Agora: The Podcast: Recent Episodes
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We're back with another discussion on religion and spirituality, featuring Brian, Aouei, and K-tron.
Part 5 of our series on Paul Cripple of the legendary punk band Reagan Youth -- a video biography presented here in audio form. Stay tuned until the end for a sneak preview of an upcoming Reagan Youth new release.
A debate hosted Sek McGora. Jeremiah arguing in the affirmative, Dr. Sovryn in the negative.
The hosts are joined by past guests Brian Sovryn and Aouei to explain and discuss everyone's various views on religion and spiritual beliefs.
Keith McHenry joins us again to tell more stories about his colorful experiences as an anarchist and about Food Not Bombs lore.
Zackary Clark, "Caught in the Crossfire: A Systematic Review of Racial Bias in Gun Control Measures" (2023)
We start off 2024 with bang. Another discussion on decentralization and liberty, taking in current events, context, and the discourse.
Sek read RAW's essay that is absolutely a must-hear (or -read) for fans of this show and like-minded folks.
Part 4 of our series on Paul Cripple of the legendary punk band Reagan Youth -- a video biography presented here in audio form. A project of The Agora Podcast.
Part 3 of our series on Paul Cripple of the legendary punk band Reagan Youth -- a video biography presented here in audio form. A project of The Agora Podcast.
This year's end-of-the-year panel featuring Sek, Penguin, BJ, Gonzo, and Shane from the Vonu Podcast.
Ellen and Brian Sovryn join us to talk about work, lifestyle, compensation, and the progression of capitalism -- then we have a little side discussion on oatmeal, followed by a discussion on cannabis, psychadelics, and other substances, and their role in society.
Ali, from Twitter and our prison abolition episode, joins us to talk about her story, schooling politics, her advocacy, and more.
We're back talking about punk rock and metal, a meta-conversation on the history of Libertarianism, John Locke, democratic liberalism, the Black Death, and a lot more
In this installment, we talk about sonic technology and harmonics, rain dances, more on Jewish history and Judaism within Judaism, anarchism as a minority viewpoint, and a whole lot more.
In this fun-filled discussion we touch on education and young adulthood; metal music; and pacifism, violence, and the morality of self-defense.
In both a continuation of our series and a change of pace, Sek records on location with Anarchy Farms about coming up as a Dead Head and in the rave scene, getting into homesteading, and the challenges that she's faced as woman in some scenes. Ohana jumps in towards the end.
Part 2 of our series on Paul Cripple of the legendary punk band Reagan Youth -- a video biography presented here in audio form. A project of The Agora Podcast.
Long-time friend of the show BJ comes on to talk about her story and how it relates to her path to liberty.
We come out with another great episode where we touch on vampires and other monsters, more on Jewish history, the World Wars, the real possibility of continued Nazi influence post-war, right-wing death squads, and tons more.
Rachel Blackfyre of the Liberation Caucus, comes onto the pod to talk about her peaceful parenting advocacy, her political journey, and her perspective as a woman anarchist.
Our good friend checks in to give us updates on his lifestyle, recount lessons learned as an activist, and break down trends in the past five years of radical and anti-war politics.
Another absolute banger where we go into topics like alternative readings of history, and the modern history of the Jewish people, plus more.
Another inspiring discussion with our friend, Jackie Kerouac, part of the Women of Anarchism series
Part 1 of a series on Paul Cripple of the legendary punk band Reagan Youth -- a video biography presented here in audio form. A project of Agora Media.
Friend-of-the show Rae joins us for another installment of our Women of Anarchism series.
Libertarian writer and thought-leader Sheldon Richman joins to talk about his background, past and current trends in politics, left-libertarianism, optimism and pessimism, and a lot more
Ramadan, the annual religious observance of Muslims worldwide, is here. Penguin answers questions about Islam and the holy month.
Resonance joins us for a very special episode to inaugurate our open-ended "Women of Anarchism" series.
