最佳Christopher Siege播客 (2024)

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Essay #90: Alex Christoyannopoulos, ‘Anarchist Qualms with Pacifism and Nonviolence: Accusations and Rejoinders’ 28:51

7d ago28:51

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In this essay, Alex Christoyannopoulos maps out and discusses the main qualms aired by anarchists about pacifism and nonviolence (around effectiveness, origins and compromises, and dogmatic censorship). He also fleshes out a rejoinder for each, and reflects on the mutual resonances and overlaps between the two. Alex Christoyannopoulos is Reader in …

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TME #148: Beast Wars II Episode 43 - "Farewell! Lio Convoy" 51:48

21d ago51:48

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I would have waited an eternity for this! It's over, guys. We finally finish Beast Wars Second once and for all! Episode Rating: "NO ENERGON!" (unanimous) Subscribe to our Patreon to access our exclusive podcasts The Super Lazor Comb Patreon Super Show!, TOO MUCH COMMENTARY!, and more. https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Video Version: https://youtu.…

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Water Rights and Changing Oregon's Water Law, with Christopher Hall of the Water League 32:15

27d ago32:15

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Freshwater, i.e. non-salinated water, is arguably the most precious resource on earth, and in Oregon, by law, all water belongs to the public. However, if you examine who actually controls water usage in Oregon, you might come away with a very different impression. Water rights, and the laws that govern them, are incredibly consequential for both h…

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Mortal Kombat: Legacy | The Lazor Comb Podcast #96 1:06:00

28d ago1:06:00

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PATREON PICK: This week we're talking about the 14th episode overall of the early-2010s web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy, where Kitana and Mileena go for a stroll through a local park trail, and bump into Johnny Cage. Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Video Version: https://youtu.be/xRa6fhwcvm…

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Essay #89: Jon Burke, ‘Qalang Smangus: Successful Aboriginal Christian Anarchism in Taiwan’ 15:31

29d ago15:31

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In this essay, Jon Burke describes Qalang Smangus, an aboriginal village in Taiwan which has been collectively organized. Jon makes a case for identifying it as an intentional Christian anarcho-collectivist community, assesses its success, and identifies its internal and exernal challenges. Jon is a former lecturer in photography and media studies …

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TME #147: Beast Wars II Episodes 38-42 1:05:17

1M ago1:05:17

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Blah blah blah, Beast Wars Second once and for all! Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Video Version: https://youtu.be/otkiUjc4Jf0 Show Links: https://linktr.ee/lazorcomb Join The Lazor Comb Discord: https://discord.gg/AEMkmvud3k Buy a TOO MUCH ENERGON! t-shirt: https://www.teepublic.com/user/t…

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Regular Show | The Lazor Comb Podcast #95 1:27:03

1M ago1:27:03

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PATREON PICK: We talk about the 217th episode overall of Regular Show, where a 20-something raccoon is about to graduate high school; his blue jay friend is jealous; and a gumball machine tries to track down a coworker to ask her out on a date. Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Video Version: …

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Essay #88: Jess Dillard-Wright & Danisha Jenkins , ‘Dangerous and Unprofessional Content: Anarchist Dreams for Alternate Nursing Futures’ 18:39

1M ago18:39

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In this essay, Jess Dillard-Wright and Danisha Jenkins make the case for an anarchist approach to nursing. Part love note to a problematic profession we love and hate, part fever dream of what could be, we set out to think about what nursing and care might look like after it all falls down, because it is all falling down. Jess Dillard-Wright is an …

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TME #146: Beast Wars II Episodes 34-37 1:32:18

2M ago1:32:18

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This week we're reviewing episodes 34, 35, 36, and 37 of Beast Wars II. Episode 34 features Drill Nuts building a big 'ole cannon at Niagra Falls to fire at The Artificial Planet Nemesis. 35 involves Gaviscon getting in Lio Junior's head, and Junior doing what ever teenage boy eventually does; beats up his step dad. Finally 36 and 37 finally give u…

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Justice League Unlimited | The Lazor Comb Podcast #94 1:41:25

2M ago1:41:25

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PATREON PICK: This week we're covering episode 27 of Justice League Unlimited, where Gorilla Grodd convinces Lex Luthor to steal a Nazi artifact, and The Flash has the hots for Fire, just like the rest of us. Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Video Version: https://youtu.be/jgxMl0J7R3A Show Li…

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Forest Under Siege, with Author Rand Schenk - Part 2 29:00

2M ago29:00

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Today’s episode is part two of my interview with Rand Schenk, author of a great new book on history of the Forest Service, its founder, Gifford Pinchot, and over 100 years of forest management and mismanagement in the Pacific Northwest. The book, “Forest Under Siege: The Story of Old Growth After Gifford Pinchot”, chronicles the Forest Service’s pr…

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Essay #87: Cahal McLaughlin, ‘Participatory Filmmaking: Anarchist Principles and Practices’ 16:50

2M ago16:50

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In this essay, Cahal McLaughlin reflects on the influence of anarchist principles on his documentary filmmaking practices in societies affected by state violence, using case studies from South Africa, Haiti, Brazil and Ireland. Cahal McLaughlin is Professor of Film Studies, Queen's University Belfast. His recent publications include Challenging the…

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TME #145: Beast Wars II - Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger! 1:48:40

2M ago1:48:40

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Gaviscon uses his latest Plot Device™ to summon the great Decepticon weapon Majin Zarak from the distant past to Planet Gaia, and it's up to Lio Convoy and the Maximals to stop it. Lio Junior is all like "no way! two can play!" and uses the same doohickey to bring in Garry Primal all the way from Planet Energon, and the hypest team up since Kane & …

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Seaquest: DSV | The Lazor Comb Podcast #93 1:17:01

2M ago1:17:01

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SIEGE PICK: Today we're reviewing the fifth episode of the 1993 NBC series Seaquest: DSV (which is basically Star Trek underwater on a conceptual level), where Cthulhu attacks and glowing energon crystals are found. Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Video Version: https://youtu.be/zZpdDofvhyM …

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Essay #86: Henry Brown, ‘Anarchists in Epaulettes’ 16:35

2M ago16:35

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In this essay, Henry Brown examines the controversial participation of anarchists in the Republican Army during the Spanish Civil War (1936-9). Despite the universal association of anarchism with antimilitarism, the Spanish anarchists responded to the demands of antifascist war in a nuanced fashion, creating a distinctive military subculture based …

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Forest Under Siege, with Author Rand Schenk - Part 1 29:00

3M ago29:00

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Today’s episode is part one of a two part interview with Rand Schenk, author of a fascinating and timely new history of the Forest Service, its founder, Gifford Pinchot, and over 100 years of forest management and mismanagement in the Pacific Northwest. The book, “Forest Under Siege: The Story of Old Growth After Gifford Pinchot”, explores the Fore…

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TME #144: Beast Wars II Episodes 29-33 1:25:37

3M ago1:25:37

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Technically we skip episode 29 because it's a clipshow, but from there on we're talking about episodes 30-33 of Beast Wars II, where The Angle Slam goes evil, and the Decepticons go full Marshawn Lynch. Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Video Version: https://youtu.be/pPj2dcNHTTc Show Links: h…

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Thunder in Paradise | The Lazor Comb Podcast #92 1:32:20

3M ago1:32:20

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PATREON PICK: We're talking about the 16th episode of the 1990s Hulk Hogan vehicle Thunder in Paradise, where a kidnapped wild child is saved by The Hulkster, who is determined to make him a real boy. Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Video Version: https://youtu.be/mExVmsVWYjA Show Links: htt…

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TME #143: Beast Wars II Episodes 25-28 1:30:28

3M ago1:30:28

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The Old Maritimers decide to leave; Lio Convoy discovers that lion he banged a while ago wasn't on the pill; G2 Megatron gets all Angle Slammed up and becomes a redeco of Trypticon; Scuba's cousin is an Amazon delivery driver and brings a tank to planet Gaia. Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb …

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Essay #85: Alex Doyle, ‘Anarchism and the Nation in Cuba’ 19:48

