Deathnography Podcast

Episodes

1. 10

   #10 Free Palestine. Featuring Tara Alami, Rawan Nabil, Dalia Awad, and Ben Dickey

   All eyes are on occupied Palestine. The zionist entity has been expelling Palestinians from their lands for a century, and have been perpetrating an outright genocide for a half a year now, supplied by western weapons and western excuses. While protestors gather in the tens of thousands in…

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   Apr 16, 2024

   52m
2. 13

   "Advice for young men." Deathnography x CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS crossover episode

   A special crossover episode brought to you by CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS and Deathnography, one hundred and eight minutes of call-in show with Dino Chang, Gabriele de Seta, Patrick Harrison, and Henry Lee answering your questions and giving advice to Young Men. In this episode: sapiosexuality…

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   May 29, 2023

   1h 48m
3. 9

   #9 Housing, Charity, and Justice. With Lorraine Lam

   Toronto's police budget has increased by nearly 50 million dollars, while shelters and warming centres remain critically underfunded. I speak with Lorraine Lam, from the Shelter and Housing Justice Network about the current housing crisis, and together we tackle some myths about homelessness and...

   Jan 31, 2023

   37m
4. 8

   #8. Indigenous Sovereignty & Revolution fr Majerle Lister & Alexandra Lépine

   In this episode, I speak with Majerle Lister (member of the Navajo Nation, host of Wósdéé Podcast, PhD at University of Arizona) about sovereignty, the history of Navajo tribal government, red-baiting, and solidarity between Indigenous and white working people. I also speak with Alexandra Lépine...

   Feb 10, 2022

   1h 52m
5. 10

   Henry & Aamer vs The Entirety of Pop Culture

   HAPPY NEW YEAR *PREVIOUSLY PATRON-ONLY CONTENT* I had a conversation with my friend Aamer of Das Criminal Podcast (https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/dascriminal). We discussed the good art vs good politics, video games as propaganda, and whether art can be a substitution for political...

   Jan 2, 2022

   47m
6. 9

   The Jakarta Method and The Victims of Communism Memorial - Harbinger Society Presents x deathnography x habibti please

   Socialist projects of the 20th century were the target of murderous campaigns originating in the global north. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed... but they aren't the ones getting a monument in Ottawa. A discussion with Harbinger Society Presents and Habibti Please Podcast

   Jul 3, 2021

   55m
7. 7

   #7 What is Possible? Realistic Dreams and the Myth of Scarcity ft Vincent Bevins and Maya Menezes

   What is possible, politically? When are we being too idealistic? What is "realistic," when we talk about social change? Is non-violent revolution possible? In this episode, I speak with journalist Vincent Bevins, author of The Jakarta Method, about the mass killings of suspected communists and...

   Apr 20, 2021

   1h 16m
8. 7

   Deathnography Double Interview ft. Amber Ye and Agha Saadaf

   Here is a recent conversation I had with two young researchers, Agha Saadaf and Amber Ye, who are both about to finish their undergraduate degrees in anthropology at the University of Toronto - my alma mater. They reached out to interview me for the Anthropology Undergraduate Journal, for which...

   Feb 28, 2021

   54m
9. 6

   Deathnography Podcast #6 - China and COVID-19 featuring Amanda, Vijay Prashad, Justin Kong

   Let's talk about China and COVID-19! Let's take a look at western imperialism at the root of the current media war on China! Let's visit a wet market with our grandmas! In this episode of the Deathnography Podcast, I speak with three guests about these topics. Amanda (@catcontentonly) breaks down...

   May 30, 2020

   1h 16m
10. 5

    Deathnography Podcast #5 - Is School Bad? Does Art Suck? Communism and the Academy ft Taylor Genovese and McKenna Gray

    In this episode of the Deathnography Podcast, I talk to two leftist scholars about Marxism, subtle anti-communism in the academy, and art history. Taylor Genovese explains the neoliberal co-option of radical politics in the corporate university. McKenna Gray tells us about their time in a...

    Dec 6, 2019

    1h 26m
11. 4

    Deathnography Podcast #4 - Sport / Gym / Gender ft Prof Katie Rose Hejtmanek and Liona Gibbs-Bravo

    This episode of Deathnography Podcast delves into fitness, combat, sport, and our competitive drives. I speak to Professor Katie Rose Hejtmanek about her research on (and participation in) Crossfit and weightlifting. Liona Gibbs-Bravo tells us how an anthropologist ends up in a boxing gym. We…

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    Aug 10, 2019

    1h 06m
12. 3

    Deathnography Podcast #3 - The Gang Solves Racism, ft. Dr. Michael Rivera, Joshua Jiang, Helen Yang, Lars Chen, and Shay-Akil McLean

    "Race is a social construct" ok but what does that mean exactly? What is race? Why was it invented? How? And what the hell are we supposed to do with this information? Dr. Michael Rivera, a biological anthropologist who authored a forthcoming textbook chapter about race, explains why race is not...

    Jun 13, 2019

    1h 26m
13. 2

    Deathnography Podcast #2 - Competition / Markets / Capitalism ft Prof Tania Li

    In this episode I get into a discussion with Economic and Political Anthropologist Tania Murray Li about modes of production, market (as compulsion and as opportunity). We discuss her book Land's End: Capitalist Relations on an Indigenous Frontier (2014), which I highly highly recommend for…

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    Apr 15, 2019

    45m
14. 1

    Deathnography #1 - Fieldnotes (Feat. Lana Larkin and Carsten Knoch)

    Welcome to the Deathnography Podcast! In this first episode I discuss my time in Montreal, Quebec, working as a spice factory guy, a vegetable guy, and a telemarketer. I share some fieldnotes with you, and discuss work, capitalism, and anthropology with two guests: Lana Larkin, linguistic...

    Apr 1, 2019

    1h 24m