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Radical Publishing in the Age of Trump, War and Climate Crisis w/ Liz Frances of Street Noise Books

February 21, 2025anti-capitalism, Climate, Foreign Policy, pop culture

In our latest, Scott talks with Liz Francis, founder and publisher of Street Noise Books (@streetnoisebook) about publishing radical and progressive comics and graphic novels in the age of Trump,…

A is for Anarchy: The Politics of “Watchmen” and “V for Vendetta” Creator Alan Moore w/ Kristian Williams

December 5, 2024anti-capitalism, pop culture

Alan Moore is one of the most important comic book and graphic novel creators in the business. His work has subverted literary and comic book genres and put radical ideas…

(New York) Yankee Imperialism: The World Series and the economics of baseball

October 26, 2024Materialism and Economics, pop culture

To celebrate the World Series we got together with our frequent-collaborator and great friend Clayton Lust (@claytonlust) to discuss the business of baseball, an appropriate topic since the two most…

“Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down”… Remembering Kris Kristofferson and His Politics

October 14, 2024pop culture

In the third installment of our Arts and Culture series, we talked about the life and politics of the late music legend Kris Kristofferson. Listen in: https://bit.ly/4h9hiX6 We discussed his…

Miracle in the Beanfield: Robert Redford’s “Milagro Beanfield War”

October 14, 2024pop culture

In our second installment in our new "Green & Red Arts and Culture Series" we talked about the book and movie *The Milagro Beanfield War." While is a heartwarming story…

Mad Men and Capitalism: Green and Red’s Arts and Culture Series

October 10, 2024Materialism and Economics, pop culture

Green and Red is starting a new series that talks about how art and culture develop and raise political consciousness. We'll be putting out episodes that talk about the politics…

Earthalujah! On Neil Young’s Earth Love Tour w/ Reverend Billy and Savitri D.

May 28, 2024anti-capitalism, Direct Action, pop culture

Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir is a radical performance community based in New York City. They have led campaigns against Starbucks and Disney over the companies' gentrification of…

Woody Guthrie’s Birthday Hootenanny, w/ Prof Mark Alan Jackson . . . Green & Red Encore from 2022

July 14, 2023pop culture

Woody Guthrie is the most influential political singer and songwriter of the 20th Century. July 14th is Woody's 110th birthday, so we had a fantastic discussion with Mark Allan Jackson,…

Trump Was A Joke! Countering Trump’s Absurdity with Satire w/ Prof. Sophia McClennen

June 20, 2023politics, pop culture

(Have you follow us on Discord yet? Just click this invite) Trump’s public life has long been a target of comedians and satirists. His notorious thin skin often led to…

Dancing on the Ruins: On Music and Politics w/ Casey Neill

December 6, 2022pop culture

How has music inspired politics, and vice versa? In our latest episode, we talk with activist and musician Casey Neill (@caseyneill) about music, politics, influences, story-telling and environmentalism in a…