Audio From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Danielle Moodie and I were both champing at the bit for this one. In this episode of The Check-In we discuss processing both the joy of the Midterm Landslide and the need to remain focused and fight for change and power within the Democratic Party and beyond. We get into the desperate need to unseat Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, the dangers of simply believing it’s inevitable they will lead t...

Woof. I was writing up an extremely lengthy edition of Dispatches Mailbag and the news with Haley Stevens kept changing. Eventually, faced with it, I abandoned roughly 4,000 words and decided I needed to do it live. So, here’s a video of me answering your questions, including the question of what Haley Stevens is up to, the future of both the Democratic and Republican Parties following Tuesday’s M...

I’ve been wanting to sit down with Anand Giridharadas for a long, long time, and the release of his book Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City was the perfect opportunity. We used the book, which is an amazing look at the 2023 killing of Jordan Neely on the New York City subway, to discuss the myriad problems of the moment, including perceived polarization, how autho...

My friend Danielle Moodie and I could’ve gone a lot longer than our usual hour here. We start with the obvious corruption being carried out by people like Jared Kushner and the acceptance of criminals like Flávio Bolsonaro and what that says about the present state of America, but from then it turns into a long conversation about how capitalism and its many influences has groomed us our entire liv...

My friend and co-host Danielle Moodie wasn’t feeling great this week, so we started this episode discussing how capitalism disincentivizes us from taking care of ourselves and the climate of “optimization,” which keeps us disconnected from ourselves, our lives, and our bodies. It really went places after that and I think, personally, this ended up being one of the best episodes we’ve done. I hope...

My friend Danielle Moodie invited me on Democracy-Ish, the show she hosts with THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali and I was happy to fill in. Whole hosts of things we get into here, from the populist uprisings against fascism and capitalism around the world to the continued normalization of all this madness by media and political superstructures. Loved going on and if you enjoy it, Danielle and I will...

Today’s Check-In got hot. Danielle Moodie and I started with the news that Elon Musk has once again used Starlink to unilaterally change the course of the war in Ukraine (expect an article addressing this and the terror of an oligarchical-controlled war we must avoid soon) and how it reveals just how disturbingly and wrongly powerful the oligarchs have become and the self-evident fact that capital...

On today’s episode of The Check-In , my friend Danielle Moodie and I discussed the turbulent moment in which we’re feeling the tides changing and that constant dread that we’re both being surveilled and sized up for oppression. This was a conversation that I felt touched on a lot of things that I’ve been feeling and maybe haven’t been able to express, and I thank Danielle and everyone who tuned in...

Whew. Today’s episode of The Check-In is a lot. Danielle Moodie and I sit down to talk about the rampant abuses and tragedies that are piling up and the inherent rage we feel, as well as how the entire system of capitalist exploitation functions and is fueled by acts of oppression and abuse. This was a necessary one and I thank everyone who came out and watched and listened. I hope it finds you we...

I went live today with questions from you, the reader, and it was a good time. I got into the weeds on the unconscious motivations driving our politics, the importance of looking beyond Donald Trump when trying to understand what’s going on, how our social media and technology could change if we held the tech oligarchs accountable, jailed them, and actually regulated things, the need for hobbies a...

Went on THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali on Friday to discuss the conditions that are starting to solidify with everything from authoritarian capture, failures by the Democratic Party, and what we can learn from history about where we’re heading if we don’t change course. Dispatches From A Collapsing State receives no corporate funding, no under-the-table dark money contributions. This is a complete...

This was an important conversation for me. My friend Danielle Moodie and I discuss the heartbreak that comes with living in an authoritarian, white supremacist society, and how maintaining the ability to feel the sadness and anger stemming from constant brutality and tragedy is part of the secret to surviving and, ultimately, defeating this grotesque system. I hope it helps wherever you are and wh...

