Real Progressives

The Rogue Scholar

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This is where activism & education meet. Compelling guests and thoughtful takes. Weaponizing knowledge, one mind at a time.

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TRS: Monday Mood 15.05.2023 59:51

Alternative Realities on the Debt Limit and Paradigms. Debt Limit, what if it was a real thing and not a weapon of mass destruction? Stephanie (Bell) Kelton’s white paper: https://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/wp244.pdf #DebtCeiling #LearnMMT #Neoliberalism #SocialSecurity #Greenspan #PaulRyan #MintTheCoin #Bonds This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progr...

TRS: When the Levee Breaks (The Rise of Right Wing Authoritarianism) 10.05.2023 1:00:38

Look around you... Owning shitlibs is all the rage because... well... they are shitlibs who will sell you out in a second... but that is no excuse to turn to right wing crazy... We will discuss how fecklessness within the Democratic Party is creating a fastlane to right wing authoritarianism. #Fascism #Neoliberalism #LearnMMT #Austerity #Democrats #Biden #MintTheCoin This podcast is the pocket-siz...

TRS: Urgency without Agency 08.05.2023 40:21

If you have ever seen the movies "The Core" or "127 Hours" you get to feel that moment where you realize there is no one coming and that you have no time to pat yourself on the back for all the pain and suffering... You simply must act. Sadly, there is a belief that there are better things to do, and it kills progress. People who are unequally yoked. Unequally committed. Do you think James Franco'...

TRS: Can We At Least Agree on the Plumbing? 03.05.2023 58:14

Separating the inputs and outputs from an individual's desired outcome is of vital import. The plumbing of the system is the plumbing. The pipes work as the pipes work to route the throughput to wherever the system sends it. Now, consider your personal values and goals and plan the necessary steps to improve the situation. The results depend on the effort you put in. Modern Monetary Theory present...

TRS: Don't Be Cruel 28.04.2023 56:05

The Cruelty (and Stupidity) of The Debt Ceiling Fight. Discussing the current republican proposal in the house to carry the debt ceiling forward. #DebtCeiling #McCarthy #Neoliberalism #Austerity #AOC #Porter #Taxes #LearnMMT This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in Action YouTube channel. Episode YT link: https://youtube.com/live/E4oS3OMsD7Y Me...

TRS: Schrödinger's Activists 24.04.2023 59:07

Both appreciated and reviled. Let's dig into that phenomenon. This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in Action YouTube channel. Episode YT link: https://youtube.com/live/8Kv_UcN-Reg Mentioned in this episode: Real Progressives website Real Progress In Action YouTube

TRS: Richard Murphy Flunks MMT with Special Guest Mike Hall 21.04.2023 1:03:21

Say stupid things, win stupid prizes. #Taxes #Unemployment #Mosler #LearnMMT #UK https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/04/19/the-problems-with-warren-moslers-description-of-modern-monetary-theory/ This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in Action YouTube channel. Episode YT link: https://youtube.com/live/bZ1rCCb6lqw Mentioned in this episode:...

TRS: BONUS The Money Story 20.04.2023 1:00:12

Taxes create unemployment? Let's explain.... this... is... the money story... Steve styled... This episode contains highly visual content, if you want to see what Steve is sketching in real time, catch the video here: https://youtube.com/live/UiJW7V_Zf4s #Taxes #Unemployment #InterestRates #NAIRU #LearnMMT This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress...

TRS: Money is Here... Deal with it 19.04.2023 55:12

IDGAF if you like money, hate money, want money gone. Want to live in a world without money. You don't, and our world cannot survive your resistance. This podcast episode contains highly visual content. If you want to see what Steve is drawing, check it out at https://youtube.com/live/qGwi1aGyfxA #Money #LearnMMT #Taxes #Bonds #China #StateByState #RaceToTheBottom #MIC #TGA This podcast is the poc...

TRS: Universal Basic Services 14.04.2023 56:47

We will call this show the "Use Your Brain" show... this one makes soooo much sense that you would literally have to be a troll not to get it. Link https://www.jasonhickel.org/blog/2023/3/18/universal-public-services?s=09 #JasonHickel #UBS #UniversalBasicServices #UBI #FJG #FederalJobGuarantee #LearnMMT This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in...

TRS: Who's Looking Out for YOU? 12.04.2023 56:20

To survive, we are all asked to know and understand things that we have never been taught and many do not have the support network it takes to help when the lights are brightest. This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in Action YouTube channel. Mentioned in this episode: Real Progressives website Real Progress In Action YouTube

TRS: Inconvenient Truth 10.04.2023 55:44

You want the truth? You can't handle the truth. We are terrified or lazy and unwilling to change when facts dictate we change and we deny facts that are in our faces so we can go along to get along and it has killed us. #StateByState #RaceToTheBottom #LearnMMT #UBI #FJG #medicareforall #Neoliberalism This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in Act...

