Last Born In The Wilderness
741 episodes - English - Latest episode: 22 days ago - ★★★★★ - 110 ratingsA podcast about death, dying, and the ruptures of life in between.
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Bayo Akomolafe: The Trickster, An Invader, & Fractures Of Messianic Becomings
July 25, 2020 14:59 - 10 minutes - 9.28 MBThis is a segment of episode #260 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Monstrosity: The Trickster, An Invader, & Fractures Of Messianic Becomings w/ Bayo Akomolafe.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWakomolafe3 Read Bayo Akomolafe’s essay ‘I, Coronavirus. Mother. Monster. Activist.’: https://bit.ly/30xaTP3 In this segment of my discussion with Bayo Akomolafe — author of 'These Wilds Beyond Our Fences', Executive Director and Chief Curator for The Emergence Network (A Post-Activist Pr...
#260 | Monstrosity: The Trickster, An Invader, & Fractures Of Messianic Becomings w/ Bayo Akomolafe
July 23, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 67.1 MB[Intro: 8:44] In this episode, I speak with Bayo Akomolafe, author of 'These Wilds Beyond Our Fences', Executive Director and Chief Curator for The Emergence Network (A Post-Activist Project), and host of the online writing course, ‘We Will Dance With Mountains: Writing as a Tool for Emergence’. We begin by discussing Bayo's recent essay ‘I, Coronavirus. Mother. Monster. Activist.’: “One of the central questions I ask with this essay is: If this is indeed a war, do we really want to win i...
Barbara Cecil: Meeting Our Time Of Many Endings
July 18, 2020 18:15 - 7 minutes - 6.9 MBThis is a segment of episode #259 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Openings Into The Unseen: Meeting Our Time Of Many Endings w/ Barbara Cecil.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWcecil Visit Barbara Cecil’s website to learn more about her and her book ‘Coming Into Your Own’: http://endingsandbeginnings.com This is a griefful time. We are witnessing systems fail and a deep fracturing of our collective shared experience of reality, particularly for those embedded within the dominan...
#259 | Openings Into The Unseen: Meeting Our Time Of Many Endings w/ Barbara Cecil
July 15, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 73.9 MB[Intro: 8:47] In this episode, I speak with dear friend, healer, and counselor Barbara Cecil. This is a griefful time. We are witnessing systems fail and a deep fracturing of our collective shared experience of reality, particularly for those embedded within the dominant culture of North America, to which many of us are tied to. More and more, time seems to be quickening and grinding to a stuttering halt, all at once. Barbara and I deepen our exploration into the terrain of our current pr...
Silvia Federici: Beyond The Frontiers Of The Skin, A Challenge For The Left
July 13, 2020 22:39 - 10 minutes - 9.65 MBThis is a segment of episode #258 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Beyond The Periphery: Reclaiming The Body Under Contemporary Capitalism w/ Silvia Federici.” Listen to the full interview: https://bit.ly/LBWfederici2 Learn more about and purchase a copy of ‘Beyond the Periphery of the Skin: Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism’ from PM Press: https://bit.ly/3eci2sP The body—our sense of “self” in relation to others—has been restricted, reduced, and mutila...
#258 | Beyond The Periphery: Reclaiming The Body Under Contemporary Capitalism w/ Silvia Federici
July 10, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 71.1 MB[Intro: 5:18 | Transcript: ENG/BP: https://bit.ly/3jqcdMk / https://bit.ly/39iuKp6] In this episode, I speak with feminist writer and teacher Silvia Federici. We discuss the themes of her new book ‘Beyond the Periphery of the Skin: Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism’ published through PM Press. The body—our sense of “self” in relation to others—has been restricted, reduced, and mutilated under Capitalism and the impositions of the State. This is partic...
