Neighbor Science

714: Monster (2004) Jun 30, 2021

Tura rejoins the podcast with his partner Evie to talk about Naoki Urasawa's manga and anime series Monster.

713: Finish One Book, Start a Dozen More (SLAS Conclusion) May 15, 2021

SLAS series conclusion.

Here's the grand transcribed list of reading recommendations:

Against the Grain (Scott's more recent book)
Discipline & Punish by Michel Foucault
Towards a Political Philosophy of Race by Falguni Sheth
Gilles Deleuze: An Introduction by Todd May
Capital as Power by Nitzan & Bichler
Myth of the Machine by Lewis Mumford
Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord
Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepard
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici
Anarchy, An Anarchist Program, and The Method of Freedom by Errico Malatesta
Anarchy Works by Peter Gelderloos
Making Sense of Anarchism by Davide Turcato
Post-Civ: A Brief Philosophical & Political Introduction to the Concept of Post-Civilization, by Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness
Desert by anonymous
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire

The show notes are also just regular ass notes! There's 80 pages of notes on this book, including some stuff that wasn't covered in the show.

712: The Old Bear Hunter Apr 18, 2021

Ryan, Abdul (The Off Court Pod) and una (Goth Angel Sinners) get together to watch and discuss a very obscure Japanese movie about an aging matagi hunter, his family, and his encounters with a man-eating bear.

Show Notes

I've made the movie available for download via my google drive, we'll see how long it lasts. If the link stops working, you can DM me or get it for cheap at Samurai Video.

711: Yellow Dent Grey Goo (SLAS Ch. 8) Apr 12, 2021

Ryan and Christopher (@itmechr3) talk Chapter 8 of Seeing Like a State

This is part 7 of a series. If you haven't listened to the previous 6 episodes I recommend listening to them first!

Show Notes

710: Apparently Tanzanians Need Water?? (SLAS Ch. 7) Mar 27, 2021

Ryan and yungneocon discuss this weird aspect of Tanzanian food culture.

Show Notes

This is part 6 of a series. If you haven't listened to the previous 5 episodes I recommend listening to them first!

709: Golden Kamuy, pt. 1 Mar 14, 2021

Kris and una come on the pod to talk about the anime about eating brains, skinning human corpses, and looking at hot men, as well as the various ethnic minorities of Japan that the series talks about

Show Notes

My brain was not working well enough to remember to ask for plugs, so

Check out Kris's fantasy novel series Dream of the White Stag and una's website anarchy.website

Episode produced by Casino Socks

Bibliography

The Conquest of Ainu Lands: Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion,1590-1800. Walker, Brett, 2001.

http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C9F3B0D7B2A50BF57DF92E598EF7039B

Race, resistance and the Ainu of Japan. Siddle, Richard, 2014. Sheffield Centre for Japanese.

http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=E01360362B90AFC487468919B4FFA1DD

Beyond Ainu Studies: Changing Academic and Public Perspectives. Hudson, Mark; Lewallen, Ann-elise; Watson, Mark; 2016. University of Hawai’i Press.

http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=D5B2B32BBC2CFA2AB66C667E8F125BE4

708: Total (Sploshnaia) Collectivization (SLAS Ch. 6) Feb 27, 2021

Ryan and Walk In discuss the CIA-sponsored chapter of Seeing Like a State.

Show Notes

This is part 5 of a series. If you haven't listened to the previous 4 episodes I recommend listening to them first!

707: The Commons in the Antebellum South (SLAS Supplemental) Feb 21, 2021

Ryan covers the intro to part 3 of Seeing Like a State and takes a slight diversion to read one of the sources cited in that section.

Show Notes

706: Major General Headmaster Foreman Lenin (SLAS Ch. 5) Feb 16, 2021

Franz from Doomer v. Bloomer joins Ryan to talk about Seeing Like a State Chapter 5, which covers Lenin's school teacher/factory foreman/military general conception of revolution.

Check out the Srsly Wrong Book Club here!

Show Notes

Production by Casino Socks

705: The Deeply Uncool Zone (SLAS Ch 3 & 4) Feb 09, 2021

Ryan and Tura cover chapters 3 and 4 of Seeing Like a State by James Scott.

This is part of an ongoing series, I recommend listening to the previous episodes if you haven't already.

