This is an edited down version of the live variety show we held in discord on Jan 25, 2022. If you want to hear the whole episode, or join us for the next one on March 20, 2022 at 2PM PST, sign up to get access to our discord! https://www.patreon.com/posts/62665680 Here is a link to the ultra contact form to submit questions https://forms.gle/77f1PWf81aRxEzbQ9...
We are joined by historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz to discuss her new book, why America is not ‘a nation of immigrants’, and how this feel-good liberal mythos, created by JFK and exemplified in the musical ‘Hamilton’, obscures America’s settler colonial history Theme Song by Brain Tan: https://braintan.bandcamp.com/ Support the show! http://patreon.com/srslywrong Links/Further Reading: ‘This is no ‘nation of immigrants’’ – (article) by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz : https://www.uuworld.org/articles/no-nati...
This week, the Wrong Boys team up with the crew from Thiiird Waves to think together about the complexities of workplace and income dynamics and radical politics, touching on the ethics of taking job offers with corporate monopolies, the idea of ‘selling out’, the tensions between collective responsibilities and individual choices, ways in which power can corrupt plans to change things from the inside, and the structure of rejecting unjust orders. Support the show http://patreon.com/srslywrong C...
Are human beings innately special little angel babies? “Deep Down” are we good or evil? What does the corrupting influence of power have to do with it? Should we tell loving lies? Does power make us lie even to ourselves about our own lies? All these subjects and more, in this special episode of SRSLY WRONG, for our Donor Community! (This is a preview clip of a full episode.) Join our Patreon to Hear the whole thing: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-246-angel-60194498...
This is a deep dive reading of Malatesta’s “An Anarchist Programme” with Zoe Baker. Support the show! http://patreon.com/srslywrong Opening Theme Song by Dope Creature: https://soundcloud.com/dopecreature Closing Theme Song by The Window Smashing Job Creators: https://thewindowsmashingjobcreators.bandcamp.com/ Links: An Anarchist Programme – Errico Malatesta (1920 version): https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-an-anarchist-programme The Method of Freedom: an Errico Malatesta ...
This week Lateef Mcleod joins the Wrong Boys to discuss the principles of Disability Justice, why accessibility is important for everyone, and how capitalism systematically reduces people to our labor power, denying our wholeness as human beings. We need your support to make this show! https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Transcript available: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-qbfN7V-iPeLnPN5gmtk3uavg5B_158tJsQrnq69uEg/ Closing Theme Song by Spam Risk: https://spamrisk.bandcamp.com/album/s-t ep...
This episode is a deep dive into what it means to build prefigurative institutions that can help us actualize the transition to a better society. Special guest Anark and the Wrong Boys explore how our organizations should be structured, the pitfalls we might face, and the difficult questions that might come along the way. Theme Song by Brain Tan: https://braintan.bandcamp.com/ Correction: A previous version of this episode included the statement that Emiliano Zapata was a committed anarchist. Za...
The Wrong Boys are joined by David Wengrow to talk about changing human history (starting with the past) and his new book, co-authored with the late David Graeber, on myths about the origins of human society, why both Hobbes and Rousseau are wrong, and why human history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful, hopeful possibilities, than we tend to assume. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Links: Buy “The Dawn of Everything”: https://www.penguinrandomhous...
Drawing plentifully from the writings of various Black anarchists, this wide ranging discussion touches on the relevance of anarchism to colonized people, self-determination, the Black Panthers, prefiguration, care work, raising children, white anarchists, and more! St. Andrewism on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SaintAndrewism Theme Song by Brain Tan: https://braintan.bandcamp.com/ Support Us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Further Info:St. Andrew’s video on Black Anarchism: ...
In this thrilling conclusion to the saga of the Wrong Boys ill-fated attempt to change one person’s mind about election fraud, our intrepid investigators catch a glimpse of the structure that holds up all the bullshit, and worry what might happen if we can’t find a way out of it. Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/155XG6ma_Dta7HscoTBqbU6XxwDtFoDK5_o96wiQ6J0o/edit?usp=sharing Opening Theme Song by DJ Matt Hogan Closing Theme Song by Conor Drake: https://soundcloud.com/conor-drake...
In this special episode for our patreon community, we explore two potential “killer apps” that could slowly but surely erode capitalism & build a Library Socialist society in it’s place. listen to the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55703517 Opening Theme by Little King Trash Mouth: https://lktm.bandcamp.com/
In this episode the Wrong Boys put on their fact checking hats, as a personal conflict with an online friend leads them down a strange spiral into the minutia of the wacky world of the election 2020 conspiracy claims Source Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/155XG6ma_Dta7HscoTBqbU6XxwDtFoDK5_o96wiQ6J0o/edit?usp=sharing Want more? Support our investigations: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Opening Theme by The Sultans Closing Theme by Far Flowers...
Online platforms have quickly become a major force in society, mediating the human social sphere in ways never before possible. Currently, this is being used to benefit those at the top, but what woulda truly collaborative, democratic online platform look like? It’s a big question, and one we only started to discuss in this first part of a new series for our patrons, Platforms of Freedom get the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/54323815...
In this Srsly Weeds crossover we talk about the ins and outs of a library socialist society and what it means to do things ‘sweetie pie’ Check out Ironweeds Theme song by Spam Risk donate to the show!
