Mortified Penguin

Agora: The Podcast

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Your home for agorism, localism, radical decentralization, and anti-authoritarian concepts.

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Mortified Penguin

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Jan 6, 2026

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Episodes

Agora #39: Aouei 01.03.2022

Self-described Christian anarchist Aouei joins us to talk about religion & liberation, morality, the afterlife, and a lot more.

Agora #38: Prison Abolition with Ali 23.02.2022

Ali (formerly on Twitter as @alijilltn) joins us to talk about prison abolition, criminal justice, transformative justice, and a lot more. 

Agora #37: Localist Agriculture 16.02.2022

A twitter thread recently went viral discussing a radical decentralizing of food production. The hosts discuss the concepts and the feasibility of local food production versus economies of scale and mass distribution, and what makes sense and what doesn't, now and going forward.

Agora #36: Stateless Med 01.02.2022

Stateless Med, a libertarian anarchist physician, joins us to talk about the multiple crises of healthcare and modern medicine, the history of health care, health care co-ops, allopathic versus osteopathic medicine, and much more.

Neighborhood Power -- Part 2 31.01.2022

An audiobook recording of "Neighborhood Power" by David Morris and Karl  Hess. The authors lay out a vision of a new, libertarian political  economy marked by localism, ground-up cooperation, and the re-imagining  of work and production.

Neighborhood Power -- Part 1 30.01.2022

An audiobook recording of "Neighborhood Power" by David Morris and Karl Hess. The authors lay out a vision of a new, libertarian political economy marked by localism, ground-up cooperation, and the re-imagining of work and production.

Agora #35: Frank Miroslav 25.01.2022

Frank Miroslav (a.k.a. mutual_ayyde) joins us to talk about his projects, including two new articles that he's working on. One is concerning anarchists understanding and embracing public choice economics, which leads to a great discussion about public choice, the left ceding economics to the right, and marxist tendencies shaping leftist attitudes on the state generally. The second is on the develo...

Agora #34: Kevin Carson 17.01.2022

The legendary Kevin Carson joins us to discuss his newest work, "Exodus", and his current work-in-progress on the state. We then discuss a variety of topics including Kevin's thoughts on a two-pronged praxis, municipalism, distributed production, transition to post-capitalism, and a lot more. If you're at all familiar with Kevin's works or are a fan of this podcast, since we owe a lot of ideas to...

Agora #33: Glitterbombed, Part Deux 16.01.2022

We welcome anarchist activist Logan Marie Glitterbomb back onto the podcast to discuss her recent activities and organizing with Coup de Gras and with the Center for a Stateless Society. We discuss gradualism and dual power in contrast with armed, popular revolt or direct action. Tune in for this exciting conversation.

Agora #32: CTRLPew 12.01.2022

CTRLPew joins us to talk about -- exactly what you'd expect: 3D printing, DIY firearms, 3D-printed guns. An exciting and in-depth discussion with a legend in the DIY world.

Agora #31: Purposeful Compliance, Self-Employment, Wage Labor, and Anti-Civ 05.01.2022

The title really says it all. Sek and Penguin have a fruitful discussion on Sek's article on purposeful and principled compliance with government, and the other topics listed here, that often come up in liberty-oriented circles of all types.

Agora #30: Economic Statism and Choice 20.12.2021

Sek and Penguin break down some arguments about the benefits and costs of the dominant economic paradigm and the constraints of choice imposed on consumers and working people. We take a libertarian view of the good, the bad, and the ugly of industrialization, capitalism, and consumerism, and give our honest assessments about what we'd take and what we'd leave.

Agora #29: Felix Sanchez 13.12.2021

Felix Sanchez a.k.a. rockyMTchaos, joins us to talk libertarian politics, the futility of electoralism, preparedness, planning, organization, and mutual aid. We're building alternative modes of resistance and the fusion of liberty & community, and we want you to join the conversation.

Agora #28: Return of the Sovryn 08.12.2021

Bryan Sovryn joins us for a third appearance, where we have a fun conversation about the nature of property, "self-ownership" versus "self-stewardship", philosophy, the possibility of the developement of artifical general intelligence, and a lot more.

Agora #27 with Derrick Broze 04.12.2021

Hey guys, we're back with an exciting conversation with Derrick Broze, who is fresh off of his latest tour. We talk about what he's been up to and the topics we do best: autonomy, decentralism, and localism.

Episode 26: "Greg Doud" 22.11.2021

Greg Doud of the Meadows and Makers Podcast joins us to talk homesteading, agorism, technology, and societal change. We talk about his story and the societal changes he's seen locally, as we discuss the future of our praxis-heavy way of thinking, building, and cooperating.

Episode 25: "Dr. Michael Laufer" 15.11.2021

The Agora Podcast features arguably its most dangerous guest yet. Dr. Michael Laufer has the goal of bringing the production of medicinal compounds and other forms of healthcare to the world of distributed production and the personal level. And as a member of the Four Thieves Vinegar Collective, he's doing just that.

Episode 24: "Agorist Delivery" 08.11.2021

Dharma and Silas Soule join the hosts to have a fruitful discussion on the progress, possibilities, and potential pitfalls of an agorist delivery community.

Episode 23: "Class Theory" 23.10.2021

Sek and Penguin sit down and talk agorist class theory, conspiracy theories, elites, class consciousness, the meaning of politics, and a lot more!

Episode 22: "Sovryn Strikes Back" 18.10.2021

Brian Sovryn joins the boys again for another talk about technology and creating alternative, agoric services.

Community Technology -- An Audiobook 15.10.2021

Sek Mcgora has sat down and recorded an audio book version of Karl Hess' work, "Community Technology". The book was written in 1979 and details Hess' experiences with left-localist projects in an attempt to create a self-sufficient neighborhood community in the D.C. neighborhood of Adams Morgan, as well as his vision of future localist movements and how they could claim and reclaim political power...

Episode 21: "What is Property? ...Who Really Cares?" 10.10.2021

The hosts finally get down and talk property. A lot. We go into the theory and the practical implications of property in a free "society".

Episode 20: "Against the Empire" 04.10.2021

Okay, this one is epic... Sek and Penguin sit down to talk about the End the Damn Wars rally, the future of peace activism, countering state propaganda, the cold war with China, jingoism, distributed production, police, and a lot more.

Episode 19: "Resonance & K-sizzle Talk Chemistry" 20.09.2021

Today we're joined by Resonance and K-sizzle, two legit chemists, who drop some chemistry knowledge for us lay people... very much in the agorist vein.

Episode 18: "Return of Rayo" 14.09.2021

Rayo, a.k.a. Shane of the Vonu Podcast and P.A.Z.N.I.A. drops by again to talk with us about the upcoming Vonu Fest, foraging, fungi, different Vonu strategies for different locales, and a lot more. 

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