Show Notes

Also check out Vida's extremely good talk on childhood trauma

704: Fredo, son of Fredo son of Fredo (SLAS Ch 2) Jan 31, 2021

Chapter 2 of Seeing Like a State, with Sam (@mathmansam)

Show Notes

yungneothread on anti-semitism

Sam mentioned: Falguni Sheth, Towards a Political Philosophy of Race

703: Whoops We Killed the Whole Forest, but Rationally (SLAS Ch 1) Jan 24, 2021

Ryan and Nate (@theRadicleLeft) of the Works in Theory podcast kick off a series about Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott.

Show Notes

702: YIMBYs and NIMBYs and All Kinda IMBYs! Jan 16, 2021

Well, as it turns out I was not able to release this episode before a new COVID strain came out. Ah well. Nevertheless, this is about housing.

Show Notes

701: Cyberjunk 2077 Jan 10, 2021

We are back for 2021!

Ryan, Emily (@minusplnp) and John (@ExJohnValdez) talk about the latest big blockbuster video game

Show Notes

Resources to help trans people on Rainy TERF Island:

Petition to the BBC to stop platforming hate groups

Funding a legal challenge to anti-transgender court ruling

A charity fund for trans healthcare run by Emily's clinic

Srsly Neighbors 1: Economics as Horseshit Nov 25, 2020

Srsly Wrong and Neighbor Science present their first crossover episode, Wrong Science; Neighbor Wrong; Srsly Neighbors. Aaron, Shawn, and Ryan discuss some of the foundational assumptions of neoclassical economics, which are so ridiculous they're almost unbelievable.

Show Notes (contains a lot of information we didn't cover in the episode)

Books referenced: Debunking Economics Debt: The First 5000 Years Against the Grain Seeing like a State The Invention of Capitalism The Modern Corporation and Private Property Capital as Power (PDF)

A State that Forces Everyone to Do Handicrafts, Pt.2 (w/Samuel Miller McDonald & yungneocon) Oct 23, 2020

This is a two-part episode. Part 2 will come out next week.

Samuel Miller McDonald (@sjmmcd) and yungneocon (@yungneocon) come on the show to critique several articles on degrowth

Samuel's Website

Be sure to check out Samuel's upcoming book: https://twitter.com/thebookseller/status/1317087909254733828

Articles we discuss in this episode (not just in this part):

John Cassidy's Article

Noah Smith's Article

Blogspot Article

Additional resources:

C4SS article on degrowth

Robin Hahnel article that attempts and fails to debunk degrowth (PDF)

yungneothread on degrowth

617: A State That Forces Everyone to do Handicrafts, Pt. 1 (w/Samuel Miller McDonald & yungneocon) Oct 17, 2020

This is a two-part episode. Part 2 will come out next week.

Samuel Miller McDonald (@sjmmcd) and yungneocon (@yungneocon) come on the show to critique several articles on degrowth

Samuel's Website

Be sure to check out Samuel's upcoming book: https://twitter.com/thebookseller/status/1317087909254733828

Articles we discuss in this episode (not just in this part):

John Cassidy's Article

Noah Smith's Article

Blogspot Article

Additional resources:

C4SS article on degrowth

Robin Hahnel article that attempts and fails to debunk degrowth (PDF)

yungneothread on degrowth

616: How Expensive was Roman Wal-Mart? Sep 26, 2020

Solo episode. I talk about the Edict on Maximum Prices and Ancient Roman political economy.

Show Notes

615: Dunking on Sports Team Owners (w/Abdul Malik) Sep 14, 2020

Abdul Malik (@socialistraptor) talks about the political economy & politics of sports (mostly basketball)

Sorry if the quality isn't as good as it usually is, I'm in bad shape and can't spend much longer on the computer than I have to.

Abdul's article on the sports strike

Abdul's Writing

Recommendations mentioned in the episode:

Hoop Dreams
Lenny Cooke
The Eagle Huntress
The Game is not a Game
abdulymalik.com
Peace by Chocolate

614: Accounting for the Emergence of Writing Sep 09, 2020

Solo episode about the emergence of written language in ancient history

Show Notes

Article about writing emerging as a consequence of accounting

Erard's Article

613: Debaser (w/Stephen Geoffries & Andy Palmur) Sep 02, 2020

Got me a study, I want you to know

Slicing up time, I want you to know

Paying infinite money the second time I want an expert to evaluate the composition of my coins, I want you to know

Don't know about you, but I am une savante néoclassique

Show Notes

Isekai July 5: Drifters (w/Leslie Lee III) Aug 02, 2020

Ryan and Kris are joined by Leslie Lee of Struggle Session to talk about a history-heavy isekai by the creator of Hellsing

Show Notes

Isekai July 4: Rising of the Shield Hero (w/Trevor Beaulieu) Jul 24, 2020

Ryan (@HandleOfRy) and T (@RickyRawls, Champagne Sharks) find out the woke Tumblr kiddos were right about this one, it's very bad. But also, somehow, good?

Check out the Champagne Sharks Youtube channel and be sure to subscribe to their podcast!

Show Notes

Isekai July 3: Dr. Stone (w/Anark & Hermes the Magi) Jul 19, 2020

Daniel (@apeirophobic) and Cheech (@hermesthemagi) join to talk about Dr. Stone and why Senku is an evil piece of shit

Anark on Youtube

Hermes the Magi on SoundCloud

Show Notes

Isekai July 2: .hack//Sign (w/Abdul Malik) Jul 10, 2020

Ryan (@handleOfRy) and Abdul (@SocialistRaptor) talk about the only isekai ever made about getting stuck in a video game. Spoiler: It's, surprisingly, extremely good.

Be sure to listen to Kino Lefter and check out Abdul's other work here

Show Notes

Isekai July 1: The Saga of Tanya the Definitely Absolutely Evil (w/una) Jul 01, 2020

To kick off Isekai July, una (@unaxiii) comes on to talk about one of their favorite series, Youjo Senki/The Saga of Tanya the Evil

Show Notes

612: Even the Nerds Say Fuck 12 Jun 20, 2020

Ryan (@handleOfRy) & Kris (@solidarity_goth) take a look at how Brookings Institute thinks we should end police violence.

Show Notes

611: Ghost in the Shell Company Jun 07, 2020

Show Notes

Correction: I mixed up zaibatsu with keiretsu. Pieter's definition was correct.

Transhumanism and the Broken Promise of Cosmic Communism

610: Spilling the Tea on Soviet Georgia May 29, 2020

Ryan (@HandleOfRy) and Kris (@solidarity_goth) get into one of our classic, extremely specific topics: The history and political economy of the Georgian tea industry

Show notes

Mecha Madness 5: Over the Top 2! Diebuster (w/Abdul Malik) May 24, 2020

Ryan and Abdul talk Aim for the Top 2!: Diebuster

Show Notes

607: What if it's D growth and it's just for the fellas (w/yungneocon) May 15, 2020

Ryan and @yungneocon discuss degrowth, sacrifice zones, and malthusianism. Plus, a bonus Mecha Madness minisode!

Show Notes + Bibliography

606: Back in my day, a dollar only cost a nickel May 03, 2020

Ryan (@handleofry) and Corey (@f_a_r_t_s) discuss Capital as Power and Capital

Show notes

605: Crazy Ryan's Discount IV Bag Super Sale (feat. Zalin) Apr 07, 2020

I interview Zalin, who works in the medical supplies industry.

Mecha Madness 4: Gan-bah-staaaaah! (w/Abdul Y. Malik) Mar 08, 2020

Ryan (@HandleOfRy), Adam (aka Cheech aka @HermesMagi) and Abdul (@AbdulYMalik) from the Kino Lefter film podcast review Hideaki Anno's directorial debut, Gunbuster.

Special thanks to Beep Beep Lettuce!

Abdul's writing: https://www.abdulymalik.com/

Adam's new podcast will be called The LEFTovers

603: In Cute Hell Feb 21, 2020

Soyboi of the Deep (@halfasstroknot) joins me to talk about In-Q-Tel, the CIA's investment arm, the Predator drone's origins in trying to crush the Sandinistas, and one way to avoid their all-seeing eye.

Don't forget about our Five Star Stories livestream, 29 February at 7PM EST!

Show Notes

Donate to the Signal Foundation

Mecha Madness 3: Roger Steyer Fights Glenn Schwarzwald Feb 14, 2020

Ryan is joined by Alexander Edward (Minion Death Cult, @flieldy) and Evan Lourie (@EvanLourie1) to talk the late night classic, Big O

Here is our merch page

Don't miss our livestream of Five Star Stories, 2/29 at 7PM EST: https://www.twitch.tv/drunkydluffy

602: The CIA Guy DESTROYS Marxism Feb 07, 2020

Ryan (@handleofry), Mouse (@trvshprincess), John (@exJohnValdez) and Cheech (@HermesMagi) discuss a recent Twitter debacle and the first few sections of Marx's Kapital.

We will be livestreaming The Five Star Stories (1989) on leap day, 29 Feb at 7PM EST as part of Mecha Madness!

Mecha Madness 2: Giant Robots, but Depressed Feb 01, 2020

Updated 2/5/2020.

Ryan and Reed (@wingulls1312) discuss the pinnacle of mecha anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion

The show notes cover even more than the episode, highly recommend checking them out!

Sorry about Reed's sound quality, he wasn't turned up enough so I had to compress it like crazy.

Note: I said the most popular toy was Asuka in bandages, but I meant Rei. Also, when I say "anxiety" I actually meant "dread".

Check out our merch!

601: Garnishing the Fed's Wages When it Defaults on its Debt Jan 20, 2020

Ryan and Teen (@mont_jiang, Plan A Magazine, Escape from Plan A podcast) discuss everyone's favorite hashtag, #MMT

Mecha Madness 1: Gundam Jan 10, 2020

Ryan and Josh kick off the Mecha Madness miniseries with an important question: Is Char Aznable Space Hitler or Space Stalin?

Josh's plug: https://www.youtube.com/user/JasonDeAthenrye

514: "I have no plan to solve anything" w/Minion Death Cult Dec 18, 2019

Alex and Tony of Minion Death Cult join us to delve into the wild world of libertarian thought.

If I sound weirdly quiet at the beginning it's because I had to re-record some lines. If I sound normal then it's because the recording actually went perfectly and there were no technical issues.

513: Laundering Money in the Big Dumbass Rectangle Nov 22, 2019

Kris and Ryan talk big stupid ugly buildings

Show Notes

We have a new "open borders communism" shirt design: Merch site

512: This is a Robbery, Beach Nov 16, 2019

Illegal mining/sand mining

Show notes

Check out the new Wano Open Borders Communism shirt design: https://teespring.com/open-borders-communism

511: Turning into a Witch is a Voluntary Choice Nov 06, 2019

Ryan and una (@trewbot) discuss Mahou Shojo Madoka Magica

510: Ecocommunist Utopia Nov 01, 2019

Kris and Ryan do a little bit of imagining what an ecocommunist utopia might look like. Absolutely nothing wrong with that

509: Not Even Demon Slayers Can Afford to Live in the City! Oct 12, 2019

Kris and Ryan talking about freaking political economy and freaking anime!

508b: Joke-o Wi-Dodo Oct 08, 2019

Part 2 of our Indonesia episode, freed from the shackles of the paywall since it's an important subject

508a: Suharto Darkness Oct 05, 2019

Kris walks us through a brief history of Indonesia as a background to the current unrest.

Show Notes

Note, there are some audio issues with this episode, so your phone is fine.

Apologies to Alexander of Minion Death Cult for getting his name wrong!

503: Coffee with Neighbors [Unlocked] Oct 04, 2019

Mel (@coldbrewedtool) from Coffee with Comrades joins us to talk about the history and political economy of the printing and publishing industry.

Show notes

*This episode was released early on the Patreon feed. To get access to episodes ahead of time, donate to our Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/neighborscience

507: This Book Would Be Better if Rick James Wrote It Sep 28, 2019

The second of our series, on Superfreakonomics, with @yungneocon

Neighbor Science Merch

506: Freako-freakonomics (w/yungneocon) Sep 22, 2019

Yungneocon comes back for an episode on the extremely popular and extremely bad economics book, Freakonomics.

Further reading, courtesy of yungneocon:

Criminal Deterrence: A Review of the Literature

A Simple Test of Abortion and Crime

Abortion and Crime in Canada: A Test of the BMDL Hypothesis

Looking Through Broken Windows: The Impact of Neighborhood Disorder on Aggression and Fear of Crime is an Artifact of Research Design

The Illusion of Free Markets

Punishment and Inequality in America

The Growth of Incarceration in the United States

The Political Movement that Dared not Speak its own Name: The Neoliberal Thought Collective Under Erasure

505b: Ordering Uber Eats from Hitler (ft. Grubstakers) Sep 13, 2019

**This is part 2, if you haven't heard part 1 this will be weird for you**

Ryan and Kris are joined by Sean (@SeanMcCarthyCom), Yogi (@Yogi_Paliwal), and Andy (@andipalmur) of Grubstakers (@grubstakerspod) for an episode on the political economy of fascism.

