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Shawn and Aaron are joined by Video Essayist Andrewism to discuss David Graeber’s second posthumous book- “Pirate Enlightenment”Support our show on Patreon:SRSLY WRONG | Creating a utopian comedy podcast | Patreon Watch Andrewism on YouTube:Andrewism – YouTube Check out Pirate Enlightenment:Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia (macmillan.com)Theme Song by Day Shapes https://day-shapes.bandcamp.com/ 

In this very special new BONUS episode, Aaron + Shawn discuss eating bugs, the world economic forum, globalism vs globalization, the politics of disgust, and even try out eating a few bugs of their own. Books cited:Edible Insects: A Global History by Gina Louise HunterEdible Insects and Human Evolution by Julie J LesnikInsects: the edible field guide by Stefan Gates Articles cited:Insect diet helped early humans build bigger brains, study suggests – The Source – Washington University in St. Louis (wustl.edu)Conservatives React Differently to Disgusting Pictures – The Atlantic

The Wrong boys speak with David Graeber about his new book ‘Bullshit Jobs’, exploring the ever multiplicating ways our society makes up stuff for people to do. They also discuss the puritan work ethic, and even discover how to solve global poverty in just three steps. Episode Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bo-56B7NUGw_3dXmSOj-EOiYpSw33_mxGlczyVF3m4c/ Consider donating to our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong

This is a teaser for our full length bonus episode available here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/279-golden-age-79421989 The Wrong Boys take a deep look at the history of copyright, rebut common arguments against online piracy, and stand in awe at the utopian possibilities of file sharing.

Detailing the true egalitarian, working-class history of the golden age of piracy with historian Marcus Rediker. support the show on patreon!https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Check out ‘Under the Banner of King Death’ here!http://www.beacon.org/Under-the-Banner-of-King-Death-P1928.aspx Marcus’ Website:https://www.marcusrediker.com/ A ‘history from below’ reading list w/ Marcushttps://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/activism-solidarity/history-from-below-a-reading-list-with-marcus-rediker/ Theme song by Spam Riskhttps://spamrisk.bandcamp.com/track/google-bookchin

We are joined by Madeline Lane-McKinley to talk about the intersections between comedy and utopianism, the world of stand-up comedy and the tendency towards domination-centered comedy, using comedy to escape work, and the importance of play. Check out her book ‘Comedy Against Work: Utopian Longing in Dystopian Times’!https://www.commonnotions.org/comedy-against-work Theme Song by ‘alman the man’https://open.spotify.com/artist/0phmPAQKm91ez7HJPTUEZ1 support the show on patreon!https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong

In this freewheeling BONUS conversation, the wrong boys talk about Aaron being a mobile gamer, Shawn’s reaction to playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (2), fascism in video game culture, the term “fashy” and a number of other related subjects. Listen to the full ep here:*276 – Talking About Video Games | SRSLY WRONG on Patreon

In this 2021 installment of Platforms of Freedom, we try to think through what the most important apps might be in a library socialist future Donate to our Patreon for more bonus episodes:https://www.patreon.com/posts/55703517Opening Theme by Little King Trash Mouth:https://lktm.bandcamp.com/Closing Theme by Far Flowers:https://farflowers.bandcamp.com/

In this brand new sketch episode, we follow Jelcinda, the personal lawyer of an embattled and controversial Santa Claus, as she discovers the true meaning of christmas. Thanks for listening to our show this year, and we’ll be back in 2023 with more wonderful beautiful content for you, you wonderful and beautiful person!Thank you Dan Warren and Dopecreature for their original musical contributions to this episode!!

We are re-launching our patreon-exclusive Revolution Series, with this continuation of our look at the Haitian revolution, and how the slave revolts led to the end of slavery. Get the full episode here on our patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/274-haitian-pt-2-75885404 And find episode 1 in the series here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/205-haitian-pt-1-33243285