Dahr Jamail: A Time Of Endings; Shades Of Denial
July 04, 2020 21:12 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBThis is a segment of episode #257 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Today Is Better Than Tomorrow: A Time Of Endings; Shades Of Denial w/ Dahr Jamail.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWjamail3 Learn more about Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth’s new book project ‘The Changing Earth’: https://www.thechangingearth.net I can imagine most of you listening to this will recognize what Dahr and I both feel and know in this time we are in. Many of us are beginning to come to terms with the ...
#257 | Today Is Better Than Tomorrow: A Time Of Endings; Shades Of Denial w/ Dahr Jamail
July 02, 2020 15:24 - 1 hour - 78.8 MB[Intro: 8:18 | Transcript: http://bit.ly/LBWdahr] In this episode, I speak with award-winning journalist and author Dahr Jamail. I can imagine most of you listening to this episode will recognize what Dahr and I both feel and know in this time we are in. Many of us are beginning to come to terms with the reality we have been dealt — a global predicament that includes a pandemic that won’t soon leave us, economic crisis and social unrest that will only worsen as the months pass on, and nonl...
Nicholas Humphrey: Climate Disruption, Now
July 01, 2020 21:11 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBThis is a segment of episode #256 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Climate Realities: Baked Arctic & Collapse As A Process, Not An Event w/ Nicholas Humphrey.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWhumphrey2 Follow Nicholas and support his work: https://www.patreon.com/MeteorologistNickHumphrey As the nations of the world continue to confront the challenges of a global pandemic, and as the United States experiences the worst economic crisis in its history and convulses in the wake of...
#256 | Climate Realities: Baked Arctic & Collapse As A Process, Not An Event w/ Nicholas Humphrey
June 29, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 83.7 MB[Intro: 9:16 | Book: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this interview, I speak with meteorologist and geoscientist Nicholas Humphrey. As the nations of the world continue to confront the challenges of a global pandemic, and as the United States experiences the worst economic crisis in its history and convulses in the wake of accelerated social breakdown and civil unrest, the global climate crisis continues unabated. I ask Nicholas to provide his insights into the profound climate shifts the Arctic...
Arun Gupta: Dog-Whistling The Far-Right & The Stochastic-Terrorist-In-Chief
June 27, 2020 15:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MBThis is a segment of episode #255 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Raising The Temperature: Far-Right Terror & The Stochastic-Terrorist-In-Chief w/ Arun Gupta.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWgupta Read Arun’s articles referenced in this interview, published at The Raw Story: https://bit.ly/316ySql / https://bit.ly/2VeVzF3 / https://bit.ly/2Z8fRB8 In this segment of my interview with journalist and activist Arun Gupta, we discuss several of his recent articles published at The...
#255 | Raising The Temperature: Far-Right Terror & The Stochastic-Terrorist-In-Chief w/ Arun Gupta
June 25, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 81.5 MB[Intro: 11:04 | Book: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with journalist and activist Arun Gupta. We discuss several of his recent articles published at The Raw Story, addressing the rise of far-right violence by counter-protesters and agitators at dozens of Black Lives Matter protests over the past several weeks. In particular, we discuss what he addresses in his piece ‘Trump supporters are attacking and killing Black Lives Matter protesters — and getting away with it’: “Since...
Wilderness of Mine Afflictions: A Reading of 'We Live in the Orbit of Beings Greater Than Us'
June 24, 2020 16:15 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBThis is a reading of the introduction to my new book 'We Live in the Orbit of Beings Greater Than Us' published by Gods&Radicals Press. Read this introduction at: https://abeautifulresistance.org/site/2020/6/25/intro-to-we-live-in-the-orbit-of-beings-greater-than-us Order a copy: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr Excerpt: 'It’s one thing to come to that conclusion objectively and to see the information as it is, and it’s another thing entirely to accept it on an emotional, spiritual, and animal lev...