Brian Sovryn is back with a vengeance. We engage a long discussion on pickup trucks, consumer goods, the vibe shift in certain political scenes, the history of the Illuminati and elite studies in general, the bourgeois class, mysticism, and a lot more.
Friend-of-the-pod Kumo rejoins us to talk about van life, low-cost living, time preference, anti-police protests, and a lot more.
Listen to our panel discussion on addiction and recovery, featuring many past guests and friends of the pod!
Justin from Voluntaryism in Action joins us to talk about peaceful human interaction, crowdfunding for those in need, direct giving, and the possibilities for libertarian coordination in relief efforts and disaster relief.
Sek Mcgora talks about guerilla gardening on the "Let's Make Some Shit!" podcast, hosted by friends of the show Resonance and Rae. Be sure to check them out.
We have an enlightening discussion with Jackie Kerouac where we discuss self-reliance, community resilience, Covid lockdowns, and a lot more.
Join us as we talk with anarchist Jeremiah Harding, as we discuss conspiracy theories, the left versus right ideological battles, tension campaigns, propaganda, full-throated opposition to the warfare state, and a lot more.
We talk with Zach, formerly known as Immortal Nomad, now re-branded as Agora Mutualist, to talk about mental health, psychiatry, substance abuse, and the effects of environment and society on human well-being.
Join us for our end-of-year and predictions panel podcast, featuring big-time friends of the show Dagorist & Rae, Rayo from The Vonu Podcast, Derrick Broze, and Keith McHenry from Food Not Bombs.
We recorded a special episode this month. In it, we discuss a bevy of subjects where we double down on our theories of decentralizing production and a peer-to-peer economy, talk about industries and specific examples, and answer a cool question from a friend of the pod, on counter-economy.
This week we have on Drew Cook, a libertarian, founder of the Sober Caucus, and harm reduction activist. We go into a range of topics from his activism, the organizations he's founded, overdose reversals, fentanyl, libertarian attitudes towards the Drug War, and the nature of substance use under Prohibition.
Part XIV of Carson's important work, featuring friend-of-the-show Rae. This audio file includes the remainder of Chapter Seven.
Part XIII of Carson's important work, featuring friend-of-the-show Rae. This audio file includes the Chapter Seven, sections A-E.
Part XII of Carson's important work, featuring friend-of-the-show Rae. This audio file includes the Chapter Six, sections E & F.
Part XI of Carson's important work, featuring friend-of-the-show Rae. This audio file includes the Chapter Six, sections A-D.
Friend-of-the-pod Kumo joins us to talk about his background and his journey to libertarian ideals from the Left, as well as two articles he recently wrote. In the first, Kumo discusses his response to and critique of the high-tech, hypercapitalist, dystopian setting of the anime series "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners". In the second, he uses the animated film, "Kiki's Delivery Service" to write about the ups and downs one experiences as a self-employed person or small-scale entrepeneur.
We get Brian Sovryn to delve into his ideas of the tripartite nature of reality, and talk about about all sorts of topics including little green men.
Penguin recorded some bonus content in the form of an audio essay that's now being released to the general public. In it, he takes social democratic and socialist ideas seriously as a competitor ideology, and explains why the idea of mass democracy and centralization are flawed attempts at addressing the systemic flaws of the status quo.
Part X of Carson's important work, featuring friend-of-the-show Rae. This audio file includes the remainder of Chapter Five.
Part IX of Carson's important work, featuring friend-of-the-show Rae. This audio file includes the first two sections of Chapter Five.
You may have heard people mention the "Cathedral" or engage in discourse on the term. What does it mean? What is its origin? Does the concept have any validity, or parallels, or better alternative explanations? We discuss this topic and related ones in this episode.
Silas Soule and Jackie Kerouac from The Road to Autonomy Magazine (https://rtamagazine.com/) join us to talk about the magazine, the origin of their project, nomadic ways of living and making a living, planting seeds, and possible downsides of and hazards of mass public gardening.
Join the fellas, along with Dagorist, Rae, and jerky merchant BJ, for a long discussion on Sovereign Citizens, guerilla gardening, and plants generally. Get a taste of our Patreon Q&A content, where you can become a patron and participate yourself.
