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by Giving the Mic to the Wrong Pe
Socialism and Simpsons soundclips. Posadism and pro-wrestling. A somewhat tri-weekly leftist podcast based in Portland, OR, talking with people about their cultural obsessions and offering plenty of our own recommendations. We try to make socialism more fun with pop culture refs, you could say.Contact: @givingthemic on Twitter // [email protected] // www.facebook.com/givingthemic/
Episodes
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Ep47 - Hot for Teacher (Strikes) - with Candy, Jody, and Marj
Teachers Strikes! Mass Labor Action! We have on three union teacher organizers from Portland-/Vancouver-area public schools to help provide local context for the modern national wave of teacher actions, starting in Wisconsin in 2011 and continuing past when this episode will be posted. Candy…
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EP46 : Part 2 : A Conspiracy Does Not a Theory Make (feat. Arun Gupta)
Part 2 of our talk with Arun Gupta(@arunindy) continues on dissecting "conspiracy" from "conspiracy theory." We cover: Trump, conspiracy theory as campaign strategy, the Bundys in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, dealing with Trump supporters, Qanon as a source of power for the disconnected,...
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EP46 : Conspiracy: Just, like, a theory? Part 1 (feat. Corey Pein & Arun Gupta)
Corey Pein(@coreypein) and Arun Gupta(@arunindy) return to the show in this first half of a two-part episode to help us suss out the difference between conspiracies and the social phenomenon of conspiracy theories, exactly how conspiracy theories work, and why we create them. What's the…
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EP 46 - The January 19th #MeToo Speak Out & March(with the Socialist-Feminist Caucus)
This Saturday, January 19th, there's going to be a #MeToo Speak Out at Terry Schrunk Plaza in Portland, Oregon, starting at 10am. - We're joined by members of the Socialist-Feminist Caucus: Rosemary from Socialist Alternative, Camille from the International Socialist Organization, and Shannon…
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Ep 44 - Economics: What Is To Be Done?
Garrett & I are joined by three heterodox economics professors to give a more Marxist view of economics from the usual neoclassical dross that gets proffered elsewhere. Youssef Khodaparast, Erik Dean, and Mitch Green are three PhD holders in Econ who help break down why we talk about economics as...
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Ep 43 - Housing Justice and Tenants Unions
THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH, BUT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. LISTEN TO FIND OUT HOW. - Kim & Tabby from the Wimby Tenants Union join Margot from Portland Tenants United to talk Garrett & I about how they started a tenants union at Wimbledon Square Apartments to fight back against the horrible...
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EP 42 - Peggle is Not Socialist (feat. David Cribb)
David Cribb(@colestia3) joins us from far Canberra to talk about making radical leftist video games, the Situationists, EVE Online, unionizing Twitch streamers, and more. Cian, local games artist, joins us too. Jacob keeps asking if Assassin's Creed, Ready Player One, Eve Online, etc is…
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Reverse Psychology Works -- On Stephen King's Pet Sematary
For a change of pace, we cover one of the greatest worst of the Stephen King film adaptations, _Pet Sematary,_ a movie about how dire warnings from the dead and near-dead becoming the most compelling advice ever. The film is shot better and acted worse than you remember. Also, the main character…
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Socialist Feminism 101
Socialist Feminism in theory and practice! What makes it different from corporate feminism, or its even worse variant, carceral feminism? Shannon & Becca from the Feminist Caucus of Portland DSA along with Nykki from the Disability Art & Culture Project join Nat & Jeremy to lay out some basic...
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Ideology 101: Liberalism vs Socialism (with Jason Lawrence)(Part 2)
Socialism! We deep-dive into it in this one, having done a pretty thorough examination of liberalism in the last part. Topics covered: Karl Marx, John Rawls, Bill Burr, Heterodoxy, Iceland, Boots Riley, Ash Sarkar, Michael Hardt, Astra Taylor's _Examined Life_. - ***Support the Holgate Manor Rent...
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Ideology 101: Liberalism vs Socialism (with Jason Lawrence)(Part 1)
What, you mean that "liberal" doesn't actually mean "socialist?!" Jason Lawrence from Portland DSA joins Garrett & I to detail what the actual differences between "liberalism" and "socialism" are, breaks down some basic Marxist principles like the labor theory of value, we mention John Rawls yet...
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Tim Faust's Health Justice
Audio from Tim Faust's talk in Portland on Friday, July 20, 2018. You also hear Riley from our Medicare-for-All episode, too. - - - - Find us on FB: http://www.facebook.com/givingthemic/ - - - - Help us make the show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic - - - - Main theme by The Mysterious...