3M ago19:48

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In this essay, Alex Doyle examines how anarchists in late 19th and early 20th century Cuba grappled with thorny issues of the nation and nationalism in their pursuit of social revolution. Contrary to common assumptions about anarchism which posit that the movement wholly rejects and ignores the nation, the anarchists in Cuba, through their discours…

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AIRWOLF | The Lazor Comb Podcast #91 1:27:39

3M ago1:27:39

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SIEGE PICK: Prepare to identify as an attack helicopter as we review the ninth episode of AIRWOLF "Mad Over Miami," where Col. AJ Wolffe and Pilot McHale attempt to rescue Cuban freedom fighters from Evil Armyman with the help (and money) of Big Boss & Honey, and Senorita Pantsuit. Siege watched this episode three times to make sense of the convolu…

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Essay #84: Diogo Duarte, ‘Anarchy in the Streets’ 20:34

3M ago20:34

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In this essay, Diogo Duarte proposes a different look at the history of the State, urban planning and social housing in Portugal, by bringing into the picture the often forgotten presence of a significant anarchist movement in the country. As he suggests, to fully understand some of the social and political processes that were underway in Portugal …

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Fighting for our Drinking Water, with North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection 29:00

3M ago29:00

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Whether you live in a city, a small town, or even if you get your water from a well like I do, one of the biggest threats to drinking water in the Pacific Northwest is industrial logging. (A hugely notable exception is portland, which as my guest will touch on in the interview, does not allow logging in its drinking water source, the Bull Run water…

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TME #142: Beast Wars II Episode 21-24 1:12:52

3M ago1:12:52

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This week we're covering the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th episodes of Beast Wars II "The Tentacular (testicular) Scuba," "Megastorm's Reckoning," "Showdown in the Sea," and "Face the Setting Sun," respectively. Highlights include Bighorn getting big-horny for Scylla (a.k.a. the "she-gremlin" from Gremlins 2), Artemis getting jealous of Scylla's affec…

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The A-Team | The Lazor Comb Podcast #90 1:40:20

4M ago1:40:20

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In 2021, a crack podcasting unit was sent to Patreon by $5 subscribers to watch shows they didn't always like. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security creative slump to the Lazor Comb underground. Today, still sponsored by Patrons, they survive as critics of fortune. If you have a series, if no one else will watch it, and if you can conv…

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Essay #83: Joshua Newmark & Sophie Turbutt, ‘Introduction: Iberian Anarchism in Twentieth-Century History’ 22:18

4M ago22:18

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This essay introduces a short series of podcasts emanating from last year's 'Iberian Anarchism in Twentieth Century History' special issue. Joshua Newmark highlights some of the parallels and linkages between the Spanish and Portuguese anarchist movements, while Sophie Turbutt explores the key themes emerging from the special issue and what they co…

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TME #141: Beast Wars II Episodes 17-20 1:41:06

4M ago1:41:06

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Siege is depressed and tipsy, and Kal is high on painkillers, so naturally we're both in the correct frame of mind to review episodes 17, 18, 19, and 20 of Beast Wars Second. Episode 20 is a another clipshow, so we didn't bother watching it and just gave it a pre-emptive "not enough energon" rating. Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive cont…

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Saving Oregon's Kelp Forests, with Tom Calvanese of Oregon Kelp Alliance 36:00

4M ago36:00

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The Coast Range Association is a founding member of the brand new Oregon Ocean Alliance, which has formed to more effectively advocate for Oregon’s ocean and coast ecosystems. In a future episode, I’ll be talking with some of the other founding members about our mission and goals and all of that good stuff. The reason I bring it up today is that on…

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Invasion (2005) | The Lazor Comb Podcast #89 1:25:42

4M ago1:25:42

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PATREON PICK: This week we're talking about the 19th episode of the 2005 ABC series Invasion. Things go a little off the rails and we spend most of the episode talking about other things, including the origin of Siege's name, the origin of the name Lazor Comb, and more. We're both dealing with health issues at the moment, so please bear with us. Su…

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Essay #82: David Christopher, ‘Early Cronenberg and the Anarchist Apocalypse’ 18:39