The guys discuss a bevy of topics, including the Left's embrace of centralization, social democracy, the failures of progressive liberalism, the rise of nationalist populism and potentially fascist-adjacent governments, neo-reaction, and the aesthetics of "woke" neoliberalism. A real banger of an episode ...
Our full panel discussion on the topic, "Food as a Weapon" discussing the intersection of food and liberation. Hosted by Sek McGora. Featuring Penguin, Rae from the Let's Make Some Shit podcast, Shane from The Vonu Podcast, Keith McHenry from Food Not Bombs, author nutrition advocate BJ Woods, Brian and Ellen Sovryn, and friend-of-the-pod Djoom.
The legendary anarchist writer and intellectual Gary Chartier joins us to talk about market anarchism, the preference for non-hierarchical organizations, social change and revolution, the viability of commons-based production, and the importance of the market form.
Part VIII of Carson's important work, featuring friend-of-the-show Rae. This audio file includes the entirety of the fourth chapter.
Sek McGora reads the short piece "Anarchist Individualism in the Social Revolution" by the Italian anarchist writer and poet, Renzo Novatore.
Gonzo, homesteader extraordinaire, joins us to talk about: homesteading strategies; modular homesteading; recycling, reusing, and improvising; building mobile fixtures; raising different types of birds, and a lot more. Another great episode in our series on practical homesteading and farmsteading.
Part VII of Carson's important work, featuring friend-of-the-show Rae. This audio file includes the third chapter, Section F.
Part V of Carson's important work, featuring friend-of-the-show Rae. This audio file includes the third chapter, Section E.
We at the Agora Podcast have noticed some dangerous trends. Over the past decade or so, much of the ideas we discuss, and others that are potentially liberatory or promote healthier lifestyles, are becoming very “right-coded” in our culture. At the same time, questioning authority, entrenched power, and institutions is being ceded to far-right ideologues and being discouraged by social pressure and stigma. We discuss the origin of these trends, their implications, and our opinions on what can be done about them.
Part V of Carson's important work, featuring friend-of-the-show Rae. This audio file includes the third chapter, Sections B, C, and D.
Part IV of Carson's important work, featuring friend-of-the-show Rae. This audio file includes the third chapter's introduction, and Section A.
Dagorist from the Agorist Nexus and Agorist Acres joins us to talk about seeds, guerilla gardening, community supported agriculture, farm shares, bulk buying, and a lot more.
Brian Sovryn joins us for another exciting Void episode where we discuss the Jewish people, the break-up of the Ottoman Empire, and other narratives of 20th Century history viewed through less common lenses, as well as a discussion of the nature of Truth. Plus more!
"Learn how to make yourself invulnerable to the coercion of the State and the servile society with this updated guide on the liberating freedom strategy of vonu." An audiobook by friend-of-the-show Shane of The Vonu Podcast.
Learn more at https://vonupodcast.com/vonu-a-strategy-for-self-liberation-by-shane-radliff-freeaudiobook/, and read the foreward by Derrick Broze.
"Learn how to make yourself invulnerable to the coercion of the State and the servile society with this updated guide on the liberating freedom strategy of vonu." An audiobook by friend-of-the-show Shane of The Vonu Podcast.
Learn more at https://vonupodcast.com/vonu-a-strategy-for-self-liberation-by-shane-radliff-freeaudiobook/, and read the foreward by Derrick Broze.
Steve Poikonen from Slow News Day joins us to talk about the anti-war movement, left-right politics, Occupy, counter-intelligence activities against radical movements, and decentralized and unorganized resistance. This is one not to miss.
Michael Laufer joins us to talk about the anarchist biohacking collective's (https://fourthievesvinegar.org/) latest projects and work. They will be They'll be presenting showing off their stuff at HOPE in NYC and DEF CON in Vegas.
A listener submitted a question on the Vietnam conflict, and of course the guys go on for most of the episode riffing on war, imperialism, and general history of the Cold War period. Also discussed, gardening and firearms for homesteading.