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Organizing for Medicare-For-All(with Riley Brann and Tim Faust)
We talk to Riley Brann from the Portland DSA about Medicare4All, how to campaign for it, and why. Natasha & Garrett join in to bring their healthcare industry knowledge. We also get into the moral theory _why_ healthcare should not be a profit center at all, and John Rawls' Veil of Ignorance....
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Organizing 101 - Part 2
Part 2 of our Organizing 101 episode! Shamus Cooke is back with Garrett & I. We talk about the #OccupyICEPDX camp, how to focus demands from an Occupy camp, when the Direct Action Alliance went to City Council, unions, DRUM & the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, and ol' George Meany. This…
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Organizing 101 - Part 1
Organizing! It's the thing all those online leftists are talking about! Shamus Cooke from SEIU, Portland Tenants United, and the Portland DSA joins Garrett & I to give us an overview of organizing, mobilizing, strategy, agitation, and more. What's it like to canvass for tenants' rights? Part 2...
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Podcasts Good, Silicon Valley Bad (with Corey Pein)
Corey Pein returns home to Portland to talk about his new book, _Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey Into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley_, and also regales us with tales about that podcast booktour life, shitty tech ideology, Alex Jones, Elon Musk, FitBits, and the value of podcasts. Corey…
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The Hard Times of '80s Nostalgia (with Ian Williams)
Ian Williams(@Brock_toon)from Jacobin/Vice joins us to talk how geek culture has degenerated into just nostalgia for '80s nostalgia, Witcher III as the superior Dad Game, Dusty Rhodes as working-class icon, the joys of miniatures war-gaming and Warhammer, Jesse Ventura, how you can learn about...
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Bacon, Urinating Anarchists, and Pre-Giuliani NYC (with Arun Gupta)
Arun Gupta joins us to regale everyone with tales of visiting factory farms, what New York City used to be like, and what happened when he went to cover the Bundy occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. - - - - Arun will be presenting at the Opening Space for the Radical Imagination...
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Revenge of the Varn (with C. Derick Varn)
Derick Varn(@skepoet) from our Baby Leftist Primer episode returns to talk to Jacob and I about teachers' union, workerism, DSA, Chapo Trap House, gun violence, what leftists keep getting wrong, and how to separate your personal moral purity from your political organizing. We cover a lot. - - - -...
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Close Encounters of the Posadist Kind (with Douglas Lain and Comrade Communicator)
Help us make the show! https://www.patreon.com/givingthemic - - Find us on FB: http://www.facebook.com/givingthemic/ -- Show notes: http://goo.gl/5ZEtPe. -- Check out Barkles The Dog the Game: GOTY edition : : http://barkles.dog/game -- _Bash Bash Revolution_ from Douglas Lain : :...
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Douglas Lain from Zero Books on Kill All Normies, Zizek, and Posadists-FIXED
[RE-UPLOAD] Jacob & I welcome Douglas Lain from Zero Books to talk about everything from the difference between Anarchism and Marxism, how copy-editing at Zero Books works, the reaction to Angela Nagle's Kill All Normies, interviewing both Posadists and Slavoj Zizek, Leftist YouTube, Chapo Trap...
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Douglas Lain from Zero Books on "Kill All Normies," Zizek, and Posadists
[RE-UPLOAD] Jacob & I welcome Douglas Lain from Zero Books to talk about everything from the difference between Anarchism and Marxism, how copy-editing at Zero Books works, the reaction to Angela Nagle's Kill All Normies, interviewing both Posadists and Slavoj Zizek, Leftist YouTube, Chapo Trap...
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Douglas Lain from Zero Books on "Kill All Normies," Zizek, and Posadists
Jacob & I welcome Douglas Lain from Zero Books to talk about everything from the difference between Anarchism and Marxism, how copy-editing at Zero Books works, the reaction to Angela Nagle's Kill All Normies, interviewing both the Posadists and Slavoj Zizek, and leftist YouTube. - - - Show notes...
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From Fan to Fan Fiction, Hannibal to #Hannigram
Jemiah, Natasha, & new guest Ami school me on the history of fan fiction, and we get into lots of "Hannibal." First episode we've ever recorded where multiple co-hosts declare "FUCK YOU, ANNE RICE" on mic. - Help us make this show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ -- Show notes here:...
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(RE-UPLOAD) From Fan to Fan Fiction, Hannibal to #Hannigram
Jemiah, Natasha, & new guest Ami school me on the history of fan fiction, and we get into lots of "Hannibal." First episode we've ever recorded where multiple co-hosts declare "FUCK YOU, ANNE RICE" on mic. - Help us make this show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ -- Show notes here:...
