Revolution Now!

Peter Joseph

Revolution Now! is a bi-weekly program about social change, hosted by author, filmmaker and activist: Peter Joseph.

  1. 3D AGO

    Revolution Now! w/ Peter Joseph | Ep. 60: Integral’s OAD -- Explored

    In episode 60, Peter Joseph continues his module-by-module exploration of Integral with a walkthrough of the Open Access Design System (OAD) — one of Integral's five subsystems and the network's collective engineering, architectural, and creative intelligence. OAD replaces the R&D function of private enterprise with a global design commons, where every design is open, every improvement benefits everyone, and ecological, lifecycle, and labor implications are made computable upfront. Walking through all ten modules of the OAD pipeline — from structured submission through collaborative refinement, material and ecological coefficient analysis, lifecycle and maintainability modeling, feasibility simulation, labor decomposition, systems integration, optimization, certification, and global commons archival — the episode also shows how OAD generates the structured design intelligence that COS and ITC depend on for non-market production coordination and access valuation, and how the entire pipeline functions as a self-correcting design organism that learns from real-world deployment feedback over time. Please support Peter's efforts through:  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph  or  Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266  Main Website & Transcript:  https://www.revolutionnow.live/episode-60/

    1h 35m

  2. APR 20

    Revolution Now! w/ Peter Joseph | Ep. 59: Integral’s CDS, Explored

    In this episode, episode 59, Peter Joseph returns to Revolution Now with a major update on the development of Integral, outlining progress on the website, white paper, developer guide, GitHub, and Discord infrastructure, while also explaining the importance of Phase 1 planning, simulation, and proto-node development. The core focus then turns to Integral’s Collaborative Decision System (CDS), with a detailed walkthrough of its democratic logic, module structure, consensus process, objection mapping, and the broader challenge of building an intelligent, non-hierarchical system of social coordination. So please support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph  or Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266  Integral Website: https://integralcollective.io/ Medium Transcript: Pending Website & Transcript: Pending Read the latest Substack: https://substack.com/@peterjoseph Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement:  https://www.amazon.com/New-Human-Rights-Movement-Reinventing/dp/1942952651  Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/  This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts.  Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/  Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/  “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI  About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography

    1h 17m

  3. JAN 21

    Revolution Now! w/ Peter Joseph | Ep. 58 Integral & the Mirage of “Marxism.”

    About: In this episode, Peter Joseph addresses the release of the Integral White Paper, as the core focus, and critiques the pervasive vagueness of alternative economic discourse, arguing that terms like socialism, communism, and Marxism function as empty abstractions that obscure real systems analysis and ultimately reinforce capitalism. He outlines why market price mechanisms fail as tools of economic calculation, ecological balance, and democratic coordination, and introduces Integral as a technically grounded, cybernetic, post-market transition system built around five core subsystems designed to enable cooperation, sustainability, and post-scarcity conditions. The episode also explores human compatibility with collaborative systems, challenges myths about “human nature,” and emphasizes the necessity of structural change over ideological debate. Joseph concludes by warning of accelerating authoritarianism in the United States as a product of capitalist power dynamics, stressing that without transforming underlying economic structures, political regression and ecological collapse will continue unabated. Please support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph  or Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266  Integral Website / White Paper: https://integralcollective.io/ Read the latest Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-149986086?source=queue&autoPlay=false  Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement:  https://www.amazon.com/New-Human-Rights-Movement-Reinventing/dp/1942952651  Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/  This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts.  Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/  Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/  “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI  About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography --Socials-- Peter Joseph: https://www.instagram.com/peterjosephofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial Integral: https://www.facebook.com/integralcollective https://x.com/org_integral https://www.instagram.com/integralcollective/

    1h 57m

  4. 09/09/2025

    Revolution Now! w/ Peter Joseph | Ep. 57 Understanding Recursive Democracy & Requisite Variety

    In a vast range of topics surrounding the idea of Democracy, Peter Joseph explains how a working democracy, from a cybernetic standpoint, would need to be organized very differently from the representative structure seen today. He describes why contemporary democracy is a catastrophic failure, then spending some time on the "activist industrial complex;" then moving into dominant cultural mechanisms of system preservation that limit social change and more, including a detailed dissection on "social inheritance" and the philosophical neuroses that stops society from sharing the fruits of collective society's technological efficiency, with all the world's citizens. He also addresses the 4 major feedback loops of societal destabilization, coming from market economics, using an analogy from Stafford beer to express how the sequence of perturbations will begin to accelerate faster than any resting time, along with discussing first principles of environmental sustainability, and how it will serve as the baseline foundation of democratic thought in the future, including with the Integral Project - and much more.

