Episodes

Sunday May 03, 2020
606: Back in my day, a dollar only cost a nickel
Sunday May 03, 2020
Sunday May 03, 2020
Ryan (@handleofry) and Corey (@f_a_r_t_s) discuss Capital as Power and Capital

Saturday Jul 20, 2019
419b: Merit is for Scouts
Saturday Jul 20, 2019
Saturday Jul 20, 2019
**This is Part 2, if you have not listened to Part 1, go to the previous episode first**
We are joined by John (@exJohnValdez) from Pastrami Hour to talk about an article Ryan wrote on the state & class.

Friday Jul 12, 2019
419a: Merit is for Scouts
Friday Jul 12, 2019
Friday Jul 12, 2019
We are joined by John (@exJohnValdez) from Pastrami Hour to talk about an article Ryan wrote on the state & class.

Saturday Jun 15, 2019
417: Hypothetical carbon sucking machine gosplan (w/yungneocon)
Saturday Jun 15, 2019
Saturday Jun 15, 2019
We are joined by everyone's favorite tweet thread boi, @yungneocon, to talk about whether Soviet-style central planning is any more or less capable of addressing ecological crises than capitalism. We also discuss our favorite leftist policy guy, Matty B.
Thread on forced settlement: https://twitter.com/yungneocon/status/1120483025593282561
Thread on energy & ecology: https://twitter.com/yungneocon/status/1094707171361767424
Big buncha free books: https://twitter.com/yungneocon/status/1118335036246364161
Sources mentioned by yungneocon:
Against the Grain - James C. Scott (Ryan also highly recommends this one)
Farm to Factory - Robert C. Allen
A New Welfare Theory - Albert & Hahnel
The Mirage of an Economics of Knowledge - Philip Mirowski
What every environmentalist needs to know about capitalism - Magdoff & Foster
The Origins of Fossil Capital - Malm
Protocol - Alexander Galloway
Soviet Faiths & Lost Alternatives
From Newspeak to Cyberspeak
The Entrepreneurial State
Seeing Like a State - James C. Scott
Magnetic Mountain

Saturday Jun 01, 2019
415: You have questions, we've got wizards
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
We asked listeners for some Qs that we could A. Kris and Ryan discuss Attack on Titan and Black Clover.

Tuesday May 07, 2019
411: Business is when you throw a shoe at work
Tuesday May 07, 2019
Tuesday May 07, 2019

Tuesday Dec 18, 2018
311: "The Gang Tries to Learn LTV"
Tuesday Dec 18, 2018
Tuesday Dec 18, 2018
In this corner, weighing in at 210 IQ, representing the infallible modern future sight of the ghost ideology, Ryan "the greatest epic genius of all time" Salisbury!
And in this corner, weighing in at 209 IQ, representing 150-year old pseudo-intellectual pig slop, Kris "pretty good but not quite as good as Ryan" Nivens!
Ding ding ding!
Here's the (still WIP) article we're talking about
P.S. Guess what, I was right about the Google search URL. This is a useful talent that I am proud of.

Monday Dec 10, 2018
310: If you're by yourself is it called a "onesome"?
Monday Dec 10, 2018
Monday Dec 10, 2018
I poked my head out from my depressive video game hole long enough to record a new episode for youse. Kris was too busy to do the podcast this week, so it's just me, Ryan.
Topics: Host bios // When will the collapse happen? // Private ownership of the MoP // Will automation displace us? // Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Questions from:

Tuesday May 15, 2018
221: Capital as Power 3: Buying up all the innovation
Tuesday May 15, 2018
Tuesday May 15, 2018
The last of our Capital as Power series. Look at the show notes for more info:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c59LLW50YYLRpDDsU6sO9K0LiRyYcsWxtYa-vEbbMFk

Monday Apr 23, 2018
218: Capital as Power 2: It's Sabotage
Monday Apr 23, 2018
Monday Apr 23, 2018
Just look at the show notes