702: YIMBYs and NIMBYs and All Kinda IMBYs!
Well, as it turns out I was not able to release this episode before a new COVID strain came out. Ah well. Nevertheless, this is about housing.
701: Cyberjunk 2077
We are back for 2021!
Ryan, Emily (@minusplnp) and John (@ExJohnValdez) talk about the latest big blockbuster video game
Resources to help trans people on Rainy TERF Island:
Petition to the BBC to stop platforming hate groups
Funding a legal challenge to anti-transgender court ruling
A charity fund for trans healthcare run by Emily's clinic
Srsly Neighbors 1: Economics as Horseshit
Srsly Wrong and Neighbor Science present their first crossover episode, Wrong Science; Neighbor Wrong; Srsly Neighbors.
Aaron, Shawn, and Ryan discuss some of the foundational assumptions of neoclassical economics, which are so ridiculous they're almost unbelievable.
Show Notes (contains a lot of information we didn't cover in the episode)
Books referenced:
A State that Forces Everyone to Do Handicrafts, Pt.2 (w/Samuel Miller McDonald & yungneocon)
This is a two-part episode. Part 2 will come out next week.
Samuel Miller McDonald (@sjmmcd) and yungneocon (@yungneocon) come on the show to critique several articles on degrowth
Be sure to check out Samuel's upcoming book: https://twitter.com/thebookseller/status/1317087909254733828
Articles we discuss in this episode (not just in this part):
Additional resources:
Robin Hahnel article that attempts and fails to debunk degrowth (PDF)
617: A State That Forces Everyone to do Handicrafts, Pt. 1 (w/Samuel Miller McDonald & yungneocon)
This is a two-part episode. Part 2 will come out next week.
Samuel Miller McDonald (@sjmmcd) and yungneocon (@yungneocon) come on the show to critique several articles on degrowth
Be sure to check out Samuel's upcoming book: https://twitter.com/thebookseller/status/1317087909254733828
Articles we discuss in this episode (not just in this part):
Additional resources:
Robin Hahnel article that attempts and fails to debunk degrowth (PDF)
616: How Expensive was Roman Wal-Mart?
Solo episode. I talk about the Edict on Maximum Prices and Ancient Roman political economy.
615: Dunking on Sports Team Owners (w/Abdul Malik)
Abdul Malik (@socialistraptor) talks about the political economy & politics of sports (mostly basketball)
Sorry if the quality isn't as good as it usually is, I'm in bad shape and can't spend much longer on the computer than I have to.
Abdul's article on the sports strike
Recommendations mentioned in the episode:
Hoop Dreams
Lenny Cooke
The Eagle Huntress
The Game is not a Game
abdulymalik.com
Peace by Chocolate
614: Accounting for the Emergence of Writing
Solo episode about the emergence of written language in ancient history
Article about writing emerging as a consequence of accounting
613: Debaser (w/Stephen Geoffries & Andy Palmur)
Got me a study, I want you to know
Slicing up time, I want you to know
Paying infinite money the second time I want an expert to evaluate the composition of my coins, I want you to know
Don't know about you, but I am une savante néoclassique
Isekai July 5: Drifters (w/Leslie Lee III)
Ryan and Kris are joined by Leslie Lee of Struggle Session to talk about a history-heavy isekai by the creator of Hellsing