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Paul Guinan's Meaning of Life, Comics, & Patreon - Part 2
Part 2 of our episode with Portland comics veteran Paul Guinan. Much more comic-making talk on this one! Check out Aztec Empire at https://www.patreon.com/guinan -- http://www.bigredhair.com/ Help us make this show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ -- Show notes here: goo.gl/49zdwM
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Paul Guinan's Meaning of Life, Comics, & Patreon - Part 1
(Part 1) Portland comics veteran Paul Guinan(_Boilerplate_, _Frank Reade: Adventures in the Age of Invention_) joins us to talk about the meaning of life, as well as his career, his Patreon comic _Aztec Empire,_ the _24-Hour Comic_ documentary, the considerations of making education comics about...
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Portland Democratic Socialists of America & You
The Democratic Socialists of America exploded over the last year, going from about 6,700 members in 2016 to surpassing 30,000 in October 2017. We have on Olivia and Jody from the Portland chapter(https://portlanddsa.org) to talk about why they joined with the organization and why you should, too....
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Big Daddy Varn's Baby Leftist Primer (with C. Derick Varn)
A LOT of people got radicalized and activated by political events of the last year. Derick Varn(@skepoet) is a lecturer, poet, and reader for Zero Books who joins us to give advice and warnings to folks on the Left who are new to this sort of thing. All of this has happened before and will happen...
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EP25 - The Obligatory Star Trek Episode
Help us make this show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ Natasha(@ashesforfoxes), Garrett(@comradegarrett), and I recorded a snap reaction cast to the two-part pilot/prologue of Star Trek: Discovery. Entire episode is a spoilercast, but anybody listening to this has already seen it or doesn't...
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EP 24 - Walter Benjamin, Information, & the OverWatchmen
Help us make this show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic/ Show notes here: http://goo.gl/QCSXJZ
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EP 23 - Harry Potter & the Standard of Gold w/ @anomalily
Lillian(@anomalily) from the podcast/website OhMyDollar joins us to talk about basic budgeting, handling financial anxiety, and using Harry Potter to teach social acceptance and basic empathy. We also have an extended bit on "Smalt," the dumbest crowdfunded thing ever(which is saying something).…
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Ep 22 - Gettin' More Radical
Jacob Mercy(@jacobmercy) joins us in a group discussion of talking about how we each have grown increasing political as it were over the past few years. This ep has far more politics and far more jokes than usual. We also discuss Joss Whedon in a slightly prescient takedown. Ep recorded in...
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Ep 21 - A Very Special Episode - TEEN DRAMA - Part 2
AND NOW THE EXCITING CONCLUSION of our two-parter on TEEN DRAMA! TeamMom Tara(@tcbbiggs), Natasha(@ashesforfoxes), and I go over Buffy & Riverdale. This is the talk you've been waiting for. Ep recorded in late June. "Treacherous White People Shit" trademarked by Elon James White of the WeNerdHard...
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Ep 20 - A Very Special Episode - TEEN DRAMA - Part 1
Part 1 of an episode about TEEN DRAMA! From Degrassi Jr High to 90210 and Buffy and Twin Peaks and My So-Called Life and Vampire Diaries and MORE! TeamMom Tara(@tcbbiggs) from the Blazer's Edge podcast returns to talk with Natasha(@ashesforfoxes) and I about TEEN DRAMAS we have known and loved…
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Ep 19 - Sports, Fandom, and Phil Hartman w/ TeamMom Tara
TeamMom Tara(@tcbbiggs) from the Blazer's Edge podcast joins Natasha(@ashesforfoxes), Garrett(@comradegarrett), and myself to discuss: online fandom, getting into spots as a data-intensive obsession, being a woman in a male-dominated fan space, and Phil Hartman. Ep recorded in mid May. · · · Tara...
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Ep 18 - Rogue One and Grilled Cheese and College Radio
Natasha(@ashesforfoxes), Garrett(@comradegarrett), & I go over our histories in College Radio, Rogue One, Prog Metal bands we liked in high school, and a thousand other related subjects as usual. And political stuff. Ep was recorded in late April. / / / / / Show notes: · · Current Affairs: "The...
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Ep 17 - Redpillers, the Post-Apocalypse, and Jenkem, all in one show?!
Natasha(@ashesforfoxes), Garrett(@comradegarrett), & I started by talking about Gamergate/RedPill/MRA bollocks, and naturally wander off into creators who can't be edited, Zizek, why we can't envision a future that isn't post-apoc or SkyNet-controlled, and wind up mentioning fake drugs, from…
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Ep 16 - P.S.Kayfabe - What Does It Mean?
