No Easy Answers (Jules Taylor)
Explorez tous les épisodes de No Easy Answers
| Date | Titre | Durée | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar 2023 | The Californian Ideology - An Interview with Dr. Richard Barbrook | 01:00:18 | |
Dr. Richard Barbrook is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Westminster. He is the author of Media Freedom (Pluto, 1995) and Imaginary Futures (Pluto, 2007). His other important writings include The Hi-Tech Gift Economy, Cyber-communism, The Regulation of Liberty and The Class of the New, and today with Jules he is discussing his prophetic 1995 essay "The Californian Ideology".
In the essay, Dr. Barbrook and Andy Cameron argue that the rise of networking technologies in Silicon Valley in the 90s was linked to American neoliberalism and a paradoxical hybridization of beliefs from the political left and right in the form of hopeful technological determinism. This new amalgamated ideology combined the ideas of Marshall McLuhan with elements of radical individualism, libertarianism, and neoliberal economics, using publications like Wired Magazine to promulgate their ideas. This ideology mixed New Left and New Right beliefs together based on their shared interest in anti-statism, the counterculture of the 1960s, and techno-utopianism.
The original promise of the Californian Ideology was that computers would liberate us from all the old forms of political control, and we would become Randian heroes, in control of our own destinies. Instead, today, we feel the opposite—that we are helpless components in a global system—a system that is controlled by a rigid logic that we are powerless to challenge or change.
Additional Info/Links Below…
Support this podcast and unlock bonus content: www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 28 May 2023 | Republished - Episode 21 - Fight for a Better World with Kristen Chapman Gibbons | 01:37:30 | |
GoFundMe for Relocating Kristen's Family to Virginia WKRN - Mom of trans teen moving out of Tennessee after new law banning gender-affirming care Jules speaks with writer, artist, performer, and storyteller Kristen Chapman Gibbons about her journey from preacher's daughter to community cultivator. Kristen Chapman Gibbons on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Kristen Chapman Gibbons' Website Art by Kristen Performances by Kristen Other stories by Kristen
Things we mentioned during the conversation
Outro Music: Kestra - 'Better World' --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 04 Apr 2024 | Introducing: The Vanquished | 01:26:00 | |
Jules introduces his latest podcast project he is producing and at times cohosting - The Vanquished, hosted by Anders Lee (Pod Damn America) Listen to The Vanquished here: https://pod.link/1735216373 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 28 Mar 2023 | Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family: An Interview with Daniel Tutt | 01:20:43 | |
We’re joined by Daniel Tutt once again, and this time we’re speaking about his newest work- Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family: The Crisis of Initiation. Daniel is a professor and philosopher of psychoanalysis and Marxist thought, and he is the convener of Study Groups on Psychoanalysis and politics, a public learning platform that offers study groups, seminars, and podcasts.
Daniel Tutt – Twitter, Patreon, Website Daniel’s podcast – Jouissance Vampires Study Groups on Psychoanalysis and Politics on YouTube Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family: The Crisis of Initiation by Daniel Tutt Conver/gences presents “Nietzsche, The Aristocratic Rebel” for Zer0 Books and No Easy Answers
Consider tossing us a buck or two to keep the lights on:
And send us your feedback noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com
And consider leaving us a 5 star review. I said consider it I didn’t mean actually do it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 14 Dec 2021 | Episode 43 - Historiography with Labor Kyle | 01:25:08 | |
Jules speaks with Labor Kyle about historiography. Kyle is a Historian, writer, video essayist, and podcaster. His work explores the intersections between continental philosophy, Marxism, and video games About Labor Kyle…
Additional links or things mentioned
Permanent Links Below…
Music for this episode: Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4989-lewis-and-dekalb Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 09 Oct 2021 | Episode 41 - Adam Jones from Acid Horizon, on Max Stirner and Hegel | 01:26:42 | |
In this final episode of our crossover series with the boys over at the Acid Horizon Podcast, Jules speaks with Adam Jones, a doctoral researcher of the links between Hegel and Max Stirner. Additional Links Below…
Permanent Links Below…
| |||
| 19 Aug 2021 | Episode 38 - "Thought, Disability, and Refusal" with Will Conway from Acid Horizon | 02:07:00 | |
We're continuing our crossover series with the guys over at the Acid Horizon Podcast. Will Conway (@emofoucault) joins us to discuss his latest article, "Thought, Disability, and Refusal". Additional links below…
Philosophers we spoke about… Permanent Links Below --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 12 Nov 2021 | Episode 42 - State of Injustice with BZ Douglas | 01:23:17 | |
Jules (@realjulestaylor) speaks to journalist, musician, podcaster, and documentarian BZ Douglas (@BZDug) about his project State of Injustice (@stateinjustice). BZ Douglas is an independent investigative journalist based outside Cleveland, Ohio. His work focuses on police abuse, prosecutorial misconduct, and political corruption. Additional info / links below: Go Fund Me for my mom's dialysis treatment: https://gofund.me/94d28509 Subscribe & Follow: “BZ Listening” on all the podcast things https://anchor.fm/bzlistening/ https://bzdouglas.substack.com/ State of Injustice https://twitter.com/StateInjustice Support https://www.patreon.com/bzdouglas https://www.paypal.me/bzdouglas Executive produced by Black Lives Matter Cleveland, The State of Injustice documentary series focuses on systemic failures of Ohio law enforcement. The initial three-episode season explores police abuse in the city of Euclid Ohio, and the lack of action taken by that city’s administration. Police violence and prosecutorial corruption, especially against Black and minority residents, is an epidemic in Ohio that needs to see the light of day. Local news has largely failed to report on these issues adequately or without a pro-police bias. State of Injustice Videos Part One: The Killing of Luke Stewart Part Two: Landscape of Brutality Part Three: Patrol and Control Dave Grossman Bulletproof Training Manual Released! By Unicorn Riot Permanent Links: --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Music for this episode: Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4989-lewis-and-dekalb Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 24 Oct 2020 | Episode 9 - Keeping promises to yourself with Nick Ross | 01:39:02 | |
Today on the show I'm speaking with another longtime friend of mine, Nick Ross. I met Nick while we were working for the same music store in Nashville. We were both wet behind the ears punks at the time. He was a sales hotshot and I had just been made manager over our department, so Nick and I tended to clash on the sales floor. You could probably say that we didn't like each other when we first met and looking back, I was just not a good manager. When we stopped working together, he and I became the best of friends. We spent a lot of time in our early twenties drinking beer and playing video games and in that time the person that Nick is came into focus, which is part of why I wanted to have this conversation. If you've ever hung out with the guy, you know he's immediately likable. He's an intense dude, but that intensity mainly comes from his drive, determination, competitiveness, and heart. When I describe him using those terms, I want to emphasize that all of those traits are rooted in such awesome authenticity. His drive doesn't come from a place of insecurity, his determination isn't rooted in his ego, his competitiveness is fueled by his passion and his heart is fiercely loyal to his friends. He and I have kept in touch since then but a few years ago, as you'll hear, things took a really bad turn for him. If you were to see a picture of this guy today, in the year 2020, you'd never imagine that anything like that happened to him. And that's a big reason I wanted to have Nick on the show - Nick is a beacon of positivity in these dark times. Dude is literally living his best life RIGHT NOW. IN THIS VERY MOMENT - and he radiates positive motivation to those around him, and so I wanted to dig further into all of that in hopes that our listenership can find ways to take some of his positivity, motivation, and inspiration and maybe apply some of that to these difficult days we find ourselves in. Nick Ross is the Sales Manager for Iron House Strength and Conditioning in Nashville, TN. Follow Nick Ross on Insta: @r0ssfit Music provided by 'Self-Taut': https://soundcloud.com/samuel-thomas-2 --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 02 Mar 2022 | Episode 47 - We Need to Talk about Aleksandr Dugin | 01:15:02 | |
