Episodes
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How mindfulness became the new capitalist spirituality.
More info on "McMindfulness": http://bit.ly/2MUj96G
Alec on Twitter: bit.ly/2Dta2Er
Host: Alec Opperman
Logo Design: Shane Lessa
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Is capitalism ruining our sex lives? Kristen Ghodsee unpacks the mountains of data about people's sex lives in and outside of socialist governments.
More info on "Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism": http://bit.ly/2xaJUuD
Alec on Twitter: bit.ly/2Dta2Er
Host: Alec Opperman
Logo Design: Shane Lessa
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Are antidepressants and other drugs being used to control prisoners? In nursing homes? We talk to Anthony Ryan Hatch about his book "Silent Cells," where he documents the use of psychotropic drugs in and outside of the American prison system.
More info on "Silent Cells": http://bit.ly/2Ibf5fs
Alec on Twitter: bit.ly/2Dta2Er
Host: Alec Opperman
Logo Design: Shane Lessa
Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks -
Is life a good thing? Joseph Packer discusses the pessimist tradition and its recently intrusions into pop culture.
More info on "A Feeling of Wrongness": http://bit.ly/2H8jnnz
Alec on Twitter: bit.ly/2Dta2Er
Host: Alec Opperman
Logo Design: Shane Lessa
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We talk with Professor Alfie Bown about video games, technology and politics.
Follow Alec on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Dta2Er
Alfie on the Guardian: https://bit.ly/2XBecl5
The PlayStation Dreamworld:
http://bit.ly/2XDfxYV
In the Event of Laughter:
http://bit.ly/2vmtHBj
Logo Design: Shane Lessa
Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks
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Lynne Segal discusses the societal obsession with happiness, the merits of collective joy, and aging.
"Radical Happiness: Moments of Collective Joy": http://bit.ly/2TY8uMi
"Out of Time: The Pleasures and Perils of Aging": http://bit.ly/2OmeEAA
Host: Alec Opperman
Logo Design: Shane Lessa
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We talk with Professor Will Davies about the invention of the expert and their recent decline.
More info about "Nervous States: Democracy and the Decline of Reason" here: https://bit.ly/2ESCmzU
Logo Design: Shane Lessa
Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks
Host: Alec Opperman