554: History is a Prankster
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KMO talks with Jim Kunstler about his new book, Living in the Long Emergency, and about the current moment in which the economy is somewhere between frozen and in free-fall because of the coronavirus pandemic.
553: 2019 Wrap-Up
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KMO and Douglas Lain set out to talk about 2019 and immediately start coloring outside the lines. The conversation continues on the Vault and concludes on YouTube: https://youtu.be/E4hKCCCBxc0
552: Radicals and Reactionaries
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KMO talks with Harvey J. Kaye, author of Take Hold of Our History: Make America Radical Again, about what it means to be radical and how Americans can empower themselves by re-connecting with our history of radical organizing and action. KMO makes reference to The Final Reflection, a Star Trek novel from 1985.
551: The Specter of Ecofascism
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KMO and John Michael Greer met up in Lancaster, PA this week to talk about ecofascism. JMG made a bit of a stir a few weeks back when he published an essay on his blog called The Next Twilight of Environmentalism. His thesis is that we're in the early stages of seeing media power-brokers discredit environmentalism by associating it with Nazis, white nationalists and mass shooters. Later in the podcast, KMO asks JMG about the candidacy of Andrew Yang and his signature policy, the Freedom Dividend.
550: The Hamster Wheel of Futility
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James Howard Kunstler
KMO and JHK yak about the degraded state of American electoral politics, the Democrat Primary contest, potential campaign surprises, and the potential for cyber-mischief from unexpected quarters.
The first part of the conversation is to be found on YouTube: https://youtu.be/L1NxXzCVUok