The Book on Fire Podcast

I listen to this while reading Caliban and the Witch. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I have recommended it to so many people. This should be required learning for the United States and the rest of the Global North.

I couldn’t learn this stuff without you! I couldn’t get through one of these academic books on my own. I’m a stay at home mom who got a poor education. Thanks for helping to learn all these fascinating things while i wash my dishes and drive my kids to and from camp. Thank you thank you so so much.

It feels like a gift to be taken through these texts that can be super dense, but contain ideas that should be accessible to everyone for our collective liberation. It is a real act of generosity to share these thoughtful conversations.

I love the form of the podcast. Its like having your own personal book club that really gets into the nitty gritty of the text. But kinda regularly the guy takes over the conversation and occasionally re-explains something his cohost just said. It can veer into the leftist mansplain tone, so I take breaks. It seems better in the new season, or maybe it feels less annoying because Dawn isn't an explicitly feminist text.