Unregistered with Thaddeus Russell

If you’ve been missing political journalism that is skeptical of the use and abuse of power on both sides of the political aisle, then you’re going to love Conor Friedersdorf. Conor is a journalist and a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is also the founding editor of The Best of Journalism, which is a … Continue reading Episode 16: Conor Friedersdorf →

For this week’s episode of Unregistered I invite Brett Veinotte to my home in Oregon. Brett is the host and editor of the School Sucks Project. The School Sucks Project is a weekly podcast and web community dedicated to exposing the damaging effects of government school. Brett has spent more than 10 years working in private … Continue reading Episode 15: Brett Veinotte →

Mohamad Chaghlil is a Syrian refugee currently living in the United States. He was born in Damascus and lived there his entire life until he fled to Jordan in 2012. He was granted refugee status by the United Nations and came to America in December 2016. Before fleeing the Syrian Civil War he worked at … Continue reading Episode 14: Mohamad Chaghlil →

In this episode of Unregistered I debate Heather Mac Donald over the question of America’s high incarceration rate. Heather is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor to New York’s City Journal. She holds a B.A. and M.A. in English and earned her J.D. from Stanford University Law School. … Continue reading Episode 13: Debate with Heather Mac Donald →

Michael Tracey is a journalist, Twitter star, and investigative reporter for The Young Turks. He was previously a columnist for VICE, covering both the 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns. He’s also been a contributor to New York Daily News, The Daily Beast, The American Conservative, The Nation, Rolling Stone, Current Affairs, and many other publications.

In this first “Ask Me Anything” episode I answer questions from Unregistered Listeners, mostly taken from The Unregistered Underground Facebook group. The topics range from Postmodernism and Freud vs. Foucault all the way to video games. You can become a member of The Unregistered Underground Facebook group and join the conversation by becoming a supporting … Continue reading Episode 11: Ask Me Anything →

Conner Habib has performed in nearly 200 gay adult films. But he also founded a punk rock record label, studied organismic and evolutionary biology and creative writing in graduate school, taught college English courses, worked as a sex workers’ rights activist, and published essays in dozens of print and online publications, including The Stranger, Vice, Salon, and Slate. … Continue reading Episode 10: Conner Habib →

Reviewers have called it “stellar,” “riveting,” “magic,” and “freaking good.” I agree. Rebecca Schiff’s The Bed Moved is the best thing I’ve read in a long time. In this conversation she inspired me to reveal things about myself, and our relationship, that I never thought I would. Rebecca’s stories have appeared in n+1, Electric Literature, The American … Continue reading Episode 9: Rebecca Schiff →

Michael A. Wood Jr. is a former Police Sergeant for the Baltimore Police Department. He was also a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. He was injured in the line of duty and then became an author. He wrote Promotional Handbook Guide for Police / Law Enforcement and also the fiction novel Eliot. He is the … Continue reading Episode 8: Michael A. Wood Jr. →

Anna Arrowsmith (aka Anna Span) is a pornographer and a professor of gender and sexuality studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She began directing pornographic films after graduating from Central St Martin’s School of Art with a B.A. Honors in Fine Art (Film & Video) in 1998. She was the 2007/8 and 2008/9 Best … Continue reading Episode 7: Anna Arrowsmith →