The Skeptical Leftist Podcast

In this episode Justin and Cory talk about the book Respectful Atheism by Thomas Sheridan

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In this episode I talked to Jeff Thomas Black about the gig economy, the oppression of workers, and AI. Jeff it very knowledgable on this subject and is writing a book, a blog, and doing his own podcast about it over …

In this episode Cory and Justin talk about a collection of works by a variety of people called Libertarian Socialism: Politics in Black and …

In this episode I talked to Sally from the Youtube channel AnRel. It was less of an interview and more of just a nice conversation. Sally is a very …

In this episode Justin and Cory talk about a variety of topics related to a book that just isn't very good, The New Class War by Michael Lind.

If you want to get a copy then you can get one here - …

In this episode I talked to Budrino from Budrino Politics. We talked about the Canadian working class, dealing with people we disagree with …

In this episode Justin and Cory talk about The Permanent Revolution by Leon Trotsky and discuss the merits of an international outlook versus …

In this episode I talked to Rosa and Ellis about the accusations they're facing from the police and their project to show their innocence while …

In this episode of Red Reviews Justin and Cory discuss the book A Billion Years by Mike Rinder. This book is about Mike Rinder's time in the church …

Hey everyone, welcome to another interview from The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist. This is another old one from November but it was a good one. I …

In this one Justin and Cory talk about the book Internet for the People by Ben Tarnoff from Verso Books. 

You can check it out on their website.
https://www.versobooks.com/books/3927-internet-for-the-people

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In this interview I talked to my cohost Justin Clark about why he took a break from the show, his recent changes in philosophy, and why he left the PSL 

Check out Justin's stuff at https://www.justinclark.org/

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It's back! Finally we've started doing Red Reviews again. After a hiatus for mental health and to care for his grandmother Justin is back to help us learn and understand another book every two weeks. In this one Justin …

In this episode I talked to David Dylan who is cartoonist, youtube creator, and former activist. We talked about a variety of topics including cartooning, punk and heavy metal, and NGOs in more exploited countries.  

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Hey folks, welcome to  another episode of The Mind of a Skeptical Lefist. This time around I talked to Chris Scully of the podcast Ironweeds and the …

In this episode I talked to journalist and podcaster, Jeremy Appel. We talk a bit about the state of journalism, how he got into podcasting, police …

This time around I talked to Damien Marie Athope again but this time we talked about his anarchism, his activism, and his project to help educate …

In this episode I talked to Damien Marie Athope. Damien is an activist turned educator who has spent many years working for social justice in various ways. He has spent the past few years learning about and spreading …

In this interview I talked to Rosa and Ellis of Rosa and the Intolerant left. Between them you will hear great stories and great analysis.

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This episode Cory talks to Andrew Sage of the Youtube channel Andrewism about how he became an anarchist, his book, and a bit about his process for video creation.

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This time around I talked to one of my favourite people, Felicia from the Utah Outcasts podcast, Youtube channel, and Twitch show. We talked about crime a little bit but then we got into a conversation about Keffals and …

In this episode I have a great interview for you with Nino Brown who is an activist, organizer, and former educator. I think Nino is a really cool …

In this episode Cory talks to Lilith who has an interest in Lucha Libre wrestling and works with co-op businesses. It was a very fun conversation about climate change and arguing with tankies.

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In this episode Cory talks to Michael Dean. Michael is the leader of a new movement for positive equality. He also happens to be running for President of the United States in 2024. It was a lot of fun talking to him and …

This time around Cory talks to SomeRandomG33k who has a youtube channel of the same name. G33k also cohosts the Social Justice Alchemy live show …

In this interview I talk to Dan Plaat from the 3 Lefts Show about new atheism, occupy wallstreet, and why he thinks the Green Party is the right way …

In this episode Cory talked to Lake from the Revolutionary's Garden podcast. This was recorded back in May so some of the topics are a little past …

Justin (professional historian and Marxist-Leninist) and Cory(Labourer and Anarcho-Communist) talk about Piotr Kropotkin’s book The Conquest of Bread …

In this episode Cory talked to Andy from the Poor Proles Almanac about lots of stuff but mostly climate change and environmental issues 

You can find …

In this episode Cory talked to Chris Watson who hosts The Postmodern Polymaths Podcast to talk about CRT the status of leftism in the US and just …

This time around Cory talks to Kaytlin Bailey, Founder and Executive Director for Old Pros. Old Pros is a nonprofit media organization focused on creating the conditions to change the status of sex workers in society.