With the recent invasion of Ukraine, it’s become clear that Putinism and Duginism have converged. Who is Aleksandr Dugin? And how is he relevant to Russia’s attempted invasion? Dugin is rumored to have the ear of Vladimir Putin, to be his advisor, and since Russia has a history of autocratic rulers being advised by mystical characters with long hair and unkempt facial hair, there is a tendency of folks dismissing this all together. But you know it makes sense, since Dugin is a prominent member of the largest political party in Russia and has acted as an advisor to the state duma in the past. In 1997, Aleksandr Dugin publishes a book called "The foundations of geopolitics: the geopolitical future of Russia". The cover of the book in at least one edition has an outline of the continents of Europe and Asia, with the symbol of 8 arrows, 4 of which point in the cardinal directions. The other arrows point in the directions of southwest, southeast, northwest, and northeast, and the symbolism of the Eurasian continent behind the outward expanding arrows leaves no question the intention of this book: this is a manifesto for Russian expansion. Additional Notes: Much of the information sited in this episode is taken from previous interview conducted on this show. We invite you to listen to our full interview with Professor Ronald Beiner (Episode 34) and Professor Benjamin Teitelbaum (Episode 30) to learn more about their books and the topic for this episode. --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 05 Dec 2020 | Episode 13 - On Death Part I | 00:31:01 | |
Jules ruminates on the topic of death, existential philosophy, and the afterlife. Intro / Outro Music by Samuel Thomas (Self-Taut) --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 13 Mar 2021 | Episode 23 - Destructive Cults and Capitalist Spiritualism with Rick Alan Ross | 01:30:26 | |
Jules speaks with cult deprogrammer Rick Alan Ross about destructive cults, and their methods of indoctrinating their members. This interview is preceded by a monologue about destructive cults, and their links to capitalist spiritualism. Additional Links below… Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out by Rick Alan Ross Outrageous Betrayal: The Dark Journey of Werner Erhard from EST to Exile by Steven Pressman Seduced: Inside the NXVIM Cult | True-Crime Documentary Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini Cult Education Institute, founded by Rick Alan Ross Outro Music, "Need that Rush" by Cult Fantastic Permanent Links below… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 19 Jan 2024 | Introducing the Corpus Christi Songwriters Podcast | 01:34:25 | |
Hey Y'all, I am still on hiatus here on this platform, but I wanted to take a moment and introduce a different podcast that I am a co-host on. This is a really special project I was invited to spearhead with my friends Jimmy Willden (Director, Songwriter, Film Composer) and Garrett Wieland (Songwriter and Old West Fanatic). We are about 11 episodes in at this point, and I am finding that I fit in a lot of philosophical concepts there as they relate to songwriting. This is such a joy for me to take part in, and since there was the tiniest bit of overlap, I've decided to give y'all a taste here in hopes some of you will make it over to the Corpus Christi Songwriter Podcast Feed. And! I have a new album out, available now at all streaming links. Click here to listen to Whiskey Clear New episodes coming in a little while. See y'all soon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 11 May 2020 | Episode 1 - The Notion and a Profound Relationship with Reality | 00:42:51 | |
In this episode, Jules takes some philosophical premise he's heard recently and tries to direct it into something meaningful we can apply towards our world. He refers to it as 'The Notion'. There is a solid pathway for obtaining the answer to any question The right answers fit together in some sort of cosmic jigsaw puzzle If you like what you hear, you can follow Jules Taylor on twitter @realjulestaylor and be sure to check out his music on Spotify or wherever you get your streaming music and podcasts. Intro / Outro Music: Jules Taylor - Pining --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 17 Oct 2020 | Episode 8 Part II - Samuel Thomas and being biracial in America | 01:38:08 | |
Today on the show I'm talking with Samuel Thomas. Sam is a longtime friend of mine I met while we were both attending college in Phoenix. He's a music producer and audio engineer, and his artist name is 'self-taut'. If you like the music on this podcast, well that's my friend Sam and I always link to his work in the show notes. The reason I wanted to have Sam on the show is partly that he's my friend and I wanted to catch up with him, but the other reason is that Sam and I are both biracial. We've never really had a conversation about our lived experiences in that context, so I thought when better to discuss that than right now, while our national conversation is centered on matters of race, systemic racism, and political struggle. This is a long conversation and so I've decided to break up the show into two parts, and I'll be releasing them on the same day. Part 1 will be Sam and I speaking about childhood and part 2 will be about adulthood. Music provided by 'self taut': https://soundcloud.com/samuel-thomas-2 --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 08 Dec 2021 | Principles and Heresy V2 - Patriotic Socialism, National Bolshevism, Frank Meyer and Earl Browder | 00:30:55 | |
Hey so I was making coffee and thought I'd redo this conversation that I had to take down before. Who is Frank Meyer? Michael Parenti - Super Patriotism vs Real Patriotism Know Your Enemy podcast about Frank Meyer Who is Aleksandr Dugin? Caleb Maupin denies that Aleksandr Dugin is a Fascist Other questionable things from Caleb Maupin Socialism 4 All's video on Dugin/Maupin --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 30 May 2021 | Episode 31 - Pt. 3 Time and Trauma: Thinking Through Heidegger in the Thirties with Richard Polt | 01:27:39 | |
Jules speaks with Professor Richard Polt about the philosopher Martin Heidegger. Richard Polt is a Professor of Philosophy at Xavier University, and he is the author of several books on philosophy, including his most recent book, called Time and Trauma: Thinking Through Heidegger in the Thirties. Heidegger is a controversial figure in that he joined the Nazi party in 1933, and so this left a shadow over his philosophical contributions. Evidence revealed in the last 20 years would suggest it is not so easy to let Heidegger off the hook. Books! · Time and Trauma: Thinking Through Heidegger in the Thirties by Richard Polt · The Emergency of Being: On Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy by Richard Polt · Heidegger: An Introduction by Richard Polt · Introduction to Metaphysics by Martin Heidegger, translated by Richard Polt · Being and Time by Martin Heidegger Permanent Links below… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 16 Mar 2021 | Episode 24 - Coffee with Comrades with Pearson Bolt | 01:33:53 | |
Jules joins Pearson on Coffee with Comrades to reflect on one year’s time living in the age of COVID-19. Along the way, they discuss how the coronavirus has impacted society, emerging conspiracy theories, and the way capitalism has exacerbated the crisis. This is a heavy discussion that leaves space to mourn and grieve, not just for those we have lost, but for our ways of making our way in the world that have been stripped from us. Additional Links…
Things mentioned by Jules during this conversation...
