The Aesthetic Distance Podcast

Savagely snappy discussions and sharp commentary about the latest in politics, current events, movies, tv shows, music, you name it. Hosted by Filipino American blogger Eliza Romero a.k.a. Aesthetic Distance. Each episode features a different guest. New episodes are released every week.

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Episode 25: Antifa

Antifa, or antifascism, has been around since fascism began. What started as a movement of resistance to Mussolini’s rise to power in the 1920s, and Hitler’s in the 1930s, has become a global political ideology to fight against all kinds of oppression -- homophobia, patriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalism. Antifa grew out of the recognition of the failure of police, government institutions, and the criminal justice system. It is a form of global resistance to white supremacy and imperialism ...

Jul 10, 2019•1 hr 13 min

Episode 24: Extinction Agenda -- Concentration Camps, ICE Raids and Stephen Miller

“If you think those running our concentration camps in America will stop with immigrants, you don't know how fascism works.” My guest Jemarc Axinto and I are mad. We’re mad because of all the human rights violations happening at the border while everyone is turning their backs. We’re mad because of the ICE raids. We’re mad that people are more upset that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used the term, “concentration camps” than they are about the actual presence of concentration camps. We’re mad because...

Jul 03, 2019•48 min

Episode 23 The Dick Measuring Contest in the South China Sea: Is War Inevitable?

The U.S. seems poised to enter war with China, and there’s a huge chance it will be fought in the Philippines. My three guests, Adrian Bonifacio, Jess Rhee, and Mont Jiang (Escape From Plan A Podcast) discuss what happens when a rising power, in this case China, and an established power, the U.S., collide. We explore how the most crucial theater of war is in the South China/West Philippine Sea, and take a look at the ways the Philippines is caught in the middle of two colonial aggressors. The U....

Jun 19, 2019•52 min