Pod Damn America

Jake and Jamie discuss friend of the show Kim Stanley Robinson's 2020 Climate Fiction masterpiece Ministry For The Future and engage in some COMRADELY criticism (we love you, Stan) JAMIE PECK @jamie_elizabeth https://linktr.ee/jamiepeck PARTY GIRLS https://www.patreon.com/PartyGirls https://www.youtube.com/@partygirlspod MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnameri...

We finally did it we finally let our discord mod do an episode. Strap in and learn about the Portuguese Carnation Revolution of 1974. ANTONIO CORREIA @SelfLoathingEgo https://bsky.app/profile/selfloathingego.bsky.social GARBAGE STATE https://bsky.app/profile/garbagestatepod.bsky.social HELP OUT JAMES https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-fund-james-recovery-from-serious-surgery?attribution_id=sl:8a6f26d...

Anders talks to author Malcolm Harris about his new book "What's Left? Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis." But first, Jake tells us about his trip to the Ren Fair and Anders talks about this weekend's massive Zohran rally in NYC. Malcolm's book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/malcolm-harris/whats-left/9780316577434/ See Anders in Jersey City 5/10: https://secure.actblue.com/donate...

This week we put on our thinking caps and read some theory with our pals AP Andy from The Antifada and Alex Collyard from comedy. ANDY GITTLITZ @baseprole @The_Antifada https://linktr.ee/gittlitz Alex Collyard @alexcollyard https://linktr.ee/AlexCollyard FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Drew Grant AKA Video Drew joins Jake to check in on the state of television in the year 2025. They discuss Black Mirror (season 7), Andor, Severance, and for reasons that will become apparent, Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. MILD SPOILERS for Black Mirror s7e1 and Severance s2, and I guess Frankenstein. VIDEO DREW @VideoDrew on everything MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.c...

We discuss the history of the Food and Drug Administration, snout to tail. Plus, why it is now being used to lower your precious sperm count. Also Jean-Luc Mélenchon! FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

&y & &ers smoke a joint and read Walter Benjamin's On the Concept of History Read along: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/benjamin/1940/history.htm Song: Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory For the full ep subscribe to our bonus feed at Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Marc William Palen, author of Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World joins us to discuss his book! MARC PALEN https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691199320/pax-economica?srsltid=AfmBOore-3IIb5YfVJszYhF4NMa1Witm7u3YS53bVsRlfpmJ8wxRBQv0 MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica PAID PROTEST MAY 2ND bit.ly/PAIDPROTESTMAY

Anders' Vanquished co-host Freddy G joins the show to discuss resistance hero Cory Booker's past as a "reformer" of the Newark school system when he was Mayor; a sordid history of austerity and privatization he now tries not to talk about. Check out the full episode on our bonus feed at Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Unfortunately this week we have to talk about politics and Bernie Sanders and AOC and stuff but it's the only way to get to what this episode is really about, which is who the hell is posting "let him cook" from the White House twitter account. Influencers, AI, tech freaks, campaigns, and getting the cops called on your drunk ass: This week we talk about an ominous tech startup that for some reaso...

It's another theory ep! If you don't like that, too bad! This week we talk about Peter Kropotkin, his book The Conquest of Bread, and anarcho communism in general. Gentleman, lets conquest that bread etc. Also tariffs, aesexuals, JK Rowling, Elon, facebook, trucks, needing trucks, etc. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

We are joined by Eric King, author of A Clean Hell: Anarchy and Abolition in America’s Most Notorious Dungeon, to talk about how he ended up in ADX, America's highest level supermax prison, and how he survived and eventually got free. ERIC KING @supportericking @pmpress A CLEAN HELL: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1872 listeners can get a 20% discount with coupon code: HELL20 PDA...

We talk about this Abundance book that the freaking libs are hollering about. Plus Corey Booker, the millennial pause, tariffs, and other nonsense of the week FULL EP AT patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss Frantz Fanon's seminal work on decolonization, The Wretched of the Earth, as well as pikachu. CUOMO ROAST NYC https://dice.fm/partner/silo-brooklyn-llc/event/avo57v-paid-protest-the-roast-of-andrew-cuomo-4th-apr-silo-community-new-york-city-tickets?dice_id=5592486&dice_channel=web&dice_tags=organic&dice_campaign=SILO+Brooklyn+LLC&dice_feature=mio_marketing&_branch_match_id=1360481265611...

We discuss the Atlantic editor's nightmare blunt rotation group chat fiasco and also the recently declassified CIA documents that prove once and for all not much really FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Jake goes to Mexico City to learn the story of Mexico's anarchist past. He meets a dog and a cat. NYC CUOMO ROAST https://bit.ly/Cuomoroast MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We continue the St. Paddy's Week theme with some discussion of the Irish rap group/movie Kneecap, then Anders digs into the state of Sinn Fein and a really interesting essay on what it would take to unite Ireland, as well as how desirable one Irish Republic really is after all. Article: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/irish-unification-2024-sheehan

We talk to civil rights attorney Keegan Stephan about the Mahmoud Khalil case and what it portends for the U.S. Palestine solidarity movement. But first, Cuck Schumer caves to the MAGA budget and Anders digs up some interesting stories about his...imaginary friends. Subscribe to our bonus feed for full episode catalog at Patreon.com/Poddamnamerica Vanquished Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.co...

Andrew Cuomo has announced his candidacy for mayor of New York City and Anders Lee is mad as hell about it. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Labor Studies Professor and author of We Are The Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big joins us to talk about labor organizing! ERIC BLANC EWOC: www.workerorganizing.org Become a salt: bit.ly/saltnow Support federal workers: go.savepublicservices.com My new book: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/we-are-the-union/paper (Listeners can get a 50% discount by putting...

Maxelle Talena from Dysphoria joins us to discuss the top shortage and whether political economy can be applied to people not wanting to fuck each other. All wealth is created by the bottom class, etc. MAXELLE TALENA @MaxelleTalena on twitter @Maxelle_Talena on IG https://www.maxelletalena.com/ DYSPHORIA https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dysphoria/id1588672792 MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.co...

Inspired by our guest this week (Chill Goblin)'s excellent video on the man who is currently lying about having invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos, we decided to try to figure out who invented Mountain Dew: Baja Blast, and in the process, learned some DISTURBING things. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Video essayist Chill Goblin joins us to talk JFK, Epstein, Clinton, pizza gate, and more! CHILL GOBLIN https://www.youtube.com/c/ChillGoblin https://www.patreon.com/ChillGoblin @Chill_Goblin MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica PAID PROTEST 3/7 bit.ly/PAIDPROTESTMAR

Anders reads from Adam Tooze's The Wages of Destruction to answer the pervasive question: is fascism when government? But first, is it illegal to jack off in Mississippi? Jake investigates. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

We discuss Trump's BORDER CZAR, Tom Homan, and the various AI programs that the surveillance inudstrial complex is contracting out to the government to determine your THREAT LEVEL. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica YOUTUBE youtube.com/poddamnamerica