Permanent Links below… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Outro Music by Jules Taylor, "Darker Days" | |||
| 11 Jan 2021 | Episode 17 - Rainer Shea (The Capitol Riots, Social Media Censorship, and Alienation) | 00:48:49 | |
Following the capitol riots, social media platforms are cracking down on subversive accounts. With the threat of the surveillance state amplifying, and the Patriot Act 2.0 on the horizon, Rainer Shea joins us to talk about the events of January 6th and his recent banning from Facebook. You can follow Rainer on Twitter, read his journal on his website , and listen to his podcast 'Revolutionary Socialist Review' Call to action from Rainer: COMMUNICATIONS FOR REBELS --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 03 Aug 2021 | Episode 37 - Craig from Acid Horizon and Daniel Barker | 01:29:35 | |
In this episode, Jules speaks with Craig from Acid Horizon and Daniel Barker, who listeners may remember from episode 19. This conversation about Nietzsche starts by making fun of Schopenhauer, then discussing Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart, and finally Craig offers everyone a t-shirt. Additional links below… Daniel Twitter Acid Horizon Podcast Books… Robert Paxton, "The Anatomy of Fascism" Friedrich Nietzsche, "On the Geneology of Morals" Outro Music: 8-Bit Universe, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Permanent Links Below… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 06 Nov 2021 | My personal ACAB Story | 00:44:39 | |
Thus far on No Easy Answers, I have not gotten too personal about my past and the things going on in my life. I think that all changed when I learned my mother's health was failing. I think in forming a go fund me for her dialysis treatment, that really opened the door to a new level of comfort I felt in disclosing very personal things about me and my life. So there seems to be a space that's opened up for me to divulge these sorts of things, and so this is one of what should be a handful of shorter and impromptu monologues. As always, thank you for the support - sending all of you love and solidarity from NY. ~Jules Help my mom through dialysis: https://gofund.me/294cfd22 Permanent Links Below…
| |||
| 04 Apr 2021 | Episode 27 - The Xinjiang Atrocity Propaganda Blitz with Roderic Day | 02:12:19 | |
Jules speaks with Roderic Day about his article "The Xinjiang Atrocity Propaganda Blitz". This interview is preceded by a monologue about the Afghan Trap Doctrine. Follow Roderic Day on Twitter, and visit his website "The Xinjiang Atrocity Propaganda Blitz" by Roderic Day Alberta Advantage - Corporate welfare bums "Reforming to Survive: The Bolshevik Origins of Social Policies" by Magnus Rasmussen and Carl Knutsen Canada Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation Wilfred Chan's ties to the White House A Genocide Incited on Facebook, With Posts From Myanmar’s Military "Flight from History? The Communist Movement Between Self-Criticism and Self-Contempt" by Domenico Losurdo Outro Music: "Ground" by SPCZ --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 02 May 2022 | Episode 51 - Listener Hang with Mel, Max, Frances, and Kris | 01:56:53 | |
In this roundtable discussion, Mel, Kris, Max, Jules, and Frances speak to the concepts of 'revolutionary trauma' and how we might build a better world without replicating the same systems of oppression we struggle against. Additional links / About our Guests:
Permanent Links Below…
Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 09 Jan 2021 | Episode 16 - Todd May | 01:21:51 | |
Jules sits down with Professor Todd May and asks him questions about politics, philosophy, and the human condition. A sprawling conversation that spans from the indifference of the cosmos to why we should say hello to the cat. Articles Mentioned: Todd May interviewed by George Yancy for the New York Times Books mentioned by Todd - Why Civil Resistance Works --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 19 Dec 2020 | Episode 14 - On Death Part II with Jo-Anne Haun and Karen Hendrickson | 01:05:09 | |
In a follow up to Episode 13 - "On Death", Jules' research leads him to a conversation with two End of Life facilitators from British Colombia. Jo-Anne Huan and Karen Hendrickson are cofounders of the Death Doula Network of British Colombia. Jo-Anne Huan is an End of Life Doula, Death Educator, and Licensed Willow EOL Facilitator. She is a member of the End of Life Doula Association of Canada and the National End of Life Doula Alliance. She provides educational seminars, workshops, and private Doula services through her company End of Life Alternatives. Karen Hendrickson is a Life Coach, public speaker, End of Life Doula, Death Educator, and Licensed Willow EOL Facilitator. She is a member of the End of Life Doula Association of Canada, the National End of Life Doula Alliance, and the Death Doula Ontario Network. She offers private coaching, EOL Doula services, and digital legacy planning through her company Take The Journey, Coaching for Success. Music by: Self-Taut --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 16 Dec 2022 | Russia - Ukraine - Iran | 00:24:02 | |
Jules talks about the current war in Ukraine and how the Iranian uprisings could further complicate things. | |||
| 06 Nov 2021 | Let's talk about Foucault part 2 | 00:19:36 | |
Let's talk about Foucault part 2 Jules is driving and having some thoughts about the philosopher Michel Foucault, as his projects relates to the project of Karl Marx. Cited in this episode are previous interviews with Gabriel Rockhill(episode 33) and Todd May(episode 16). The Philosophy of Foucault by Todd May The End of Policing by Alex Vitale In Defense of Looting by Vicky Osterweil Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault Permanent Links Below…
| |||
| 23 Jul 2021 | Episode 35 - Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law in the Progressive Era with Nate Holdren | 02:38:09 | |
In this special episode, Jules speaks with Professor Nate Holdren about his book Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law in the Progressive Era. Professor Holdren's book recently received an honorable mention for the Merle Curti Intellectual History Award, and Nate Holdren is a Marxist Historian and US Legal Historian at Drake University. *This conversation was recorded during a thunderstorm, so we've edited a few storm clouds into our conversation to depict when our conversation was cut off due to losing power. Thank you again to Professor Holdren for rolling with tech issues during the course of this episode. Additional Links Below…