4M ago18:39

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In this essay, David Christopher explores and unpacks the mutually anarchistic and apocalyptic propensities in the early films of David Cronenberg. Christopher positions Cronenberg's films as exemplary of an innovative new methodology of cinema analysis for films following Cronenberg's influence. For more on these topics, see Anarchist Studies 32.1…

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TME #140: Beast Wars II Episodes 13-16 1:01:38

4M ago1:01:38

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It's Cinco de Mayo, a fiesta, and a salsa dance all in one as we're introduced to our new buenos amigos, the Jointrons. Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Video Version: https://youtu.be/P1dg0U-2nnY Show Links: https://linktr.ee/lazorcomb Join The Lazor Comb Discord: https://discord.gg/AEMkmvud…

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Samurai Champloo | The Lazor Comb Podcast #88 1:07:27

5M ago1:07:27

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PATREON PICK: This week's show covers the second episode of Samurai Champloo, where a small town is terrozied by an ogre, and two samurai's have a bathhouse experience. Siege is also a cat. Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Video Version: https://youtu.be/nSOqdqQveeQ Show Links: https://linktr…

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Essay #81: Andrew Whitehead, ‘The Anarchist Big Three and the Siege of Sidney Street’ 21:19

5M ago21:19

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In this essay, Andrew Whitehead examines the two most lethal incidents linked to anarchism in London's history: the murder of three police officers during an attempted armed robbery at Houndsditch in December 1910 and the ensuing siege of Sidney Street in Stepney. He looks particularly at the links between the mainly Latvian perpetrators and three …

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TME #139: Beast Wars II Episodes 9-12 1:32:04

5M ago1:32:04

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We both dislike this show and want to get through it as quickly as possible, so we've switched to reviewing it in four episode chunks. This week we're covering Beast Wars Second episodes 9, 10, 11, and 12 "The Strongest Tag Team?," "Autorollers Roll Out!," "Danger! Scissor Boy," and "Galvatron Rampages," respectively. Episode Ratings: "Not Enough E…

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Poor Windy Update: BLM Backs Down After Tree Sit! 29:00

5M ago29:00

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About a year and half ago, we did an episode on a Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, timber sale in Southern Oregon called Poor Windy, as part of our Worth More Standing series highlighting some of the biggest threats to mature and old growth forests on public lands. Recently, community activists set up a tree sit in an old growth grove that was ta…

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The Magicians (2015) | The Lazor Comb Podcast #87 52:50

5M ago52:50

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PATREON PICK: We talk about the 22nd episode of SyFy's The Magicians, and both Siege & Kal discover new waifus. Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Video Version: https://youtu.be/2nPUG11Qvqs Show Links: https://linktr.ee/lazorcomb Join The Lazor Comb Discord: https://discord.gg/AEMkmvud3k Socia…

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Essay #80: Jayne Malenfant & Hannah Brais, 'An Anarchist Approach to Housing Precarity' 17:43

5M ago17:43

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In this essay, Jayne Malenfant and Hannah Brais unpack an anarchist approach to confronting housing precarity by bringing together existing anarchist scholarship while proposing housing interventions that support agency, anti-colonial work, and justice. They confront the inadequacy of existing housing interventions and propose an alternative vision…

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TME #138: Beast Wars II Episode 08 - "Friend or Foe? The Insect Robos" 1:07:42

5M ago1:07:42

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We're BACK after a four month hiatus to review the eighth episode of Beast Wars II, where the "Insect Robos" Scissor Boy, Drill Nuts, and Centicon do battle against Tazmania Kid, Diver McFrogman, and HEEEEEEEE-HAW himself Bighorn. Lio Convoy also delivers his usual sage wisdom about utter nothingness. Siege also talks about his Transformers purchas…

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Forever Knight | The Lazor Comb Podcast #86 1:14:51

6M ago1:14:51

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PATREON PICK: Toknight's podcast is about the fifth episode of a police procedural with a supernatural twist; Forever Knight, which features a vampire cop trying to catch a stripper who gets horny when she's being evil. Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Video Version: https://youtu.be/WheltP6u…

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Northwest Forest Plan: Protecting the Siuslaw National Forest 29:00

