On today’s episode we have our first ever interview guest, the wonderful Lua (aka Professor Flowers). We talk about race and racism in America, as well as the difficulties of talking about those things, debate vs conversation, deradicalizing white supremacists and the ethics of reintroducing them into leftist spaces, and the ethics of profiting on the creation of leftist content

In this episode I use my own history with addiction as a lens to examine the controversy surrounding integrating former white supremacists into leftist organizing spaces. Content warning:  addiction, drug use, violence, sexual assault, nazism, racism

An open letter to Liberal Americans about why the insurrection on January 6th was not an isolated incident, why events like it are going to keep happening, and what we can do about it. References on the website: www.reasoningaloud.org/happen-again Check out the organizing thread at: https://twitter.com/BlackSocialists/status/1269072449351618562

In light of the recent tragedy of the execution of Brandon Bernard, I use this episode to go over the most compelling reasons for why the institution of capital punishment should be abolished. References can be found on the website: https://reasoningaloud.org/capitalpunishment. Support me on: https://www.patreon.com/reasoningaloud, https://venmo.com/ReasoningAloud,  https://cash.app/$ReasoningAloud 

In this episode, I go over the different kinds of social distances that separate us from one another and how they not only affect our ability to tackle the problems that wrack our world, but how they can often prevent us from even recognizing those problems in the first place. References can be found on the website: https://reasoningaloud.org/a-different-kind-of-social-distance/.  Support me on: https://www.patreon.com/reasoningaloud, https://venmo.com/ReasoningAloud,  https://cash.app/$ReasoningAloud