The Sounds in My Head is a biweekly music show featuring songs and bands you might have missed. Hosted by Daniel since 2004. Musically The Sounds in My Head attempts to be fairly eclectic, but probably tends to lean towards "indie pop" music. Also, I try to squeeze in as much left-wing propaganda as possible between tracks.
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Left Wing Propaganda Podcasts
Chief Grand Wizard of the SJW Cuck Militia Dick Coughlan is here to assimilate you. TRIGGER WARNING: Jokes will not be visible to those with a Satire Intolerance
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Politics is one of the only practical disciplines where none of the main concepts have clear, coherent definitions. We define ourselves with terms like "left” and "right" and we believe in things like "democracy," “markets,” "capitalism" and "socialism" even though we don’t really know what any of these words actually mean. This series aims to make sense out of the political muddle that we've inherited from media, academia, and from decades of cold war propaganda, so that we can figure what ...
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S22,E04: 06/16/25 (Dash Hammerstein, Born Ruffians, Stereolab, Club 8, Being Dead, Elephant Stone, Mamalarky)
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SEASON 22 EPISODE 4 A Clean House - Dash Hammerstein Athena - Born Ruffians Can We Go Now - Born Ruffians Aerial Troubles - Stereolab Vermona F Transistor - Stereolab Left Behind - Club 8 Sucker - Club 8 Closer to You - Club 8 Godzilla Rises - Being Dead Big Bovine - Being Dead Sally Go Round the Sun - Elephant Stone Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin -…
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Market Exit, like many others before him, tells us that the left-right political spectrum is obsolete and does more harm than good. That’s because he doesn’t know what they mean. This video explains: 1. What the political left and right actually mean 2. Why elites don’t want us to know what they mean 3. How confusion about left and right is a major…
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S22,E03: 05/26/25 (COMEDY! Weird Al Yankovic, Flight of the Conchords, Garfunkel and Oates, Lemon Sisters, Lonely Island, Asylum Street Spankers, Monty Python, Wynonie Harris, Muppets, Bo Burnham, Tim ...
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SEASON 22 EPISODE 3 SPECIAL "COMEDY MUSIC" EPISODE! The Check's in the Mail - "Weird Al" Yankovic Foux Du Fafa - Flight of the Conchords Carol Brown - Flight of the Conchords You Don't Have to Be a Prostitute - Flight of the Conchords Pregnant Women are Smug - Garfunkel and Oates 29 / 31 - Garfunkel and Oates In My Country - The Lemon Sisters Natal…
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Why are nationalist / populist / far right candidates and parties getting elected all around the world? Why isn’t the populist left enjoying the same success? Why does inequality keep getting worse nomatter who gets elected? PAYPAL ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XJ6HBHFJ6C3RU PATREON PER EPISODE…
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12.1 – The Secret History of Israel / Palestine, Part I: the Jews of Europe and the rise of Zionism
This series focuses on those aspects of the origins of the Israel/Palestine conflict that partisans on both sides mutually ignore. This episode examines jewish life in Europe and the conditions leading to the rise of Zionism until the first wave of Zionist immigration in 1882. Cover image: Marc Chagall, Falling Angel (1923-1947) PAYPAL ONE TIME OR …
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This is a Q&A where I respond to questions and critiques about episode 12: The ABC’s of Israel/Palestine (https://youtu.be/OLr_VCqnId0) and also go off on a whole bunch of related tangents. TIMESTAMPS BELOW! BIBLIOGRAPHY: https://www.patreon.com/posts/102834580 (no paywall) I purposefully don’t monetize my channel in order to spare you the annoying…
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What was supposed to be an informal QnA about the “Israel/Palestine ABCs” episode, turned into a What is Politics “live” brainstorm session à la Matt Christman “grillstream,” where I discuss my arguments and readings on who and what started the Israel/Palestine conflict which will appear in more detail (and coherence) in the next scripted episode. …
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12: From “Never Again” to “There are No Uninvolved Civilians”: The ABC’s of the Israel/Palestine Conflict
Elites use identity, particularly national identity, as a way of advancing their own interests, often against the interests of the populations that they pretend to represent. But before we can understand this, we need an ABC of the conflict, to get a grasp of the basic events, and the conflicting historical narratives that Israelis and Palestinians…
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S20,E18: 11/20/23 (ALL WOMEN! Hazel English, Genevva, Jade Imagine, En Attendant Ana, Nellie Mckay, Crumb & Melody's Echo Chamber, White Poppy, Hatchie)
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SPECIAL “ALL WOMEN” EPISODE! There She Goes - Hazel English Fast Lane - Genevva Crazy Horse - Genevva Instinct That I Wanna Know - Jade Imagine Back and Forth - Jade Imagine Principia - En Attendant Ana The Cut Off - En Attendant Ana The Drinking Song - Nellie Mckay Make a Wish - Nellie Mckay Le Temple Volant - Crumb & Melody's Echo Chamber Apathy …
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9.2 – Equity, Equality and Lizard People: when right wing politics masquerade as left wing politics
When ideas and movements that threaten to overturn established hierarchies of power are absorbed into elite institutions like Ivy League universities and for-profit corporations, they get transformed into ideas that support the status quo, while remaining cloaked in the language and symbols of radicalism and egalitarianism. The replacement of the w…
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S20,E10: 07/31/23 (Phantom Youth, Beach Fossils, Dayaway, Juan Wauters, TV Girl, Jeanines, Free Cake for Every Creature, Voxtrot)
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Season 20 Episode 10 Life Waits for Nothing - Phantom Youth Don't Fade Away - Beach Fossils Tough Love - Beach Fossils I Wish - Dayaway A Brief Dream of Sun - Dayaway Milanesa al Pan - Juan Wauters feat. Zoe Gotusso Modus Operandi - Juan Wauters feat. Frankie Cosmos Big Black Void - TV Girl All the Way Through - TV Girl Shame - TV Girl What the Ech…
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S20,E09: 07/17/23 (Ham Sandwich, Steady Holiday, Coma Culture, Group Rhoda, Kanot, Nimrawd, Hand Habits)
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Season 20 Episode 9 Good Friday - Ham Sandwich Newfound Oxygen - Steady Holiday The Balance - Steady Holiday Coma Culture - Coma Culture Bad Habits - Coma Culture Virtual Dancer - Group Rhoda Din För Evigt - Kanot Bottenmannen - Kanot Dee Dee - Nimrawd Quicksilver (single version) - Nimrawd Aquamarine - Hand Habits This episode features a clip of a…
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S20,E08: 07/03/23 (Dayaway, Sylvie, Nicky Hopkins, Joanna Sternberg, Arthur Russell, Dur-Dur Band, Courrier Sud, Los Bitchos)
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Season 20 Episode 8 Hot Blue Summer - Dayaway Shooting Star - Sylvie Further Down the Road (Maston Remix) - Sylvie Waiting for the Band - Nicky Hopkins You Have Something Special - Joanna Sternberg This Is Not Who I Want To Be - Joanna Sternberg I Never Get Lonesome - Arthur Russell Iowa Dream - Arthur Russell Wan Ka Helaa - Dur-Dur Band Int. Riyo …
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S20,E07: 06/19/23 (SOUNDTRACKS! Johnny Duncan, Chas McDevitt, Pellea, Gene Ski, Jackson C. Frank, John Denver, Art Garfunkel, Myie, Hannah Peel, Aimee Mann, The Lijadu Sisters, Young Bakuba Band, Lizzy ...
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Season 20 Episode 7: Special “Music from Soundtracks” Episode! Asteroid City 1. Last Train to San Fernando - Johnny Duncan 2. Freight Train - Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group Poker Face 3. Charlie's Theme - Pellea 4. Six Foot Down - Gene Ski 5. Blues Run the Game - Jackson C. Frank John Denver: Country Boy 6. Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver Th…
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S20,E04: 05/08/23 (FRENCH! Cléa Vincent, Jarvis Cocker, Juniore, Kumisolo, We are Enfant Terrible, Lisa LeBlanc, Dumas, Richard Anthony, Freedom Fry, Louïse Papier, Holden)
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Season 20 Episode 4 - SPECIAL “MUSIC IN FRENCH!” EPISODE! Soulevant - Cléa Vincent Contact - Jarvis Cocker Le cannibale - Juniore Je me suis fait tout petit - Juniore B1 - Ce soir - Kumisolo Kabuki femme fatale - Kumisolo La Femme aux Faux Cils - We are Enfant Terrible La poudre aux yeux - Lisa LeBlanc Tite gêne - Lisa LeBlanc Apprenti - Dumas Fill…
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S20,E03: 04/24/23 (Jacob King, Maxwell Farrington and Le SuperHomard, Ladybug Transistor, Tiny Microphone feat. Gary Olson, Lord Huron, Zach Schimpf, Jacklen Ro, Homephone)
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Season 20 Episode 3 Organic Tea - Jacob King We, Us the Pharaohs - Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard I Had It All - Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard Always on the Telephone - The Ladybug Transistor Stranger - Tiny Microphone feat. Gary Olson Mine Forever - Lord Huron At Sea - Lord Huron Blameless - Zach Schimpf Mind Like a Sitting Duck - Zach …
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S20,E02: 04/10/23 (Celler Dwellers, Marina Allen, Tokyo Tea Room, Fruit Junior, Samia, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Smaller Hearts, Sessa)
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Season 20 Episode 2 Apologizing - Celler Dwellers Or Else - Marina Allen Superreality - Marina Allen If You Love Her - Tokyo Tea Room Feel Your Heart - Tokyo Tea Room Poor Devil - Fruit Junior Saddle Up -Fruit Junior The Promise (feat. Jelani Aryeh) - Samia As You Are - Samia Edge of the Edge - Panda Bear & Sonic Boom Everything’s Been Leading To T…
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S20,E01: 03/27/23 (Morrissey, Roller Derby, Phantom Youth, Holy Now, Freeds, Chevy and Park Bird, The Association and The Courettes)
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Season 20 Episode 1 Rebels Without Applause - Morrissey Always on My Mind - Roller Derby Friday I'm in Love - Roller Derby Afterworld - Phantom Youth Dear October - Phantom Youth Places - Holy Now Silk - Holy Now Nerves - Freeds Fuzzy - Freeds If I Could Ride a Bike - Chevy & Park Bird Never My Love - The Association and The Courettes This episode …
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The leaders of the Russian Revolutions of February and October 1917 sought to establish socialism: a deeply democratic economic and political system where the employee/employer relationship is abolished, and where workers control their workplaces, the means of production and the government via the “free association of the producers”. Instead the re…
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S19,E23: 12/19/22 (RL, Rubblebucket, Frankie Cosmos, Dana Gavanski, Le Femme, Petite, League, Alvvays, Bonny Doon)
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SEASON 19 FINALE! Be True - RL Cherry Blossom - Rubblebucket Earth Worship - Rubblebucket Empty Head - Frankie Cosmos Aftershook - Frankie Cosmos Strangers - Dana Gavanski Sacatela - La Femme No pasa nada - La Femme Dyslexic Poetry - Petite League Pantone Karaoke - Petite League Belinda Says - Alvvays Very Online Guy - Alvvays San Francisco - Bonny…
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S19,E22: 12/05/22 (XMAS! Shugo Tokumaru, John Festival, Twitchels, Housewife, Daniel Zott, Laufey, Dodie, Ballboy, Ali Sperry, Kristin Weber, Ginger Root, Rope Store, Feet, Frights, Freedom Fry, Evripidis ...
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SPECIAL "CHRISTMAS MUSIC 2022" EPISODE! Kemonomichi no Uta (alt ver.) - Shugo Tokumaru & John John Festival Ode to Just Like Christmas - Twitchels Just Like Christmas - Housewife When the River Meets the Sea - Daniel Zott Love to Keep Me Warm - Laufey & Dodie Merry Christmas to the Drunks, Merry Christmas to the Lovers - Ballboy He's the One - Ali …
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S19,E21: 11/21/22 (The Go! Team feat Star Feminine Band, Broken Bells, Babe Rainbow, Danz CM, Busman's Holiday, Sam Valdez, Vacant Lots, Sleep Party People)
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Look Away, Look Away - The Go! Team feat. The Star Feminine Band Saturdays - Broken Bells We're Not In Orbit Yet… - Broken Bells Smash the Machine - The Babe Rainbow Mediterranean - The Babe Rainbow Fast Cars - Danz CM Love Is Perfect Kindness - Busman's Holiday Hey Margarita - Busman's Holiday Charlie - Sam Valdez Your Party - Crush EP Disintegrat…
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S19,E20: 11/07/22 (Chris Laufman and Wise Blood, Coast Modern, Ruby, The Goon Sax, The Garrys, Kelley Stoltz, The PJ's)
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Stars Are Blind (Follow Me) - Chris Laufman & Wise Blood Sunshine Time - Coast Modern Electric Fence - Ruby Bedtime - Ruby Steal My Sunshine - The Goon Sax Sintaluta - The Garrys Bury Me With My Money - The Garrys Change - Kelley Stoltz My Wildest Dream - Kelley Stoltz Did You Give the World Some Love Today, Babe? - The PJ's This episode features a…
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Why has every communist country so far been a one party dictatorship? Is it something inherent to Socialism or Marxism? Is human nature incompatible with political equality? Has “true” communism never been tried yet? If so, then why not? Is it “capitalist encirclement”? Richard Wolff can’t answer this question for some reason. Neither can Freddie d…
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S19,E19: 10/24/22 (Freedom Fry, Down Time, Jonathan Bree, Princess Chelsea, Cool Sounds, GOAT, Sun Era)
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Hot Tub Time Machine - Freedom Fry Real Love - Down Time Just Because - Down Time Destiny - Jonathan Bree & Princess Chelsea You Are the Man - Jonathan Bree Love Is More - Princess Chelsea Forever Is a Charm - Princess Chelsea Part Time Punk - Cool Sounds Like That - Cool Sounds Goatmilk - GOAT Blow the Horns - GOAT Chow - Sun Era This episode feat…
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S19,E18: 10/10/22 (ViVii, Pure Bathing Culture, Jeanines, Seoul Magic Club, Gently Tender, Workhorse, Whitney, Cass Elliot)
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It's Probably Me - ViVii Ivory Coast - Pure Bathing Culture Nightswimming - Pure Bathing Culture After All - Jeanines Luminous - Seoul Magic Club Love all the Population - Gently Tender Home Anymore - Gently Tender Chain - Workhorse No Photographs - Workhorse County Lines - Whitney Terminal - Whitney Jesus was a Cross Maker - Cass Elliot This episo…
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S19,E17: 09/26/22 (Foamboy, Husbands, Dean and Britta, Marlon Williams, Squeeze, Air Waves feat. Frankie Cosmos and Merce Lemon, Mary Onettes)
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Not a Go - Foamboy Better - Foamboy Peach Smoothie - Foamboy Garth - Husbands Must Be a Cop - Husbands Night Nurse - Dean & Britta Easy Does It - Marlon Williams My Boy - Marlon Williams Up the Junction - Squeeze The Dance - Air Waves Black Metal - Air Waves feat. Frankie Cosmos and Merce Lemon Mind on Fire - The Mary Onettes This episode features …
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S19,E16: 09/12/22 (Alexandria, Kiwi jr., Foreign Air, Requin Chagrin feat. Anaïs Demoustier, Eli Smart, Ham Sandwich, Greta Morgan)
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Extra Mile - Alexandria The Sound of Music - Kiwi jr. Unspeakable Things - Kiwi jr. Hello Sunshine - Foreign Air Why Don't You Feel the Way I Do? - Foreign Air Je n'veux pas rester sage - Requin Chagrin Crush - Requin Chagrin feat. Anaïs Demoustier Highschool Steady - Eli Smart No Destination - Eli Smart All My Blood - Ham Sandwich Small Talk - Gre…
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S19,E15: 08/29/22 (Dayaway, Tchotchke, Powerplant, Down Time, Breakup Haircut, Cheekface, Cones, Kid Francescoli)
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Summer's End - Dayaway Don't Hang up on Me - Tchotchke Dizzy - Tchotchke Pixie Gf - Powerplant So Far Away - Down Time Marie Kondo - Breakup Haircut Why Can't I Be Cool Enough to Move to Berlin? - Breakup Haircut Election Day - Cheekface feat. Sidney Gish You Always Want to Bomb the Middle East - Cheekface The Tunnel - Cones Summer Is Gone - Kid Fr…
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S19,E14: 08/15/22 (VHS Sports, Chinese American Bear, Voxtrot, She and Him, Freedom Fry, Shout Out Louds, Evripidis and His Tragedies)
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Somedays - VHS Sports Love Bus - Chinese American Bear Love Is - Chinese American Bear Whiskey & Water - Voxtrot Kindergarten - Voxtrot Wouldn’t It Be Nice - She & Him Melt Away - She & Him True to Ourselves - Freedom Fry As Far Away as Possible - Shout Out Louds Sky and I (Heaven) - Shout Out Louds Our Trash - Evripidis and His Tragedies This epis…
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S19,E13: 08/01/22 (CLASSIC EXOTICA! Combustible Edison, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Les Baxter, Haruomi Hosono and Miharu Koshi, Juan García Esquivel)
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SPECIAL "CLASSIC EXOTICA MUSIC" EPISODE! Vertigogo (Opening Theme) - Combustible Edison Misirlou - Martin Denny Coronation - Martin Denny La Pampa Y La Puna - Martin Denny Poinciana - Arthur Lyman Anna - Arthur Lyman Quiet Village - Les Baxter Jungalero - Les Baxter Disappeared (2021 Mix) - Haruomi Hosono and Miharu Koshi Miniskirt - Combustible Ed…
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S19,E12: 07/18/22 (NEW EXOTICA! Kolumbo, Ixtahuele, L'exotighost, Manakooras, Hilo Hi-Flyers, Mocky, Vanishing Twin, Monster Rally, Louie Zong, Natural Yogurt Band)
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SPECIAL "NEW FRONTIERS IN EXOTICA MUSIC" EPISODE! The Key Club, 1976 - Kolumbo Manna - Ìxtahuele feat. Kadhja Bonet and Orange Crate Art Exotique Mecanique - L'exotighost Mai Tai Break - L'exotighost Quiet Village - The Manakooras Maple Leaf - The Hilo Hi-Flyers Mountain King - The Hilo Hi-Flyers Bora! - Mocky In Cucina - Vanishing Twin Dusty - Mon…
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S19,E11: 07/04/22 (LADIES! Breakup Haircut, Ora the Molecule, Sunflower Beam, Le Pain, Dana Gavanski, Renata Zeiguer, Sea Lemon)
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SPECIAL "LET'S HEAR FROM THE LADIES" EPISODE! Out of My Way (I'm Not Getting on the Night Bus) - Breakup Haircut Creator - Ora the Molecule Die to Be a Butterfly - Ora the Molecule Who Put You Up To This? - Sunflower Bean Baby Don't Cry - Sunflower Bean Obvious to You - Le Pain Is That How You Want Me to Feel? - Le Pain Indigo Highway - Dana Gavans…
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In this episode we cover the rest of chapter 3 of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s book The Dawn of Everything. In this chapter, the authors claim that the seasonal social structures of the traditional Nambikwara, Lakota and Kwakiutl were the result of conscious choice, grand theatre, play and expedience. In doing so, they repeatedly invent variou…
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S19,E05: 04/11/22 (Sipper, Jenny Hval, Sea Lemon, VHS Sports, Widowspeak, Traffik Island,Alyssa Gengos, Jarvis Cocker)
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Party - Sipper Freedom - Jenny Hval Classic Objects - Jenny Hval Sunday - Sea Lemon Fortune Teller - Sea Lemon House Show - VHS Sports Flowers - VHS Sports Everything Is Simple - Widowspeak Salt - Widowspeak Lights Out - Traffik Island Babylon Blues - Traffik Island Gothenburg English - Alyssa Gengos O Kanan Dume - Alyssa Gengos Aline - Jarvis Cock…
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10.3 The Ingredients of Hierarchy: Graeber & Wengrow’s Dawn of Everything Chapter 3, ”Unfreezing the Ice Age”
We cover the first part of chapter 3 of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s book The Dawn of Everything: ”Unfreezing the Ice Age”, and we investigate the authors’ claims that human inequality has no origins based on archeology from upper paleolithic europe. In doing so we also look at the difference between dominance hierarchy and democratic hierarch…
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10.2 The Dawn of Everything: How Graeber & Wengrow’s book sets us up to fail like Occupy Wall Street
In this episode we cover chapter 1 of David Graeber & David Wengrow’s book The Dawn of Everything, entitled Farewell to Humanity’s Childhood; or Why This isn’t a Book About the Origins of Inequality. In doing so, we look at the following: How the book’s underlying thesis: that human social structure is ultimately a matter of choice and experimentat…
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In this episode we read and critique the conclusion of Chapter 2 of Dawn of Everything, “Wicked Liberty: The Indigenous Critique and the Myth of the Noble Savage”, which was previously released in French in 2019 as La Sagesse de Kandiaronk. Given that the conclusion of the chapter is a tirade against the concept of “equality” we first examine what …
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A critical reading of “The Wisdom of Kandiaronk, The Indigenous Critique, the Myth of Progress and the Birth of the Left” from David Graeber & David Wengrow’s upcoming book The Dawn of Everything. In this chapter Graeber & Wengrow argue that: The European Enlightenment was heavily influenced by Native American critiques of European culture. That Eu…
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Interview with Arnold Schroeder of Fight Like an Animal, a wonderful and endessly fascinating show that looks through 20 years of experience of hardcore climate activism, at why left political movements are so weak and ineffective and how to change that, and which covers everything from history, to political psychology, to anthropology, psychiatry,…
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The terms “cancel culture” and “political correctness” are used to delegitimize ideas like gender equality and racial equality by conflating them with toxic dominance behaviour practiced by up-and-coming elites who disguise their power plays in egalitarian social justice language. In this segment, by seeking to properly define these terms, we look …
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The foundation of “cancel culture” and “political correctness” is the wage labour employment contract. ARTICLES QUOTED: Corey Robin, Chris Bertram and Alex Gourevitch 2012 – Life at Work, Crooked Timber Amanda Hess 2013 – How Sexy Should A Worker Be? The Plight of the Babe in the American Workplace, Slate Yvonne Abraham 2015 – Tom Brady has more ri…
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8. Idealism vs. Materlialism – How History is Made: Haudenosaunee Women / the Suffragettes / the Double V Campaign / The English Peasant’s Revolt of 1381 / The Anarchist Revolution in Spain 1936-39
Human beings have free will, but our actions are constrained by material realities. Understanding how material and practical conditions shape human behaviour can make all the difference between success and catastrophic failure when it comes to the whole spectrum of political action, from private sector negotiation, to crafting legislation, to makin…
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What would happen if you could end sexism overnight by giving everyone a magic pink pill? Why we need to target material and practical conditions if we want to eliminate cultural hierarchies. A thought experiment about political strategy which lays bare the whole class reductionism vs. race reductionism debate, and which is crucial for any kind of …
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7. The Origin of Social Hierarchy and Male Dominance: why David Graeber and Jordan Peterson are Wrong
Why are hierarchy and male dominance so prevalent in human societies? According to anthropologists David Graeber & David Wengrow, it’s because people were “self-consciously experimenting with different social possibilities,” and then we somehow got stuck this way. Meanwhile according to Jordan Peterson, it’s just human nature. Thankfully for humani…
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Everywhere we look, past and present we see hierarchical societies where some people have more wealth, more power, and more rights than others. Was this always the state of the human world? Is hierarchy in our nature? Are egalitarian societies possible for human beings? If so, under what conditions? And is freedom compatible with equality? FULL TRA…
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This episode is for everyone who keeps writing to me to insist that one or the other wrong, incoherent, popular definitions of Left and Right is actually the correct one. How do we know the left and right refer to equality and hierarchy? To answer this, we look at who was considered as being on the left and on the right in three different time peri…
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Politicians’ dependence on police as a revenue stream, prosecutors’ dependence on police for convictions, and falling tax cuts on the wealthy combine to give police incredible power. This is a key reason why they’re rarely punished, even for the most egregious abuses. FULL TRANSCRIPT tweeter: @worbsintowords YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WHATI…
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Definitions of political terms affect what we see and don’t see in the world around us, and turn us into effective or ineffective communicators and political actors. The definition of government that journalists and academics use makes us blind to the people who rule over us in our private lives. Popular definitions of left and right propagated by …
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Most journalists and Doctor-Professor academics don’t really know what the left-right political spectrum is about, but you will after listening to this episode! FULL TRANSCRIPT tweeter: @WorbsIntoWords help! http://www.patreon.com/whatispolitics video version: https://youtu.be/P3cmjNrXWms https://archive.org/download/03leftrightandyou/03%20-%20LEFT…
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