Grubstakers is a podcast about billionaires which we highly recommend!

Show notes

505a: Ordering Uber Eats from Hitler (ft. Grubstakers) Sep 06, 2019

Ryan and Kris are joined by Sean (@SeanMcCarthyCom), Yogi (@Yogi_Paliwal), and Andy (@andipalmur) of Grubstakers (@grubstakerspod) for an episode on the political economy of fascism.

Grubstakers is a podcast about billionaires which we highly recommend!

Show notes

504: We're Real Nerds about Bird Turds Aug 31, 2019

Kris and Ryan mine a surprisingly rich topic for its nutrients

Show notes

Main source: Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global Ecological History. Gregory T. Cushman

502b: Neighborhood Bloc Party 2 Aug 24, 2019

**This is part 2 of 2. If you didn't listen to part 1 of 2, go back to the previous episode**

Part 2 of the second Neighborhood Bloc Party

502a: Neighborhood Bloc Party 2 Aug 17, 2019

We go in with no particular topic with Soyboi (@halfasstroknot), Sloane (@SloaneVARipley), John (@exJohnValdez).

501b: Why did we stop putting out? Pt. 2 Aug 11, 2019

Kris and Ryan discuss the evolution of the factory system. Sorry about the abrupt ending, I didn't make time to record an outro and would rather just give you the content now.

Show Notes

Szostak 1989 - this is the article we reference for most of this part

501a: Why did we stop putting out? Pt. 1 Aug 05, 2019

Kris and Ryan discuss the evolution of the factory system. Sorry about the abrupt ending, I didn't make time to record an outro and would rather just give you the content now.

Show Notes

Szostak 1989 - this is the article we reference for most of this part

420: Stealing Bouillon for the Global Souperpowers Jul 28, 2019

An episode about pirates, with a return appearance by our favorite drunken sailor, Soyboi of the Deep (@halfasstroknot)

Show Notes

419b: Merit is for Scouts Jul 20, 2019

**This is Part 2, if you have not listened to Part 1, go to the previous episode first**

We are joined by John (@exJohnValdez) from Pastrami Hour to talk about an article Ryan wrote on the state & class.

Article

419a: Merit is for Scouts Jul 12, 2019

We are joined by John (@exJohnValdez) from Pastrami Hour to talk about an article Ryan wrote on the state & class.

Article

418: Colonialism is when you wear khakis Jul 08, 2019

Belt and road initiative. With Trewbot (@trewbot) and Chloe (@shtpostscarcity)

Show notes

417: Hypothetical carbon sucking machine gosplan (w/yungneocon) Jun 15, 2019

We are joined by everyone's favorite tweet thread boi, @yungneocon, to talk about whether Soviet-style central planning is any more or less capable of addressing ecological crises than capitalism. We also discuss our favorite leftist policy guy, Matty B.

Thread on forced settlement: https://twitter.com/yungneocon/status/1120483025593282561

Thread on energy & ecology: https://twitter.com/yungneocon/status/1094707171361767424

Big buncha free books: https://twitter.com/yungneocon/status/1118335036246364161

Sources mentioned by yungneocon:

Against the Grain - James C. Scott (Ryan also highly recommends this one)

Farm to Factory - Robert C. Allen

A New Welfare Theory - Albert & Hahnel

The Mirage of an Economics of Knowledge - Philip Mirowski

What every environmentalist needs to know about capitalism - Magdoff & Foster

The Origins of Fossil Capital - Malm

Protocol - Alexander Galloway

Soviet Faiths & Lost Alternatives

From Newspeak to Cyberspeak

The Entrepreneurial State

Seeing Like a State - James C. Scott

Magnetic Mountain

416: Socially Socialist, Fiscally Liberal Jun 08, 2019

Kris and Ryan go over a debate that flared up on Jacobin about MMT

Show notes

Correction: Ryan said Gerald Connolly (his rep) when he meant John Conyers. Gerald hasn't been cancelled yet.

Anime discussion:

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life
Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu

415: You have questions, we've got wizards Jun 01, 2019

We asked listeners for some Qs that we could A. Kris and Ryan discuss Attack on Titan and Black Clover.

Get merch here

414: Fake Neighbors (feat. Shannon Strucci) May 27, 2019

Shannon Strucci (StrucciMovies, @plentyofalcoves) joins us to talk about parasocial interaction and One Piece.

