Detailing the true egalitarian, working-class history of the golden age of piracy with historian Marcus Rediker.

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Marcus’ Website:
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A ‘history from below’ reading list w/ Marcus
https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/activism-solidarity/history-from-below-a-reading-list-with-marcus-rediker/

Theme song by Spam Risk
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We are joined by Madeline Lane-McKinley to talk about the intersections between comedy and utopianism, the world of stand-up comedy and the tendency towards domination-centered comedy, using comedy to escape work, and the importance of play.

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https://www.commonnotions.org/comedy-against-work

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In this freewheeling BONUS conversation, the wrong boys talk about Aaron being a mobile gamer, Shawn’s reaction to playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (2), fascism in video game culture, the term “fashy” and a number of other related subjects. 

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In this 2021 installment of Platforms of Freedom, we try to think through what the most important apps might be in a library socialist future

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In this brand new sketch episode, we follow Jelcinda, the personal lawyer of an embattled and controversial Santa Claus, as she discovers the true meaning of christmas. Thanks for listening to our show this year, and we’ll be back in 2023 with more wonderful beautiful content for you, you wonderful and beautiful person!

Thank you Dan Warren and Dopecreature for their original musical contributions to this episode!!

We are re-launching our patreon-exclusive Revolution Series, with this continuation of our look at the Haitian revolution, and how the slave revolts led to the end of slavery.

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In this UNLOCKED bonus episode, Aaron and Shawn think through what a democratic social technology might look like, building on concepts from social ecology and tools on existing digital platforms.

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In the new BONUS episode of SRSLY WRONG, and 3rd in the Q&A series, Aaron and Shawn respond to YouTube comments that are hostile to Library Socialism, looking for slivers of genius.

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In our second Library Socialism Q&A we are answering all of your food-related questions! How do we librarify food? What will Utopian food production look like? Should we abolish restaurants? Grocery Stores? Listen to find out!

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In this brand spanking new episode of SRSLY WRONG, Shawn and Aaron talk about ‘twitter voice’, being a jerk on the internet, what ‘cringe’ is, strategies for introverts at parties, whether or not a podcast is a party, the pejorification of ‘blue check’, Elon Musk, and other oddities, fascinations, or observations.

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