Sunil Bhatia: Internalized Colonization & A Decolonized Psychology
June 24, 2020 15:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBThis is a segment of episode #254 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Decolonizing Psychology: Relegated To The Margins, Our Humanity w/ Sunil Bhatia.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWbhatia Learn more about and purchase Sunil’s books ‘American Karma’ and ‘Decolonizing Psychology’: https://bit.ly/313gJcL / https://bit.ly/3eknn2r In this segment of my interview with Sunil Bhatia, Professor of Human Development at Connecticut College, we discuss the processes of an "internalized col...
#254 | Decolonizing Psychology: Relegated To The Margins, Our Humanity w/ Sunil Bhatia
June 22, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 86.9 MB[Intro: 9:24 | Book: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this interview, I speak with Sunil Bhatia, Professor of Human Development at Connecticut College. He is the author of dozens of articles related to transnational migration, identity and cultural psychology, and is the author of two books, ‘American Karma: Race, Culture and Identity in the Indian Diaspora’ and ‘Decolonizing Psychology: Globalization, Social Justice and Indian Youth Identities.’ At its root, Western Psychology is colonial. With t...
Update: New Book 'We Live in the Orbit of Beings Greater Than Us'
June 16, 2020 00:40 - 4 minutes - 3.94 MBAn update on my new book 'We Live in the Orbit of Beings Greater Than Us' published through Gods&Radicals Press. Learn more and purchase a copy: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr
Chris Hedges: Revolutions Are Emotional Events
June 16, 2020 00:13 - 8 minutes - 7.5 MBThis is a segment of episode #253 of Last Born In The Wilderness “The Paths To Reform Are Dead: Confronting The Myopic Ruling Elite w/ Chris Hedges.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWhedges Read Chris Hedges’ article ‘The Treason of the Ruling Class’ at SheerPost: https://bit.ly/3cPEfw9 In this segment of my interview with award-winning author and journalist Chris Hedges, we discuss the unprecedented uprisings in the United States over the past few weeks, as addressed in his re...
#253 | The Paths To Reform Are Dead: Confronting The Myopic Ruling Elite w/ Chris Hedges
June 13, 2020 15:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MB[Intro: 7:10 | Book: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with award-winning author and journalist Chris Hedges. We discuss the material conditions precipitating the unprecedented uprisings in the United States the past few weeks, as addressed in his recent article published at SheerPost, ‘The Treason of the Ruling Class’: ‘“In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience,” Stokely Carmichael warned. And if your opponent is bereft of a conscience, then st...
Mike Africa, Jr.: Police Terror & The Unyielding Demand For Liberation
June 12, 2020 20:12 - 7 minutes - 7.1 MBThis is a segment of episode #252 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Pressure: MOVE, Police Terror, & The Unyielding Demand For Liberation w/ Mike Africa, Jr.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWafrica Learn more about Mike Africa, Jr. and his work: https://mikeafricajr.com Mike Africa, Jr. is a second generation member of the MOVE Organization and founder of The Seeds of Wisdom, a sister chapter of the MOVE Organization. In the full interview, Mike provides background information ...
#252 | Pressure: MOVE, Police Terror, & The Unyielding Demand For Liberation w/ Mike Africa, Jr.
June 10, 2020 15:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MB[Intro: 11:05 | Book: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Mike Africa, Jr., second generation member of the MOVE Organization and founder of The Seeds of Wisdom, a sister chapter of the MOVE Organization. We begin this discussion with Mike providing background information on the philosophy and aims of the MOVE Organization since its formation in the 1970s, and the role he and his parents have played in the organization up to the present day. From there, he provides a backgr...
Gerald Horne: Black Liberation & The Uprisings Of 2020
June 08, 2020 16:00 - 9 minutes - 8.97 MBThis is a segment of episode #251 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Lifting The Shroud: Pandemic Capitalism & The Uprisings Of 2020 w/ Gerald Horne.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWhorne2 Learn more about and purchase ‘The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century’: https://bit.ly/2U4UXkA Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at Houston State Univer...