Permanent Links Below… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 17 Jun 2021 | Episode 32 - Pt. 4 Carl Schmitt, States of Exception, and Political Theology with Matthew Lowery | 01:36:45 | |
Jules speaks with Matthew Lowery, one of the cohosts of the Acid Horizon Podcast, about the political works of Carl Schmitt. This conversation is part 4 in the arch of this show, and would naturally follow after our previous episodes discussing Heidegger, Fascism, and Traditionalism. Matthew explains to us who Carl Schmitt was, why one would wish to engage with his work, and makes clear that Carl Schmitt was a Nazi bastard but his ideas are still relevant to contemporary politics. Links and additional articles… Interview with Ric Ortiz on Working People
Permanent Links… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 06 Nov 2021 | Let's talk about Foucault part 1 | 00:24:21 | |
Let's talk about Foucault part 1 Jules is driving and having some thoughts about the philosopher Michel Foucault, as his projects relates to the project of Karl Marx. Cited in this episode are previous interviews with Gabriel Rockhill(episode 33) and Todd May(episode 16). The Philosophy of Foucault by Todd May The End of Policing by Alex Vitale In Defense of Looting by Vicky Osterweil Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault Permanent Links Below…
| |||
| 17 Jul 2021 | Episode 34 - Pt. 6 Dangerous Minds, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the Return of the Far Right with Ronald Beiner | 01:47:47 | |
Jules speaks with Professor Ronald Beiner about his book Dangerous Minds: Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the Return of the Far Right. Ronald Beiner is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Contemporary far-right and neofascist movements continue to be inspired by these philosophers, and intellectually conscious fascists still hold them in high regard. Do these philosophers have anything useful for the political left, and if so, what can we find in philosophers who outright reject egalitarianism? Additional links and articles below…
Permanent Links Below… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 11 Feb 2022 | Episode 46 - The Freedom Convoy and The Perils of Left Populism | 01:17:35 | |
Cam Scott is a poet, musician, and local organizer from Winnipeg, and he's on the show to speak to us about an article he's written. We're talking about the 'freedom convoy' or 'trucker convoy' or whatever you'd like to call it. This conversation is about the difference between populist movements and peoples' movements, and why the left should be cautious when considering the use of populist politics, and why the convoy is not a workers' movement. Article: The Perils of Left Populism by Cam Scott About Cam Scott
Additional links:
Permanent links --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Music for this episode: Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4989-lewis-and-dekalb Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage "Fool" by Half Cocked --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 17 Oct 2020 | Episode 7 Part I - Samuel Thomas and being biracial in America | 01:14:28 | |
Today on the show I'm talking with Samuel Thomas. Sam is a longtime friend of mine I met while we were both attending college in Phoenix. He's a music producer and audio engineer, and his artist name is 'self-taut'. If you like the music on this podcast, well that's my friend Sam and I always link to his work in the show notes. The reason I wanted to have Sam on the show is partly that he's my friend and I wanted to catch up with him, but the other reason is that Sam and I are both biracial. We've never really had a conversation about our lived experiences in that context, so I thought when better to discuss that than right now, while our national conversation is centered on matters of race, systemic racism, and political struggle. This is a long conversation and so I've decided to break up the show into two parts, and I'll be releasing them on the same day. Part 1 will be Sam and I speaking about childhood and part 2 will be about adulthood. Music provided by 'self taut': https://soundcloud.com/samuel-thomas-2 --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 14 Mar 2022 | Episode 48 - Dugin’s Occult Fascism and the Hijacking of Left Anti-Imperialism and Muslim Anti-Salafism with Wahid Azal | 01:10:39 | |
In part 2 of our ongoing series about Aleksandr Dugin, Jules Taylor sits down to speak with Wahid Azal, author of the 2016 Counterpunch article entitled "Dugin's Occult Fascism and the Hijacking of Left Anti-Imperialism and Muslim Anti-Salafism". Wahid wrote this article when he realized that Duginists were actively recruiting leftists and anti-imperialists, as well as anti-Salafist Shiʿi and Sunni Muslims. This conversation was eye-opening on numerous levels, but I want to be cautious here and remind folks that being an anti-fascist isn't not dangerous. Fascists, in general, are dangerous people, with a ravenous ideology who are not to be trifled with. Wahid currently lives in Australia, and he relocated there from Berlin for his safety and the safety of his daughter after his wife mysteriously passed away. This conversation is about more than Dugin. It's about being anti-fascist and calling it out when you see it and how there is a very real cost to doing that. It's also about the way shades of far-right ideology can muddy the water and how we lose comrades. My heart goes out to Wahid and his daughter, as it takes an incredible amount of bravery to keep sounding the alarm on all of this. Wahid's Article in Counterpunch About Wahid Azal… Blog https://wahidazal303.blogspot.com/ Academia.edu https://independent.academia.edu/NimaAzal Twitter https://twitter.com/wahidazal66 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nwahidazal/ Telegram @WahidAzal303 Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/wahidazal/ Permanent Links Below…
| |||
| 25 Mar 2022 | Episode 49 - Rev Left Radio Aleksandr Dugin, Eurasianism, Russian Nationalism and Ukraine | 02:12:08 | |
In this very special episode, Jules (@realjulestaylor) sits down with Brett (@RevLeftRadio) to have a long conversation about Aleksandr Dugin. This episode is a follow-up to Episodes 47 and 48 of No Easy Answers. If you are interested in hearing interviews with Wahid Azal, an anti-imperialist Sufi Muslim who published a 2016 article about Dugin, check out Episode 48. Additional Links Below...