TRS: Dems Are NOT the Left (and why this is important) 07.04.2023 1:05:01

Sometimes our imaginations and our vision are blurred and occluded. Sadly a duopoly gives a false sense of "There is no alternative" and thus the third party conversations begin. The idea of third parties is not new, but it is fundamentally not understanding that electoralism is a placebo and this is how we confuse Democrats for the left. This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our li...

TRS: The Walls Are Closing In 05.04.2023 58:21

So many issues, so easy to create false narratives. So easy to go with the most hyperbolic perspective and flush your cognitive abilities down the toilet and create the noise that serves to block truth. #LearnMMT #Marxism #CapitalOrder #Socialism #FederalFinance #Inflation This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in Action YouTube channel. Mention...

TRS: Cake Day Extra 01.04.2023 1:17:19

My birthday present... doing a livestream. This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in Action YouTube channel. Mentioned in this episode: Real Progress In Action YouTube Real Progressives website

TRS: In Search of Distraction 31.03.2023 39:52

Donald Trump was indicted. Do you have a Green New Deal? Medicare for All? Free College? Cancellation of Student Debt? A Job Guarantee? Expanded Social Security? No? Thank the Trump Obsessed people. #Trump #CapitalOrder #StudentDebt #GreenNewDeal #MedicareForAll #FederalJobGuarantee This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in Action YouTube channe...

TRS: Reflections on the Capital Order 29.03.2023 59:03

Discussing what I call the Capital Order and why it matters. Please check out the replay of our RP Live Webinar with author Dr. Clara Mattei on April 4th. https://youtu.be/uNxDyKYl7oI #CapitalOrder #ClaraMattei #LearnMMT #Austerity #SocialMurder #Neoliberalism #Reagan #Thatcher #Petrodollar #Mosler #taxcredit This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progre...

TRS: Expectations vs Reality 27.03.2023 54:34

How our minds warp and wander to give hope to strategies that are and have proven timelessly to be bullshit. #Elections #Voting #MarianneWilliamson #Democrats #Biden #MMT #Austerity #SocialMurder #Marxism #CapitalOrder #ClaraMattei This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in Action YouTube channel. Mentioned in this episode: Real Progress In Actio...

TRS: Aftershocks 24.03.2023 45:46

Interest rate hikes, reduced federal targeted spending on the people... all will show their faces well after the initial bomb drops. #Fed #InterestRates #Inflation #Layoffs #Unemployment #Austerity #SocialMurder #Neoliberalism #NAIRU #Corporations #LearnMMT This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in Action YouTube channel. Mentioned in this episo...

TRS: Banks, Bailouts and Fraud 20.03.2023 1:05:24

The title says it all... We will look at Stephanie Kelton's The Lens and Nathan Tankus Notes on the Crises today for our discussion. Strap in. The Lens (Stephanie Kelton and Randall Wray) https://stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/magical-thinking-monetary-thinking? Notes on the Crises (Nathan Tankus) https://www.crisesnotes.com/every-complex-banking-issue-all-at-once-the-failure-of-silicon-valley-ban...

TRS: The Problem with Larry Summers (Jon Stewart) 17.03.2023 47:31

The title says it all. #LarrySummers #JonStewart #Neoliberalism #Austerity #SocialMurder #Inflation #InterestRates #PriceGouging #supplychain #unemployment #war This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in Action YouTube channel. Mentioned in this episode: Real Progress In Action YouTube Real Progressives website

TRS: Inequality: Feature or Bug? 15.03.2023 58:22

What if we think the game of life is being played a certain way, but alas, it is something altogether different and we keep putting our hopes in places and people who understand the game, mislead us and we come back with "Thank you sir, may I have another..."? This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in Action YouTube channel. Mentioned in this ep...

TRS: SVB Collapse with Special Guest Steve Keen 13.03.2023 41:31

The Silicon Valley Bank Collapsed and FDIC and the Treasury have rushed in to save depositors and investors... how did this happen? Steve Keen joins us to discuss! Keen's Article: https://profstevekeen.substack.com/p/silicon-valley-bank-the-feds-role This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in Action YouTube channel. Mentioned in this episode: Rea...

TRS: False Choices 24.02.2023 47:03

You have to wonder why the realm of choices presented to us as voters representing policy space and news stories seems so unbearably narrow... it's because it is a false paradigm. Philip Mirowski of Notre Dame breaks this down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf2YQ-1wvrc&t=35s This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in Action YouTube channel....

TRS: Liar Liar Pants on Fire 22.02.2023 1:00:40

Libertarians are not self-aware and are both unintentionally funny, but equal parts lethal. No Healthcare for Thee... and the celebration of big corporations that spy on us... google, you name it... libertarian indeed. This podcast is the pocket-sized portable version of our livestreamed show on Real Progress in Action YouTube channel. Mentioned in this episode: Real Progress In Action YouTube Rea...