This is a crossover episode from The Muckrake Podcast . I wanted to record something that set the table as to the plethora of breaking news stories and connected the dots from geopolitical and domestic chaos to show the agenda intended to destroy liberal democracy and create a neo-feudal authoritarian state. There is so much happening and I just wanted everyone to get on the same page and also off...

On this episode of The Check-In , I talk with my friend Danielle Moodie about all the increasing signs of American collapse, including our loss of allies and a parade of self-inflicted mistakes and abuses, and the feeling of grief surrounding them. We get into how people must sit with these feelings, process them, go over their own lives and actions, all in an effort to reject the standard, destru...

On this episode of The Check-In , my friend Danielle Moodie and I get into the ongoing myth of inevitability around AI, a technology that even those inventing it admit could destroy us as a species. We get into how it is robbing us of our humanity and our imagination, creating the perfect environment for the colonization of our minds and our lives, and how we need to recognize that our fates depen...

Well, I’m sick as a dog and this week has kicked my ass, but I still wanted to sit down with my friend Danielle Moodie and knock out this newest episode of The Check-In . Here, we talk about the long overdue recognition that the Democratic Party is captured opposition and the reckoning that follows. I’m going to get hydrated and rest up. I’ll post a mailbag later in the week. I’ve got a bunch of q...

It is so nice to be back after a week spent out in the middle of the wilderness. Thank you for everyone who came out to watch my friend Danielle Moodie and I get back to the business of The Check-In . In this episode we start by discussing the breakdown of American systems, leaving us with the responsibility of learning how to take care of ourselves and re-learn skills we might have thought unnece...

Okay, here is the final section of today’s episode of The Check-In . What a nightmare technology is, but thank you for your patience and support. Dispatches From A Collapsing State is completely funded by paid subscribers. There’s no corporate support, no dark money under the table. If this project matters to you, please consider becoming a paid subscriber This is a public episode. If you'd like t...

Listen. Today’s edition of The Check-In with my friend Danielle Moodie was a technological disaster. Danielle is traveling and my internet is the worst. Danielle had to jump off and we couldn’t get her back, so we split this up into two streams. The conversation, I think, was important enough, so we’re going to go ahead and post them. The conversation is about the breakdown of public services and...

So, today’s episode of The Check-In is a doozy. Danielle Moodie and I talked about Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in the Michigan primary and, more specifically, the attempts by establishment Democrats and their superstructure to curb challenges from the left flank of the party. This is a discussion I’d like you to hear as things are about to get very, very contentious and ugly as members of the par...

Thank you Caro Henry , Mandy Ohman , Rarelightmare , George Thomas Clark , PJ Schuster , and many others for tuning into my live video with THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali ! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jaredyatessexton.substack.com/subscribe

Hey, everybody. Went live this Sunday afternoon with another edition of the Dispatches Mailbag. This is typically a subscriber-exclusive, but I open it up every now and then to give a preview. On this episode I answer your questions, including what we’re learning from the ugly primary race in Michigan where the Democratic Party is breaking glass in order to maintain control, a deeper-dive into my...

My friend Danielle Moodie is in travel hell, so on today’s episode we discussed the failing infrastructure of the United States, where decades of improvements and investment were delayed in the name of profit and, surprise surprise, things are starting to fall apart. This is a wide-ranging conversation on everything from the consequences of capitalism to wrestling with the repeated lies and manipu...

Another Wednesday, another episode of The Check-In . Today my friend Danielle Moodie and I get into a whole mess of things, including what to do with the anger and rage we feel toward the fascists and the enablers and the need to grow up and view politics as an adult as opposed to a spectacle, which helped get us into this mess. Necessary stuff, and I’m so grateful for Danielle and for everyone tu...

Thanks again for everyone who tunes in. I think Danielle Moodie and I both needed this episode today and I hope it helps with the feelings of anger and disillusionment we’re all feeling as this fetid, fascist environment continues. Hang in there. We’re going to win this fight if we choose to actually fight. Dispatches From A State depends entirely on your support. This project has no corporate bac...