18 episodes

Between the territory in which you currently exist and the next territory into which you will enter, there lies a clandestine space. It may be a moment where you realize that the boundaries of the territory around you are crumbling, a moment where you feel the need to follow a new path, or moment into which you escape occasionally; this moment is The Refrain. Join Joshua Sanchez, Krishna Patel, PanPan, and other guests as we traverse the vast worlds of philosophy, spirituality, and economics.

The Refrain Joshua Sanchez

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Between the territory in which you currently exist and the next territory into which you will enter, there lies a clandestine space. It may be a moment where you realize that the boundaries of the territory around you are crumbling, a moment where you feel the need to follow a new path, or moment into which you escape occasionally; this moment is The Refrain. Join Joshua Sanchez, Krishna Patel, PanPan, and other guests as we traverse the vast worlds of philosophy, spirituality, and economics.

    Libertarian Socialism, Democratic Confederalism, Libertarian Municipalism: Anarchy and The Road to a Horizontal Society - Part 2

    Libertarian Socialism, Democratic Confederalism, Libertarian Municipalism: Anarchy and The Road to a Horizontal Society - Part 2

    In this section, the boys wrap up their conversation on microplastics and begin their venture into the world of anarchism, going all the way from the Big Bang Theory to Organic Societies. They continue to explore what Murray Bookchin’s concept of Social Ecology encapsulates.

    • 1 hr 31 min
    Libertarian Socialism, Democratic Confederalism, Libertarian Municipalism: Anarchy and The Road to a Horizontal Society - Part 4

    Libertarian Socialism, Democratic Confederalism, Libertarian Municipalism: Anarchy and The Road to a Horizontal Society - Part 4

    The boys get together for some Q and A on anarchism and discuss the logistics of a Democratically Confederated society. The consolidation of everything discussed in the Podcast thus far is cleared for a revolutionary new turn in the podcast’s trajection.

    • 1 hr 31 min
    Libertarian Socialism, Democratic Confederalism, Libertarian Municipalism: Anarchy and The Road to a Horizontal Society - Part 3

    Libertarian Socialism, Democratic Confederalism, Libertarian Municipalism: Anarchy and The Road to a Horizontal Society - Part 3

    In this part, the boys continue discussing anarchy, particularly authoritarian vs libertarianism, Manfred Max-Neef’s Human needs, and what a Democratic Confederalist society would actually look like. We end on a haunting yet powerful Bookchin quote.

    • 1 hr 31 min
    Libertarian Socialism, Democratic Confederalism, Libertarian Municipalism: Anarchy and The Road to a Horizontal Society - Part 1

    Libertarian Socialism, Democratic Confederalism, Libertarian Municipalism: Anarchy and The Road to a Horizontal Society - Part 1

    In this part, the boys go over some some undiscussed colonial conflicts happening in the world before going into Krishna and PanPan’s problem spaces. Aspects discussed are Morals and Ethics, Rationalism, Meritocracy and Microplastics.

    • 1 hr 40 min
    Colonialism and Imperialism: The Effects of the Hyperstition of Communism - Part 2

    Colonialism and Imperialism: The Effects of the Hyperstition of Communism - Part 2

    In this second part, the boys explore another longue durée exploration into how colonialism, imperialism, settler colonialism, and neo-colonialism have functioned across all the continents in the world. Topics discussed include Indigenous American history and the sovereignty of the Imperium in Imperio, Latin American History from Henry Kissinger and Operation Condor to the devastating destructiveness of Agosto Pinochet and Jorge Rafael Videla, to the exploits in Africa, ending with a serious look at Kissinger’s role in Asia with Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, and ending with a critical view at how the mujahideen served as the precursor to jidahism in Western Asia. Join us on this lengthy, but worthwhile pursuit into the devastations of colonialism and imperialism.

    • 52 min
    Colonialism and Imperialism: The Effects of the Hyperstition of Communism - Part 1

    Colonialism and Imperialism: The Effects of the Hyperstition of Communism - Part 1

    Have you ever sat back and wondered what in the heck does Ron DeSantis mean when he mentions wokeism or intersectionality? What are the legal issues brought against the LGBTQIA entail? What is the true meaning Indigenous? How do we analyze structure and differentiation? Why did those core countries colonize the periphery countries? What is the sociological explanation for the distributive, organizational, social psychological dimensions of society? What is the difference between Prejudice and Discrimination and how does this manifest? All this and more in this first part.

    • 1 hr 40 min

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