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The Wrong Boys are joined by David Wengrow to talk about changing human history (starting with the past) and his new book, co-authored with the late David Graeber, on myths about the origins of human society, why both Hobbes and Rousseau are wrong, and why human history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful, hopeful possibilities, than we tend to assume.Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Links:Buy “The Dawn of Everything”: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/616885/the-dawn-of-everything-by-david-graeber-and-david-wengrow/9780771049828How to Change the Course of Human History: https://www.eurozine.com/change-course-human-history/Hiding in Plain Sight: Democracy’s indigenous origins in the Americas: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/democracy/hiding-plain-sightGraeber and Wengrow on the Myth of the Stupid Savage (Video – 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvUzdJSK4x8David Graeber & David Wengrow Teach-Out (Video – 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNbWlD-lqYQGraeber/Wengrow: Paleolithic Politics & Why It Still Matters (Video – 2015): https://vimeo.com/145285143Slavery and Its Rejection Among Foragers on the Pacific Coast of North America: A Case of Schismogenesis? (Video – 2018): https://www.college-de-france.fr/site/philippe-descola/seminar-2018-03-22-10h00.htmUnfreezing the Ice Age: The Truth about Humanity’s Deep Past (2021): https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/19/unfreezing-the-ice-age-the-truth-about-humanitys-deep-pastForget ‘Liberté’ – 17th-Century Indigenous Americans Knew a Lot More About Freedom Than Their French Colonisers (2021): https://novaramedia.com/2021/10/19/forget-liberte-17th-century-indigenous-americans-knew-a-lot-more-about-freedom-than-their-french-colonisers/Rethinking cities from the ground up (Wengrow, 2019) – https://medium.com/whose-society-whose-cohesion/rethinking-cities-from-the-ground-up-73d92059b15fCorrection: The Wrong Boys mispronounce the word “Teotihuacan” (Saying ‘Teo-teh-hoo-i-can’)- It is actually pronounced “Teo-Tiwa-Khan” (/teɪˌoʊtiːwəˈkɑːn/) Opening Theme Song by E JuneClosing Theme Song by Spam Risk:https://spamrisk.bandcamp.com/album/s-t

Drawing plentifully from the writings of various Black anarchists, this wide ranging discussion touches on the relevance of anarchism to colonized people, self-determination, the Black Panthers, prefiguration, care work, raising children, white anarchists, and more! St. Andrewism on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/c/SaintAndrewism Theme Song by Brain Tan:https://braintan.bandcamp.com/Support Us on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Further Info:St. Andrew’s video on Black Anarchism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyNKTY97oxwLorenzo Kom’boa Ervin – Anarchism and the Black Revolution: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lorenzo-kom-boa-ervin-anarchism-and-the-black-revolutionLorenzo Kom’boa Ervin – The Progressive Plantation: The Progressive Plantation | The Anarchist LibraryAshanti Alston – Beyond Nationalism But Not Without It: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ashanti-alston-beyond-nationalism-but-not-without-itAshanti Alston – Childhood & The Psychological Dimension of Revolution: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ashanti-alston-childhood-the-psychological-dimension-of-revolutionAshanti Alston on the Black Panthers and the Zapatistas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYQ8N6sit2EKuwasi Balagoon – Letters From Prison: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/kuwasi-balagoon-letters-from-prisonGreg Jackson – Authoritarian Leftists: Kill the Cop in Your Head: https://archive.iww.org/history/library/Jackson/copinyourhead/Dr Seuss’s The Sneetches (PDF): https://bowmanatbrooks.weebly.com/uploads/8/3/8/3/8383240/the-sneetches.pdfThe Sneetches II: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aNWTYs5VxhhkE0PKSC5mUNCLzECeABQyBIC3CGkbkdc/Black Anarchism – A Reader: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/black-rose-anarchist-federation-black-anarchism-a-readerBSA Twitter Thread – Don Cox : https://twitter.com/BlackSocialists/status/1280495769318014978

In this thrilling conclusion to the saga of the Wrong Boys ill-fated attempt to change one person’s mind about election fraud, our intrepid investigators catch a glimpse of the structure that holds up all the bullshit, and worry what might happen if we can’t find a way out of it. Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/155XG6ma_Dta7HscoTBqbU6XxwDtFoDK5_o96wiQ6J0o/edit?usp=sharing Opening Theme Song by DJ Matt Hogan Closing Theme Song by Conor Drake: https://soundcloud.com/conor-drake

In this special episode for our patreon community, we explore two potential “killer apps” that could slowly but surely erode capitalism & build a Library Socialist society in it’s place. listen to the full episode here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/55703517 Opening Theme by Little King Trash Mouth:https://lktm.bandcamp.com/

In this episode the Wrong Boys put on their fact checking hats, as a personal conflict with an online friend leads them down a strange spiral into the minutia of the wacky world of the election 2020 conspiracy claims Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/155XG6ma_Dta7HscoTBqbU6XxwDtFoDK5_o96wiQ6J0o/edit?usp=sharing Want more? Support our investigations:https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Opening Theme by The Sultans Closing Theme by Far Flowers

Online platforms have quickly become a major force in society, mediating the human social sphere in ways never before possible. Currently, this is being used to benefit those at the top, but what woulda truly collaborative, democratic online platform look like? It’s a big question, and one we only started to discuss in this first part of a new series for our patrons, Platforms of Freedom  get the full episode here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/54323815

In this Srsly Weeds crossover we talk about the ins and outs of a library socialist society and what it means to do things ‘sweetie pie’ Check out Ironweeds Theme song by Spam Risk donate to the show!

Once upon a time, a man named Garret Hardin dreamed up a spooky story about common property and proposed a horrifying question: “What if this always inevitably happens?”Turns out, it doesn’tSupport the show: http://patreon.com/srslywrong Theme song by Punkerslut: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4mZ1BGcxV58HKJZzOYdpyM

Most people spend most of their waking hours at work, being told what to do, as well as how and when to do it without any opportunity to help make those decisions for themselves. We think this is wrong, and so does Professor Richard D. Wolff, who joins us to answer the question– why workplace democracy? — Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, NYC. He is the founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update. His latest book is The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself, which can be found along with his other books Understanding Socialism and Understanding Marxism at www.democracyatwork.info — Theme song by Spam Riskhttps://spamrisk.bandcamp.com/releases donate to the show!https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong

In these unprecedented and (in many ways) awful times, it can be difficult to make sense of the world in a way that is fruitful and beneficial In this special panel discussion, the Wrong Boys, along with friends Breht and Mexie, set out to build on Mr. Rogers advice to “look for the helpers”, and try their best to articulate everything that is deep and meaningful about helping others, as well as being helped Check our the work of our guests!Mexie – Youtube    |    Podcast   |   Positive Leftist NewsBreht – https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/Referenced in the episode: Soccer Jersey Studyhttps://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/identity-emergency-intervention-how-social-group-membership Revolutionary Left Radio’s “Paying Tribute to Radical Voices of Black Liberation”https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/paying-tribute-to-voices-of-black-liberation Pro-social behavior increases meaning in lifehttp://home.uchicago.edu/~nklein/ProsocialBehaviorIncreasesMeaning.pdfPro-social behavior reduces effects of stresshttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2167702615611073 Pro-Social Behavior in Early Lifehttps://positivepsychology.com/prosocial-behavior/ Theme song by Harpers of the World – https://fasola.org/ Keep the show going! https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong