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In each episode I discuss around 100 pages from the works of American writers. Contact me at [email protected]... more
FAQs about American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time):How many episodes does American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) have?The podcast currently has 1,089 episodes available.
February 25, 2026Episode 26: James C. Scott, "Two Cheers for Anarchism"My review of James C. Scott's short book Two Cheers for Anarchism. The book is a great introduction to Scott's ideas and a useful guide to putting an anarchist perspective on the world we live in. ...more44minPlay
February 15, 2026Episode 25: James C. Scott, The Art of Not Being Governed (3/3)The finale of my review of James C. Scott's "The Art of Not Being Governed". This part of the book focuses on kinship and the role of leadership in millenarian movements as part of the strategy of state evasion. Next up: James Scott's modern classic, "Against the Grain" ...more29minPlay
February 15, 2026Episode 24: James C. Scott, The Art of Not Being Governed (2/3)Part two of my review of James C. Scott's history of upland Southeast Asia (Zomia), from the perspective of those who intentionally evaded states. In this part of the book we move from the strategies of states to the strategies of evasion. What do you think the most useful strategies for evading states in today's world. ...more32minPlay
February 06, 2026Episode 23: James C. Scott, The Art of Not Being Governed (1/3)The first part of my review of Scott's masterpiece on upland Southeast Asia, The Art of Not Being Governed. So many of his ideas come together into this indispensable book. In this first part we will learn about Zomia and the creation of geographical spaces outside of the machinations of states. ...more40minPlay
February 02, 2026Episode 22: James C. Scott, Seeing Like A State (3/3)The finale of my review of James C. Scott's Seeing Like a State. The last few chapters of this excellent book explore the experiments in agrarian high modernism and then explores metis, or embedded knowledge and the capacity of resilience against the designs of high modernist states. ...more29minPlay
January 28, 2026Episode 21: James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State (2/3)In part two of my review of Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott, I explore the dangers of high modernism and some of the case studies of failed experiments he examines. What is your favorite example of high modernism going wrong, besides the opening night of The Rites of Spring?...more34minPlay
January 23, 2026Episode 20: James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State (1/3)As we continue our exploration of the works of James C. Scott, we move from the arts of resistance to the designs of a state with faulty vision. How do states see, how do they envision transformation, and how do these two things together fail us? ...more44minPlay
January 02, 2026Episode 19: James C. Scott, "Domination and Arts of Resistance" (2/2)In this episode I complete my reading of James C. Scott's DOMINATION AND THE ARTS OF RESISTANCE: HIDDEN TRANSCRIPTS. In this section we focus on the workings of infrapolitics and the question of how they become visible and possible unstoppable. ...more30minPlay
December 22, 2025James C. Scott, Domination and the Arts of Resistance (1/2)In this episode I review Domination and the Arts of Resistance by James C. Scott, exploring the concepts of public and hidden transcripts. What can we gain by looking at the world through the lens of hidden transcripts?...more37minPlay
December 09, 2025Episode 17: James C. Scott, Weapons of the Weak (3/3)The conclusion to my study of James C. Scott's Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance. ...more31minPlay
FAQs about American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time):How many episodes does American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) have?The podcast currently has 1,089 episodes available.