    1h 23m

  5. 06/20/2025

    Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep. 56 : The Capitalist Roots of War + Interview w/ Abby Martin

    In Episode 56 of Revolution Now! (approximately two hours), Peter Joseph explores the links between market economics and the drive toward imperialism, conflict and international war. Also discussed is the importance of overriding "Hedonic Adaptation" in pursuit of post-scarcity, as associated to the Integral Project. The program concludes with a 45 minute interview with investigative journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin in regard to the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, Palestine. PLEASE support Peter's efforts through Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph  or Direct Donation:  https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266  Website & Transcript: https://www.revolutionnow.live/  Read the latest Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-149986086?source=queue&autoPlay=false  Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement:  https://www.amazon.com/New-Human-Rights-Movement-Reinventing/dp/1942952651  Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/  This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts.  Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/  Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/  “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI  About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography

    1h 41m

  6. 04/13/2025

    Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep. 55 | "Civil Rights Regression, Integral & Lee Camp"

    In Episode 55 of Revolution Now! (which runs approximately two hours), Peter Joseph explores ten false ideas/narratives that contribute to the modern erosion of civil and human rights. He then reviews the abstract for a forthcoming white paper on the Integral Parallel Economy activist project. Finally, he is joined by Lee Camp, who discusses his new show and the troubling state of global affairs. Please support Peter's efforts through Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph  or Direct Donation:  https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266  Website: https://www.revolutionnow.live/

    1h 55m

  7. 02/09/2025

    Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep 54 | Feb 9th 2025

    In this (2 hour+ !) episode of Revolution Now (Episode 54), Peter Joseph examines the complexities of systemic transition and the limitations of reformist approaches to change, including a critical review of Jason Hickel’s work. The episode concludes with a 40-minute conversation with Alfie Kohn on the destructive nature of competition. Key topics include: -Defining capitalism in a coherent and precise way. -The strategic foundation of the Integral Parallel Economy project. -The importance of out-system leverage points in driving meaningful change. -Value distortions within market economics (exchange vs use) -Why negative human behaviors are often mislabeled as human nature. -The common failures of social movements and the dangers of group identity. And more. Please support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph or  Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266  Website & Transcript: Pending Medium Transcript: Pending Read the latest Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-149986086?source=queue&autoPlay=false  Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691520/the-new-human-rights-movement-by-peter-joseph/  Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/  This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts.  Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/  Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/  “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI  About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterjosephofficial

    2h 16m

  8. 12/19/2024

    Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #53 | Dec 18th 2024

    In this episode, the focus is on introducing a new phase of the podcast with expanded content, including visuals, interviews, media analysis, and discussions of current events, while ensuring accessibility for audio-only listeners. It revisits foundational critiques of the socio-economic system, highlighting how market capitalism's competitive nature drives ecological destruction, inequality, and systemic dysfunction. The episode emphasizes the urgency of systemic change, arguing that solutions like technology or policy within capitalism are inadequate. It then discusses a collaborative socio-economic model rooted in sustainability, cooperation, and participatory economic governance, challenging traditional ideologies and exploring approaches the building of a parallel, collaborative-based, economic transition out of market economics. Please support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph or Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266   Read latest Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-149986086?source=queue&autoPlay=false   Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691520/the-new-human-rights-movement-by-peter-joseph/   Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/   This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts.   Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/   Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/   “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI   About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial

    1h 13m
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Revolution Now! is a bi-weekly program about social change, hosted by author, filmmaker and activist: Peter Joseph.

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  • Creator
    Peter Joseph
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    60
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2020 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Revolution Now!

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