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For episode 69 of NSP we're joined by historian Anthony Comegna. We spoke about left libertarianism, the overlaps of Marxism and classical liberalism, education and the limits of "teaching history", Benjamin Lay, the Loco-Focos, and more.

Anthony Comegna is a historian and senior programs manager at the Institute for Humane Studies. He is a specialist in 19th century American political and intellectual history and the history of radical liberalism.

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https://reason.com/people/anthony-comegna/

https://www.libertarianism.org/people/anthony-comegna

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNeQlRoOOIMmr3GECjAiyNMvlHgsK1WYt&si=wI6SyVEUIdRkAO3q

Chapters:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:09:59 What is History?

00:35:29 Benjamin Lay

00:54:25 Propagandized History

01:09:07 Libertarians

01:25:20 Getting Involved

01:36:41 Lightning Round

01:42:45 Book Recommendations

01:45:39 Cappuccino and Outro

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For Episode 68, we spoke with our friend Zak Woodman about philosophy, economics, artificial intelligence, immigration, right-wing hypocrisy, and the ways the State violates people's rights.

Zachary Woodman is the podcast coordinator at Center for a Stateless Society, deputy editor of Notes on Liberty, and an independent scholar. His research interests are in political economy, social and political philosophy, philosophy of mind, meta-ethics and applied ethics.

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https://c4ss.org/content/author/zachary-woodman

https://notesonliberty.com/author/thefatalconceitum/

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro

00:08:07 Influential Anarchists

00:13:32 Capitalism

00:19:13 Hiatus

00:23:12 The Media Environment

00:35:14 Artificial Intelligence

00:44:54 Intellectual Property

01:00:08 Immigration and State Tyranny

01:15:45 The Pathological Fears of the Majority

01:32:59 Lightning Round

01:45:22 Outro

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For Episode 67, we spoke with activist and writer William C. Anderson about racism, electoral politics, DEI backlash, anarchism's relation to socialism, Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin and JoNina Abron-Ervin, and the Black radical tradition.

William C. Anderson is a writer and activist from Birmingham, Alabama. His work has appeared in The Guardian, MTV, British Journal of Photography, Logic(s) Magazine, and Prism, where he’s a monthly columnist. He is the author of The Nation on No Map (AK Press 2021) and co-author of As Black as Resistance (AK Press 2018). He’s also the co-founder of Offshoot Journal and provides creative direction as a producer of the Black Autonomy Podcast. His writings have been included in the anthologies, Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? (Haymarket 2016) and No Selves to Defend (Mariame Kaba 2014).

Links:

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https://williamcanderson.info/

https://offshootjournal.org/

https://blackautonomy.libsyn.com/

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro

00:09:29 Distinctly Black Anarchism

00:19:21 Political Education

00:25:24 Representation

00:37:02 The Lead-up to Fascism

00:42:49 Ethnonationalism

00:49:42 Online Leftist Posturing

00:56:37 Marx's Influence

01:08:31 Meet the Ervins

01:14:39 Lightning Round Plus

01:35:56 Media Recommendations

01:39:01 Outro

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Evan Greer joins the show to discuss technology, internet censorship, gender politics, music, anarchism, and more!

Evan Greer (she/her/they/them) is a trans/genderqueer activist singer/songwriter, parent, and organizer based in Boston. She writes and performs high-energy acoustic songs that inspire hope, build community, and incite resistance! Evan tours internationally as a musician and speaker, and facilitates interactive workshops to support movements for justice and liberation. Wielding an arsenal of fiercely radical songs that vary in style from pop-punk poetry to foot-stompin’ bluegrass singalongs. She's currently the campaign director for Fight for the Future, the viral digital rights nonprofit behind the largest online protests in history.

Links:

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https://evangreer.bandcamp.com

https://www.fightforthefuture.org

https://mastodon.online/@evangreer

https://bsky.app/profile/evangreer.bsky.social

Chapters:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:09:57 Section 230

00:18:39 How to Survive 2025

00:26:15 Using the Internet for Good

00:30:25 Privacy

00:37:37 The Legislative Front

00:41:45 Trans Solidarity

00:44:42 The Importance of Music

00:47:38 Spotify is Surveillance

00:51:04 Selling Out

00:53:32 Lightning Round

01:00:37 Book Recommendations

01:01:41 Copyleft AI Outro

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Lucy and Cory's Anti-Power Hour has been renewed for a 2nd Season! For Episode X, Lucy Steigerwald and Cory Massimino get together to discuss news, politics, comics, movies, pop culture, ethics, ideology, and all the best drama in these precarious times.

Anti-Power Hour is hosted by Lucy Steigerwald and Cory Massimino, and is a project of Non Serviam Media.

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NSP #65 we spoke with Maggie McNeill about the politics of sex work, censorship, science fiction, and libertarianism.

Maggie was a librarian in suburban New Orleans, but after an acrimonious divorce she took up sex work; from 1997 to 2006 she worked first as a stripper, then as a call girl and madam. She eventually married her favorite client and retired to a ranch in Oklahoma, but returned to escorting part-time in 2010 and full-time in 2015 after another divorce (this time amicable) and a move to Seattle. She’s been a sex worker rights activist since 2004, and since 2010 has written “The Honest Courtesan”, a daily blog which discusses sex work, politics, anarchism, philosophy and other topics. She has also published articles in venues such as Reason and the Washington Post; given innumerable lectures, talks, radio & video interviews; and is frequently consulted by academics and journalists as an expert on sex work.