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Justin (professional historian and Marxist-Leninist) and Cory(Labourer and Anarcho-Communist) talk about Peter Kropotkin's book Mutual Aid: A Factor …

In this interview from late January, Cory talked to Brently who does the Progressive Pals Podcast as well as others about addiction, leaving …

In this episode of Red Reviews Justin tells Cory about A Planet to Win and On Fire, two books about climate change and the Green New Deal.

You can get them here - https://www.versobooks.com/books/3107-a-planet-to-win  

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Host Cory Johnston talks to Tori Williams Douglass who hosts the podcast White Homework about her show, racism, defunding the police, and community.

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Professional historian and Marxist Leninist Justin Clark along with Educator and Organizer Nino Brown take Anarcho-Communist laborer Cory Johnston through a new book from the Party for Socialism and Liberation called …

This time around Cory interviews Sara Birrell, a journalist and podcaster who hosts the podcast Unmaking Saskatchewan about her show, Saskatchewan, and some of the issues that we experience here. This was recorded on …

This time professional historian and Marxist-Leninist Justin Clark talks to Cory, laborer and anarcho-communist about the book Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis  

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Hey folks, welcome to another great interview from The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist. This interview was with Lua from the Youtube channel Professor …

Justin and Cory talk about Jean Paul Sartre's Existentialism is a Humanism

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This episode took a little longer to get out due to some life circumstances that took over for awhile. In this one Cory talks to Gay Dave from …

Justin and Cory talk about Mao Tse-tung’s On Practice and Contradiction.

Available on Verso Books - https://www.versobooks.com/books/2567-on-practice-and-contradiction

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In this episode Cory talks to Vibya Natana from the local group Black in Sask about the organization, what they're doing, and racism in Saskatchewan …

In this episode Cory talks to Anark from the Youtube channel of the same name about what the state actually is, what it does, and how to build …

Hey everyone, welcome to another great interview on The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist. This time around I talk to author Owen Symes about his book, He Was Our Man In Washington: A History of the Obama Years. It was a …

Hey folks, welcome to another great interview on The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist. This time around I talked to Jason Szeftel about China and some of …

Justin and Cory talk about the book The Minimal Self by Christopher Lasch

You can find it here - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393302639

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In this episode Cory talks to Bubble, an activist from Dallas, Texas, about the state of the world, being an activist, and training for self defense.

Show notes can be found at https://skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com/

This time around Justin and Cory discuss the book Stolen by Grace Blakely

You can find that book here

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This episode I talked to Dr. Edwin Hodge about the crossover between extremists on the far right and the anti-mask/antivax covid conspiracies. 

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This time around Justin and Cory talk about October by China Mieville and Lenin on the Train by Catherine Merridale and the history of the Russian …

In this episode I talk a little bit about an article I saw from the New York Times before talking to May from the Youtube Channel, Peace Labor May. It was a fun chat and I hope you enjoy it

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This time around Justin and Cory talk about The State and Revolution by Vladmir Lenin

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In this interview Cory talks to Yanis Iqbal about the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro

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This episode Justin and Cory talk about Marx and Engels’ short book, The Communist Manifesto

You can read The Communist Manifesto here - https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/

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This is my interview with Detryck Von Doom from Satanic Louisville and American Atheists KY on Satanism, leftism, Project Blitz, and dealing with …

This time around Justin and Cory cover Dave Harvey's book, A Brief History of Neoliberalism 

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This episode Justin and Cory talk about The Origin of Capitalism by Ellen Meiksins Wood  

You can get a copy from Verso Books https://www.versobooks.com/books/2407-the-origin-of-capitalism

Shownotes can be found here
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This interview is a bit different from some of the others I’ve done. We do touch on politics a bit but it’s really a personal look at what someone …

Hey everyone, I’m happy to once again bring you another complete episode of The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist. I have another great interview for you. This time I’m talking to Rodger Moran and Joe Roberts from New Left …

Hey everyone, I’m happy to once again bring you another episode of The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist. This time around I have another great interview. I’m talking to Brandie, host of True North Radio and we talk a lot …

This another full episode with a bit of an intro, an interview with the host of the podcast Coffee with Comrades, plus Ask an Anarchist, Red Reviews …

This time around Cory talked to Taylor McNallie about her work organizing with Inclusive Canada and some other topics like defunding the police and …

