Pod Damn America

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

We are joined by Eric King, author of A Clean Hell: Anarchy and Abolition in America’s Most Notorious Dungeon, to talk about how he ended up in ADX, America's highest level supermax prison, and how he survived and eventually got free. ERIC KING @supportericking @pmpress A CLEAN HELL: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1872 listeners can get a 20% discount with coupon code: HELL20 PDA MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PDA PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We talk about this Abundance book that the freaking libs are hollering about. Plus Corey Booker, the millennial pause, tariffs, and other nonsense of the week FULL EP AT patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss Frantz Fanon's seminal work on decolonization, The Wretched of the Earth, as well as pikachu. CUOMO ROAST NYC https://dice.fm/partner/silo-brooklyn-llc/event/avo57v-paid-protest-the-roast-of-andrew-cuomo-4th-apr-silo-community-new-york-city-tickets?dice_id=5592486&dice_channel=web&dice_tags=organic&dice_campaign=SILO+Brooklyn+LLC&dice_feature=mio_marketing&_branch_match_id=1360481265611278312&utm_source=web&utm_campaign=SILO+Brooklyn+LLC&utm_medium=mio_marketing&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz8nMy9ZLyUxO1UvL1fc1TjKySEw2SjIyM7avK0pNSy0qysxLj08qyi8vTi2ydc4oys9NBQBeagVbOwAAAA%3D%3D MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

We discuss the Atlantic editor's nightmare blunt rotation group chat fiasco and also the recently declassified CIA documents that prove once and for all not much really FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Jake goes to Mexico City to learn the story of Mexico's anarchist past. He meets a dog and a cat. NYC CUOMO ROAST https://bit.ly/Cuomoroast MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We continue the St. Paddy's Week theme with some discussion of the Irish rap group/movie Kneecap, then Anders digs into the state of Sinn Fein and a really interesting essay on what it would take to unite Ireland, as well as how desirable one Irish Republic really is after all. Article: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/irish-unification-2024-sheehan