Doug Lain returns to the show! Here to tell his side of the story of what happened to Zero Books and the reviving of Diet Soap Media as a podcast/youtube channel/publishing house. Hear all the hot goss about what went down with the purchase of

88. Part 2 of Teaching Covid-Year 2 (ft. C Derick Varn, Melisa Crosby, and Beth Salmon)

Nov 8th, 2021 53m 28s

Part 2 of our discussion with educators about what's been learnt in the past year plus about teaching kids(and ESL students) both online and in-person. In this part, we get into how much more stressful the return to in-person teaching has been.

88. Teaching Covid, Year 2 (part 1) - feat. C. Derick Varn, Melisa Crosby, and Beth Salmon

Oct 31st, 2021 56m 53s

Part 1 of this talk, the whole ep is available now on Patreon at Http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic. -We revisit our episode from early pandemic, talking to grade school and community college educators about what we've learned(if anything) a

87. Mark Levin's American Marxism - Part 2

Oct 12th, 2021 55m 18s

Part 2 of our review of Mark Levin's American Marxism. It doesn't get better than Part 1.-Check out Andrew Hartman's book, _A War For The Soul Of America: A History Of The Culture Wars_-Help us make the show!www.patreon.com/givingthemic-

87. Mark Levin's American Marxism: The Book - Part 1

Oct 4th, 2021 57m 24s

Part 1 of 2-parter, the whole conversation is already available for patrons at http://Patreon.com/givingthemic. Part 1! Mark Levin's American Marxism book! It's a best-seller! Burning up the charts! It's really dumb and has no real idea what

86. [RE-UPLOAD] Leftist Veteran Chat on the Afghanistan Withdrawal and Hero Worship Culture

Sep 19th, 2021 1h 41m

[FIXED AUDIO - this is corrected from the original upload]. A panel of leftist veterans and DSA members(ft. Mitch, Spencer, Marcos, and James) joins us to talk about serving in American imperial war, the Afghanistan withdrawal, the "hero worshi

86. Leftist Veteran Chat on the Afghanistan Withdrawal and Hero Worship Culture

Sep 19th, 2021 1h 41m

[FIXED AUDIO]. A panel of leftist veterans and DSA members(ft. Mitch, Spencer, Marcos, and James) joins us to talk about serving in American imperial war, the Afghanistan withdrawal, the "hero worship" that American culture has pushed for 20 ye

85. Cancelling, with Ben Burgis

Aug 6th, 2021 1h 47m

Ben Burgis returns to the show to talk about his new book _Canceling Comedians While the World Burns_ with Jacob & I. We get into the pathologies of powerlessness, better ways to handle online disagreement, and more. Check out Ben's show "Giv

84. March for Medicare for All

Jul 16th, 2021 50m 14s

July 24th, 2021! The March for Medicare for All will start across many cities, so we chatted with members of the Portland coalition putting it on. Join us on that Saturday down on the waterfront at 10:30am. Rally starts at the Shemanski Park at

*BONUS EP* - Stopping by the Varn Vlog (ft. C. Derick Varn) -July 2021

Jul 13th, 2021 2h 13m

Regular guest C. Derick Varn was gracious enough to invite me on his youtube show/podcast VarnVlog, back in early July. We cover everything from how people's rhetoric gets a lot more heated as the stake argued over decline, the limits on our cu

83. Getting Relief to the People (ft. the 1040Bloc)

Jun 15th, 2021 1h 9m

Relief checks! Stimulus Funds! Biden Bucks! How to get them to the most at-risk communities like local houseless folks. We talk with Steve from the 1040Bloc, a project out of Portland DSA, which works on filing basic tax forms so folks can get

82. Cooking in Nomadland, ft. Arun Gupta & Jason Myles

Jun 4th, 2021 1h 28m

Arun Gupta returns to the show and This is Revolution's Jason Myles joins me to start talking about "cultural nationalism" and Portland cultural food trends, but expands to talk about the food and culture of the hinterlands, as both Jason and A

81. Only the Dead Have Seen the End of Culture War (ft. Andrew Hartman)

May 24th, 2021 1h 35m

Since the 1960s, a constant feature in American life have been the culture wars. We talk with Professor Andrew Hartman about his work documenting the history of the culture wars, how they crossover with moral panics, and his upcoming book on Ma

