No Easy Answers

Jules Taylor

No Easy Answers is a Marxist podcast about politics, philosophy, and the human condition. Hosted by Jules Taylor

  1. 05/28/2023

    Republished - Episode 21 - Fight for a Better World with Kristen Chapman Gibbons

    GoFundMe for Relocating Kristen's Family to Virginia WKRN - Mom of trans teen moving out of Tennessee after new law banning gender-affirming care Jules speaks with writer, artist, performer, and storyteller Kristen Chapman Gibbons about her journey from preacher's daughter to community cultivator. Kristen Chapman Gibbons on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Kristen Chapman Gibbons' Website Art by Kristen Madison on my Mind True Stories Let Loose on Soundcloud Performances by Kristen Performance at the Tennessee Women's Theater Festival Other stories by Kristen https://youtu.be/hrDjfiTVeEA https://youtu.be/3b7xOcLbJdo https://youtu.be/6xewdFiWmsY https://youtu.be/Jal7Ry6OX4E https://youtu.be/Habm2XPsjVs Things we mentioned during the conversation Wikipedia page for Nellie Bly National Women's History      Museum Nellie Bly Max Alvarez's Podcast: https://bit.ly/workingpod Outro Music: Kestra - 'Better World' --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/support --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noeasyanswers/support

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  2. The Californian Ideology - An Interview with Dr. Richard Barbrook

    03/21/2023

    The Californian Ideology - An Interview with Dr. Richard Barbrook

    Dr. Richard Barbrook is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Westminster. He is the author of Media Freedom (Pluto, 1995) and Imaginary Futures (Pluto, 2007).  His other important writings  include The Hi-Tech Gift Economy, Cyber-communism, The Regulation of Liberty and The Class of the New, and today with Jules he is discussing his prophetic 1995 essay "The Californian Ideology".    In the essay, Dr. Barbrook and Andy Cameron argue that the rise of networking technologies in Silicon Valley in the 90s was linked to American neoliberalism and a paradoxical hybridization of beliefs from the political left and right in the form of hopeful technological determinism.  This new amalgamated ideology combined the ideas of Marshall McLuhan with elements of radical individualism, libertarianism, and neoliberal economics, using publications like Wired Magazine to promulgate their ideas.  This ideology mixed New Left and New Right beliefs together based on their shared interest in anti-statism, the counterculture of the 1960s, and techno-utopianism.    The original promise of the Californian Ideology was that computers would liberate us from all the old forms of political control, and we would become Randian heroes, in control of our own destinies. Instead, today, we feel the opposite—that we are helpless components in a global system—a system that is controlled by a rigid logic that we are powerless to challenge or change.   Additional Info/Links Below…   The Californian Ideology pdf  Dr. Richard Barbrook - Twitter, Website, GoodReads Imaginary Futures:  From Thinking Machines to the Global Village, by Richard Barbrook The Internet Revolution by Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron The Class of the New by Richard Barbrook The Hi-Tech Gift Economy by Richard Barbrook Support this podcast and unlock bonus content: www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers

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