Part III of Carson's important work, featuring friend-of-the-show Rae. This audio file includes the second chapter, parts C/D/E/F/G.
Part II of Carson's important work, featuring friend-of-the-show Rae. This audio file includes the introduction to the second chapter, and sections A & B of that chapter.
Part I of Carson's important work, featuring friend-of-the-show Rae. This audio file includes the introduction, preface, and the entirety of Chapter 1.
Normandie joins us for a second time to discuss his anti-industrial ideals, praxis, his lifestyle and prepping, and the history of Luddism and other anti-technological ideas.
Join us and some of our friends as we mark fifty episodes with a chill discussion about farming and trading.
Keith McHenry, founder of the Food Not Bombs movement, comes on the podcast to talk about his past, the history and founding of the movement, the housing and homelessness crises, California progressives, and the shift of ideas and attitudes on the political left and the right. A must-listen for our fans.
Resonance and Rae, friends of the show, join us to talk about their new podcast, "Let's Make Some Shit", a show that should appeal to serious crafters and especially beginners!
Adrian Shephard joins us to talk about the ideas of pan-secessionism and liberal nationalism, and makes the case as to why libertarians should support secessionist movements writ large.
We recorded another episode on Hess & Konkin, where we start the conversation by comparing their works and theories and discussing how they may compliment each other by how little they have in common.
Professor CJ, host of The Dangerous History Podcast, joins us for a great discussion about history, its framing, power, and a lot more. A conversation no to be missed.
The insightful Robbie Martin joins us to talk about media narratives, the "alternative" media, WMD (remember those?), and a lot more.
Paul Cripple from the legendary punk band Reagan Youth joins us to talk about his life and being an anarchist.
Brian Sovryn joins us for another great conversation where we touch on bitcoin & cryptocurrency, ideology, and praxis.
After considerable delay due to circumstances outside of our control, the legendary Scott Horton joins us to talk about the ongoing conflict in Eastern Europe.
Self-described Christian anarchist Aouei joins us to talk about religion & liberation, morality, the afterlife, and a lot more.
Ali (formerly on Twitter as @alijilltn) joins us to talk about prison abolition, criminal justice, transformative justice, and a lot more.
A twitter thread recently went viral discussing a radical decentralizing of food production. The hosts discuss the concepts and the feasibility of local food production versus economies of scale and mass distribution, and what makes sense and what doesn't, now and going forward.
Stateless Med, a libertarian anarchist physician, joins us to talk about the multiple crises of healthcare and modern medicine, the history of health care, health care co-ops, allopathic versus osteopathic medicine, and much more.
An audiobook recording of "Neighborhood Power" by David Morris and Karl Hess. The authors lay out a vision of a new, libertarian political economy marked by localism, ground-up cooperation, and the re-imagining of work and production.
An audiobook recording of "Neighborhood Power" by David Morris and Karl Hess. The authors lay out a vision of a new, libertarian political economy marked by localism, ground-up cooperation, and the re-imagining of work and production.
Frank Miroslav (a.k.a. mutual_ayyde) joins us to talk about his projects, including two new articles that he's working on. One is concerning anarchists understanding and embracing public choice economics, which leads to a great discussion about public choice, the left ceding economics to the right, and marxist tendencies shaping leftist attitudes on the state generally. The second is on the development of technology over time to suit the need of corporations to maintain command and control structures as opposed to different routes which increase worker autonomy, and potentially the profitability of corporations as well. Both topics circle back into the kind of discourse we love on Agora and we hope you enjoy it, too!
The legendary Kevin Carson joins us to discuss his newest work, "Exodus", and his current work-in-progress on the state. We then discuss a variety of topics including Kevin's thoughts on a two-pronged praxis, municipalism, distributed production, transition to post-capitalism, and a lot more. If you're at all familiar with Kevin's works or are a fan of this podcast, since we owe a lot of ideas to his work, you'll definitely have to check out this conversation.