This time around I talked to Chris Tanner from the Cellar Door Skeptics about the book Work by CrimethInc. then during the Red Reviews segment Justin Clark reviews the book The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton

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All the important links can be found on the shownotes page

https://skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com/2021/06/08/moving-to-the-left-w-callie-wright-plus-red-reviews-4/

In this episode Cory talks a bit about Israel and Palestine in the intro. During the interview fallingrateofprophet talks about what he thinks qualifies as being on the left and what doesn’t. Then in Red Reviews Justin …

This episode Cory did a little commentary and then talked to Outcast X from the Utah Outcasts podcast and Youtube show, then Justin Clark joins for Red Reviews to do a review of Daniel Dennett's book Breaking the Spell.

In this episode Cory covers a small bit of trivia concerning conservative cancel culture in a new segment, then he talks to Shawn from the Srsly …

This time around Cory talks to Chris Watson from the Postmodern Polymaths Podcast about why redneck isn't actually an insult, why anarchism can work …

This week Cory talked to Ben Burgis about logic, housing, libertarians, and identity politics. 

You can find Ben's content on https://benburgis.com/

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This week Cory talks to Clinton from the Alberta Advantage podcast to talk about politics on the prairies from a leftist perspective

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This week Cory talks to Jeremiah about what the hell happened to the atheist community and a little bit of why we all went our separate ways

You can find Jeremiah on Twitter @Jerbivore

You can watch my videos on Youtube

This week Cory talks to guest Leto Anor about French politics and they try to compare it to Canadian and American politics  a little bit.

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This week Cory spent some time on the Cellar Door Skeptics talking about Justin Trudeau and criticism from the left. You can find the entire Cellar Door Skeptics episode on cellardoorskeptics.com

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This week Cory talked to Pheonix from the Youtube channel PheonixRising87 about mutual aid, helping our community, and redemption arcs for problematic people

https://www.facebook.com/CommunityCareMutualAid

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This week is a bit different. I talked to 2 people who know more than I do about the Gamestop situation with the stock market and tried to figure out what the hell was going on. Ood Galifrey is a podcaster and leftist …

This week Cory talks to author and academic Alex Vitale about some of the problems with policing and what some of the solutions might be.

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This week Cory talked to Kirstin about what it's like living in small town Alberta and not being a conservative

You can watch my videos on Youtube, check out my blog, or support me on Patreon. Thanks for listening and …

This week Cory talked to Some Random G33k about anarchism and why anarcho-capitalists aren't actually anarchists

You can watch my videos on Youtube, check out my blog, or support me on Patreon. Thanks for listening and …

This week Cory is joined by Buddy the Lumberjack from the Cellar Door Skeptics (cellardoorskeptics.com) to basically spend an evening complaining about conservatives and the right.

You can watch my videos on Youtube, …

This week I talked to Travis View from the podcast Qanon Anonymous. We talked about some of the things that were missed in my Qanon Explainer episode as well as some of what is coming for Qanon and the nature of …

This week Cory talked to Nora Loreto, who is a journalist, organizer, and activist about what's stopping the left from getting anything done, how to …

Cory and guest Felicia Entwistle of the Utah Outcasts podcast and youtube show talk about anarchism and the world we want to create

Links for Felicia's stuff

https://twitter.com/FeliciaEntwine?s=20

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Not much for notes this week. I managed to get none other than Robert Evans of the Behind the Bastards podcast on to talk about how he became a lefty, what that means, and how he got doing what he's doing.  Check out …

No real notes this episode but this week Cory talked to Justin Clark who is a public historian about how he came to his current political philosophy …

You can check out where to find Joey as well as read the Foes and Comrades segment of this show on Wordpress

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In this episode I talked to my friend and cohost from Skeptarchy, Kevin,  about Bolivia and how the US is often meddling in the affairs of Latin …

I wasn't sure what to make of everything going on with the US election so I talked to my friend Amy from the Secular Soup podcast. You can find all …

I don't have much for links for this episode but I was joined by Matt from the podcast Nooks and Crannies to chat about being a lefty and other …

For the blog post including links that go with this episode go to my blog at skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com

https://skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com/2020/10/19/qanon-explainer/

Links for news stories

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/507805-federal-officers-using-unmarked-vehicles-to-detain-protesters-in

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Check out Occultae Veritatis
https://ovpod.ca/

Links to stories covered

https://thegrio.com/2020/06/17/black-teen-hanged-texas/

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