Pod Damn America

We finally did it we finally let our discord mod do an episode. Strap in and learn about the Portuguese Carnation Revolution of 1974. ANTONIO CORREIA @SelfLoathingEgo https://bsky.app/profile/selfloathingego.bsky.social GARBAGE STATE https://bsky.app/profile/garbagestatepod.bsky.social HELP OUT JAMES https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-fund-james-recovery-from-serious-surgery?attribution_id=sl:8a6f26d7-7253-46cf-bd11-1e6b9357b257&lang=en_US&ts=1746669532&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_content=amp13_t1-amp14_t2-amp15_t3&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&v=amp14_t2 FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Anders talks to author Malcolm Harris about his new book "What's Left? Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis." But first, Jake tells us about his trip to the Ren Fair and Anders talks about this weekend's massive Zohran rally in NYC. Malcolm's book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/malcolm-harris/whats-left/9780316577434/ See Anders in Jersey City 5/10: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/socialistcomedyfundraiser Subscribe to our bonus feed for extra episodes: Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

This week we put on our thinking caps and read some theory with our pals AP Andy from The Antifada and Alex Collyard from comedy. ANDY GITTLITZ @baseprole @The_Antifada https://linktr.ee/gittlitz Alex Collyard @alexcollyard https://linktr.ee/AlexCollyard FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Drew Grant AKA Video Drew joins Jake to check in on the state of television in the year 2025. They discuss Black Mirror (season 7), Andor, Severance, and for reasons that will become apparent, Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. MILD SPOILERS for Black Mirror s7e1 and Severance s2, and I guess Frankenstein. VIDEO DREW @VideoDrew on everything MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss the history of the Food and Drug Administration, snout to tail. Plus, why it is now being used to lower your precious sperm count. Also Jean-Luc Mélenchon! FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

&y & &ers smoke a joint and read Walter Benjamin's On the Concept of History Read along: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/benjamin/1940/history.htm Song: Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory For the full ep subscribe to our bonus feed at Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Marc William Palen, author of Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World joins us to discuss his book! MARC PALEN https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691199320/pax-economica?srsltid=AfmBOore-3IIb5YfVJszYhF4NMa1Witm7u3YS53bVsRlfpmJ8wxRBQv0 MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica PAID PROTEST MAY 2ND bit.ly/PAIDPROTESTMAY

Anders' Vanquished co-host Freddy G joins the show to discuss resistance hero Cory Booker's past as a "reformer" of the Newark school system when he was Mayor; a sordid history of austerity and privatization he now tries not to talk about. Check out the full episode on our bonus feed at Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Unfortunately this week we have to talk about politics and Bernie Sanders and AOC and stuff but it's the only way to get to what this episode is really about, which is who the hell is posting "let him cook" from the White House twitter account. Influencers, AI, tech freaks, campaigns, and getting the cops called on your drunk ass: This week we talk about an ominous tech startup that for some reason is called Urban Legend. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

It's another theory ep! If you don't like that, too bad! This week we talk about Peter Kropotkin, his book The Conquest of Bread, and anarcho communism in general. Gentleman, lets conquest that bread etc. Also tariffs, aesexuals, JK Rowling, Elon, facebook, trucks, needing trucks, etc. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA