Episodes
Monday Apr 12, 2021
711: Yellow Dent Grey Goo (SLAS Ch. 8)
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Ryan and Christopher (@itmechr3) talk Chapter 8 of Seeing Like a State
This is part 7 of a series. If you haven't listened to the previous 6 episodes I recommend listening to them first!
Saturday Mar 27, 2021
710: Apparently Tanzanians Need Water?? (SLAS Ch. 7)
Saturday Mar 27, 2021
Saturday Mar 27, 2021
Ryan and yungneocon discuss this weird aspect of Tanzanian food culture.
This is part 6 of a series. If you haven't listened to the previous 5 episodes I recommend listening to them first!
Saturday Feb 27, 2021
708: Total (Sploshnaia) Collectivization (SLAS Ch. 6)
Saturday Feb 27, 2021
Saturday Feb 27, 2021
Ryan and Walk In discuss the CIA-sponsored chapter of Seeing Like a State.
This is part 5 of a series. If you haven't listened to the previous 4 episodes I recommend listening to them first!
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
707: The Commons in the Antebellum South (SLAS Supplemental)
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
Ryan covers the intro to part 3 of Seeing Like a State and takes a slight diversion to read one of the sources cited in that section.
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
704: Fredo, son of Fredo son of Fredo (SLAS Ch 2)
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Chapter 2 of Seeing Like a State, with Sam (@mathmansam)
yungneothread on anti-semitism
Sam mentioned: Falguni Sheth, Towards a Political Philosophy of Race
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
703: Whoops We Killed the Whole Forest, but Rationally (SLAS Ch 1)
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Ryan and Nate (@theRadicleLeft) of the Works in Theory podcast kick off a series about Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott.
Saturday Jan 16, 2021
702: YIMBYs and NIMBYs and All Kinda IMBYs!
Saturday Jan 16, 2021
Saturday Jan 16, 2021
Well, as it turns out I was not able to release this episode before a new COVID strain came out. Ah well. Nevertheless, this is about housing.
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Srsly Neighbors 1: Economics as Horseshit
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Show Notes (contains a lot of information we didn't cover in the episode)
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Friday Oct 23, 2020
This is a two-part episode. Part 2 will come out next week.
Samuel Miller McDonald (@sjmmcd) and yungneocon (@yungneocon) come on the show to critique several articles on degrowth
Be sure to check out Samuel's upcoming book: https://twitter.com/thebookseller/status/1317087909254733828
Articles we discuss in this episode (not just in this part):
Additional resources:
Robin Hahnel article that attempts and fails to debunk degrowth (PDF)
Saturday Oct 17, 2020
Saturday Oct 17, 2020
This is a two-part episode. Part 2 will come out next week.
Samuel Miller McDonald (@sjmmcd) and yungneocon (@yungneocon) come on the show to critique several articles on degrowth
Be sure to check out Samuel's upcoming book: https://twitter.com/thebookseller/status/1317087909254733828
Articles we discuss in this episode (not just in this part):
Additional resources:
Robin Hahnel article that attempts and fails to debunk degrowth (PDF)