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  • 701: Cyberjunk 2077

    We are back for 2021!

    Ryan, Emily (@minusplnp) and John (@ExJohnValdez) talk about the latest big blockbuster video game

    Show Notes

    Resources to help trans people on Rainy TERF Island:

    Petition to the BBC to stop platforming hate groups

    Funding a legal challenge to anti-transgender court ruling

    A charity fund for trans healthcare run by Emily's clinic

    1 hr 46 min
  • Srsly Neighbors 1: Economics as Horseshit
    Srsly Wrong and Neighbor Science present their first crossover episode, Wrong Science; Neighbor Wrong; Srsly Neighbors. 
    Aaron, Shawn, and Ryan discuss some of the foundational assumptions of neoclassical economics, which are so ridiculous they're almost unbelievable.

    Show Notes (contains a lot of information we didn't cover in the episode)

     
    Books referenced:
    Debunking Economics
    Debt: The First 5000 Years
    Against the Grain
    Seeing like a State
    The Invention of Capitalism
    The Modern Corporation and Private Property 
    Capital as Power (PDF)
    1 hr 28 min
  • A State that Forces Everyone to Do Handicrafts, Pt.2 (w/Samuel Miller McDonald & yungneocon)

    This is a two-part episode. Part 2 will come out next week.

    Samuel Miller McDonald (@sjmmcd) and yungneocon (@yungneocon) come on the show to critique several articles on degrowth

    Samuel's Website

    Be sure to check out Samuel's upcoming book: https://twitter.com/thebookseller/status/1317087909254733828 

    Articles we discuss in this episode (not just in this part):

    John Cassidy's Article

    Noah Smith's Article

    Blogspot Article

     

    Additional resources:

    C4SS article on degrowth

    Robin Hahnel article that attempts and fails to debunk degrowth (PDF)

    yungneothread on degrowth

    1 hr 3 min
  • 617: A State That Forces Everyone to do Handicrafts, Pt. 1 (w/Samuel Miller McDonald & yungneocon)

    This is a two-part episode. Part 2 will come out next week.

    Samuel Miller McDonald (@sjmmcd) and yungneocon (@yungneocon) come on the show to critique several articles on degrowth

    Samuel's Website

    Be sure to check out Samuel's upcoming book: https://twitter.com/thebookseller/status/1317087909254733828 

    Articles we discuss in this episode (not just in this part):

    John Cassidy's Article

    Noah Smith's Article

    Blogspot Article

     

    Additional resources:

    C4SS article on degrowth

    Robin Hahnel article that attempts and fails to debunk degrowth (PDF)

    yungneothread on degrowth

    1 hr 22 min
  • 615: Dunking on Sports Team Owners (w/Abdul Malik)

    Abdul Malik (@socialistraptor) talks about the political economy & politics of sports (mostly basketball)

    Sorry if the quality isn't as good as it usually is, I'm in bad shape and can't spend much longer on the computer than I have to.


    Abdul's article on the sports strike

    Abdul's Writing

    Recommendations mentioned in the episode:

    Hoop Dreams

    Lenny Cooke
    The Eagle Huntress
    The Game is not a Game
    abdulymalik.com
    Peace by Chocolate

    1 hr 41 min

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