#251 | Lifting The Shroud: Pandemic Capitalism & The Uprisings Of 2020 w/ Gerald Horne
June 04, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB[Intro: 13:08 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at Houston State University and the author of ‘The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century.’ In this discussion, Dr. Horne examines the material conditions that have precipitated the uprisings across the United States the past week, in res...
Betsy Gaines Quammen: The Faith & Fate Of Land Use In The American West
June 03, 2020 15:00 - 6 minutes - 6.2 MBThis is a segment of episode #250 of Last Born In The Wilderness “God's Country: The Faith & Fate Of Land Use In The American West w/ Betsy Gaines Quammen.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWquammen Learn more about and purchase Betsy’s book ‘American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God and Public Lands in the West’: https://bit.ly/3gAJfYO Historian and conservationist Betsy Gaines Quammen examines the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and how the theological under...
#250 | God's Country: The Faith & Fate Of Land Use In The American West w/ Betsy Gaines Quammen
June 01, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 80.5 MB[Intro: 11:36 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with historian and conservationist Betsy Gaines Quammen, author of ‘American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God and Public Lands in the West.’ This discussion with Betsy begins with an examination of the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and how the theological underpinnings of this religious organization has played an important and instrumental role in the settler-colonialist expansion in the Ame...
Margaret Kimberly: Obama, Biden, & The Black Misleaders
May 29, 2020 15:00 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBThis is a segment of episode #249 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Black Misleadership Class: Black America & The Presidents w/ Margaret Kimberly.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWkimberly Learn more about and purchase Margaret’s book ‘Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents’: https://bit.ly/2ZHqz3H In this segment of my discussion with Margaret Kimberly, author of ‘Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents’ and Editor and Senior Columnist at Black Agenda Report, sh...
Margaret Kimberley: Obama, Biden, & The Black Misleaders
May 29, 2020 15:00 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBThis is a segment of episode #249 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Black Misleadership Class: Black America & The Presidents w/ Margaret Kimberley.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWkimberley Learn more about and purchase Margaret’s book ‘Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents’: https://bit.ly/2ZHqz3H In this segment of my discussion with Margaret Kimberley, author of ‘Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents’ and Editor and Senior Columnist at Black Agenda Report,...
#249 | Black Misleadership Class: Black America & The Presidents w/ Margaret Kimberly
May 27, 2020 16:19 - 1 hour - 68.2 MB[Intro: 7:55 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Margaret Kimberly. She is the author of ‘Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents’ and is Editor and Senior Columnist at Black Agenda Report. We begin this discussion with Margaret examining the role every United States president has played in perpetuating and reinforcing the white supremacist structure of the nation, including the most lauded presidents in U.S. history: Abraham Lincoln, Lyndon B. Johns...
#249 | Black Misleadership Class: Black America & The Presidents w/ Margaret Kimberley
May 27, 2020 16:19 - 1 hour - 68.2 MB[Intro: 7:55 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Margaret Kimberley. She is the author of ‘Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents’ and is Editor and Senior Columnist at Black Agenda Report. We begin this discussion with Margaret examining the role every United States president has played in perpetuating and reinforcing the white supremacist structure of the nation, including the most lauded presidents in U.S. history: Abraham Lincoln, Lyndon B. John...
Darcia Narvaez: Toxic Ideologies & Shifting Baselines
May 22, 2020 15:00 - 8 minutes - 8.03 MBThis is a segment of episode #248 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Shifting Baselines: Consensus Reality, Primal Wounds, & The Evolved Nest w/ Darcia Narvaez.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWnarvaez Learn more about Darcia’s work and the Evolved Nest: https://evolvednest.org The first time I spoke with Professor Darcia Narvaez was almost three years ago, back when I was first beginning to do interviews for this podcast. A great deal has changed and happened since then, not onl...