View her Fake Friends series here. Support her on Patreon to get more: https://www.patreon.com/StrucciMovies

Show Notes

Shannon mentioned this video in the show

If you would like a Neighbor Science shirt or hoodie, check out our merch.

413: Neighbor Science Pot Luck (live in Czechochechnyoslovenoslovakia) May 19, 2019

Featuring:
Casey
Chloe (@shtpostscarcity)
Reed (@wingulls_r)
Trew (@trewbot)

412: Gotta spend money to make money May 15, 2019

Ryan and Kris talk about government bonds and read an article by Lanny Samuels or whatever his name is. World Bank guy.

Show notes

411: Business is when you throw a shoe at work May 07, 2019

Show Notes

The other sabotage episode is 218

Outro: All is Stupid - Win a Sheep Free

410: The Joker But He's a Horny Shark Apr 25, 2019

We are joined by Soy boi of the deep (@halfasstroknot) and Trew (@trewbot) to talk about deep sea mining, Gargantia of the Verdurous Planet, and Blue Submarine No. 6

We tried a new recording technology today to get multi-track remote recording and my audio sounds worse than usual and drops out at some points, but you should be able to fill stuff in.

Outro is 青の覚醒 from the Blue Submarine No. 6 soundtrack

Show Notes

Plan A/Neighbor Science Crossover: Do We Hang w/Yang Gang? Apr 10, 2019

We join Teen (@mont_jiang) and Jay (@LithiumMano) from Escape from Plan A to talk about the president elect of memes and $1000 checks, Andrew Yang.

Show Notes

Get A Shirt Here. Valley of the Wind Authority design will change soon.

Bukkoffee, Side B Mar 25, 2019

If you didn't listen to Side A, go back and listen to that first! This is a fun episode about stimulants. Show Notes

Bukkoffee, Side A Mar 25, 2019

This is a fun episode about stimulants. Show notes

Big Mushi Doinks, Side B Mar 13, 2019

Out here in Kumamoto, smokin' big doinks in Kumamoto.

Show notes.

The anime Reed mentioned is Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

Big Mushi Doinks, Side A Mar 13, 2019

Out here in Kumamoto, smokin' big doinks in Kumamoto.

Show notes.

The anime Reed mentioned is Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

406B: America's Largest Grower of Mirepoix Mar 02, 2019

!!!This is the second of a two-part episode. Listen to the previous episode before listening to this!!!

We recorded this last week and I finished editing last weekend, but I've had too much anxiety to release it. I broke it into two parts again for more manageable listening. Part A is about Cargill, Part B continues on Cargill and then we talk about Code Geass.

Cargill notes

Code Geass notes

406A: America's Largest Grower of Mirepoix Mar 02, 2019

We recorded this last week and I finished editing last weekend, but I've had too much anxiety to release it. I broke it into two parts again for more manageable listening. Part A is about Cargill, Part B continues on Cargill and then we talk about Code Geass.

Cargill notes

Code Geass notes

405: Valley of the Wind Authority, Side B Feb 16, 2019

Kris and Ryan talk Green New Deal and Hayao Miyazaki's pro-ecology films.

I split this into two parts since it's 2 hours.

Show notes + full text of GND

405: Valley of the Wind Authority, Side A Feb 16, 2019

Kris and Ryan talk Green New Deal and Hayao Miyazaki's pro-ecology films.

I split this into two parts since it's 2 hours.

Show notes + full text of GND

404: Socialism Not Found Feb 04, 2019

In America, socialists burn calories in food so they don't starve. In Venezuela, capitalists burn stocks of food so socialists do starve!

This is the Venezuela ep.

Corrections:

Executive Order 13808 was instituted by Trump; Obama's sanction is 13692.
I was off on comparative advantage, the idea is that a country that is more efficient at producing every good still benefits from trading with a less efficient country. In other words, it's good to trade with poor countries even though they're less efficient at making stuff because they're poor and can't charge as much money for the same goods as a richer country.

Show Notes

Monthly Review Article

403: Going to Whole Foods to Buy Some Blood Jan 19, 2019

News episode; topics: Ambrosia // WeWork scandal // the family that started the opioid crisis // the shutdown

Kris got robbed this week, donate to help him get back on his feet!

https://www.gofundme.com/kris039s-recovery-fund-from-getting-mugged

402: John Sbarro Really Wants You To Pay More Taxes Jan 12, 2019

Will unlimited government spending actually cause inflation?