Outro Music: https://bit.ly/julestaylorbio Music for this episode: Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4989-lewis-and-dekalb Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage Permanent Links Below…
| |||
| 21 Jan 2021 | Episode 18 - On Death Part IV - Your Own Good Death with Michelle Acciavatti | 01:42:36 | |
In today's episode, Jules speaks with Michelle Acciavatti. Michelle is a funeral director and an End of Life Specialist working in Vermont. She is a board member of the National Funeral Home Alliance, president, and co-founder of Vermont Natural Burial, she is president of Green Burial Vermont, and she is a founding member of the Collective for Radial Death Studies. She and I spoke about her role as a death doula, her role as a funeral director, and the general labor of death. As you'll hear in our conversation, we talk about death from many angles, from the arranging of a funeral to guiding people through their end of life transition, and there's even some radical politics thrown in there. For Further Reading
Michelle's Links
--- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 16 Dec 2022 | Update on the state of the show - Recorded 30 days ago - Unlocked from Patreon | 00:23:48 | |
Just a quick update on the state of the show and what's going on moving forward --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 28 Feb 2021 | Episode 22 - This American Psychosis with an Anonymous Therapist | 01:28:35 | |
Jules speaks with an anonymous therapist about QAnon, and how to reach out to people in our lives who are (to varying degrees) believers in conspiracy theories. Additional links
--- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut Outro Music: Jimmy Cousins - Live to Forgive --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 18 Dec 2021 | Episode 44 - Nietzsche with Professor Daniel Tutt | 01:11:49 | |
In this special episode for the Zero Books YouTube Channel, Jules speaks to Professor Daniel Tutt about Friedrich Nietzsche. This conversation is against the backdrop of Domenico Losurdo's book "Nietzsche, the Aristocratic Rebel".
About Daniel Tutt…
Daniel's Twitter, Website
Danie's Podcast, Jouissance Vampires
Additional Links…
Zero Books YouTube Channel
Roderic Day for RedSails.org "Really Existing Fascism"
Domenico Losurdo's "Nietzsche, the Aristocratic Rebel"
Geoff Waite's "Nietzsche's Corps/e"
Three passages from Nietzsche that should alarm us
Permanent Links Below…
Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon
Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message
Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers
Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5
One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic
Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com
Music for this episode:
Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4989-lewis-and-dekalb
Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage
---
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 12 Apr 2021 | Episode 28 - Decoding the Alt-Right with Laura Jedeed | 01:24:01 | |
The fabulous Laura Jedeed joins Jules for a conversation about the alt-right. In an effort to decode the alt-right, and examine their psychological workings, Jules and Laura flex their empathy muscles (but not too much) - because these fuckers aren't deserving of too much sympathy beyond that required of gaining an understanding of their motives and how they operate. About our guest… Laura Jedeed's website, Twitter *Laura should be coming back to Twitter around 4/20/21 Laura Jedeed's YouTube channel "How I Got Here" by Laura Jedeed "Making Monsters: Right-Wing Creation of the Liberal Enemy" a thesis by Laura Dedeed Additional Links below… "Why Milkshaking Works" by Matt Ford in The New Republic "This Milkshake Spring isn't Political Violence - it's Political Theatre" by Aditya Chakrabortty Outro Music: "Control" by Mary Hood Permanent Links below… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 13 Mar 2023 | Hayek Sucks (w/ Rob Larson) | 01:00:41 | |
Jules sits down with professor of economics and author Rob Larson to discuss Friedrich Hayek's work The Road to Serfdom. Additional Links / Info Below… Rob Larson is a Professor of Economics and author of Bleakonomics and Capitalism vs. Freedom from Zero Books. He writes for a variety of venues including Jacobin, In These Times, Current Affairs, and Dollars & Sense.
Permanent Links Below
| |||
| 02 Feb 2021 | Episode 19 - Is Psychology a Pseudoscience? With Daniel Barker | 01:21:08 | |
Jules speaks with a practicing psychotherapist named Daniel Barker. For reasons pertaining to confidentiality, that's about all the info we can disclose about him. Daniel and Jules agreed to not disclose his location, his practice, and honestly, Daniel isn't even his real name. All of this probably sounds strange, but the question they're talking about is 'Is Psychology a Pseudoscience"? Who better to talk to about this sort of thing, than a practicing psychologist? Links / Books / Thinkers mentioned Michel Foucault's Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature by Richard Rorty Anti-Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari The Capitalist Unconscious by Somo Tomsic Beyond the Pleasure Principle and Other Writings by Sigmund Freud Articles Why Psychology isn't Science by Alex B. Berezow The Psychology of "Psychology Isn't a Science" Argument by Michael W. Kraus Ph.D. --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut __ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 15 Nov 2022 | Episode 53 - The Iranian Feminist Revolution with Wahid Azal | 01:23:51 | |
Independent scholar and researcher Wahid Azal returns to the show to share his insights on the current Iranian uprising and what it means for our contemporary geopolitical conflicts. Additional links / recommendations…
Permanent Links Below…
Music for this episode: Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 10 Oct 2020 | Episode 6 - Anti-Imperialism and the End of America with Rainer Shea | 00:54:39 | |
Today on the show I'm talking with Rainer Shea. Rainer is a friend and comrade I've gotten to know over Facebook and Twitter. He's a writer, a podcaster, and a revolutionary socialist. We're talking about Anti-Imperialism, and the reason I feel this is a conversation worthy of having in his historical moment is that I think many Americans are feeling like we're witnessing the decline of the American Empire. Things are really bad right now in the United States, both domestically and on the world stage. As we lose favor and respect among our geopolitical allies and hemorrhage credibility, America's standing in the world is on a steady decline. The world order established at the end of World War 2, with the United States being the premier military power and strongest economy, has dissipated. Although the military budget is still roughly three times the size of the Chinese military budget, our country has found itself unable to contend with any other obstacles other than a foreign war. In fact, we are a country that has made its peace with being perpetually at war, and in so many ways, America's imperialism has come home to haunt us. The rise of the police state, the surveillance state, and the patriot act leave the American public in a panopticon - but the very people who feel they're trapped in this failing capitalist system know American Empire is wounded, overextended in its territories, occupied by wars abroad and crisis at home. With all of this in our national conversations, I felt like Rainer, who makes anti-imperialism the central focus of his work, would be the perfect person to speak to about this. Our conversation is vast, but as far as tracing it back to theory, there's some Marx, Lenin, Gramsci, Althusser, and Mao. Rainer Shea - You can follow Rainer on Twitter @rainer_shea and read his journal on his website www.RainerShea.com . His podcast 'Revolutionary Socialist Review' can be found on his YouTube channel https://tinyurl.com/y2thakxq. Music as always is provided by Samuel Thomas 'Self Taut' and you can check out his Soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/samuel-thomas-2/ | |||
| 12 Jun 2020 | Episode 3 - The Racism of Broken Windows, The Bell Curve, and a National Reckoning | 00:38:51 | |
This week's episode is about the George Floyd uprising, calls for defunding police, and the global challenge to racism and colonialism. Topics covered include criminology, historical racism, and the global impact of the murder of George Floyd. If you like the show and wish to support us, you can donate to https://www.paypal.me/julestaylormusic . A percentage of the donations will go directly to the Black Lives Matter movement. #blacklivesmatter #enoughisenough Sources cited for today's show: https://1drv.ms/w/s!AgjZIcsa2BAvzRXNLqLIGPWuGsvi?e=FqXcwn Music by: Samuel Thomas (Self Taut). More of his music can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/samuel-thomas-2 --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com | |||
| 20 Jan 2024 | New Album: Whiskey Clear | The Poetry, Stories, and Meaning Behind the Songs | 01:24:53 | |
Hey Y'all! I'm back again with a long episode about the new album, detailing the poetry, stories, and meaning behind the songs, along with snarky remarks unpalatable for the other project channels. If you have not already, I'd be both honored and delighted if you checked out the new album at the link below: Listen Here: Jules Taylor - Whiskey Clear Also, I had said at the top of the episode that I would play back the album in its entirety, but let's be real here - that would make this episode too long and I think listeners would prefer to keep the deliberate listening of music and podcasts separate. Like you come to me for chats and not to play music but I would also like to give you the option to take in my music. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 17 May 2020 | Episode 2 - Why an atheist talks about theology, moral theory, and human nature | 00:53:15 | |
In this episode, Jules tries to relate the whole of moral theory to politics and philosophy over a broad stroke of human history. Mentioned in this episode: Immanuel Kant, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, James Mill, Robert Nozick --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 06 Nov 2021 | Jules Taylor, interviewed by Henry Hakamäki, for the David Feldman Show | 00:32:32 | |
I was invited on the David Feldman Show by my friend and comrade Henry Hakamäki from the Guerilla History podcast. I was really happy to talk with Henry - and if you haven't checked out both Guerilla History and the David Feldman Show, I'd highly recommend checking those out. You can unlock the video for this episode at our Patreon! David Feldman's show is like a 7-hour show twice a week. It's totally insane that 14 hours of content a week are produced for that show. *mind blown* Guerilla History is a podcast that is a "must listen" for me any time they release a new episode. We talked about my most recent (at the time) episode called "There is no greater con than the American Dream." Here's a link to the speech I delivered that I mentioned during the course of my conversation. Permanent Links Below…
| |||
| 05 Feb 2021 | Episode 20 - Waiting for the Truth with Dr. Grover Furr | 01:31:40 | |
Dr. Furr is the author of several books and articles on Soviet History, specifically the Stalin era of 1930 to 1953. I wanted to talk with him because every single one of his publications stands in contradiction to the generally accepted narratives of Soviet History. If you ask a random person who Joseph Stalin is, they'll probably tell you something like Stalin was a brutal dictator and he killed millions of people. Books by historians Steven Kotkin and Robert Conquest affirm these accusations of crimes and atrocities, and so people generally believe that standard line about Stalin. Of course, all of this works in service of framing the USSR as totalitarian, and more broadly permits the positing of the false notion of horseshoe theory. As you'll hear in our conversation, Dr. Furr has spent years combing through the footnotes of the authors like Kotkin and Conquest. He's not only refuting their accusations, but he's publishing books showing why their accusations are false with primary source evidence. His work is remarkable when you begin to think of the ways 20th-century world history would change if we had to fundamentally rethink the history of Soviet Russia. It really was an honor and a privilege to speak with Dr. Furr about his research, and his latest publication, Trotsky and the Military Conspiracy. So here's my conversation, with Dr. Grover Furr. Links
Some of Grover Furr's books mentioned or discussed during this episode
--- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 02 Feb 2022 | Episode 45 - Kooper Caraway | 01:28:03 | |
Kooper Caraway dropped by to tell us about his life and history as an activist and organizer. He's the President of the South Dakota Federation of Labor, and at 29 years old he became the youngest State Labor Federation President in the Nation. Additional Links Below…
Permanent Links Below…
Music for this episode: Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4989-lewis-and-dekalb Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 28 May 2021 | Episode 29 - Pt. 1 Apostasy, Spiritual but not Religious, Traditionalism, and Fascism | 01:42:11 | |
In this monologue episode, Jules talks about the ways a secular society relocates the sacred to objects of liberal worship. Along the way, he speaks to the volatility of spirituality, in that vague senses of spirituality can lead one into other thoughts that are useful for inchoate fascism. Ultimately, he argues we must take seriously the ways in which spirituality can lend itself to fascism, as there are actual fascists in the world who would leverage spirituality to spread their ideology. Additional links below… Books! · Social and Political Thought of Julius Evola by Paul Furlong · The Case Against The Modern World: A Crash Course in Traditionalist Thought by Daniel Schwindt · War for Eternity: Inside Bannon’s Far-Right Circle of Global Powerbrokers by Benjamin Teitelbaum · Hitler’s Priestess: Savitri Devi, the Hindu-Aryan Myth, and Neo-Nazism by Nicolas Goodrick-Clark · Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco · The Evolian Imagination: Gender, Race, and Class from Fascism to the New Right by Robert Tobin · Time and Trauma: Thinking Through Heidegger in the Thirties by Richard Polt · Contemporary Esotericism by Egil Asprem and Kenneth Granholm Articles… · Steve Bannon Cited Italian Thinker Who Inspired Fascists by Jason Horowitz in the New York Times · The Religion of the Heart: “Spirituality” In Late Modernity by Galen Watts Permanent Links below… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 29 Mar 2024 | Introducing Labor Link Podcast - S2E1 - Thailand (Part 1) | 01:11:28 | |