#248 | Shifting Baselines: Consensus Reality, Primal Wounds, & The Evolved Nest w/ Darcia Narvaez
May 20, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 68.2 MB[Intro: 8:17 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Darcia Narvaez PhD, Professor of Psychology at Notre Dame University. Professor Narvaez is the author and editor of numerous books, including ‘Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom’ and ‘Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: First-Nation Know-How for Global Flourishing.’ She also writes regularly for Psychology Today with her ‘Moral Landscapes’ column, which explores her wo...
Anthony Rella: A Refusal To Grieve
May 15, 2020 15:00 - 9 minutes - 8.28 MBThis is a segment of episode #247 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Breaking Us Open: Shame, Trauma, & The Double Edged Blade Of Privilege w/ Anthony Rella.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWrella Learn more about Anthony and his work: https://anthonyrella.com Much of this discussion with Anthony touches on some very personal topics I'm presently reflecting on and addressing in my own life. This includes personal reflections on intergenerational and collective trauma, somatic res...
#247 | Breaking Us Open: Shame, Trauma, & The Double Edged Blade Of Privilege w/ Anthony Rella
May 13, 2020 00:14 - 1 hour - 89.2 MB[Intro: 14:01 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with psychotherapist, writer, and witch Anthony Rella. Much of this discussion with Anthony touches on some very personal topics I'm presently reflecting on and addressing in my own life. This includes personal reflections on intergenerational and collective trauma, somatic responses to conflict in intimate relationships, masculinity, privilege, and our individual and collective responses to the overlapping cris...
Jeff Gibbs: Greenwashing & The False Promises Of Sustainable Energy
May 09, 2020 23:22 - 8 minutes - 7.74 MBThis is a segment of episode #246 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Planet Of The Humans: Addressing The False Promises Of Green Energy w/ Jeff Gibbs.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWgibbs Watch ‘Planet of the Humans’ and learn more about the film: https://planetofthehumans.com Since its release, ’Planet of the Humans’ has generated enormous controversy, backlash, and intense discussion within the environmental and climate movement at large. Some of the harshest criticisms this...
#246 | Planet Of The Humans: Addressing The False Promises Of Green Energy w/ Jeff Gibbs
May 06, 2020 00:32 - 1 hour - 71.4 MB[Intro: 11:53 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Jeff Gibbs, Director of the popular and controversial documentary film ‘Planet of the Humans.’ The film was Executive Produced by Michael Moore and released to the public on YouTube, generating over six million views since its release on Earth Day last month. Since its release, ’Planet of the Humans’ has generated enormous controversy, backlash, and intense discussion within the environmental and climate mov...
Stan Rushworth: Predatory Nature & An Indigenous Response
April 19, 2020 16:00 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBThis is a segment of episode #245 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Prayer For The Earth: Traditional Knowledge & An Indigenous Response w/ Stan Rushworth.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWrushworth Learn more about Stan Rushworth and Dahr Jamail’s upcoming book ’The Changing Earth: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island’ and support them through their GoFund Me: https://www.thechangingearth.net / https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-changing-earth This is a segment of my interview with...
#245 | Prayer For The Earth: Traditional Knowledge & An Indigenous Response w/ Stan Rushworth
April 17, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 76.4 MB[Intro: 7:13 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Indigenous elder, author, and teacher Stan Rushworth. We discuss Traditional Ecological Knowledge and his upcoming book project ’The Changing Earth: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island,’ made in collaboration with journalist and author Dahr Jamail. Stan is featured in Ian MacKenzie's recently released short film ‘Prayer for the Earth: An Indigenous Response to These Times.’ Our planet is undergoing massive e...
Ja Reyalidad: Philippines, Direct Action, & The New Normal
April 16, 2020 02:37 - 7 minutes - 6.71 MBThis is a segment of episode #244 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Philippines Under Lockdown: Encouraging Mutual Aid In A Dire Situation w/ Ja Reyalidad.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWreyalidad Filipino citizen and mutual aid activist Ja Reyalidad discusses the current situation in the Philippines as the nation undergoes a national lockdown in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. As Ja explains, large segments of the Filipino population, particularly in the crowded metropoli...
