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What are the material conditions which underpin much of the bizarre phenomena taking place during this strange era that we're in? What unites the conspiracy theories surrounding COVID vaccines with, s...

17 Aug 202151min

We are currently living in an era dominated by overwork. Whether it's your punch-in, punch-out job, the side hustles and extra gig work you pursue to help make rent, the drive to produce and consume "...

3 Aug 202158min

We're always told that if you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life. But what if you're being tricked or manipulated into thinking you love what you do? Or what if your "labor of love...

20 Juli 202154min

There are many ways women across the world have been disproportionately impacted by COVID. The pandemic has simultaneously increased the demand for unpaid labor from women, including childcare and hom...

22 Juni 20211h 5min

Many of us around the world live on colonized land. In recent years, the conversation around "decolonization" has been seamed through many different contexts, from the land back movement to the push t...

15 Juni 20211h 3min

COVID has in many ways monopolized the public imagination in the last year or so, and at times it's seemed like many other conversations were put on hold — or at least had their volume turned down. No...

1 Juni 202158min

In this conversation, we spoke with Niki Franco, AKA, Venus Roots. Niki is a Caribbean abolitionist community organizer, multidisciplinary cultural worker, writer, podcaster, and facilitator of spaces...

25 Maj 202153min

Throughout history, crises and disasters have always catalyzed new strategies to make the world cheap and safe for capitalism. We are seeing this during COVID through the blatant disregard for the liv...

11 Maj 202158min