Out of the Jaws

Attorney, podcaster, and political commentator Charles Star (Ugarles on Bluesky) join Ryan and Adam to discuss the Texas drag ban and the federal courts' handling of it, anti-left and anti-trans coverage in centrist media, the internal neuroses of the American elite, and more.Resourceshttps://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialhttps://linktr.ee/ugarleshttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/the-commons/600733/

Ryan Geddie and Adam Gurri discuss one of Ryan’s recent videos, in which he illustrates and analyzes the left-of-center new media ecosystem using the metaphor of ocean life surrounding a coral reef. See Ryan’s video on this here: https://youtu.be/BBVH65RdZqM?is=vxqwhVYzloivm1uKAdam’s essay which he refers to here: https://www.liberalcurrents.com/elites-need-some-emotional-distance-from-social-media/You can also see Ryan’s video on whether liberalism still has it here: https://youtu.be/unJcEQux0hI?is=wanqyqTDKUrvOWdL

Today Ryan and Adam are joined by Joshua Eakle, Co-Founder of Project Liberal and Managing Director of Development and Communications at the Institute for Humane Studies. They talk to him about his origins in libertarian organizing, his childhood in a Pentecostal community, and his journey into the liberal, pro-democracy coalition.Resourceshttps://projectliberal.org/https://www.liberalism.org/X @josheakleThreads @jreakleBluesky @joshuaeakle.comSubstack @josheakleFacebook /jreakleInstagram jreakle

Today on a special episode of Out of the Jaws, Adam speaks with Brad Lander, candidate for the 10th congressional district in New York, former New York City Comptroller, city council member, and general fixture of New York City politics going back decades.They talk about what the pro-democracy coalition can and should be doing today, what the new Congress should do next year, who should be prosecuted after Trump's term ends, whether court reform is a good idea, and how simply being a better neighbor can lay the foundations for resisting authoritarianism.

Are liberalism and socialism completely incompatible? Ryan and Adam talk with University of Michigan Lecturer in Political Science Matthew McManus and Liberal Currents co-founder and Associate Editor Paul Crider about their book, What Is Liberal Socialism? What does each one lack that the other one offers? To what extent is it all just arbitrary boundary drawing around particular thinkers and ideas? What can liberal socialism offer in this moment of crisis that either tradition alone cannot?

The old institutions are being eroded and colonized by new media personalities. Is this apocalyptic or is it the path to a more hopeful future? Ryan and Adam talk with Sam Drzymala about this and more today. Sam is an expert on political new media, having founded and run organizations in that space such as Progressive Victory and, most recently At Dawn Campaigns.The trio agree that streamers in particular and new media in general can and have channeled people into positive political action, but wrestle with the difficult questions of whether that energy can be built into a lasting, stable foundation. When elected officials and members of the government are picking their actions based on how their online audiences will react, there can be few discussions closer to the heart of contemporary politics than this one.

The Reconstruction Papers is a new collection published by Liberal Currents, whose authors aim to provide a comprehensive vision for the future after Trump. Discussing this with Ryan and Adam today is Samantha Hancox-Li, Executive Editor of Liberal Currents and host of the Neon Liberalism podcast. The discussion ranges from military and foreign policy to trade policy, to constitutional politics, to the revolutionary roots of liberalism itself.There is a great deal of energy for change right now. The Reconstruction Papers seeks to direct that energy in a productive, liberal direction.Pre-order The Reconstruction Papers today: https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-reconstruction-papers/

Ryan and Adam are joined by the Soy Pill (Niels) to discuss his political awakening, navigating the new media, whether Adam is legacy media or merely old new media, the value of philosophy or lack thereof, the existential problem of climate change and the politics it implies, and much more.

Is abolishing ICE the most important path to fixing the civil service? Can socialism and liberalism be reconciled? Are neither equipped to speak to the values and feelings that animate nationalists? Ryan and Adam are joined by Liberal Currents contributing editor Silvaria Lysandra Zemaitis, who discusses these topics, how we can fix the economy by taxing rents, and more.

Has liberalism forgotten civic virtue? Liberal commentator Ryan Geddie and Liberal Currents publisher Adam Gurri talk with Canadian political commentator, writer and YouTuber J. J. McCullough about the place of virtue in modern liberalism, the modern conservative movement, Tim Miller, and much more.

The Roberts Court has been sabotaging liberal democracy since long before Donald Trump's 2016 victory. Liberal commentator Ryan Geddie and Liberal Currents publisher Adam Gurri walk through this history here on the first episode of their new podcast, "Out of the Jaws."