Shane Burley: Rent Strike & Expanding The Role Of Mutual Aid
April 16, 2020 02:25 - 7 minutes - 6.54 MBThis is a segment of episode #243 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Meeting Basic Human Needs: Mutual Aid Under The Shadow Of Coronavirus w/ Shane Burley.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWburley3 Read Shane’s article ‘Amid the coronavirus crisis, mutual aid networks erupt across the country’ at Waging Nonviolence: https://bit.ly/3a5GN89 In this segment of my interview with author, journalist, and political researcher Shane Burley, we discuss rent strikes and expanding the role ...
#244 | Philippines Under Lockdown: Encouraging Mutual Aid In A Dire Situation w/ Ja Reyalidad
April 14, 2020 16:22 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB[Intro: 11:25 | Outro: 56:58 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Filipino citizen and activist Ja Reyalidad from his residence in Manila. We discuss the current situation in the Philippines in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the nation undergoes a national lockdown. As Ja explains, large segments of the Filipino population, particularly in the crowded metropolitan areas of the nation (like Manila), are facing staggering levels of "involuntary hunger...
#243 | Meeting Basic Human Needs: Mutual Aid Under The Shadow Of Coronavirus w/ Shane Burley
April 13, 2020 16:20 - 1 hour - 71.9 MB[Intro: 12:39 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with author, journalist, and political researcher Shane Burley. We discuss mutual aid in the time of COVID-19, the "Autumn of the Alt Right," and the underlying structure of conspiracy theories in the age of information. We begin this discussion with Shane describing what mutual aid and solidarity looks like in our time of the coronavirus pandemic, with millions of workers in the United State without jobs as a re...
Alley Valkyrie & Rhyd Wildermuth: State Of Exception In A World That Has Stopped
April 03, 2020 16:59 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBThis is a segment of episode #242 of Last Born In The Wilderness “State Of Exception: From A World That Has Stopped w/ Alley Valkyrie & Rhyd Wildermuth.” Listen/watch the full episode: bit.ly/LBWvalkyriewildermuth2 / https://youtu.be/dc0g6LoJOMQ Read Alley’s essay ‘Dispatches From a World That Has Stopped’ and Rhyd’s essay ‘Pandemics and the State of Exception’ at Gods & Radicals Press: https://bit.ly/2UpvRwi / https://bit.ly/3doiDbZ In this segment of my discussion with Alley Valkyrie and ...
Brian Mier: Full-Spectrum War & The Maniac At The Helm
April 02, 2020 01:07 - 8 minutes - 7.58 MBThis is a segment of episode #241 of Last Born In The Wilderness “The Perfect Storm: COVID-19, Brazil, & The Maniac At The Helm w/ Brian Mier.” Listen to the full episode: bit.ly/LBWmier2 Read ‘Bolsonaro and Coronavirus: A Tragedy Foretold’ at Brasil Wire: https://bit.ly/2WWAAIG This is a segment of my interview with Brian Mier, co-editor at Brasil Wire and correspondent for TeleSur English. We discuss the current political situation in Brazil under far right president Jair Bolsonaro, as th...
#242 | State Of Exception: From A World That Has Stopped w/ Alley Valkyrie & Rhyd Wildermuth
April 01, 2020 18:14 - 2 hours - 113 MB[Intro: 9:53 | Outro: 1:40:30 | Video: https://youtu.be/dc0g6LoJOMQ | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Gods & Radicals Press co-founders and Empires Crumble co-hosts Alley Valkyrie and Rhyd Wildermuth. This discussion was recorded on March 22nd, 2020 from each of our respective locations, with Alley currently living in France and Rhyd in Luxembourg. We discuss the "state of exception" and “a world that has stopped” in the midst of this global pandemic and s...
