Episode 26 - The American Years of Lead? ft Matt Christman
Added 2021-09-06 11:17:28 +0000 UTC!PATREON EXCLUSIVE! We kick off our Season of the Witch miniseries with a look at the New Left of the 1960s and 1970s, and for this one Mr Matt Christman (@cushbomb) of Chapo Trap House kindly stopped by to share some insight about the times. We talk about the Weather Underground, the Black Panthers, Vietnam, Dustin Hoffman, and more. It's a tale of paranoia, class, acid fantasies, confused politics, poorly engineered bombs, and the brutal hammer of reality meeting the plate glass of idealism.
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The deepest American political tradition, from conquistadores to Based Nationalism, is cosplaying
Michael S. Judge
2023-08-25 06:51:48 +0000 UTCHi. I'm late to the party on this one, but great episode that made clear several things that were nagging me but I just couldn't put my finger on despite how obvious they were. Thanks!
2023-07-06 13:16:05 +0000 UTCMany thanks 🙏
pinballa
2021-11-11 22:39:22 +0000 UTCJust found out about this pod from the Brabant episodes- guess I know what I'm listening to in the gym for the next month
2021-11-11 22:02:07 +0000 UTCAbsolutely fantastic evening episode. Can't wait for the paranoia to strike this season of the witch.
Anarchist Paul Bunyan
2021-09-10 22:37:44 +0000 UTCThe dream.
Ash
2021-09-07 18:08:55 +0000 UTCNext up: a 69-part series with Felix Biederman about the deep politics of Metal Gear.
2021-09-06 23:57:00 +0000 UTCCongrats on getting a Chapo, and the best Chapo at that! I listened to the episode on a bike ride, and when I got back I refreshed the page and you got 30 new patrons. You've hit the big time!
Jimothy Realname
2021-09-06 22:47:00 +0000 UTCMy bad, of course they were all very different to WU, but some other radical groups operating at the time: Black Panther Party (♥️) Black Liberation Army (♥️) Symbionese Liberation Army The Family (not Manson) The Zebra Killers (ideologically motivated group of serial killers) FALN (Puerto Rican independence group) The United Freedom Front MIRA (another Puerto Rican group) There's a bunch of right-wing crazies who were active too, but I covered them in Amerikan Tabloid (in part 5 or 6, I forget).
pinballa
2021-09-06 21:15:42 +0000 UTCGreat episode! could you still share that list of 10 groups similar to the weather underground?
2021-09-06 21:05:31 +0000 UTCDreams really do come true
Quinn Molina
2021-09-06 17:09:54 +0000 UTCMuch appreciated I'm on a longer train ride at the moment along the Sweden/Norwegian border so I'll have a listen to that at first to set the mood whilst looking at all the abandoned industry cities.
The Return Of The Repressed
2021-09-06 16:14:41 +0000 UTCThat was Mario Savio, giving his "Machine Speech", December 1964. He was the leader of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement!
pinballa
2021-09-06 16:12:34 +0000 UTCGreat speech bit before the intro song, may I ask by whom and when?
The Return Of The Repressed
2021-09-06 15:50:22 +0000 UTCStoked for this one!!
Melanie K.
2021-09-06 14:35:24 +0000 UTCYes please
2021-09-06 12:01:13 +0000 UTCThe mad lad did it!
2021-09-06 11:57:31 +0000 UTCYES! YES!
@noam_praszky
2021-09-06 11:43:37 +0000 UTCThe night of the Kings
Stewart Robertson
2021-09-06 11:23:48 +0000 UTCHell yeah
Michael David
2021-09-06 11:19:28 +0000 UTC
