Happy pod-a-versary to us! Jamie Peck and Sam Beard celebrate one year of Party Girls by answering a bunch of listener questions. How many years does the American empire have left? How hopeful are we that we’ll see serious social change within our lifetimes? How many times a day do we think about Lenin? And why does Sam dress like a zoomer now? All this, plus we reveal which super exciting guest we have coming on in February and what book(s) you should read to prepare.

Fundraiser for the person Jamie could not remember the name of: https://givebutter.com/support-sandiego-protester

00:00:00 Happy one year anniversary

00:08:05 Does Chris Cuomo smell like week old coffee and gold bond powder like I assume?

00:08:17 If we were to control the means of production, what industry should be prioritized first?

00:09:43 Who is your dream party girl guest?

00:13:34 What is your favorite David Lynch movie.

00:15:45 What would you ask Luigi if you could?

00:17:19 You’re in charge of sending the first 5 people to mars, who u sending?

00:19:45 Would Jamie ever go back on the majority report as a guest?

00:20:15 How do I correctly channel my anger, isolation and sadness regarding the current events?

00:23:41 What is to be done? How it might should be done?

00:25:30 How many years do you think this empire has and does it fall from within or another war loss ends it?

00:28:36 Thoughts on folk punk as a genre and I guess also as politics?

00:31:22 If you could say one more thing to Chris Cuomo what would it be?

00:32:46 How hopeful are you that serious social change will happen in America During Your Lifetime?

00:35:34 Sam, why do you dress like a zoomer now?

00:36:12 Sam, how are you so hot?

00:36:26 I have a crush on you Jamie.

00:38:37 Who is your ideal candidate for 2028? Sky is the limit, dead or alive even.

00:40:45 As more spaces and housing becomes rapidly absorbed into a neo-feudalist hellscape, what are ways to protect and liberate property from privatization? Are community land trusts effective to this goal?

00:43:36 How many times a day do you think about Vladimir Lenin, father of socialism and our humble saviour?

00:44:42 What was your favorite memory doing party girls?

00:50:37 Isn’t anger over AI art simply petty-bourgeois anxiety from proletarianization?

00:53:31 Do you have an escape America Plan?

00:55:30 What inspired your political views?

00:57:56 What’s your historical comparison between Luigi Mangione and John Brown?

00:59:56 Thoughts on general strike May 1 2028?

01:01:46 What do you think about decommodfied music & the relationship of music to ideological critique?

01:05:56 Sam, what was it like being on CNN?

01:06:24 Is the meaning of life dependent on economic conditions only? Or is there more to meaning?

01:09:47 As goth socialists, what keeps you guys from falling into cynicism and doom??

01:16:15 What are your party girls goals for year 2?

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