The UltraViolet Podcast

The UltraViolet Podcast

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The UltraViolet Podcast episodes

  • UV1 - Race & Joyful Revolution with Professor Flowers

    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

    1 hr 29 min
  • UV4 - Forgive and Forget | Can Nazis Change?

    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

    23 min
  • UV3 - It's Going to Happen Again: An Open Letter to a Liberal American

    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

     

    58 min
  • UV2 - Capital Punishment

    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 

    11 min
  • UV1 - A Different Kind of Social Distance

    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 

    54 min
  • Update on Wearing Masks
    Just a quick update on the newest information coming out about wearing masks. You can find the whole article that I reference here: https://tinyurl.com/vusggqb
    TL;DR: Wear a goddamn mask.
    4 min
  • Coping with COVID-19
    An in-depth look at COVID-19 and how you, the individual, can manage this coming global health crisis while we, the species, find hope for the future in a changing world. References can be found in the show-notes on the website: https://reasoningaloud.org/coping-with-covid-19  [corrections: Expected deaths for UK are 250,000, not 25,000. Man the Hunter Symposium was held in 1966, not 1969.] UPDATE: https://youtu.be/ikNIElzAL30 TL;DR: Wear a goddamn mask.
    58 min

About The UltraViolet Podcast

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Hey there folks, Mark Edwards here. I'm a writer, a vlogger, and retired paramedic. Each episode I sit down with a new guest to talk about their area of expertise and use that to learn more about the…