaster Robert Bryce to talk about the decadence of American society, the anti-industry industry, "environmental" NGOs fighting an asymmetric warfare and steamrolling rural communities, the disconnect between policy and physical reality, vandalism of environmental activists, and more! Read Robert's Substack: https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/the-anti-industry-industry Links to all of Robert's work: https://linktr.ee/robertbryce

    Ep 031 Africa Needs Fossil Fuel (feat. Jusper Machogu)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2023 76:21


    We're joined by Jusper Machogu, an agricultural engineer and farmer in Kenya to talk about: climate alarmism, fertilizer, farming, climate scam, co2, The UN, sustainable development goals, why organic farming doesn't work, nuclear and renewable energy and more! Read Jusper's latest op-ed: https://www.newsafrica.net/article/us-vice-president-lectures-africa-on-climate-change Follow Jusper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JusperMachogu

    Ep 030 Climate Change Activists Do Not Speak for Indigenous People (feat. John Desjarlais, IRN)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 72:09


    On this episode we are joined by John Desjarlais, the new executive director of the Indigenous Resource Network (IRN). We talk about: indigenous sovereignty, development of resources, nuclear energy, environmentalism, win-win development, value chains and more! Follow IRN on Twitter: https://twitter.com/irn_indigenous Check out their website: https://indigenousresourcenetwork.ca/

    Ep 029 Dawn of a Rational Multipolar World (feat. S.L. Kanthan)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 81:38


    We are joined by S.L. Kanthan to talk about geopolitics, solving border conflicts, climate change, ideology, narratives, and the return to rational thinking and more! Follow Kanthan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kanthan2030 Kanthan's Substack: https://slkanthan.substack.com/ If you enjoy this content, consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/spacecommune

    Ep 028 War on the Single Family Home (feat. Doomberg)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 68:59


    In this episode we're joined by a member of the wildly popular Doomberg substack publication which focuses on energy, finance, and the economy at-large. We talk about bunk science, the proposed gas stove ban, the attack on single family home ownership, the American Dream, our anti-human Malthusian institutions, and more! You can find the Doomberg team at https://doomberg.substack.com/ And on Twitter https://twitter.com/DoombergT Support Space Commune by becoming a Patron! www.patreon.com/spacecommune Follow all of our work at https://spacecommune.com/

    Ep 027 Environment & Energy in China (feat. David Fishman)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2022 74:15


    In this episode we're joined by David Fishman, energy analyst with a focus on China's power grid to talk about mountains covered in solar panels, energy culture wars, urban vs rural divide, pragmatic energy grid development, paternalistic energy policies, USA, China & Africa, and more! David on Twitter https://twitter.com/pretentiouswhat David on Substack https://crossingtheriver.substack.com/ Support Space Commune by becoming a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/spacecommune Follow all of our work at https://spacecommune.com/

    Ep 026 The People's Culture vs. The Algorithm (feat. Louis CK)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 88:41


    On this episode we talk to Louis CK about art, algorithms, how comedy has changed with social media, moral authority, grassroots comedy vs. mainstream, Chinese culture, prosperity, communism vs. capitalism, donuts and more! Louis' website: https://louisck.com/

    Ep 025 The Inalienable Rights of Man (feat. Diane Sare)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2022 68:19


    In this episode we are joined by Diane Sare who is in the midst of her campaign as an Independent running for US State Senate in New York State against Chuck Schumer. In this episode we discuss the crazy, backwards primary process, her fight against Schumer, Malthusianism, nuclear energy, the co2 shortage, Glass-Steagall, speculative banking vs legitimate investment, the Ukrainian blacklist, upstate vs downstate New York politics, decentralization and more! Diane's website is https://www.sareforsenate.com/ Follow on Twitter https://twitter.com/DianeSare

    Ep 024 Managing Mindscapes: The War for Hearts and Minds (feat. Gabriel Rockhill)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2022 91:27


    We're joined by philosopher, cultural critic and political theorist Gabriel Rockhill to discuss: The CIA & Congress for Cultural Freedom, Intellectual commodity fetishism, the distribution of ideas, the compatible left, actually existing socialism, cultural production, the war for hearts and minds, information war on China, petty-bourgeois melancholia (the PMC politics of despair), institutional inertia/uplift, and more! Read Gabriel's recent article The CIA & The Frankfurt School's Anti-Communism: https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-cia-the-frankfurt-schools-anti-communism/ Follow on twitter: @GabrielRockhill For more information: https://gabrielrockhill.com