We welcome anarchist activist Logan Marie Glitterbomb back onto the podcast to discuss her recent activities and organizing with Coup de Gras and with the Center for a Stateless Society. We discuss gradualism and dual power in contrast with armed, popular revolt or direct action. Tune in for this exciting conversation.
CTRLPew joins us to talk about -- exactly what you'd expect: 3D printing, DIY firearms, 3D-printed guns. An exciting and in-depth discussion with a legend in the DIY world.
Hey guys! We're introducing a new series where we continue to delve into the weeds and discuss some amazingly insightful topics with repeat-guest Brian Sovryn. To give you some idea of the breadth of topics we cover: widespread questioning of truth claims, epistemic anarchy, technocracy, transhumanism, rhizomes (Sek explains Deleuze and doesn't dumb it down into something vague), esoteric history, and the potential lost knowledge of ancient civilizations.
The title really says it all. Sek and Penguin have a fruitful discussion on Sek's article on purposeful and principled compliance with government, and the other topics listed here, that often come up in liberty-oriented circles of all types.
Sek and Penguin break down some arguments about the benefits and costs of the dominant economic paradigm and the constraints of choice imposed on consumers and working people. We take a libertarian view of the good, the bad, and the ugly of industrialization, capitalism, and consumerism, and give our honest assessments about what we'd take and what we'd leave.
Felix Sanchez a.k.a. rockyMTchaos, joins us to talk libertarian politics, the futility of electoralism, preparedness, planning, organization, and mutual aid. We're building alternative modes of resistance and the fusion of liberty & community, and we want you to join the conversation.
Bryan Sovryn joins us for a third appearance, where we have a fun conversation about the nature of property, "self-ownership" versus "self-stewardship", philosophy, the possibility of the developement of artifical general intelligence, and a lot more.
Hey guys, we're back with an exciting conversation with Derrick Broze, who is fresh off of his latest tour. We talk about what he's been up to and the topics we do best: autonomy, decentralism, and localism.
Greg Doud of the Meadows and Makers Podcast joins us to talk homesteading, agorism, technology, and societal change. We talk about his story and the societal changes he's seen locally, as we discuss the future of our praxis-heavy way of thinking, building, and cooperating.
The Agora Podcast features arguably its most dangerous guest yet. Dr. Michael Laufer has the goal of bringing the production of medicinal compounds and other forms of healthcare to the world of distributed production and the personal level. And as a member of the Four Thieves Vinegar Collective, he's doing just that.
Dharma and Silas Soule join the hosts to have a fruitful discussion on the progress, possibilities, and potential pitfalls of an agorist delivery community.
Sek and Penguin sit down and talk agorist class theory, conspiracy theories, elites, class consciousness, the meaning of politics, and a lot more!
Brian Sovryn joins the boys again for another talk about technology and creating alternative, agoric services.
Sek Mcgora has sat down and recorded an audio book version of Karl Hess' work, "Community Technology". The book was written in 1979 and details Hess' experiences with left-localist projects in an attempt to create a self-sufficient neighborhood community in the D.C. neighborhood of Adams Morgan, as well as his vision of future localist movements and how they could claim and reclaim political power and reshape the political economy. As a side note, it has aged decently well, especially if you have a little imagination.
The hosts finally get down and talk property. A lot. We go into the theory and the practical implications of property in a free "society".
Okay, this one is epic... Sek and Penguin sit down to talk about the End the Damn Wars rally, the future of peace activism, countering state propaganda, the cold war with China, jingoism, distributed production, police, and a lot more.
Today we're joined by Resonance and K-sizzle, two legit chemists, who drop some chemistry knowledge for us lay people... very much in the agorist vein.
Rayo, a.k.a. Shane of the Vonu Podcast and P.A.Z.N.I.A. drops by again to talk with us about the upcoming Vonu Fest, foraging, fungi, different Vonu strategies for different locales, and a lot more.
Dharma from the Road to Autonomy magazine joins us to talk post-political (and post-anarchist) praxis, real-life solutions, homeschooling, grey-market transportation and supply chains, and a lot more!