Once upon a time, a man named Garret Hardin dreamed up a spooky story about common property and proposed a horrifying question: “What if this always inevitably happens?” Turns out, it doesn’t Support the show: http://patreon.com/srslywrong Theme song by Punkerslut: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4mZ1BGcxV58HKJZzOYdpyM
Most people spend most of their waking hours at work, being told what to do, as well as how and when to do it without any opportunity to help make those decisions for themselves. We think this is wrong, and so does Professor Richard D. Wolff, who joins us to answer the question– why workplace democracy? — Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University...
In these unprecedented and (in many ways) awful times, it can be difficult to make sense of the world in a way that is fruitful and beneficial In this special panel discussion, the Wrong Boys, along with friends Breht and Mexie, set out to build on Mr. Rogers advice to “look for the helpers”, and try their best to articulate everything that is deep and meaningful about helping others, as well as being helped Check our the work of our guests! Mexie – Youtube | Podcast | Positive Leftist News Breh...
Nothing lays bare the stark unfreedom of the wage labor system quite like a bleak monday morning. A day that represents monotony, drudgery, and the end of fun. Many say that it can’t be helped, that mondays are inevitable. But is that really true? Or is a world without mondays actually possible? Theme Song by Trái Bơ https://traibo.bandcamp.com/ Thanks For Donating!
The King is dead, but the revolution is just getting started. Robespierre and the Jacobins have a plan: using the means of State Terror, they will create a Republic of Virtue, complete with new cults, new calendars, new clocks, and shiny new revolutionary Citizens. The Wrong Boys finish their look at the French Revolution with a look at the complex relationship between Terror, Virtue, and Trauma. Theme Song by E. June: https://soundcloud.com/e_d-en donate to the show https://www.patreon.com/srsl...
Why do the rich have so much influence over policy? Is it all because of corporations lobbying politicians? Or is there a more fundamental dynamic at play — one that activists can use to their benefit? Michael Schwartz and Kevin A. Young (co-authors of “Levers of Power: How the 1% Rules and What the 99% Can Do About It”) join us to discuss how the wealthy employ capital strikes and the logic of ‘business confidence’ to make sure that most good policies never get passed. Read Levers of Power – ht...
Spring is here – a time to feast, dance around the maypole, and organize the working class to achieve a more just society for everyone This episode explores May Day, it’s history, and meaning with a panel of guests made up of friends of the show Liz, Amy, Max, and Franz. It also marks our seven year anniversary of doing Srsly Wrong! Check out the work of our guests! Amy/Liz – Rebel Steps Podcast Franz – Doomer v Bloomer Podcast Max – Working People Podcast Further reading: The Incomplete, True, ...
Interview Shawn did with Laborwave Radio imagining how something like a shopping mall might look in a future Library Socialist society Link to Aaron’s youtube stream about Ted Kaczinski’s Article https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQDWowH_Vvc Support Srsly Wrong! https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong
This formerly patron-only episode is now up for all King Louis XVI of France was beheaded by guillotine on January 21, 1793 – a pivotal event in (the often quite unsafe) birth of modern liberal democracy. In part one of our look at the French Revolution, the Wrong Boys examine the events leading up to the death of the king (and the birth of the French First Republic), and try to grapple with what these events mean today for those of us who want to make the world a better place. Theme Song by DJ ...
According to Webster’s Dictionary, sheeple are “people who are docile, compliant, or easily influenced”. According to Natural News, science has proven that 95% of people are sheeple. Wrong Boys investigate. Theme song by The Window Smashing Job Creators https://thewindowsmashingjobcreators.bandcamp.com/ donate: https://patreon.com/srslywrong
Once upon a time, there was a town called Wrongtown. This is how their story begins. This episode collects sketches from episodes 74, 86, 111, 133, 134, and 136, as well as new material (and never before heard restored archival stuff) Theme song by Far Flowers https://farflowers.bandcamp.com/ Donate to the show https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong
This Simpsons has had an enormous impact on American culture. By analyzing its past, present, and potential for the future, the Wrong Boys hope to answer the question of whether this formative show can ever become watchable again Theme song by Far Flowers donate: https://patreon.com/srslywrong
For centuries political chartographers have pondered the question – What is the true shape of politics? A line from left to right? Or maybe a square with four quadrants? Or is it, perhaps, something far more strange than any of us can imagine? Theme song by dope creature Charts: The Pyramid Made up of tiny cubes Aaron’s Truly Centrist Chart Shawn’s Political Consciousness Scale Support us on Patreon...
2020 is finally over — it’s in the rear-view window baby, gone forever, and here at srsly wrong we wanted to say arrivederci with style and ring in the new year by marking the clear dividing line between one year and the next, reflecting on what has been, and looking forward to the future Theme song by Little King Trash Mouth: https://lktm.bandcamp.com/ Our 2015 Orbit Repeat Special is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/18970119?fbclid=IwAR0jGzN82ejJctlitqE0ehmRD30xkgWSu360parK3xjIC3o8Dj4FId_Iv...
With a firm basis rooted in natural history and direct democracy, the Wrong Boys and the ISE continue their exploration of what a post capitalist future might look like, and how we might get there support the show on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Institute for Social Ecology website (articles, courses, more): https://social-ecology.org/wp/ Support the ISE on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/institute4socialecology Theme song by Spam Risk https://spamrisk.bandcamp.com/releases Works...
Imagining the end of capitalism is a gargantuan task. This week the Wrong Boys along with educators from the Institute for Social Ecology roll up their sleeves, get down into the dirt, and imagine a vision of a post-capitalist society from the epistemological ground up Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong ISE website (articles, courses, more): https://social-ecology.org/wp/ Support the ISE on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/institute4socialecology Theme song by Spam Risk ht...
