The Solecast

The debut episode of "The Institute For Post American Studies," is with Mckenzie Wark on her new-ish book "Capital is Dead." We mostly discuss how the economy has changed under the guidance of silicon valley and exacerbated by the pandemic. We discuss a range of subjects from the book and some in depth analysis of the present.

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This project is no longer going to be on the Solecast feed... if you wanna hear our episodes subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!  Our first episode we dropped today is with Ben Falk, author of "The Resilient Homestead" on Chelsea Green. 

And The Solecast is now The Institute For Post American Studies

Erda makes emo inspired rap music with an anarchist bent. Their music expresses both the existential angst of our epoch and the spirit of resistance. Based out of NY, Erda has a background in various genres of music, and this lends itself to a very unique aesthetic and approach to hip-hop. In this conversation we talk about bridging the personal with the worldly, Erda's background with farming and permaculture and life under the algorithm. In this episode we open it up with a recent track, "Riot 2" and close it with an unreleased jam called "The Skyline Would Look So Beautiful On Fire." Uou can follow Erda on Twitter, Instagram, Spotify and Bandcamp.

In this episode of the solecast I sit down with a crimethinc participant. I view crimethinc as some of my favorite philosophers of “anarchy,” with no adjectives. Throughout the pandemic their instincts have been spot on so I’m excited to share this conversation. We start off by discussing how we, along with hundreds of other anarchists and anti-fascists were banned from facebook, what the broader implications of it are and what can be done about it. We talk about the the importance of building up new anti-capitalist digital infrastructure, and how we can think about restructuring an anti-capitalist society. The ideas of civil war is critiques and the concept of revolution addressed. This conversation covers a lot of ground, for me the main takeaway is how high the stakes truly are.

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Music: Sole & DJ Pain 1 "Plague Days"

An in depth discussion with Scott Crow, co-founder of Common Ground Relief Effort in New Orleans, scott is also an author, musician and a spokesperson for the Agency collective.  We talk about how anarchist strategies and ideas have evolved in the context of the pandemic.  We discuss how dramatically daily life has changed, its near-term and future implications and the multiple overlapping crisis' we face. We talk about the limitations and promises of mutual aid & self defense practices in the Coronavirus Era, and how these practices have spread from Hurricane Katrina to the present situation.   

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Photo Credit: Rino Pizzi

Music: 800 Star Constellation (Televangel Winter of 63 Remix) [feat. Kerri Atwood]