Silas Soule, formerly of the Seeds of Liberty podcast and Freedom Feens, and currently editor of the Road to Autonomy E-zine, joins us to talk about a whole variety of topics... seriously, this is a long one. Even if you've heard his sordid backstory, you'll still want to check out this rendition. Anyways, after a serious of bad encounters with state agents and others, Silas embraced a nomadic lifestyle. Eventually he has settled into some really interesting agorist activities, which has led him to stiking out on his own and also embracing van nomadism, which we talk about in detail.
Magnus Panvidya joins us to talk activism, the Boog, COINTELPRO, post-partisan opposition to the state, and the upcoming End the Damn Wars events in D.C. and nationwide on September 11.
Brian Sovryn joins us to talk tech, security, the downsides of being connected, cryptography, and a lot more. A great discussion.
Far-right? Far-left? Bitch, I'm FARming. Sek talks homesteading and gardening with Shane.
Homesteader and prepper Normandie joins us to talk about techno-skepticism, prepping, a collapse of techno-industrial society, centralization, and more.
In this episode, the esteemed Derrick Broze joins us to talk about agorism, environmentalism, messaging, personal autonomy, sustainable communities, and so much more!
Agora Podcasts re-launches with brand new, high-quality audio and to celebrate, we have as our guest the esteemed Scott Horton. Scott joins us to talk about the economic costs of the warfare state and the military-industrial-congressional complex, the Israel-Palestine conflict, and the sordid narrative of the US Empire 1979 to present.
Tettsui, post-right anarchist and twitter shitposter extraordinaire, joins us in a very special episode to discuss his essay outlining post-right anarchism, conservatism in libertarian thought, objective truths, postmodernism, shitposting as praxis, an-caps, and so much more.
In our longest episode to date, Sek and Penguin discuss a wide variety of topics including the downsides of revolution as a strategy, post-anarchism, libertarian unity & disunity, the LP, and a long discussion of libertarian history, the paleo strategy, Ron Paul, and right-wing anti-war tendencies. This is probably the best discussion yet and the podcast broaches topics that are pertinent to the times we're living in.
After a significant delay, we release our very special episode with Dronestruck the Alchemist joining us all the way from New Zealand / Aotearoa. Yes, he's a legit alchemist and we talk about his studies and practices in this ancient art & science, as well as a superbly interesting and meandering discussion of individual production, spirituality, rationality, and even Marxism. This episode is one to remember. Apologies for the first 7-8 minutes of dialogue; the quality improves after that.
Sek and Penguin sit down with Victor Koman, an agorist, science fiction writer, and associate of the late Sam Konkin (SEK3). We talk about his experiences with Konkin, sci-fi (of course), and his efforts in digitizing preserving the valuable resources he's obtained in Konkin's old notes and papers. This is a costly task, somewhat in expense and very much in time, and Victor can use all the support that we're able to muster, so please donate to his gofundme.
Shane from The Vonu Podcast drops in to talk about the personal liberation-based philosophy of "Vonu", which stands for "Voluntary not Vulnerable". Vonu is a set of ideas and practices concerning life in the "Second Realm" and interacting with the "First Realm" of the statist, "servile" mainstream society.
Noted anarchist writer, podcaster, and prison-abolition activist Logan Marie Glitterbomb joins us from an undisclosed location to talk about white- and green-market agorism, anarcho-syndicalist alliance, mutual aid, and a bunch of the activities she's been up to lately.
Listen to our most recent episode, where we go into various topics including the counter-economy, green market agorism, vertical and horizontal agorism, insurrectionary market activity, and other great topics.
Sek Mcgora and Penguin launch our first podcast episode introducing and talking about the basics of agorism, and while we only get but so far talking about Konkin's ideas, we have a great time discussing small-time entrepeneurs and the way that free enterprise is stifled in a corporate, capitalist world. Stay tuned for much more, and follow us on twitter @agora_pod. Please donate if you appreciate our content.