In this episode we’re joined by David Fishman, energy analyst with a focus on China’s power grid to talk about mountains covered in solar panels, energy culture wars, urban vs rural divide, pragmatic energy grid development, paternalistic energy policies, USA, China & Africa, and more! David on Twitter twitter.com/pretentiouswhatDavid on …
Ep 027 Environment & Energy in China (feat. David Fishman) Read More »
On this episode we talk to Louis CK about art, algorithms, how comedy has changed with social media, moral authority, grassroots comedy vs. mainstream, Chinese culture, prosperity, communism vs. capitalism, donuts and more! Louis’ website: louisck.com
In this episode we are joined by Diane Sare who is in the midst of her campaign as an Independent running for US State Senate in New York State against Chuck Schumer. In this episode we discuss the crazy, backwards primary process, her fight against Schumer, Malthusianism, nuclear energy, the …
Ep 025 The Inalienable Rights of Man (feat. Diane Sare) Read More »
We’re joined by philosopher, cultural critic and political theorist Gabriel Rockhill to discuss: The CIA & Congress for Cultural Freedom, Intellectual commodity fetishism, the distribution of ideas, the compatible left, actually existing socialism, cultural production, the war for hearts and minds, information war on China, petty-bourgeois melancholia (the PMC politics …
Ep 024 Managing Mindscapes: The War for Hearts and Minds (feat. Gabriel Rockhill) Read More »
In this episode we’re joined by author, poet and legendary internet shitposter Logo Daedalus (R. Cam). We cover: the wild west internet days, decentralization, touching grass, the narrative, wordcels vs shape-rotators, Disney, intellectual property, China and more! Visit Logo’s website readbooksvlt.comFollow Logo on Twitter @Logo_Daedalus
Emmet Penney returns to the Space Commune Podcast to cover topics: The battle between renewables vs. nuclear, Build Public Renewables Act in New York State, how to stop industrial decline, crisis rhetoric vs. the yolk of discipline, philosophical and socio-political discussion about energy, climate and the future. Follow Emmet on …
Ep 022 What if You’re Just Some Guy? (feat. Emmet Penney) Read More »
In this episode we talk to Geoff Young who just won the Democratic Primary for Kentucky Congressional District 6. Geoff is running as an American Patriot who wants to abolish the CIA, address economic issues, cooperate with Russia & China, and more! Geoff’s website: www.young4ky.comTwitter: @GeoffYoung4KYDonate to Geoff
PACD podcast crossover episode we cut it up with Peter and Ms. ACD about climate grief, anti-communism, self immolation, eco activism, the whales of Buddhism, gurus, going viral, Malthusianism, reducing your carbon footprint, end of history, degrowth, and more! Listen to the PACD PodcastWatch the PACD PodcastVery Important Documentaries
In this episode we talk to our guest Alex Smith of The Breakthrough Institute about his controversial article for Jacobin criticizing Alice Waters and the Slow Food Movement. We discuss romanticized agrarianism, cottagecore, urban agriculture, fantasy, feral hogs, conscious consumerism, big Ag, back to the land, small is beautiful, wholesomeness, …
Ep 019 Homestead Fantasy: Slow Food & Back to the Land (feat. Alex Smith) Read More »
Alex and Fox talk to Daniel Burke, an activist with the LaRouche Organization and Schiller Institute. We cover topics ranging from the financial bubble, Malthusians, degrowth, The Great Reset, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, beauty and reason, energy flux density, the unfolding of the universe – and more! Follow Daniel …
Ep 018 Cooperation & Collaboration: One Mankind (feat. Daniel Burke) Read More »
We talk to Meredith Angwin, author of Shorting the Grid, The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid and energy consultant. We chat about ISOs & RTOs, beating the peak, passing the energy buck, fragilizing the grid, the myth of of 100% renewables, baseload energy, energy fiefdoms and more! As a …
Ep 017 Debunking the 100% Renewables Myth (feat. Meredith Angwin) Read More »
In this episode we talk to Carlos aka Andean Comintern about American Patriotism, Land Back vs. Land Reform, Evo Morales, Buen Vivir, Degrowth and more! Follow Carlos on Twitter! twitter.com/andeancomintern
In this PACD podcast crossover episode we cut it up with Peter and Ms. ACD about Greta Thunberg, indigenous wisdom, the R word, degrowth, and more! Listen to the PACD PodcastWatch the PACD Podcast
In this episode we talk to Duncan Bryer, lifelong New Yorker and former policy director for a New York State Senator about the closure of Indian Point nuclear power plant, which supplied about 1/4 of NYC’s energy. We discuss the politics around New York energy policy, environmental racism and more! …
On this Earth Day episode we talk to Caleb Maupin about the academic roots of the New Left, capitalist proxy wars, optimistic collectivism vs. degrowth Neo-Malthusian pessimism, a world based on brotherhood of humanity and more! Caleb’s websiteCaleb’s YouTube channelFollow Caleb on Twitter!
In this episode we talk to Emmet Penney of ex.haust podcast about nuclear, the grid and the inner workings of how energy agendas are pushed through the political sphere. Emmet is co-author of We Need a Nuclear New Deal, Not a Green New Deal published on the Bellows last September …
Ep 012 Nuclear & the Power Grid: How it Works and Who Benefits (feat. Emmet Penney) Read More »
We’re joined by Matt Huber, Associate Professor of Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University. Huber has been one of the few academics to critique “degrowth” ideology from a socialist perspective. In this episode talk about the overlap between degrowth, localism and the PMC, and more! Read Matt’s writingFollow Matt …
Ep 011 Destroying Degrowth with Facts and Logic (feat. Matt Huber) Read More »
In this episode we get the inside story from Andrew Saturn and Jonny Meade who both ran for office as socialists and the flack they received from the far left sectors of the Democratic Party establishment for doing so. Saturn tells us about his experience starting an Our Revolution chapter, …
Ep 010 The Bernie to DNC Pipeline (feat. Socialism Train) Read More »
Greg Sharzer, author of “No Local: Why Small-Scale Alternatives Won’t Change The World” joins us to talk about the book he wrote ten years ago which warns of all the pitfalls of “localism” that are currently being played out right in our home city of Kingston, NY with the help …
Ep 009 The Localism Lifestyle (feat. Greg Sharzer) Read More »
On this episode we talk to George Hoare of the Aufhebunga Bunga podcast about his latest article for Damage Magazine, “Moral Minoritarianism from the Ashes of Left Populism”. Topics covered include: BLM outside of the US, “deliberative democracy” & “citizen’s assemblies”, localism and more! Read George’s article: Moral Minoritarianism from …
Ep 008 The Management of Populist Disillusionment (feat. George Hoare) Read More »