6M ago29:00

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Today, we’re going to go deep on an incredibly important subject, albeit one with a somewhat less than stirring name if you aren’t already familiar: The northwest forest plan The northwest forest plan sets the overall management strategy for 17 National Forests across a staggering 24 million acres of federal lands in Washington, Oregon and northwes…

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Essay #79: Sean Scalmer, ‘Direct Action: The Invention of a Transnational Concept’ 32:13

6M ago32:13

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This essay examines the rise of 'direct action' as a key concept in anarchist and radical politics over the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It traces the transnational arguments, texts and networks that made this possible. Sean Scalmer is a Professor of History at the University of Melbourne. This essay is a greatly edited version of…

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Celebrating Two Recent Victories for Oceans and State Forests! 29:01

6M ago29:01

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It is important to celebrate our victories, and today we get to talk about two of them! The Oregon Board of Forestry (BoF) recently voted to approve its first ever Habitat Conservation Plan on State Forests, and a bill to fully fund and strengthen Oregon’s Marine Reserve Program sailed through the recent legislative session. To talk about these vic…

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Letterkenny | The Lazor Comb Podcast #85 55:51

6M ago55:51

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SIEGE PICK: We review the 56th episode overall of Letterkenny, "Kids With Problems," where the gang have a sit-down with the local youths to try and scare some sense into them with tough love, chips, pop, and hot dogs. Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Audio Version: https://youtu.be/r2vCOZNnS…

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Essay #78: Sam C. Tenorio, ‘Black Cataclysm: Anarchism and Ruination’ 18:48

6M ago18:48

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In this essay, adapted from his recently published book, Sam C. Tenorio (he/they) reconsiders the Watts Rebellion of 1965 and its ruinous disruptions, like arson, theft, and vandalism, as a cataclysm that clears material and discursive ground and proffers its own questions of property. It argues that the cataclysmic vantage of the Watts rebellion o…

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Trailer Park Boys | The Lazor Comb Podcast #84 1:13:13

6M ago1:13:13

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SIEGE PICK: We review the 53rd episode overall of Canadian TV classic Trailer Park Boys and also discuss the series as a whole. Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Video Version: https://youtu.be/KmJJAgnrn-w Show Links: https://linktr.ee/lazorcomb Join The Lazor Comb Discord: https://discord.gg/…

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The Campaign for Oregon's Estuaries, with Annie Merrill 37:17

7M ago37:17

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We often think of the land and the sea as separate worlds that have little to do with each other. But that barrier is much more fluid and interconnected than many people realize. We’ve talked on this program before about what folks call the ‘Land-Sea Connection’, and today we’re going to talk about the ‘connection’ piece of that equation, estuaries…

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Essay #77: Nolan Bennett, ‘Alexander Berkman’s Anti-Prison Anarchism’ 24:37

7M ago24:37

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In this essay, Nolan Bennett traces through Alexander Berkman's 1912 Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist an unresolved tension between two approaches to the prison: advocacy for political prisoners and advocacy against the politics of prisons. Berkman's ambivalence between these approaches amid his memoirs and later activism signify the book's importanc…

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King of the Hill | The Lazor Comb Podcast #83 1:06:32

7M ago1:06:32

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KAL PICK: We comb over episode 95 of Mike Judge's King of the Hill, where a mooning mishap leads to romance, and Hank's family discovers charcoal. Subscribe to our Patreon to access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/lazorcomb Video Version: https://youtu.be/330xdHc8nTg Show Links: https://linktr.ee/lazorcomb Join The Lazor Comb Discord: …

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The Canopy of Titans! With Author Paul Koberstein 44:30

7M ago44:30

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On today’s show, Canopy of Titans: the Life and Times of the Great North American Temperate Rainforest! Canopy of Titans is a new book written by journalists Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate which shines a light on the critical importance of protecting the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. Paul and Jessica spent years reporting a…

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Essay #76: Peterson Silva, ‘Mechanical Failures and Anarchist Freedom’ 17:15

7M ago17:15

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In this essay, Peterson Silva talks about metaphors for freedom among anarchists. He particularly discusses a metaphor concerning failure in complex systems, pointing out that anarchists relate freedom to the deep transformation of social patterns. A list of the references he cites in this episode is available here. Peterson Silva is a writer, tran…

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