    Ep 023 Wordcel Supremacy (feat. Logo Daedalus)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 72:51


    In this episode we're joined by author, poet and legendary internet shitposter Logo Daedalus (R. Cam). We cover: the wild west internet days, decentralization, touching grass, the narrative, wordcels vs shape-rotators, Disney, intellectual property, China and more! Visit Logo's website: https://www.readbooksvlt.com/ Follow Logo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Logo_Daedalus

    Ep 022 What if You're Just Some Guy? (feat. Emmet Penney)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 95:09


    Emmet Penney returns to the Space Commune Podcast to cover topics: The battle between renewables vs. nuclear, Build Public Renewables Act in New York State, how to stop industrial decline, crisis rhetoric vs. the yolk of discipline, philosophical and socio-political discussion about energy, climate and the future. Follow Emmet on twitter: https://twitter.com/nukebarbarian Grid Brief: https://www.gridbrief.com/ Nuclear Barbarians Podcast: https://nuclearbarians.substack.com/

    Ep 021 Abolish the CIA (feat. Geoff Young)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2022 71:21


    In this episode we talk to Geoff Young who just won the Democratic Primary for Kentucky Congressional District 6. Geoff is running as an American Patriot who wants to abolish the CIA, address economic issues, cooperate with Russia & China, and more! Geoff's website: https://www.young4ky.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GeoffYoung4KY Donate: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/geoff-young-for-kentucky-2

    Ep 020 Climate Grief & Anti-Communism (feat. PACD Podcast)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 85:00


    PACD podcast crossover episode we cut it up with Peter and Ms. ACD about climate grief, anti-communism, self immolation, eco activism, the whales of Buddhism, gurus, going viral, Malthusianism, reducing your carbon footprint, end of history, degrowth, and more! Listen to the PACD Podcast: anchor.fm/PACD Watch the PACD Podcast: www.youtube.com/PACDpod Very Important Documentaries: https://www.youtube.com/c/VeryImportantDocumentaries/

    Ep 019 Homestead Fantasy: Slow Food & Back to the Land (feat. Alex Smith)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 92:19


    In this episode we talk to our guest Alex Smith of The Breakthrough Institute about his controversial article for Jacobin criticizing Alice Waters and the Slow Food Movement. We discuss romanticized agrarianism, cottagecore, urban agriculture, fantasy, feral hogs, conscious consumerism, big Ag, back to the land, small is beautiful, wholesomeness, degrowth, localism and more! Read Alex's article: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/12/organic-local-industrial-agriculture-farm-to-table Follow Alex on twitter: https://twitter.com/alexjmssmith ----- Fraud, Famine and Fascism: The Ukrainian Genocide Myth from Hitler to Harvard by Douglas Tottle https://spacecommune.com/Douglas_Tottle_Fraud_Famine_and_Fascism.pdf

    Ep 018 Cooperation & Collaboration: One Mankind (feat. Daniel Burke)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 95:20


    Alex and Fox talk to Daniel Burke, an activist with the LaRouche Organization and Schiller Institute. We cover topics ranging from the financial bubble, Malthusians, degrowth, The Great Reset, China's Belt and Road Initiative, beauty and reason, energy flux density, the unfolding of the universe - and more! Follow Daniel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Burke4Senate Read about Energy Flux Density and Potential Relative Population Density: https://larouchepub.com/eiw/public/2014/eirv41n31-20140808/43-48_4131.pdf "The U.S.-NATO Hidden War Threat: The Green New Deal" by Paul Gallagher https://drive.google.com/file/d/1at1zm5dpx-F8ca3OtdQJifWNs8Z5REgZ/view

    Ep 017 Debunking the 100% Renewables Myth (feat. Meredith Angwin)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 106:59


    We talk to Meredith Angwin, author of Shorting the Grid, The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid and energy consultant. We chat about ISOs & RTOs, beating the peak, passing the energy buck, fragilizing the grid, the myth of of 100% renewables, baseload energy, energy fiefdoms and more! As a working chemist, Meredith Angwin headed projects that lowered pollution and increased reliability on the electric grid. Her work included pollution control for nitrogen oxides in gas-fired combustion turbines, and corrosion control in geothermal and nuclear systems. She was one of the first women to be a project manager at the Electric Power Research Institute. She led projects in renewable and nuclear energy. Meredith's website: https://meredithangwin.com/ Email: meredithangwin@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeredithAngwin

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    Ep 016 Patriotism and Public Land (feat. Andean Comintern)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2021 89:12


    In this episode we talk to Carlos aka Andean Comintern about American Patriotism, Land Back vs. Land Reform, Evo Morales, Buen Vivir, Degrowth and more! Follow Carlos on Twitter! https://twitter.com/andeancomintern

    Ep 015 How to De-Wetikoize (Feat. PACD Podcast)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 73:13


    In this PACD podcast crossover episode we cut it up with Peter and Ms. ACD about Greta Thunberg, indigenous wisdom, the R word, degrowth, and more! Listen to the PACD Podcast: https://anchor.fm/PACD Watch the PACD Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/PACDpod Watch the new Space Commune film "Consumerism: Can we buy a better world?" https://youtu.be/0VbWe5SM9Lg

    Ep 014 RIP Indian Point (feat. Duncan Bryer)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 88:55


    In this episode we talk to Duncan Bryer, lifelong New Yorker and former policy director for a New York State Senator about the closure of Indian Point nuclear power plant, which supplied about 1/4 of NYC's energy. We discuss the politics around New York energy policy, environmental racism and more! Read Duncan's article: https://www.gothamgazette.com/development/130-opinion/9215-environmental-justice-clean-energy-truth-indian-point

    Ep 013 Optimistic Collectivism: A Brotherhood of Humanity (feat. Caleb Maupin)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 77:04


    On this Earth Day episode we talk to Caleb Maupin about the academic roots of the New Left, capitalist proxy wars, optimistic collectivism vs. degrowth Neo-Malthusian pessimism, a world based on brotherhood of humanity and more! Caleb's website: https://www.calebmaupin.com/ Caleb's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClevelandFIST Caleb on Twitter: https://twitter.com/calebmaupin

    Ep 012 Nuclear & the Power Grid: How it Works and Who Benefits (feat. Emmet Penney)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2021 95:20


    In this episode we talk to Emmet Penney of ex.haust podcast about nuclear, the grid and the inner workings of how energy agendas are pushed through the political sphere. Emmet is co-author of "We Need a Nuclear New Deal, Not a Green New Deal" published on the Bellows last September https://www.thebellows.org/we-need-a-nuclear-new-deal-not-a-green-new-deal/ Listen to ex.haust podcast! https://exhaust.fireside.fm/ Follow Emmet on Twitter! https://twitter.com/dumbaristotle

    Ep 011 Destroying Degrowth with Facts and Logic (feat. Matt Huber)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2021 70:00


    We're joined by Matt Huber, Associate Professor of Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University. Huber has been one of the few academics to critique "degrowth" ideology from a socialist perspective. In this episode talk about the overlap between degrowth, localism and the PMC, and more! Read Matt's writing: https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/geo/Huber,_Matthew_T_/ Follow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Matthuber78

    Ep 010 The Bernie to DNC Pipeline (feat. Socialism Train)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 98:41


    In this episode we get the inside story from Andrew Saturn and Jonny Meade who both ran for office as socialists and the flack they received from the far left sectors of the Democratic Party establishment for doing so. Saturn tells us about his experience starting an Our Revolution chapter, getting sued by the Democrats, working for Bernie, the Gravel teens and more... Check out Andrew and Jonny's podcast Socialism Train! https://soundcloud.com/socialismtrain And on Twitter: https://twitter.com/socialismtrain Read more about Andrew's story: https://www.pugetsoundsocialistparty.com/reading/dsa-sabotage/

    Ep 009 The Localism Lifestyle (feat. Greg Sharzer)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2021 129:14


    Greg Sharzer, author of "No Local: Why Small-Scale Alternatives Won't Change The World" joins us to talk about the book he wrote ten years ago which warns of all the pitfalls of "localism" that are currently being played out right in our home city of Kingston, NY with the help of powerful, "progressive" capitalists such as Buffett, Soros, a handful of tech giants, and more... Greg's Writing: No Local https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/no-local Late Escapism and Contemporary Neoliberalism Alienation, Work and Utopia https://www.routledge.com/Late-Escapism-and-Contemporary-Neoliberalism-Alienation-Work-and-Utopia/Sharzer/p/book/9781138242319 Cooperatives as Transitional Economics https://www.academia.edu/33614758/Cooperatives_as_Transitional_Economics Video: NPIC: Will the Revolution Be Funded? https://youtu.be/M60WULV7XRY

