by efc8d-admin | Aug 4, 2026 | Activism and Actions, Organizing, Politics and Culture
In 2018, hundreds of thousands of people in France showed up day after day, month after month, to protest the French government’s attacks on labor, on social benefits, and on the environment, among other things, including police violence. Anthropologist Ida Susser...
by efc8d-admin | Jul 4, 2026 | Capitalism, Democracy, Politics and Culture, Socialism
It’s always a pleasure to talk with Liza Featherstone and Doug Henwood, two seasoned political observers, and activists, based in New York City. Today we discuss the results of the recent primaries in NYC, which saw a wave of impressive victories by DSA candidates...
by efc8d-admin | Jun 16, 2026 | Activism and Actions, Ecology, Environment and Biosphere, Ethics, Nature, Philosophy, Politics and Culture, The Arts
Today it is my immense pleasure and honor to welcome Amitav Ghosh to Speaking Out of Place to talk about his new novel, Ghost Eye. The novel is about reincarnation, but also a lot more. In our conversation we talk about the need to address the terrible set of...
by efc8d-admin | May 25, 2026 | Activism and Actions, Educational Liberation, Empire and Colonialism, Indigenous Rights, Journalism, Politics and Culture
On today’s show we take a deep look into universities, and education more broadly with Tristan Ahtone, Andrew Herscher, and Robert Warrior. We focus on a critique of land grant universities, which were built on land granted by the federal government. What we learn is...
by efc8d-admin | Apr 25, 2026 | Climate Crisis, Ecology, Empire and Colonialism, Ethics, Palestine, Poetry, Politics and Culture, The Arts
Today I have the immense pleasure of speaking with author Anna Badkhen about her new collection of essays, To See Beyond. Badkhen talks about how her experiences as a veteran war correspondent exposed her to War’s multiple forms of violence, destruction, and carnage,...
