Episodes

War At Ground Level: A Discussion About Experiencing the War in Ukraine 19.09.2025 1:08:43

The war in Ukraine is often, like many conflicts, discussed through the lens of foreign policy and the interests of these entities that we call states. This is not the framing that we simply inherit from media, it is one that the Left globally has embraced just as thoroughly as liberals and conservatives. Discussions become... Read Full Article

Big Beautiful Social War: Six Months Into Trump 2.0 24.07.2025 2:13:39

On this episode of The Beautiful Idea, we speak with several authors and organizers, marking six months into the second Trump administration coming to power. During our multiple discussions, we look at the recent deployment of the military into Los Angeles, CA, the ramping up of ICE raids and arrests across the US, and the passing of... Read Full Article

Self-Managed Medication Abortion: Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It 01.07.2025 1:07:01

For as long as people have been getting pregnant, they’ve also been figuring out how to get un-pregnant. A self-managed abortion (SMA) is when a person ends their pregnancy outside of the formal medical system. Most often, self-managed abortions are done as “medication abortions” — abortions induced by medication. In this episode of The Beautiful... Read Full Article

ICE Melts as Streets Erupt, Revolt at Delaney Hall Migrant Prison, UW Campus Occupation Against War Profiteers 24.06.2025 2:05:11

Welcome back to The Beautiful Idea. So much has happened since we started to put this episode together. We’ve got a lot to cover, so let’s not waste any time and dive right into it! On today’s episode, first we present a interview with an organizer on the recent “Statelessness” conference that took place in Evansville,... Read Full Article

International Solidarity Movement Volunteers Speak on Building Solidarity in the West Bank 23.05.2025 1:14:52

In this conversation, we speak with two recent International Solidarity Movement (ISM) volunteers about their experiences accompanying Palestinians in the West Bank. International Solidarity Movement is an initiative based in Palestine that enables international volunteers to physically accompany Palestinians facing harassment and attacks from the Israeli occupation. We discuss what everyday resis...

A Discussion on “InterRebellium” with subMedia 04.05.2025 51:13

Join us as we sit down with members of the subMedia collective to discuss their upcoming series InterRebellium. In this conversation we run down the history of subMedia, beginning in the 90s rave scene, the development of anarchist media in the first 25 years of this century, and what the future holds. Finally we discuss... Read Full Article

Tearing Into It: A Conversation with Dean Spade 27.04.2025 1:17:58

Dean Spade is the author of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis and the Next, and Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law. Well known for highlighting the ways that mutual aid can be a direct response to societal needs as well as a transformative practice that shifts our... Read Full Article

People Hit the Streets As Trump’s Trade War Heats Up 17.04.2025 2:08:55

Welcome back to The Beautiful Idea! We’re excited to bring you a jam-packed show today and we have some amazing content planned, so be sure to subscribe to the show and follow us on Mastodon and BlueSky. In today’s episode, we feature: An interview with an organizer for the recent Florida Abolitionist Gathering. A participant... Read Full Article

The Murder of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi and the Future of International Solidarity 09.04.2025 1:21:02

On September 6th of last year, 26 year old University of Washington graduate Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi was shot and killed by IDF soldiers while doing accompaniment in the West Bank of Palestine with International Solidarity Movement (ISM). In this episode, we speak with a friend of Ayşenur’s who had travelled to the West Bank to... Read Full Article

Trump, the Tech-Right, and the Post-Neoliberal Order 14.03.2025 1:43:05

In this episode of The Beautiful Idea, we present an interview with author Jamie Merchant, author of Engame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline and numerous articles at The Brooklyn Rail. Merchant argues that we have entered a post-neoliberal age, with both Trump and Biden abandoning many of the touch-stones of corporate globalization that defined the... Read Full Article

Abolish Rent: A Discussion with Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilch from the the LA Tenants Union 07.03.2025 1:05:37

In this episode of The Beautiful Idea, we speak with Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis, two tenant organizers in Los Angeles, CA, involved in the Los Angeles Tenant Union (LATU), and co-authors of the new book, Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis. From the publisher: “Rent drives millions into debt, despair, and... Read Full Article

The Long Emergency: A Discussion With Adam Greenfield 27.02.2025 1:04:43

Welcome back to The Beautiful Idea, a new project from a collective of several anarchist and autonomous media producers scattered around the world. We’re bringing you interviews and stories from the front-lines of autonomous social movements and struggles, as well as original commentary and analysis. In this episode we sit down with Adam Greenfield, author... Read Full Article