by efc8d-admin | Sep 16, 2025 | Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Politics and Culture
Today I have the pleasure of speaking with cultural anthropologist Greta YOU-LING about her new book, Decolonizing Ukraine: The Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom, a fascinating story about an indigenous group in Crimea fighting for its rights. ...
by efc8d-admin | Sep 7, 2025 | Capitalism, Empire and Colonialism, Political Economies, Politics and Culture, Technologies
In this episode of Speaking Out of Place, investigative journalist Karen Hao explains that OpenAI is anything but “open”—very early on, it left behind that marketing tag to become increasingly closed and elitist. Her massive study, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares...
by efc8d-admin | Sep 2, 2025 | Art and Cultural Resistance, Palestine, The Arts
Today I talk with Huda Fakhreddine, writer, translator, and scholar of Arabic literature. Among the many topics we touch upon are the challenges of teaching Arabic literature, especially Palestinian literature, in a time of genocide, when universities, professional...
by efc8d-admin | Aug 23, 2025 | Art and Cultural Resistance, Educational Liberation, Politics and Culture, Race, Recovering Radical Histories
Today it’s my honor to speak with Danica Savonick about her marvelous book entitled Open Admissions: The Poetics and Pedagogy of Toni Cade Bambara, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, and Adrienne Rich in the Era of Free College. This is a riveting and deeply inspiring story of...
by efc8d-admin | Aug 21, 2025 | Capitalism, Fascism, Politics and Culture, Race, Technologies
Today I’m delighted to talk with Quinn Slobodian about his new book, Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right. We take a deep dive into the genesis of a weird and powerful merging of two seemingly different groups the Far Right and...
