BONUS Radio War Nerd EP 563 - Democracy & Doom, feat. Joe Costello

What this episode covers

Guest: Joe Costello Recorded: November 14, 2025 Ames takes a brief departure from war to talk to Joe Costello about politics: Tanzania, small-d democracy, the politics of technologies, populism, organizing, and ol' favorites like hopelessness & catastrophe. Joe's book events:- November 22, 5:30 , with Zephyr Teachout & Leila ConnorsChatham Bookstore, Chatham NY ( RSVP here ) - November 23 , 7pm, with Yasha Levine & Evgenia KovdaKGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St, NY ( Tickets & info here ) - December 6, 4pm , with Tom & Jimmy GeogheganUkrainian Village, Chicago, IL ( Click here for details ) Buy Joe's book Ape & Machine: Power as Organization. Subscribe to his newsletter Life in the 21st C. Further listening:- Nigeria Elections & Democracy's Decline , feat. Joe Costello (EP #179)- Populism vs "populism" (EP #161)- Recovered history of Neoliberalism & Fascism (EP #205)- The Anti-Populists, feat. Thomas Frank (EP #239) Total time: 1:18:44Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Buy & review John Dolan's new book, They Should Have Been Hanged: War Nerd Essays on the U.S. Civil War Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio

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