    Ep 008 The Management of Populist Disillusionment (feat. George Hoare)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 101:31


    On this episode we talk to George Hoare of the Aufhebunga Bunga podcast about his latest article for Damage Magazine, "Moral Minoritarianism from the Ashes of Left Populism". Topics covered include: BLM outside of the US, "deliberative democracy" & "citizen's assemblies", localism and more! Read George's article: https://damagemag.com/2021/01/13/moral-minoritarianism-from-the-ashes-of-left-populism/ Aufhebunga Bunga Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/bungacast Book: The End of the End of History tinyurl.com/BungaBook Find us on Twitter: Fox: twitter.com/FoxGGreen Alex: twitter.com/alexspcm

    Ep 007 Satire is Dead, Long Live Satire (feat. Peter Coffin)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 100:01


    In celebration of Joe Biden's inauguration, "socialist" magazine Jacobin attempts "ironic satire" with a cover that aims to "make fun of the libs". Did they succeed? Fox and Alex are joined by Peter Coffin to figure that out. In this episode we talk about political fandom, "precuperation", Niobiom's viral meme that triggered the libs (https://twitter.com/nobum62/status/1352042371148640273) the spectacle of protest and more! Follow Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/petercoffin Find us on Twitter: Fox: twitter.com/FoxGGreen Alex: twitter.com/alexspcm

    Ep 006 Left v. Right? It's all Bullsh*t (feat. Jonny Meade)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 83:37


    Part 1: Alex and Fox discuss the Capitol MAGA riot, right wing vs. left wing nonprofit industrial complex, Qanon solidarity, and more Part 2: We chat with Jonny Meade about his run for state office in Washington as a Socialist and how the DSA didn't support him Follow Jonny on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonnysocialism Find us on Twitter: Fox: twitter.com/FoxGGreen Alex: twitter.com/alexspcm

    Ep 005 Comedians on Podcasts Dissing Nonprofits (feat. Kelgore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 100:25


    Special guest Kelgore joins us to talk about the nonprofit industrial complex, being a twitter comedian, mutual aid, electoral politics, spectacle and more! Watch Kelgore's video "Nonprofits Are The Worst": https://youtu.be/o_byCXksW4Y Follow her on Twitter https://twitter.com/KelgoreTrout Find us on Twitter: Fox: twitter.com/FoxGGreen Alex: twitter.com/alexspcm

    Ep 004 Carl and the Post Left™

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2020 80:55


    What is the Post Left? Alex and Fox riff on Carl Beijer's attempt to define the latest classification of political misfits by exploring fandom/anti-fandom reactionary marketplaces, social capital and billionaire funders. Read Carl's post here: https://www.carlbeijer.com/p/what-is-the-post-left Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexspcm https://twitter.com/foxggreen https://twitter.com/spacecommune

    Ep 003 Slicing Up Nonprofits, Tenant Organizing and the Spectacle (feat. Another Slice)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 108:33


    Alex and Fox slice it up with our guest Another Slice. We cover: Dirtbag divide / culture war / PC language Psychology of BreadTube / parasocial Working at nonprofits / The New Left / Tenant Organizing Nihilism / Faith / Experience marketing Protest Porn / Spectacle Left vs. Right Aesthetic Watch Another Slice on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzZZa-M6H52uDym0Rqzlnw Find us on Twitter: Fox: twitter.com/FoxGGreen Alex: twitter.com/alexspcm Space Commune YouTube: youtube.com/spacecommune

    Ep 002 Mutual Aid and the Nonprofit Industrial Complex

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2020 53:23


    Fox and Alex discuss mutual aid and the nonprofit industrial complex, systemic critiques and leftist brands. Check out: Mutual Aid: A Factor of Liberalism by Gus Breslauer https://regenerationmag.org/mutual-aid-a-factor-of-liberalism/ Find us on Twitter: Fox: https://twitter.com/FoxGGreen Alex: https://twitter.com/alexspcm YouTube: https://youtube.com/spacecommune

    Ep 001 Technology Fandoms

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2020 28:17


    Fox and Alex talk about Tesla self-driving cars, technology and degrowth vs. The Great Reset

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