Joe Brewer: Evolutionary Dead End & A Message From Gaia
March 30, 2020 22:52 - 9 minutes - 9.03 MBThis is a segment of episode #240 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Regenerative Death Clause: Culture Design & Coronavirus, A Message From Gaia w/ Joe Brewer.” Listen to the full episode: bit.ly/LBWbrewer3 Join the Earth Regenerators study group: https://earth-regenerators.mn.co In this segment of my interview with Joe Brewer — change strategist, complexity researcher, cognitive scientist, and evangelist for the field of culture design — we discuss living regeneratively in the COVID-19 pande...
#241 | The Perfect Storm: COVID-19, Brazil, & The Maniac At The Helm w/ Brian Mier
March 30, 2020 18:02 - 1 hour - 80.1 MB[Intro: 13:45 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Brian Mier, journalist and co-editor at Brasil Wire and correspondent for TeleSur English. I ask Brian to discuss the current political situation in Brazil under far right president Jair Bolsonaro, as the nation begins to reel from the coronavirus pandemic and the wholly inadequate, and frankly psychopathic, response from President Bolsonaro. The editors at Brasil Wire starkly condemned the Brazilian presid...
#240 | Regenerative Death Clause: Culture Design & Coronavirus, A Message From Gaia w/ Joe Brewer
March 28, 2020 18:16 - 1 hour - 81.4 MB[Intro: 9:56 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Joe Brewer — change strategist, complexity researcher, cognitive scientist, and evangelist for the field of culture design. We discuss living regeneratively in the COVID-19 pandemic and the message Gaia is sending in the midst of this crisis, community resilience in the age of planetary collapse, the Earth Regenerators study group, and the Earth Regeneration Fund and the "Regenerative Death Clause" as presente...
Forrest Palmer: Waking Up To Our Collective Predicament
March 27, 2020 18:24 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBThis is a segment of episode #239 of Last Born In The Wilderness “A Precursor Of Things To Come: Waking Up To Our Collective Predicament w/ Forrest Palmer.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWpalmer Learn more about Forrest and his work: http://www.wrongkindofgreen.org In this segment with Forrest Palmer, writer and editor at Wrong Kind of Green, we discuss the impact the novel coronavirus COVID-19 is currently having on US society, as it wreaks havoc on human health and the glob...
Mikkel Krause Frantzen: Capitalist Realism & The Personalization Of Mental Health
March 25, 2020 19:43 - 5 minutes - 5.24 MBThis is a segment of episode #238 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Going Nowhere, Slow: Depression & Capitalist Realism w/ Mikkel Krause Frantzen.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/LBWfrantzen Read ‘A Future with No Future: Depression, the Left, and the Politics of Mental Health’ at Los Angeles Review of Books: https://bit.ly/3aikIEd In this segment of my interview with Mikkel Krause Frantzen, author of ‘Going Nowhere, Slow — The Aesthetics and Politics of Depression,’ published by...
#239 | A Precursor Of Things To Come: Waking Up To Our Collective Predicament w/ Forrest Palmer
March 25, 2020 18:06 - 1 hour - 93.2 MB[Intro: 12:14 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Forrest Palmer, writer and editor at Wrong Kind of Green. Forrest and I discuss the impact the novel coronavirus COVID-19 is currently having on US society, as it wreaks havoc on human health and the global capitalist economy at large. We explore what the response to this pandemic means in the grand scheme of things as we confront numerous cascading crises, whether that be ecological, climatological, econom...
#238 | Going Nowhere, Slow: Depression & Capitalist Realism w/ Mikkel Krause Frantzen
March 24, 2020 17:15 - 1 hour - 57.7 MB[Intro: 9:04 | Book Pre-sale: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr] In this episode, I speak with Mikkel Krause Frantzen, author of ‘Going Nowhere, Slow — The Aesthetics and Politics of Depression,’ published by Zero Books. We discuss depression, capitalist realism, and revolution, as discussed in his essay ‘A Future with No Future: Depression, the Left, and the Politics of Mental Health,’ published at Los Angeles Review of Books. “An adequate diagnosis of depression — and its context — is not enough in i...