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anarchySF - an anarchist, science fiction podcast

Yanai Sened / Eden Kupermintz

The podcast companion to anarchysf.com, an archive of anarchist science fiction. During each episode, we'll analyze one piece of science fiction media which explores themes relevant to left-wing ideology.

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Shadowrun; Acceleration and Mosaics

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09/05/20 • 53 min

We talk about the pen and paper role playing game Shadowrun, focusing on the themes it allows its players and storytellers to explore. Shadowrun is a troperific mix of sci-fi and fantasy that takes everything that's wrong about the world and blows it up at the same time.

Subjects discussed:

Accelerationism and the Frankfurt school's influence on it

Reclaiming Cybernetics

Meaning in postmodern works

Mosaicism

Exceptionalism

Radical infrastructure space

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09/05/20 • 53 min

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Random Acts of Senseless Violence - The center cannot hold

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07/26/20 • 51 min

We talk about Jack Womack's "Random acts of senseless violence" - a "minute into the future" dystopia told from the perspective of a 12 year old girl. It's gritty and depressing, just our speed.

Topics include:

How this is a horror story for the Bourgeois

The atomization of daily life

Hobbesian themes

Derrida and the duality between center and periphery

The merits of a political book with no obvious villain

The violence/mundanity barrier

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07/26/20 • 51 min

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Splendor, Misery, Time and Resistance

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05/27/20 • 55 min

We talk about a Sci-fi album by the band Clipping - Splendor and Misery. The album is a prime example of Afro-Futurism, dealing with such topics as time, space, bodies, space travel, slavery, and much more that we couldn't cover.

The discussed album:

https://clppng.bandcamp.com/album/splendor-misery

Topics discussed:

Queer time and its relevance to race theory

Space, resistance and the body

Belonging

Alternate futures in space

Anger as a political emotion

Anarchy and violence

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05/27/20 • 55 min

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The Telling, Colonialism and the Center

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05/14/20 • 55 min

We discuss one of science fiction's titans: Ursula K. Le Guin, in one of her slightly less read books: The Telling, offering a radical perspective on religion, colonialism and reason. Some themes:

Center-based vs. non-center-based epistemology

Decolonialism

Non-ideal anthropology

Multiple views on religion

Ways of life as resistance

Audio on my (Yanai's) side is a bit rough due to a recording issue, sorry about that!

For more information on Decolonialism I would, from my limited experience, recommend Serene Khader's "Decolonizing Universalism" and Vrinda Dalmiya's "Caring to Know" (tangentially related)

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05/14/20 • 55 min

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Frostpunk and Snowpiercer, Leviathan and red plenty

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04/22/20 • 66 min

Listen people, we're mad about capitalism. We discuss the game Frostpunk and the movie Snow Piercer, two critiques of capitalism in frozen worlds.

Themes discussed:

Hobbes' Leviathan

Mark Fisher's "Abandon hope, summer is coming"

http://k-punk.org/abandon-hope-summer-is-coming/

The revolt of nature

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic_of_Enlightenment

Inherent conflict

Religion and society

What do we work for?

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04/22/20 • 66 min

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Flow My Tears the Policeman Said, Sex, Drugs and Knowledge

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04/10/20 • 55 min

We discuss Philip K. Dick's "Flow My Tears the Policeman Said".

Some themes discussed:

Kant's metaphysics in Philip K. Dick's writing

Power's will to knowledge

Radical embodiment

The danger and potential of drugs

The transparency of police

Self identity as a source of stability

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04/10/20 • 55 min

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Akira, Violence and Friendship

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03/08/20 • 53 min

We discuss 1988 Anime masterpiece "Akira"

Some themes discussed:

Deleuze and Foucault's ideas of societies of discipline and societies of control

Hannah Arendt's approach to violence, and violence in leftist ideology

The rise and fall of capitalist Japan

Science as Pandora's box

Radical friendship

Catherine M. Valente's Radiance:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N03G440/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Hannah Arendt Reflections on Violence:

http://www2.kobe-u.ac.jp/~alexroni/IPD%202019%20readings/IPD1%202019%20No.8/A%20Special%20Supplement_%20Reflections%20on%20Violence%20by%20Hannah%20Arendt%20_%20The%20New%20Yor.pdf

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03/08/20 • 53 min

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The Girl in The Road, Infrastructure and Standpoints

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02/27/20 • 51 min

We Discuss Monica Byrne's "The Girl in The Road"

Themes Discussed:

Franz Fanon's phenomenology and race theory

The Infrastructure Space

Standpoint theory

Byrne's unusual approach to writing an audience-insert character

Embodied writing

Links:

Fanon's "Black Skins, White Masks":

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003OYIKUG/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Extrastatecraft (on infrastructure space):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K9MK1R6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Stanford Encyclopedia entry for standpoint theory (as well as other feminist epistemology theories):

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminist-social-epistemology/

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02/27/20 • 51 min

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Disco Elysium, Ghosts and Angels

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02/04/20 • 61 min

For our podcast premiere we discussed the ZA/UM movement's game: Disco Elysium.

Themes discussed:

Mourning and Walter Benjamin's angel of history

Radical friendship

The Cartesian experiment and the cop within your head

An anarchist love letter to communism

Hauntology

Links:

Derrida's "Specters of Marx": https://books.google.com/books/about/Specters_of_Marx.html?id=sEENbAP5FZsC

Dark Crystal: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6905542/

Relevant essay by Mark Fisher: https://frieze.com/article/mark-fisher-and-work-mourning-visual-essay-tony-cokes

Walter Benjamin's Concept of History: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/benjamin/1940/history.htm

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02/04/20 • 61 min

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Too Like the Lightning, and Enlightenment

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09/26/20 • 66 min

We talk about Ada Palmer's "Too Like the Lightning", how it portrays the enlightenment, gender, politics, all the goodness.

It's a challenging read, but it delivers on its promises

Themes discussed:

How the social contract makes a new person

What was the Enlightenment?

Confusing gender roles

Fabricating consent

Ideology

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09/26/20 • 66 min

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How many episodes does anarchySF - an anarchist, science fiction podcast have?

anarchySF - an anarchist, science fiction podcast currently has 28 episodes available.

What topics does anarchySF - an anarchist, science fiction podcast cover?

The podcast is about Fiction, Podcasts and Science Fiction.

What is the most popular episode on anarchySF - an anarchist, science fiction podcast?

The episode title 'Shadowrun; Acceleration and Mosaics' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on anarchySF - an anarchist, science fiction podcast?

The average episode length on anarchySF - an anarchist, science fiction podcast is 64 minutes.

How often are episodes of anarchySF - an anarchist, science fiction podcast released?

Episodes of anarchySF - an anarchist, science fiction podcast are typically released every 37 days.

When was the first episode of anarchySF - an anarchist, science fiction podcast?

The first episode of anarchySF - an anarchist, science fiction podcast was released on Feb 4, 2020.

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