The Order of Things

The Order of Things

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The Order of Things episodes

  • McMindfulness - Ron Purser
    How mindfulness became the new capitalist spirituality.
    More info on "McMindfulness": http://bit.ly/2MUj96G
    Alec on Twitter: bit.ly/2Dta2Er
    Host: Alec Opperman
    Logo Design: Shane Lessa
    Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks
    42 min
  • Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism - Kristen Ghodsee
    Is capitalism ruining our sex lives? Kristen Ghodsee unpacks the mountains of data about people's sex lives in and outside of socialist governments.
    More info on "Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism": http://bit.ly/2xaJUuD
    Alec on Twitter: bit.ly/2Dta2Er
    Host: Alec Opperman
    Logo Design: Shane Lessa
    Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks
    1 hr 4 min
  • The Secret Drugging of Captive America - Anthony Ryan Hatch
    Are antidepressants and other drugs being used to control prisoners? In nursing homes? We talk to Anthony Ryan Hatch about his book "Silent Cells," where he documents the use of psychotropic drugs in and outside of the American prison system.
    More info on "Silent Cells": http://bit.ly/2Ibf5fs
    Alec on Twitter: bit.ly/2Dta2Er
    Host: Alec Opperman
    Logo Design: Shane Lessa
    Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks
    1 hr 14 min
  • Why Pessimism? - Joseph Packer
    Is life a good thing? Joseph Packer discusses the pessimist tradition and its recently intrusions into pop culture.
    More info on "A Feeling of Wrongness": http://bit.ly/2H8jnnz
    Alec on Twitter: bit.ly/2Dta2Er
    Host: Alec Opperman
    Logo Design: Shane Lessa
    Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks
    40 min
  • The PlayStation Dreamworld - Alfie Bown
    We talk with Professor Alfie Bown about video games, technology and politics.
    Follow Alec on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Dta2Er
    Alfie on the Guardian: https://bit.ly/2XBecl5
    The PlayStation Dreamworld:
    http://bit.ly/2XDfxYV
    In the Event of Laughter:
    http://bit.ly/2vmtHBj
    Logo Design: Shane Lessa
    Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks
    Host: Alec Opperman
    49 min
  • Radical Happiness - Lynne Segal
    Lynne Segal discusses the societal obsession with happiness, the merits of collective joy, and aging.
    "Radical Happiness: Moments of Collective Joy": http://bit.ly/2TY8uMi
    "Out of Time: The Pleasures and Perils of Aging": http://bit.ly/2OmeEAA
    Host: Alec Opperman
    Logo Design: Shane Lessa
    Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks
    47 min
  • Democracy and the Decline of Reason - Will Davies
    We talk with Professor Will Davies about the invention of the expert and their recent decline.
    More info about "Nervous States: Democracy and the Decline of Reason" here: https://bit.ly/2ESCmzU
    Logo Design: Shane Lessa
    Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks
    Host: Alec Opperman
    44 min

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A look at the ideas and histories that structure the world around us.