80. Weed Workers of the World, Unite! (ft. the Cannabis Workers Coalition)

May 12th, 2021 1h 3m

Budtenders and weed distros, organize! Savina & Jess from the Cannabis Workers Coalition join us to talk about providing a critical resource to a new industry! Check out their #GardenLife event on Sunday(May 16th, 2021) from 11A - 4:20PM at S

79. Books About UFOs (and Communists) w/ A.M. Gittlitz

Apr 16th, 2021 53m 24s

J. Posadas! Juan Peron! Leon Trotsky! We come back to the topic of Posadism, only this time we talk to the guy who wrote the book. A.M. Gittlitz (a.k.a. AP Andy from the Antifada) joins us to talk about his book _I Want to Believe: Posadism, UF

78. Market Worship: Texas, Gamestonks, and Libertarians (ft. Rob Larson, Erik Dean, and Mitch Green)

Feb 25th, 2021 1h 49m

Market worship in the form of deregulation of markets is killing people, most recently in Texas. We talk to heterodox economics professors and authors (and UMKC alumni) Rob Larson, Erik Dean, and Mitch Green about wtf happened with Gamestonks,

77. All Power to the Meeple! Leftist Boardgames with Brian from the TESA Collective

Feb 3rd, 2021 1h 22m

Worker-owned Cooperatives! Cooperative board games! Garrett and I talk to Brian Van Slyke, one of the co-founders and game designers from the TESA Collective. We cover how to do a leftist board game, publishing a game during Covid/Uprising/wild

76. The Foul Cyber Year of Our Lord 2020

Jan 19th, 2021 1h 34m

We attempt to talk about the year 2020 (recorded at before Jan 1), and sorta fail, but we talk about Cyberpunk a lot. And Billy Idol. Lots of clips from the Billy Idol album, too.-Help us make the show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic

75. Organize the Unemployed !

Nov 24th, 2020 1h 41m

Sean and Venu from the Portland Unemployed Workers Union join us to talk about the history of unemployed people organizing, starting a UWC in Portland, and give tips on how you can help start one, too. Plus we talk about Adbusters magazine fo

74. Tenant Organizing & Its History

Nov 2nd, 2020 1h 22m

Organize your building! Remember all that Rent Strike talk early on during Quarantine? Curious about how you'd even begin to organize for something like that? Mario & Rebekah from the North Portland Tenants Collection and Cici from DontEvictPDX

73. Snapshot of a Movement - 2019 DSA Natl Conv - Part 3

Oct 8th, 2020 35m 22s

Part three of the interviews of Portland delegates to the 2019 DSA National Convention. This time we talk with Ben from the Libertarian Socialist Caucus. The 2021 National Convention is being planned now, happening all online. These interview

73. Snapshot of a Movement - 2019 DSA Natl Conv - Part 2

Sep 22nd, 2020 1h 6m

This is the second of three episodes of conversations recorded at the end of the 2019 National Convention of the Democratic Socialists of America, held in Atlanta that August. The 2021 National Convention is being planned now, happening all onl

73. Snapshot of a Movement - 2019 DSA Natl Conv - Part 1

Sep 9th, 2020 1h 17m

This is the first of three episodes of conversations recorded at the end of the 2019 National Convention of the Democratic Socialists of America, held in Atlanta that August. The 2021 National Convention is being planned now, happening all onli

72. Attempting to Talk Nietzsche, part 2 (ft. I Learned Nothing)

Aug 18th, 2020 1h 53m

The second half of our talk with Pat & Ben from "I Learned Nothing", and we actually get round to talking Nietzsche this time! It's slightly less silly, but we do talk about ressentiment, the Last Man, could Marx and Nietzsche have tolerated ea

71. Reaching for Nietzsche (ft. I Learned Nothing)

Jul 26th, 2020 1h 57m

Ben and Pat from "I Learned Nothing: A Philosophy Podcast for Dullards" join Garrett and I for a very silly episode where we sort of attempt to talk about Nietzsche and fail miserably. BUT! We talk about many related things along the way, like