anarchySF - an anarchist, science fiction podcast

Yanai Sened / Eden Kupermintz
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The podcast companion to anarchysf.com, an archive of anarchist science fiction. During each episode, we'll analyze one piece of science fiction media which explores themes relevant to left-wing ideology.

  1. 2D AGO

    The (State of) Exceptional Mars Express

    All the dweebs are going to the moon, but we're taking this baby all the way to Mars (or shall I say Marx?) with this excellent French animated sci-fi noir thriller. Some topics: - The State of Exception - Lines of Flight - Homo Sacer - The Teleology Crisis - The Inescapable Reality of Labor

    1h 4m

  2. 02/05/2025

    Blowing Shit Up With Your Communist Mech in Lancer

    We talk about the tabletop RPG/War game Lancer and its unusual utopianism Some topics: - Those who Walk Away from Omelas and the structure of Dystopia/Utopia - Reimagining the French Revolution - The Role of Violence in a Communist Utopia - Permanent Revolution

    1h 12m

  3. 05/26/2024

    Grounding ourselves in Saint of Bright Doors

    We never left, so we are not back. We just like to keep you guessing about episode times. This time we talk about the brilliant Saint of Bright Doors, a decolonial multifaceted dark fantasy novel that's quite a thinker, but also pretty accessible. Give it a read! Eden recommends playing "Laysara: Summit Kingdom", which kinda fits the theme of this episode.

    57 min

  4. 10/04/2023

    Eternal Discourse War With Warhammer 40k

    We talk about how to critique the Fascist sentiments in Warhammer 40k, without worrying too much about the degrees of intent or satire behind it.

    1h 27m

  5. 05/22/2023

    Acknowledging the Complexities of Humanity with Ammonite

    We talk about Ammonite, a somewhat under-the-radar excellent sci-fi book about a virus killing all the men in a far-off planet and exploring indigenous lands as a colonizer anthropologist Themes explored: - Anthrophopolitics and diversity within identity - Biopolitics and virology - "Going Native" (TM) - Some Ursula LeGuin themes Eden's ep of death-sentence about The Dawn of Everything: https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod/david-wengrow-and-david-graeber-the-dawn-of-everything

    1h 16m

  6. 02/27/2023

    Can we fix it? Maybe! Kinda! With Ixion

    We talk about the sci-fi strategy game Ixion and its somber adventure through space. Some topics discussed: - Shameful space - Space is silence and death - Gravestone science - Accelerating the flows - The eternal recurrence of the same - Middle management euphemisms Referenced Some More News video 'Jeff Bezons Learned Nothing in Space': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7TQFFH9gj8&ab_channel=SomeMoreNews

    1h 1m

  7. 01/07/2023

    The Potential and Limitations of Clowning on Billionaires on Space Sweepers

    This is an especially rambly episode of us talking about the excellent kitchen sink space romp movie Spacesweepers. Topics discussed: - Billionaires hate humanity - The limits of Villainry - What internationalism looks like - The ethics/politics distinction

    57 min

  8. 09/26/2022

    Raging in alliance with The Only Harmless Great Thing

    We read Brooke Bolander's short and painful novelette and spoke about: - Nuclear semiotics - The uses of violence - The master's tools - Being pushed to the corner

    1h 10m
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The podcast companion to anarchysf.com, an archive of anarchist science fiction. During each episode, we'll analyze one piece of science fiction media which explores themes relevant to left-wing ideology.

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