The Order of Things
A look at the ideas and histories that structure the world around us.
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Aug 13, 2019
Aug 13, 2019
41 min
How mindfulness became the new capitalist spirituality.
More info on "McMindfulness": http://bit.ly/2MUj96G
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Host: Alec Opperman
Logo Design: Shane Lessa
Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks
Jun 24, 2019
Jun 24, 2019
1hr 3 min
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
Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks
Jun 12, 2019
Jun 12, 2019
1hr 13 min
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
May 6, 2019
May 6, 2019
39 min
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
Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks
Apr 22, 2019
Apr 22, 2019
48 min
We talk with Professor Alfie Bown about video games, technology and politics.
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Alfie on the Guardian: https://bit.ly/2XBecl5
The PlayStation Dreamworld:
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In the Event of Laughter:
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Logo Design: Shane Lessa
Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks
Host: Alec Opperman
Mar 21, 2019
Mar 21, 2019
46 min
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
Theme Song: Fender Bender by Bad Snacks
Mar 11, 2019
Mar 11, 2019
43 min
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