In this episode, Jules drops the first episode of Season 2 of The Labor Link Podcast, hosted by Judy Gearhart. This is one of several other podcast projects produced by Jules. More info about The Labor Link is available at www.laborlinkpodcast.org --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 20 Mar 2021 | Episode 25 - Tools for New Revolutionaries with Comrade Gomer | 01:50:57 | |
Jules speaks with Comrade Gomer about 'baby leftists' and how to best guide and direct new revolutionaries in their radical development. This episode is preceded by a monologue about capitalist spiritualism and the internalization of the contradictions of capitalism. Links for Comrade Gomer… Comrade Gomer's YouTube Channel, Twitch Channel, Twitter Recommended reading from Comrade Gomer… Principles of Communism by Frederick Engels State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin Blood In My Eye by George L. Jackson Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon Black Skin, White Masks by Franz Fanon Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression by Robin D.G. Kelley Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton Things mentioned by Jules… Napoleon Hill, the All American Huckster by Matt Novak This Non-Violent Stuff'll Get You Killed by Charles E. Cobb, Jr. Black Marxism by Cedric J. Robinson Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver Defying the Tomb by Kevin Rashid Johnson Outro Music: "Americana" by Nickel and Rose Permanent Links Below… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers | |||
| 13 Apr 2022 | Episode 50 - The Rise of Postmodern Conservatism with Matthew McManus | 01:10:25 | |
Jules sits down with Professor Matthew McManus to discuss his book "The Rise of Postmodern Conservatism". Thinkers discussed include Edmund Burke, Joseph de Maistre, Michael Oakeshott, Isaiah Berlin, and many others. This is a conversation that traces the roots of reactionism all the way back to the French Revolution. Additional links below…
Permanent Links Below…
Outro music "Panda Punk Tongue" by Peelander-Z Music for this episode: Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4989-lewis-and-dekalb Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 31 Oct 2020 | Episode 10 - Every waking moment I had booze in me with Brandon Villarreal | 01:29:41 | |
Today on the show is another longtime friend of mine, Brandon Villarreal. He's a guy I met while I was still too young to legally drink or buy my own smokes. This is the guy who took me to my first strip club while I was still underage. He's like an older brother to me in a lot of ways. He was always down to get into trouble, and he was sometimes a bad influence, but you need friends like that and aside from drinking and raising hell, he's also the person who first encouraged me to apply for a job in radi0 - and that was a step that would set in motion the rest of my adult life and career. He and I are long overdue for catching up, and of course, that's part of why I wanted him to come on the show. The other reason is that Brandon received a new liver a while back, and being a transplant survivor, he's got a new lease on life. He's taken up drone photography as a hobby, he's out in nature taking hikes, road-tripping, and I get the feeling he's really enjoying his life. Brandon went through a seminal event that qualitatively changed him. I wanted to focus a lens on his life and story because it's remarkable and deserves to be heard. Music provided by Self Taut Follow Brandon on Instagram: @bravill Listen Now: https://bit.ly/no_easy_answers --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 11 Sep 2021 | Episode 40 - David Parsons and Max Alvarez (9-11, Afghanistan, and Historical Memory) | 02:14:14 | |
The war in Afghanistan is over. On August 30th, military transport planes flew the last remaining soldiers out of Hamid Karzai International Airport. This marked the end of the longest war in United States history, coming to a close near the 20th anniversary of 9/11. In this episode, Jules speaks to David Parsons and Maximillian Alvarez, and they reflect on the historical moments we are living through. David Parsons is a historian of the Vietnam War and Maximillian Alvarez is the Editor in Chief at The Real News Network. Additional Links Below…
Permanent Links Below…
| |||
| 28 May 2022 | Episode 52 - Digital Privacy after Roe v Wade with Dan Arel | 01:27:05 | |
Dan Arel joins Jules to speak about digital privacy in a world post-Roe v. Wade. If you are even in need of an illegal abortion, this conversation will help you cover your digital trail online. This conversation applies beyond those in need of illegal medical procedures. It should benefit anyone looking to guard their privacy online, including organizers, sex workers, journalists, and more. Additional Links below…
Permanent Links Below…
Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 09 Feb 2023 | John Rawls Sucks (w/ @cnoumena & @yagamben) | 01:47:14 | |
In this special crossover episode, Jules sits down with the guys from the Decode cast to discuss John Rawls. Additional links / info below… · Decode podcast episode on Paul Virilio · Strategy of Deception by Paul Virilio · A Theory of Justice by John Rawls · Political Liberalism by John Rawls · The Political Thought of Jacques Ranciere by Todd May Permanent Links below… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 23 Aug 2020 | Episode 5 - Anti-Foundationalism, Non-Essentialism, and Deconstruction – a crisis of language, truth, structure, identity and being | 00:26:52 | |
This week we're talking about Truth, as in capital T truth, and what happened to it. It's a deep question. We examine truth from the lens of continental philosophy, taking into account the ancient philosophers that French intellectuals were problematizing and answering to. It's a short episode, but the content is dense. Hit us up with questions at noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Transcript: https://medium.com/no-easy-answers/anti-foundationalism-non-essentialism-and-deconstruction-a-crisis-of-language-truth-41919521b51e Music by: Samuel Thomas (Self Taut) - https://soundcloud.com/samuel-thomas-2 --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 28 May 2021 | Episode 30 - Pt. 2 War for Eternity with Benjamin Teitelbaum | 01:42:16 | |
In this episode, Jules speaks with Benjamin Teitelbaum about his book War for Eternity. Professor Teitelbaum has conducted hours of in-person interviews with members of the far-right and Traditionalists who have positioned themselves in positions of geopolitical influence. Topics discussed include Aleksandr Dugin, Steve Bannon, Olavo de Carvalho, three agents of the far-right who have taken influence from more obscure thinkers of the far-right, specifically Julius Evola, and René Guénon. Additional links below… · War for Eternity: Inside Bannon’s Far-Right Circle of Global Powerbrokers by Benjamin Teitelbaum · Benjamin Teitelbaum on Twitter · The Evolian Imagination: Gender, Race, and Class from Fascism to the New Right by Robert Tobin · Steve Bannon Cited Italian Thinker Who Inspired Fascists by Jason Horowitz in the New York Times · The Global Machine Behind the Rise of Far-Right Nationalism by Joe Becker in the New York Times · Outro Music: "Bisonpolska", a Swedish Folk Song performed by Ben Teitelbaum on the Nyckelharpa Permanent Links below… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 21 Oct 2021 | There is no greater con than the American Dream | 00:48:20 | |
