In this section, the boys wrap up their conversation on microplastics and begin their venture into the world of anarchism, going all the way from the Big Bang Theory to Organic Societies. They continue to explore what Murray Bookchin’s concept of Social Ecology encapsulates.
The boys get together for some Q and A on anarchism and discuss the logistics of a Democratically Confederated society. The consolidation of everything discussed in the Podcast thus far is cleared for a revolutionary new turn in the podcast’s trajection.
In this part, the boys continue discussing anarchy, particularly authoritarian vs libertarianism, Manfred Max-Neef’s Human needs, and what a Democratic Confederalist society would actually look like. We end on a haunting yet powerful Bookchin quote.
In this part, the boys go over some some undiscussed colonial conflicts happening in the world before going into Krishna and PanPan’s problem spaces. Aspects discussed are Morals and Ethics, Rationalism, Meritocracy and Microplastics.
In this second part, the boys explore another longue durée exploration into how colonialism, imperialism, settler colonialism, and neo-colonialism have functioned across all the continents in the world. Topics discussed include Indigenous American history and the sovereignty of the Imperium in Imperio, Latin American History from Henry Kissinger and Operation Condor to the devastating destructiveness of Agosto Pinochet and Jorge Rafael Videla, to the exploits in Africa, ending with a serious look at Kissinger’s role in Asia with Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, and ending with a critical view at how the mujahideen served as the precursor to jidahism in Western Asia. Join us on this lengthy, but worthwhile pursuit into the devastations of colonialism and imperialism.
Have you ever sat back and wondered what in the heck does Ron DeSantis mean when he mentions wokeism or intersectionality? What are the legal issues brought against the LGBTQIA entail? What is the true meaning Indigenous? How do we analyze structure and differentiation? Why did those core countries colonize the periphery countries? What is the sociological explanation for the distributive, organizational, social psychological dimensions of society? What is the difference between Prejudice and Discrimination and how does this manifest? All this and more in this first part.
The last Decision Theories are expatiated before going into Josh’s Problem Space. Aspects such as Economics, Politics, Technostructures, Property Rights, and the history of Insurance are discussed as a gateway to figuring out solutions. The ending serves as a precipice to Krishna and Panther’s problem Spaces coming in the next installment, indicatory of a new saga in the Podcast’s direction.
In this episode, the boys briefly discuss some of the current topics of the day before discussing the history of the Incompleteness of Mathematics as a discipline with Gödel’s dictums. After Gödel’s and Turing’s innovations, various Decision Theories ranging from Expected Utility Theory to Game Theory are discussed intensively.
In this second part, the boys explore the true meaning of socialism, communism, and anarchism as is shown in the actual source material rather than through ideological manifestations in mainstream media and culture; Worker Self-Directed Enterprises and an analysis of what happened in 2008 is explored, offering the first venture into the solutions stage of the podcast.
In this episode, the boys explore Marxism in depth by looking at what Marx’s critique of Capitalism encompassed and how it can be extrapolated into the modern day; topics discussed are Das Kapital Vols. 1-3 as well as a quick venture into Critical Thinking and Med-Cognition.
Racial Capitalism: Explicating the Residues of Political, Economic, Social, and Cultural Geographies - Part 2 (Full Title)
The boys briefly discuss the theory of debt before quickly venturing into the last part of the longue dureé historical analysis which connects Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s genius definition of Racism to the notion of the Prison-Industrial Complex; watch as the episode wraps up with the clearly demarcated connections between the Great Wall of China and the 1980 Santa Fe Federal Penitentiary Riot. The boys use this episode to ground conversations that will ensue on solutions to the various problems already discussed.
Racial Capitalism: Explicating the Residues of Political, Economic, Social, and Cultural Geographies - Part 1 (Full Title)
The boys delve into Cedric Robinson’s concept of Racial Capitalism as a critical venture into understanding the material and ideological foundations of the modern-day malaise discussed in the last episode. The longue dureé method of historical analysis serves as the breeding ground for all the other conversations to foster. Listen as we connect go through the history of colonization from the Great Wall of China to the end of chattel slavery and the formations of the Jim Crow south.
In this newly democratically handled episode, the boys discuss modern day politics and utilize the longue durée method of historical analysis to dispel some myths regarding Democrats and Republicans; they tackle issues such as racism, white supremacy, abortion, and judicial hermeneutics; they end with a dash of Kabbalah.
In this second part, the boys take the points of phenomenology—particularly the thanatononic phenomenon—and create dialogic strands with Raúl Quiñones-Rosados' notion of Consciousness-In-Action; perceive, acknowledge, understand, and respond to the integral issues at hand in society. Join us as we finish the philosophical foundations of our future discussions on this podcast.
In this first part, the boys venture into the world of phenomenology and its real life implications; starting with the Intentions of Franz Brentano and ending with the gifts of Jean Luc-Marion, a person-by-person elucidation is given as to how one's lifeworld is informed by the world around them.
In this second part, we trudge up the last part of the mountain by discussing Deleuze and Guattari’s seminal work “A Thousand Plateaus.” Follow us as we explore rigid molar lines, supple molecular lines, and absolutely deterritorializing lines of flight; join us in your own refrain as we doubly articulate our minds to the ethics of the rhizome.
In this second episode, we go further up the mountain to investigate some of the rhizomes shooting out into the pathway. The historical context of Structuralism, Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Post-Structuralism is discussed before venturing into the history of Process Philosophy, starting with Whitehead and ending with Simondon. We end this first part halfway up the rhizomatic mountain.
In the first episode of The Refrain, the guys introduce themselves and go on a historical journey through the annals of Modern Philosophy, starting with Rene Descartes, going through German Idealism from Kant to Hegel, and ending with the Process Metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead. Enjoy the journey as as Josh, Krishna, and Panther contemplate the history of ideas like Cartesian Dualism, Monadology, Joyful Affects, Transcendental Idealism, the Dialectic, and finally, Panexperientialism. Strap in tight, for the journey is just beginning!