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00:06:19 Critique of Life Extension

00:09:55 Science Fiction

00:30:53 Ayn Rand

00:35:10 Depictions of Sex Workers in Film

00:49:17 What is Sex Work?

01:06:16 Freelancing

01:13:09 Some History

01:19:25 Trumpists and Satanic Panic

01:29:46 Decriminalization of Sex Work

01:40:48 Rapist Cops

01:51:09 Nordic Model

01:58:38 Youth Liberation and Sex Work

02:07:02 Running a Business

02:13:42 The Politics of Pleasure

02:30:07 The "Libertarian" Perspective

02:41:20 Souls and Crusades

03:00:13 Lightning Round

03:13:08 Outro

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NSP #64 we spoke with Thomas Webb (they/them) about transhumanism, social media, libertarianism, transphobia and gender liberation.

Thomas is a software engineer who manages open source projects and advocates for decentralized social media. They are a fellow at C4SS, having written articles on various subjects, often touching on transgender rights and youth liberation.

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0:00:00 Introduction

0:05:09 Political Origins and Prop 8

0:16:17 The Focus is Freedom

0:20:17 The Psychological Toll of Elections

0:26:25 Elon Trump

0:31:39 The Case for Anti-Bigotry Activism

0:42:39 Mainstream Media

0:53:39 AI

1:01:22 Real Name Policy FB

1:11:59 Social Media

1:16:43 Privacy

1:21:08 Bottom Unity

1:28:39 Fear of Change

1:31:23 The News Bias

1:32:58 Burkean Anarchism

1:36:29 Conspiracy Theory Censored by Big Tech

1:41:19 Parler J6

1:44:16 Bans

1:47:09 Free Speech

1:50:54 Ruby Ridge

2:00:53 The "Liberty" Movement and Conspiracies

2:07:40 Skepticism of Power

2:19:46 The Trans - Libertarian Connection

2:24:05 Holocaust Denial

2:29:45 Lightning Round

2:39:12 Media Recommendations

2:44:32 Outro

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For NSP 63, journalist and author Jesse Walker returns to the show to talk about how crises impact political spectrum. We also covered left-right overlap in health and spirituality, how conservatism nevertheless progresses, social media, libertarianism, and more!

Jesse Walker is books editor of Reason magazine. He has written on topics ranging from pirate radio to copyright law to political paranoia, and he is author of the books Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America (New York University Press, 2001) and The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory (HarperCollins, 2013).

Links:

Social Media notjessewalker

Personal Blog https://jessewalker.blogspot.com/

Reason Magazine https://reason.com/people/jesse-walker/

How the Political Spectrum Turned Inside Out https://reason.com/2024/10/26/how-the-political-spectrum-turned-inside-out/

The United States of Paranoia https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-united-states-of-paranoia-jesse-walker?variant=40969915727906

0:00:31 Intro

0:07:00 Health, Welness, and Religion

0:18:52 Social Conservative Evolution

0:20:19 Crises and the Political Spectrum

0:27:38 Donald Trump's Ideology

0:29:30 Predictions

0:40:42 Movies

0:45:23 Immigration and Xenophobia

0:49:29 Libertarian Culture Wars

0:54:39 Ron Paul

0:58:30 United States of Paranoia

1:03:23 Alex Jones

1:07:09 Lighting Round

1:19:04 Cappuccino

1:19:45 Media Recommendations

1:20:22 Social Media

1:31:00 Conclusion

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For NSP 62 we spoke with Natasha Lennard about journalism, the 2024 U.S. election, state-cautious communism, and more!

Natasha Lennard is a columnist for The Intercept, and her work has appeared in The Nation, Bookforum, and Dissent, among others. She is the associate director of the Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism program at The New School. She is the author of “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life" (Verso Books). She is working on her next book, on how we might better conceptualize uncertainty and certainty, also for Verso.

Links:

Personal Site https://natashalennard.com/

The Intercept https://theintercept.com/staff/natasha-lennard/

Being Numerous https://www.versobooks.com/products/863-being-numerous

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For NSP 61 we spoke with Christopher Coyne about the economics or warmaking. We also discussed the boomerang effect, pacifism, revolution, and libertarian anarchism.

Christopher J. Coyne is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University, the Associate Director of the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center, and the Director of the Initiative for the Study of a Stable Peace (ISSP) through the Hayek Program. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and a Non-resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute. Coyne serves as the Co-Editor of The Review of Austrian Economics and of The Independent Review.

Chris is the editor of The Legacy of Robert Higgs (2024, Mercatus Center), and the author or co-author of How to Run Wars: A Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite (2024, Independent Institute), In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace (2022, Independent Institute), Manufacturing Militarism: U.S. Government Propaganda in the War on Terror (2021, Stanford University Press), Tyranny Comes Home: The Domestic Fate of U.S. Militarism (2018, Stanford University Press), and many more.

Links:

Initiative for the Study of a Stable Peace https://www.stablepeace.com

F. A. Hayek Program https://www.mercatus.org/hayekprogram

How To Run Wars book https://www.independent.org/store/book.asp?id=145

The Legacy of Robert Higgs book https://www.mercatus.org/hayekprogram/research/books/legacy-robert-higgs

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