Episodes by Category
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The Rationality Wars #2: The (ir)Rational Rainbow
Listen nowThe psychological establishment has long pathologized diverse forms of sexual identity and gender expression. In the mid-century, a brave movement of gays and lesbians fought back. But in the process, who did they leave behind?
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The Rationality Wars #1: The (ir)Rational Mob
Listen nowEvery protest movement has been dismissed as a mere ‘mindless mob,’ caught in a psychological frenzy. Where did this idea come from, and why does it last?
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Introducing: The Rational Wars (Series Trailer)
Listen nowThis week, we play a trailer to introduce our new series, the Rationality Wars. The Rationality Wars tells stories about the political and intellectual battles to define rationality and irrationality.
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EP85: Mutual Aid & the Anarchist Radical Imagination (ft. Elif Genc, Payton McDonald, Max Haiven, & Alex Khasnabish)
Listen nowThere’s a story you can tell about the post-Occupy left gravitating towards a more state-oriented kind of politics. However, this misses strong autonomous and anarchist-inflected social movements. In this episode, we examine the theory and practice of anti-statist organizing, including the Kurds within the area formerly known as Rojava.
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EP84: Big Psychedelic (ft. Erika Dyke and David Nickles)
Listen nowPsychedelics have gone from the counterculture, to the mainstream. However, can you turn take such an ineffable thing — personal revelation, cosmic oneness, spiritual enlightenment, whatever people have called it — and make it just another commodity? We look at the deep rifts in and around psychedelic medicine, as different camps vie for the future of these drugs.