In this episode, Jules sits on his patio and talks about why there is no greater con than the American Dream. Links mentioned during this episode…
--- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 21 Nov 2020 | Episode 12 - Introducing: Dr. Maximillian Alvarez and Working People | 01:29:39 | |
Introducing: Dr. Maximillian Alvarez and Working People This is a crossover / collaborative episode between No Easy Answers and Working People. Follow Working People on Twitter: @WorkingPod Follow Dr. Maximillian Alvarez on Twitter: @maximillian_alv Working People Listen Now: Working People Music by: Self-Taut --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 25 Mar 2021 | Episode 26 - Uyghurs in Xinjiang and Anti-Asian Hate in the US with Dr. Asatar Bair | 01:38:43 | |
Jules speaks with Dr. Asatar Bair about the Uyghur population in Xinjiang, China. Dr. Bair is a professor of economics and statistics at Riverside City College. Additional Links Below… Follow Dr. Asatar Bair on Twitter and YouTube Prison Labor in the United States: An Economic Analysis by Dr. Asatar Bair Six Basic Problems with the Uyghur Genocide Narrative by Dr. Asatar Bair Image of US Military Bases in the Pacific China's Belt and Road Initiative There were 3,800 anti-Asian racist incidents, mostly against women, in past year U.S., allies announce sanctions on China over Uyghur ‘genocide’ Daughter of a late senator goes off on anti-Asian screed Outro Music: "Godking" by Welcome Home Morning Star Permanent Links Below… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 29 Jun 2020 | Episode 4 - The American Revolution was really about slavery, Thomas Jefferson is a Bastard, and coupling Christianity with Capitalism | 00:28:30 | |
This one is sure to ruin your national pride, patriotism, or whatever positive sentiments you have left about America. Just in time for your 4th of July holiday weekend. Topics discussed include: Francis Bellamy and the pledge of allegiance, the declaration of independence, the American Revolution, Sally Hemings, American Ideology Intro music by: Samuel Thomas (Self Taut) https://soundcloud.com/samuel-thomas-2/are-we-gonna-do-this Transcript of the show: https://medium.com/@julestaylor_27979/the-american-revolution-was-really-about-slavery-thomas-jefferson-is-a-bastard-and-coupling-c9298ac2fa9a --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 07 Jul 2021 | Episode 33 - Pt. 5 Fascism, Anti-Communism, the CIA and French Theory with Gabriel Rockhill | 01:35:58 | |
In the final episode in our series about Fascism, Jules speaks with Professor Gabriel Rockhill about a series of articles he wrote called "Fascism - A Counter-History". Professor Rockhill speaks to the conjunctural, structural, and systemic aspects of Fascism from a materialist perspective, and how this method breaks with liberal notions of fascism simply being an idiosyncratic occurrence that happened once in history. Along the way, questions of syncretism, operation paperclip, and Michel Foucault come up, including how the CIA targeted certain theorists in order to drive an ideological wedge between communists and left anti-communists. About Gabriel Rockhill Gabriel Rockhill Wiki, Twitter, Website Additional links and articles…
Gabriel Rockhill interview with Chris Hedges on RT Permanent Links… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 01 Mar 2024 | CCSP - Jules Taylor | Eligible for Happiness | 01:11:06 | |
Hey Y'all, One of the hosts on a different pod I co-host sat down with me to discuss songwriting, my latest album, and the release show I recently performed at for Whiskey Clear in January. Hope you all will enjoy this episode. :) Love, Jules --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 04 Jan 2021 | Episode 15 - On Death Part III (The Plague, The Civil War, and the Ars Moriendi) | 00:44:30 | |
Jules takes a broader look at death from a social perspective by comparing the plague of 14th century Europe and the American Civil War. These time periods are seemingly incommensurate, but they're worth comparing to gain a perspective on the social effects of mass death. Links for further reading Barbara W. Tuchman, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th century Klaus Schwab and Thierry Malleret, Covid-19: The Great Reset Ars Moriendi Translation (the shorter version) Drew Gilpin Faust, This Republic of Suffering Drew Gilpin Faust, The Civil War Soldier and the Art of Dying Transcription of a letter by James Robert Montgomery Videos Death & the Civil War | Library of Congress Brad Harris – Context: Reflections from A Distant Mirror Lerone Bennett Jr. C-Span Interview (~snippit taken from around the 24 min mark) --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast <-- NEW! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 01 Aug 2021 | Episode 36 - Craig from Acid Horizon | 01:23:05 | |
Jules speaks with Craig from Acid Horizon and the Deleuze & Guattari Quarantine Collective about music and theory. Acid Horizon Twitter, Podcast, Patreon Additional links below…
Permanent Links Below… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut Outro Music: Jahzzar, "Trip" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 30 Aug 2021 | Episode 39 - Afghanistan Meant Nothing with Laura Jedeed | 01:21:05 | |
In this episode, Jules speaks with Laura Jedeed about her latest article, "Afghanistan Meant Nothing". You can unlock the video for this episode at our Patreon. Additional Links Below…
Permanent Links Below…
| |||
| 20 Feb 2021 | Episode 21 - Fight for a Better World with Kristen Chapman Gibbons | 01:32:48 | |
Jules speaks with writer, artist, performer, and storyteller Kristen Chapman Gibbons about her journey from preacher's daughter to community cultivator. Kristen Chapman Gibbons on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Kristen Chapman Gibbons' Website Art by Kristen Performances by Kristen Other stories by Kristen
Things we mentioned during the conversation
Outro Music: Kestra - 'Better World' --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support | |||
| 06 Nov 2021 | Quick Announcement about the show format | 00:02:55 | |
Hey y'all, Just a short announcement here that I'm switching up the show format. I have found that I'm really enjoying smaller episodes with spontaneous thoughts. Some listeners seem to really enjoy the cold open with no intro music, without the formality of the longer and more produced episodes. So I plan on posting more frequently, and I'll be releasing a few episodes on the main feed with this announcement. No need to actually listen to this announcement if you've read this - just wanted to keep y'all informed. As always, thank you for the support. Sending all of you love and solidarity from NY. ~Jules Permanent Links Below…
| |||