Natasha(@ashesforfoxes) & Garrett(@comradegarrett) join me once again to cover why pro-wrestling is critical to an understanding of how American politics currently works, along with Linda McMahon's Senate campaigns, the feud between Andy Kaufman & Jerry 'the King' Lawler, and when Quentin…
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Ep 15 - The Johnlock Consipracy & Other Fan Weirdness with Natasha & Garrett
Talking weird online fan conspiracies along with the downside of 21st-C entitled nerd/geek fandom with new guest Natasha and returning guest Garrett. Recorded in mid-Jan 2017, right after the "Sherlock" series 4 finale. Other topics: Captain America as Hydra agent was some dumb shit, huh? Online...
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Ep14 - B-Side to Our Crow Episode with Jemiah & Jon
Listen to Part 1: http://soundcloud.com/givingthemic/ep-13-the-crow-w-jemiah-jon A rough b-side accompaniment to our last episode on the Crow, this was our _first_ attempt at recording a Crow ep, but it went quickly off the rails in amusing ways. Jemiah Jefferson(jemiah.com) and Jon...
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Ep 13 - The Crow w/ Jemiah & Jon
At long last, our Crow episode is out! Jemiah Jefferson(http://jemiah.com) returns along with Portland artist Jon Ascher(http://jonascher.com) to discuss the phenomenon that was James O'Barr's "the Crow:" the comic, the film, the soundtrack. We also talk about Frank Miller, Watchmen, and that…
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Ep 12 - Work Travel Stories & Other Delights
Dumb work travel stories! My brother Jon calls in from the Detroit suburbs and we reminisce over too many years spend on the road, taking the usual tangents into the Magnificent 7 remake, Hunt for the Wilderpeople & why everyone needs to see it, how I got my photo taken atop the World's Largest...
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Ep 11 - Neil Breen's "Fateful Findings" & Everything Else
IMPORTANT: if you have NO IDEA what we're talking about, watch this first and all will be answered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOvEYaE1CoE ----- We're on Facebook now! www.facebook.com/givingthemic // Join us as we make an attempt to investigate the cinematic oddity that is Neil Breen's...
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Ep 10 - Comix Life in Portland - Part 2 - Cosmic Monkey Comics (2 of 2)
Part 2 of our talk with Adam & Andy from Cosmic Monkey Comics. My mic is still a bit buzzy since I'm such an awesome audio engineer. Subjects this time involve running a comic shop aimed at family readers rather than collectors, Marvel's bankruptcy, the shitshow that was the Dunes bar, Roddy...
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Ep 9 - Comix Life in Portland - Part 2 - Cosmic Monkey Comics (1 of 2)
Following up on our previous convo with Bridge City Comics, this here's a talk with Adam & Andy from Cosmic Monkey Comics, split into two parts for easier consumption and because I can't edit audio as fast as I'd like. Warning that the recording quality in this one is a bit twitchy since I'm such...
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Ep 8 - Self-Publishing How-To
We welcome Portland authors Jemiah Jefferson(http://jemiah.com) and Rachel Levy (http://twitter.com/rachell19883490) to talk about self-publishing a book on Amazon/Barnes & Noble/Etc. Tales of fighting with various e-formats, learning publishing software, finding artists! We also talk about…
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Ep 7 - The Stallone Show
This episode features a talk with Garrett from Honky Tonk Union & Eran from In the Cut Podcast about Stallone films, or at least what we can shakily remember about them. We wind up talking a lot about Rocky IV, Demolition Man, and bits of Rambo. And more than a few tangents about Channel One…
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Ep 6 - Comix Life in Portland - Part 1 - Bridge City Comics
Our first ep discussing that Portland comic book life! Michael Ring and Merrick Monroe from Bridge City Comics join us to discuss Michael's daughter inexplicably wanting to see the Suicide Squad movie, gentrification & its related arson threats, horror films we saw at too young an age, Larry…
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Ep 5 - Music Recs and XOXO Fest Convo
Episode 5: A mix of new music you should hear and my conversation with Jesse and Brock from StreamPDX at the XOXO Fest in Portland in early Sept 2016. Conversation starts at 5:45 in. Tracks: 1. White Lung - "Narcoleptic" - Vancouver, BC - http://whitelung.bandcamp.com/ -- 2. S U R V I V E -...
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Socialism and Simpsons soundclips. Posadism and pro-wrestling. A somewhat tri-weekly leftist podcast based in Portland, OR, talking with people about their cultural obsessions and offering plenty of our own recommendations. We try to make socialism more fun with pop culture refs, you could say.Contact: @givingthemic on Twitter // [email protected] // www.facebook.com/givingthemic/
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