Show notes & sources

Support us on Patreon

401: Pigpen Creates the First Diabetes Plantation Jan 08, 2019

We're back to start the new year with an episode we've been teasing for a while, about the history of the colonial sugar trade.

Show Notes

"Boo" sound taken from Tim Kahn on Freesound

311: "The Gang Tries to Learn LTV" Dec 18, 2018

In this corner, weighing in at 210 IQ, representing the infallible modern future sight of the ghost ideology, Ryan "the greatest epic genius of all time" Salisbury!

And in this corner, weighing in at 209 IQ, representing 150-year old pseudo-intellectual pig slop, Kris "pretty good but not quite as good as Ryan" Nivens!

Ding ding ding!

Here's the (still WIP) article we're talking about

P.S. Guess what, I was right about the Google search URL. This is a useful talent that I am proud of.

310: If you're by yourself is it called a "onesome"? Dec 10, 2018

I poked my head out from my depressive video game hole long enough to record a new episode for youse. Kris was too busy to do the podcast this week, so it's just me, Ryan.

Topics: Host bios // When will the collapse happen? // Private ownership of the MoP // Will automation displace us? // Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

Questions from:

@halfasstroknot
@CheechGuevara
@shtpostscarcity

309: Chipotle's Special Sauce Dec 03, 2018

The sauce is deadly disease!!

Show Notes

Chipotle salsa clone recipe

308: The Secret to Immortality Nov 09, 2018

In this professional business seminar you will learn all the insider secrets to achieve immortality from longtime immortal millionaires Ryan Salisbury and Kris Nivens!

Show notes

Topics: Types of businesses, dual power strategy, Berserk, the ethics of leftists doing M&A

307: 300,000 Tons of Candy Oct 28, 2018

It's our Halloween special. We could have gotten into how Halloween was transformed into a candy holiday, but we've been working too hard lately. We talk about the current state of the Halloween business, holiday movies, and what a couple of friend-having Chads we are. Plus, a special surprise story at the end.

Note from Ryan: Before any of you try to own me I said "vaccine for it", not "vaccine fart", my Irish accent came through.

Show Notes

306: How to Own Large Boats and Be Friends with Shipping Magnates Oct 20, 2018

This seminar contains the secrets you need to own the largest shipping company in the world.

Danish Language Collapse

Show notes

Note: When I said "shipping networks were mainly used by states" I should have said "governments" and not "states".

305b: Buying Shares of a Colony, pt. 2 Oct 14, 2018

This'un's about the dang Dutch East India Company. We split it into two parts but we're releasing them simultaneously.

Show notes

Correction from @trillburne about whether the Batavian Republic happened before or after French invasion:

"Kind of in between. The Patriots rose up after it was already clear the stadhouder was defeated and republican troops were about to overrun the whole country, but before they had actually arrived in the Dutch heartland to occupy the country. it's probably more accurate to call the Batavian Revolution a response to the imminent success of the invasion rather than a response to the occupation"

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305a: Buying Shares of a Colony, pt. 1 Oct 14, 2018

This'un's about the dang Dutch East India Company. We split it into two parts but we're releasing them simultaneously.

Show notes

Correction from @trillburne about whether the Batavian Republic happened before or after French invasion:

"Kind of in between. The Patriots rose up after it was already clear the stadhouder was defeated and republican troops were about to overrun the whole country, but before they had actually arrived in the Dutch heartland to occupy the country. it's probably more accurate to call the Batavian Revolution a response to the imminent success of the invasion rather than a response to the occupation"

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304: Doing Business Deals to Make Crystal Balls for Evil Wizards Oct 05, 2018

Room 641A // Being a cool Guy Fawkes internet dork // Volkswagen gets labor activists arrested & tortured // A spy chip no bigger than Ben Shapiro

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303: Let's Paint a Cheerful Phoenician Sky Sep 30, 2018

We talk about the Phoenician civilization in part of our set on maritime trade (the others will be on the Dutch East India Company and Maersk)

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302: In Conclusion, North Carolina is a Lagoon of Pig Shit Sep 21, 2018

Eyyy, it's a fuckin' news episode!

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301: The Value of Gohan in the Son Goku Period of Japan Sep 15, 2018

In this episode we answer crucial questions about the Son Goku period of Japan such as what the price of a Pikachu was in terms of Gohan (rice) and precisely what year Inu Yasha took place.

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