Authoritarianism as Clarity: The Check-In with Danielle Moodie and Jared Yates Sexton

Thanks to everybody who came out to watch Danielle Moodie and I tape another episode of The Check-In. This was a conversation I’ll remember for a long time. Danielle and I talk about the need to counterbalance shame with grace (for more on how fascism feeds off our shame check out my recent episode of Audio From A Collapsing State) and how each of us is being called on to heal from our past traumas, the coping mechanisms we learned along the way, and see the difference between right and wrong. This includes in our politics, our culture, and with infuriating tragedies like we’re seeing in Gaza, all of which reveal who we can trust and who doesn’t deserve to be anywhere near power. Along the way, we discuss the destructive elements of social media and how it keeps us jailed in our own doubt and shame, the excuses we make for white patriarchal supremacy, and much more.Corporate media does not support actual critiques of power. Dispatches From A Collapsing State depends on your support, so please become a paid subscriber if this work has resonated with you or helped you along the way This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jaredyatessexton.substack.com/subscribe