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Kieron discusses all things Ron Berry with Dr Georgia Burdett and Dr Sarah Morse.

Georgia and Sarah's collection, Fight and Flight: Essays on Ron Berry, available now.

Books by Berry:

Hunters and Hunted (1960)

Travelling Loaded (1963)

The Full-time Amateur (1966)

Flame and Slag (1968)

So Long Hector Bebb (1970)

Peregrine Watching (1986)

This Bygone (1996)

History is What you Live (1998)

Collected Stories (2000)

More info on Berry: http://www.ronberry.co.uk/

Image: Berry's grandmother Mary Jane Berry, the Mayoress of Blaencwm.

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Dan was joined by our mate Owain to discuss the legacy of our dearly departed comrade David Graeber, who passed away in September 2020. The boys discussed David's huge contribution to not just anarchist theory but to modern social and political thought as a whole, particularly his work on bullshit jobs and the ideology of work; the rise of bureaucracy under neoliberalism and its relationship with centrist politics; the role of debt in modern capitalism; and finally the liberatory potential of democracy, which David passionately participated in throughout his life. Rest in power comrade.

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Owain's Undod article on Graeber

https://undod.cymru/en/2020/09/13/graeber/

Bullshit jobs article

https://www.strike.coop/bullshit-jobs/

Stef and Nath rate hot nazis.

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As we enter another lockdown amidst panic over a second wave of Covid-19, we were joined by our good mate @danielhowdon to discuss what is happening. Dan talked us though the mixed messages, the lower mortality rate, the effects of austerity, and a lot more

In this episode Dan was joined by our friends Crash @crash_w and Mabli @mablisiriol to discuss trans rights. Crash and Mabli explain everything you ever needed to know about these issues: the difference between being CIS and non-binary, pronouns, the 'bathroom debate', terfism, the gender recognition act and much more. Hope you all find it as interesting and educational as we did.

In this specail Live episode we're joined by Mairead (@maireadcan) and Elspeth Webb (@elspethwebb).

We discuss the A-level debacle, childhood in Wales and much more.

Full episode available on Patreon.

We talk to Euros Lewis about Epynt, a large farming community that was cleared to make way for a military training facility during WWII. 80 years on, the land is still in the possession of the Ministry of Defence and has now been expanded to include a vast area. We discuss what happened and the lessons to be learned from this overlooked chapter in Welsh history.

More on Epynt:

https://undod.cymru/en/2020/06/28/epynt/

https://nation.cymru/opinion/its-the-end-of-the-world-why-we-should-remember-the-clearing-of-epynt-80-years-on/

Outro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxokBzXrDF8