Against Everyone with Conner Habib
282 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 584 ratingsAgainst Everyone with Conner Habib is a podcast of deep but accessible and fun explorations of art, spirituality, philosophy, activism, and culture. This is big talk in a friendly tone with some of. the most compelling people of our time.
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AEWCH 34: ARE BODIES OUR SELVES? or HOW SEX CONFRONTS MATERIALISM
July 03, 2018 17:40 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MBOn this solo episode, I center sex and sexuality to pit desire against arousal and show how how materialism falls apart under pressure.
AEWCH 33: ABBY MARTIN or ENVISIONING A WORLD WITHOUT EMPIRE
June 19, 2018 18:29 - 1 hour - 108 MBRadical political journalist Abby Martin returns to the show to discuss what a better world looks like, and to make fun of The Intellectual Dark Web with me.
AEWCH 32: SCOTT THOMPSON or RECLAIMING THE LISP
June 12, 2018 18:45 - 1 hour - 100 MBI talk with one of my idols - Kids in the Hall member Scott Thompson! - about gay rights, spirituality, and social justice.
AEWCH 31: DAVE LE'AUPEPE (GANG OF YOUTHS) or ART OF DARKNESS
May 29, 2018 17:34 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBDave Le'aupepe of Gang of Youths and I go deep into the contours of suicidal depression (his and mine) and rock and roll. He also plays two songs, "Persevere" and a cover of "Chelsea Hotel No 2" by Leonard Cohen.
AEWCH 30: MITCH HOROWITZ or THE NEW AGE OF LEFTISM
May 23, 2018 23:40 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBMy guest Mitch Horowitz and I talk about positive thinking, the new age movement, and the left on episode 30! And honestly, I couldn't have gotten here without some of the principles I learned from new thought and positive thinking. Don't worry, I'm still an angry political bro, or whatever. Mitch and I discuss how positive thinking can gel with radical politics (and why it often doesn't), why both leftists and new agey people are really disorganized, the occult history of America, why th...
READING ULYSSES with CONNER HABIB
May 23, 2018 18:47 - 7 minutes - 2.74 MBHave you been wanting to read Ulysses, but found yourself daunted by its reputation? Join Conner Habib - author, countercultural activist, and host of Against Everyone with Conner Habib (not to mention former college English and literature instructor) - as he guides you through this amazing book, step-by-step, over six weeks in this online course!
AEWCH 29: ALEX VITALE or KILL THE COP IN YOUR HEAD
May 15, 2018 20:39 - 1 hour - 104 MBI invited the great Alex Vitale - author, activist, professor, and police consultant - to the show to talk about how to undo police forces and return both the rest of us AND the police to peace and real freedom.
AEWCH 28: MAGGIE MCNEILL or SEDUCING PEOPLE INTO ANARCHISM
May 01, 2018 22:52 - 1 hour - 110 MBI speak with author and sex workers' rights activist, Maggie McNeill! Maggie gives me strength and helps keep me in the work I do; she's amazing. We discuss alllll sorts of stuff, from SESTA/FOSTA and Stormy Daniels, to moral panics and the problem with enthusiastic consent.
AEWCH 27: MOSHE KASHER or GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN
April 24, 2018 19:08 - 1 hour - 143 MBI talk with comedian and author Moshe Kasher about growing up poor, having a sex positive childhood, why comedians are not philosophers, Osho, and more. It's a gooood episode, even though I'm laughing my head off the whole way through.
AEWCH 26: ASAD HAIDER or IDENTITY (IS) CRISIS
April 17, 2018 16:18 - 1 hour - 105 MBI talk with author, teacher, and founder of Viewpoint Magazine, Asad Haider about the trouble with identity politics. And we pull apart the whole shebang. A little bit of audio trouble on my end, sorry. You'll still love it.
AEWCH 25: WILL MENAKER or STOP ENABLING STUPIDITY: ACT!
April 05, 2018 00:28 - 1 hour - 104 MBI talk with Will Menaker, co-founder of Chapo Traphouse, about SESTA/FOSTA, socialism, and movies. And it is very funny.
AEWCH 24: ERIN GLORIA RYAN or I'M LITERALLY TALKING ABOUT MY FEELINGS HERE
March 21, 2018 19:47 - 1 hour - 127 MBI talk with writer, political commentator, hilarious person, and feminist icon Erin Gloria Ryan. And it's great.
AEWCH 23: BRIAN EVENSON or THE HORROR-SELF
March 13, 2018 20:16 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBSo excited to welcome postmodern horror writer Brian Evenson to the show. A true honor. And the first fiction writer on the show! Brian is one of my favorite authors, and his stories are violent, unsettling, and profound. We talk about horror fiction, the occult, David Lynch, metaphors, the horror of relationships extending into our lives, the concept of doubles, the meaninglessness or meaning of suffering, and revising everything we know. I also ask Brian how a character could get out of...
AEWCH 22: DESTROY NATURE BEFORE IT DESTROYS US
March 02, 2018 17:25 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MBI talk about how nature is a flawed concept and how it pollutes our views of environmentalism. What kind of planetary views might we have if instead of thinking we were separate from or a part of nature, we realized that nature was our concept for longing? Plus, Patricia Highsmith and Paracelsus show up.
AEWCH 21: THADDEUS RUSSELL or THE INVISIBLE HAND (JOB)
February 17, 2018 02:17 - 1 hour - 131 MBI talk with postmodern historian and renegade educator, Thaddeus Russell about critical theory, the failure of education, and the left's abandonment of pleasure. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Youtube, and please support the show on patreon! patreon.com/ConnerHabib
AEWCH 20: DAVID SHORTER or BEING IN THE GIANT SNAKE PLACE
February 11, 2018 00:58 - 1 hour - 109 MBI talk with rebel anthropologist and paranormal professor David Shorter about objectivity, language, and the problem(s) with spirituality. (Sorry about the glitch in the original transfer that cut off the last 5 minutes - It's fixed now!)
AEWCH: Sex & Occult Reading Lists for all new Patreon Sign Ups!
January 28, 2018 00:28 - 3 minutes - 1.55 MBPatreon.com/ConnerHabib - Patreon is my bread & butter. Did you know the show is funded completely by patrons? Please support the show so I can make four episodes a month, travel to new guests, improve sound and video quality, and more! Plus, if you sign up by 2/1, I'll send you an occult reading list AND a sex & culture reading list!
AEWCH 19: BEN EHRENREICH or PALESTINIAN RIGHTS ARE NOT COMPLICATED
January 19, 2018 21:14 - 1 hour - 116 MBJournalist and Novelist Ben Ehrenreich and I discuss Palestinian rights, fighting apartheid and ethnic cleansing, and the ways fiction and nonfiction approach humanity.
AEWCH 18: ROBBIE MARTIN or GO BACK TO RUSSIA
January 12, 2018 19:32 - 1 hour - 106 MBI talk about Russiagate, neocons, and liberal fantasies & delusions with documentary filmmaker, host of Media Roots Radio, and musician, Robbie Martin!
AEWCH 17: OCCULT ADVICE FOR THE NEW YEAR or BERNIE BRO VISION BOARDS
January 05, 2018 19:03 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBI talk about easy occult techniques to start 2018 with and also how to cast off occult/spiritual stigma and just DO IT already, bubs.
AEWCH 16: DUNCAN TRUSSELL or THE DEMON PODCAST
December 08, 2017 23:38 - 1 hour - 106 MBMe and Duncan Trussell - comedian, mystic, and host of the absurdly popular podcast, The Duncan Trussell Family Hour - talk about demon podcasts, smalltown PA oppression, conversation as magick, and a lot more. If you're listening, apologies for the creaking in the background. We're sitting on a leather couch.
AEWCH 15: MARK BRAY or THE ANTIFA PEACE PROCESS
December 01, 2017 20:30 - 1 hour - 92.4 MBI talk with activist, historian, and author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, Mark Bray. We discuss the history of anti-fascist action, the political uses and definitions of violence, what "free speech" means, and more! Subscribe! iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/against-everyone-with-conner-habib/id1298708750 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/against-everyone-with-conner-habib?refid=stpr Youtube: Youtube.com/ConnerHabib
AEWCH 14: PETER ROLLINS or NO ME BEFORE OTHER GODS
November 17, 2017 23:29 - 1 hour - 126 MBRadical theologian, author, and philosopher Peter Rollins hangs out with me and talks about religion without God, the trouble with certainty, and psychoanalysis's political project. It's a great episode and I am very happy that you are listening to it.
AEWCH 13: MISH BARBER-WAY or SCREAMING MATTERS
November 10, 2017 22:32 - 1 hour - 110 MBIn AEWCH 13, I hang out with one of my favorite punks, Mish Barber-Way, singer/screamer of White Lung. White Lung is intense, loud, metal-meets-punk, and they’re truly awesome. (Rolling Stone named White Lung’s album, Deep Fantasy, one of the 40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time.) We talk about screaming, danger, assault, and more. And I made sure to ask Mish to play a couple songs, too, even though she’s used to playing MUCH much louder. There are acoustic versions of “Paradise” at 57:55 and ...
AEWCH 12: FELIX BIEDERMAN or HATING THE PEOPLE WHO HATE PEOPLE
October 27, 2017 19:20 - 1 hour - 103 MBAEWCH 12: FELIX BIEDERMAN or HATING THE PEOPLE WHO HATE PEOPLE by
AEWCH 11: SHOOT TO LIVE or MASS SHOOTINGS AND THE POLITICS OF PRESENCE
October 20, 2017 18:47 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBMass shootings aren't only due to lack of US gun control laws, religious fervor or mental illness. They're part of our current political and social climate.
AEWCH 9: HOW TO BREAK UP WITH A COUNTRY or WE DESERVE BETTER
October 19, 2017 18:50 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBWhy do we need countries, anyway? I talk about our overdue break up with the state, which does more harm than good.
AEWCH 5 - THE ASTRONAUT'S THUMB or THE CONTRACTION OF TIME & SPACE
October 19, 2017 18:44 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBI talk about the changing nature of time & space in human experience. Whoa!
AEWCH 8: CAITLIN DOUGHTY or DEATH IS YOUR PROJECT
October 19, 2017 18:37 - 1 hour - 84.3 MBCaitlin Doughty, mortician and bestselling author, and I discuss how to stop worrying about death, and why we do so much, anyway.
AEWCH 7 - SELFIE POLITICS or NATIONS OF IDENTITY
October 19, 2017 18:36 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MBI take a look at identity politics, so-called social justice warriors, and identity's place in our culture.
AEWCH 6 - ALEX TSAKIRIS or HOW TO LIVE WITH SKEPTICAL ETHICS
October 19, 2017 18:33 - 1 hour - 114 MBAlex Tsakiris, host of Skeptiko, and I discuss what it means to be a true skeptic, and why science-minded people often fail at that!
AEWCH 4 - GORDON WHITE or LEAVE THE REALM OF POWER
October 19, 2017 18:31 - 1 hour - 128 MBOccultist Gordon White and I talk about how occult power informs our politics!