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Sam speaks with Maximillian Alvarez. Maximillian is a teacher, writer, philosopher, agitator, a PhD candidate in both history and comparative literature, an unapologetic socialist, and also the host of “Working People.” In their conversation, Maximillian explains what he's learned from talking to working people, the common humanity we all share, and that maybe bad things happen not because of bad...

What consent-based ethics has to do with combat sports. And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them they're missing out. Also, rate and review us. Be detailed, and tell us about yourself and how you heard of us. This lets Apple and other podcasting apps know that they should be telling others about us. Support Southpaw on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod You...

Sam talks to journalist, activist, author, and parent, Dan Arel. They cover the FAQ of secular parenting in the US, atheism's old alliance with Left politics and anarchism, and atheism's new alliance with neoliberalism and the Far-Right. Find Parenting without God at: https://amzn.to/2FqZ16Y Find Dan at: https://www.danarel.com , on Twitter and Mastodon: @danarel, and on Facebook: @danarelblog Dan...

A technical analysis of Chan Sung Jung vs. Frankie Edgar, as well as a discussion on language barrier as an impediment to MMA progress. And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them they're missing out. Also, rate and review us. Be detailed, and tell us about yourself and how you heard of us. This lets Apple and other podcasting apps know that they should be telling other...

A technical analysis of combat sports, racism, and politics, all wrapped up into a single episode. UFC 245 Terence Crawford vs. Egidijus Kavaliauskas And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them they're missing out. Also, rate and review us. Be detailed, and tell us about yourself and how you heard of us. This lets Apple and other podcasting apps know that they should be...

Sam had the opportunity to speak with two members of Warrior Sisters, a nonprofit for empowerment-based, women-centered self-defense education. They discussed martial arts vs. self-defense, removing hierarchy from martial techniques, stereotypes of what self-defense is vs. evidence-based reality, creating an inclusive space, and how self-defense isn't always physical but about space, power dynamic...

Paul talks Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua 2, along with some other famous rematches. And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them they're missing out. Also, rate and review us. Be detailed, and tell us about yourself and how you heard of us. This lets Apple and other podcasting apps know that they should be telling others about us. Support Southpaw on Patreon: https://...

This week, Sam chats with Christian Perez. Christian is an adjunct professor of political science at Brookdale Community College and often lectures on the dangers of conspiracy theories. He's also the host of the Modernity and Absurdity podcast. Things Discussed - The dangers of even seemingly benign conspiracy theories and the harm of pseudoscience & alternative health (as gateways and toxic...

Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz met for the second time, and what was on the line was more than just belts. .And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them they're missing out. Also, rate and review us. Be detailed, and tell us about yourself and how you heard of us. This lets Apple and other podcasting apps know that they should be telling their other users about us. Suppor...

Sam and philosopher Austin Hayden (Wisecrack, Owls at Dawn, Inventing the Future) discuss everything, but all through the lens of Marx, existentialism, and MMA. It's a new look at the world, but one worth exploring. And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them they're missing out. Also, rate and review us. Be detailed, and tell us about yourself and how you heard of us....

Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, and Renan Barao are fighting to survive because fighting is all they know how to do. Whether brain health, mental health, struggling to make weight, or struggling with depression, fighting isn't just something they do, it defines who they are. And that's a problem that doesn't end with the bell. If you want to start fighting, there are unlimited resou...

Sam sits down with writer/artist Barry Deutsch (The Nib, Hereville , SuperButch, Lefty Cartoons, Ampersand) to talk about life as a cartoonist, the death of newspaper comics and the rise of the internet, drawing inspiration from boredom and frustration, on what makes good representation, and the mental gymnastics of centrists and the Intellectual Dark Web. Barry has been nominated for many awards,...

Sam sits down with philosopher & ethicist Aaron Rabinowitz to discuss ethics, martial arts, politics, I Heart Huckabees , The Good Place , Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance , and Dungeons & Dragons. It's an FAQ on ethics with lots of nerdy analogies. And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them they're missing out. Also, rate and review us. Be detailed, a...

UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz and Canelo vs. Kovalev—one night of fights, one BS BMF belt, and two different combat events. Every fight is a chapter in a story, every technique is a plot point, but what is the through line? This is a different kind of episode on combat sports, but it's the one you all need to hear. And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them they're missin...

How to spot a fascist. And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them they're missing out. Also, rate and review us. Be detailed, and tell us about yourself and how you heard of us. This lets Apple and other podcasting apps know that they should be telling their other users about us. Support Southpaw on Patreon to get access to bonus content, transcripts, and more: https:/...

We look at the mud fight that was Demian Maia vs. Ben Askren. And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them they're missing out. Also, rate and review us. Be detailed, and tell us about yourself and how you heard of us. This lets Apple and other podcasting apps know that they should be telling their other users about us. Support Southpaw on Patreon: https://www.patreon.co...

Sam sits down with Captain Jack AKA Jack Sullivan of Captain Jack's Armbar Emporium to discuss how independent and Japanese pro wrestling made wrestling cool again and how now there are two new rivals to the WWE: AEW and New Japan. It's everything the lapsed fan needs to catch up on pro wrestling. And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them they're missing out. Also, ra...

We look at Dominick Reyes (who we've been mentioning for the past year as a future challenger to Jon Jones), fighting Chris Weidman (who we talked about in detail in Fight Study 12: Is the UFC Killing Fighters like Chris Weidman?), then it's the much anticipated rematch of Yair Rodriguez vs. Jeremy Stephens, then it's a prospect eliminator in Maycee Barber vs. Gillian Robertson. And if you love th...

Sam sits down with Johnny Nguyen of ExpertBoxing, one of the oldest online boxing resource for videos and instructionals. We dig into his past as well pick his brain about all things boxing. This is the boxing FAQ for novice boxers as well as people who are involved in MMA and other arts who want to improve their striking. And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them the...

In this episode, we seamlessly blend MMA, historical, and political analyses as we cover Jedrzejczyk vs. Waterson, Dern vs. Ribas, the bad cornering and refereeing of Davis vs. Gifford, and Swanson vs. Gracie AKA the end of history and the last Gracie. And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them they're missing out. Also, rate and review us. Be detailed, and tell us abo...

Sam chats with Ed Kuehnel and Matt Entin (Suspicious Behavior Productions) to discuss their comic book "Invasion from Planet Wrestletopia," their love of pro wrestling, how they got into comic books, how they got into video games, and how they got into movie writing. They have lived the fantasy of all nerds and are here on Southpaw to explain how they did it and what all "doing it" entails. And if...

Paul brings you his analysis of Robert Whittaker vs. Israel Adesanya. And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them they're missing out. Also, rate and review us. Be detailed, and tell us about yourself and how you heard of us. This lets Apple and other podcasting apps know that they should be telling their other users about us. Support Southpaw on Patreon: https://www.pa...

For the one-year anniversary special, Sam and Paul are being interviewed by their very first guest, Jonathan Cooke. Learn the Southpaw way of thinking about everything. And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them they're missing out. Also, rate and review us. Be detailed, and tell us about yourself and how you heard of us. This lets Apple and other podcasting apps know...

Paul covers Jack Hermansson vs. Jared Cannonier and also dives into the Thai-boxing journey of Khalil Rountree and whether a style can overcome gameplans. And if you love the show, tell your friends. Spread the word. Tell them they're missing out. Also, rate and review us. Be detailed, and tell us about yourself and how you heard of us. This lets Apple and other podcasting apps know that they shou...

Sam talks to meditation teacher and philosopher Alex Ferguson about how living through the New Zealand earthquakes brought him to mindfulness and how the mosque shootings brought up new questions from his students—like what do we do about Nazis. And throughout the episode we explore how mindfulness doesn't always make you a better person, sometimes it can make you a bigger jerk, a mindful dou...