Pod Damn America

Anders makes us watch this weird ass movie from 2004 about what would happen if all the Mexicans* in California got raptured and it leads to a surprisingly fruitful conversation. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Anders and Jake go over some fresh Andrew Cuomo tea about his hilariously bad Mayoral campaign (and his nipples). Then we're joined by Cait and Caif, the minds behind Hot Girls 4 Zohran, as well as an NYC-DSA Organizer named Wilderness to discuss last Tuesday's incredible win! What field and digital strategies went into Zohran Mamdani winning the nomination? How can you replicate this in your city? Tune in to find out! JOIN DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ HOT GIRLS 4 ZOHRAN: https://www.instagram.com/hotgirls4zohran/?hl=en PAID PROTEST 7/11: bit.ly/PAIDPROTESTJULY SUB TO OUR BONUS FEED: Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Zohran activates the commie corridor and wins big. But first, a young man attempts to traffic hot contraband internationally. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

We dig into Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman's seminal work, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media and tackle the question: Do we live in a post Manufacturing Consent world? Do we need a Consent Trump to bring back Consent Manufacturing jobs? etc. PAID PROTEST 7/11 bit.ly/PAIDPROTESTJULY MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Anders tells us about Fiorello La Guardia, progressive New Deal era Mayor who some are comparing Zohran Mamdani to. But first, Jake is in HOT WATER. FUL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Jake talks about the "No Kings" rallies across the country, then we move to the shootings in Minnesota, Trump's military parade, some fun Eric Adams updates and more. Paid Protest Queens 6/19: https://qedastoria.com/products/paid-protest-queens

Anders recaps the last NYC Mayoral Primary debate and then Jake provides further context on the ongoing uprising in Los Angeles! Oh yeah, and Israel just attacked Iran. Full episode and the rest of our catalog available at Patreon.com/Poddamnamerica

Anders talks to journalist and Zoomer Alex Bronzini-Vender about the event being called "centrist Coachella"; essentially the opposite of what's happening in LA right now, but a fun conversation nonetheless!

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We talk with the legendary Theo Chino. But first, the girls are fighting. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

We talk about Elon Musk's crash out, Radiohead, and other of the week's stories before getting into the McCarran Walter Act, the 1952 law that Trump has been using to deport anti genocide protesters. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Anders tells Jake about Jean-Luc Mélenchon's book Now The People: Revolution in the 21st Century. Jake tells Anders about the bathroom at Starbuck's. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Jake and Gabe continue the continue the story of the Mexican anarchists that sparked the Mexican revolution GABE PACHECO + HALAL CARTELS @gabe_Pacheco on TWITTER @gabepac1 on IG creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/halalcartels/ linktr.ee/Gabepacheco SOURCES Bad Mexicans by Kelly Lytle Hernandez Dreams of Freedom by Chaz Bufe & Mitchell Vowen Verter on AK Press Jake's life MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD

We discuss the 1966 film The Battle of Algiers FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

At long last we embark on the story of the anarchists who laid the groundwork for the Mexican Revolution and for a dumb comedian to exist 100 years later. Gabe Pacheco from Halal Cartels joins us to discuss our collective history. GABE PACHECO + HALAL CARTELS @gabe_Pacheco on TWITTER @gabepac1 on IG https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/halalcartels/ https://linktr.ee/Gabepacheco SOURCES Bad Mexicans by Kelly Lytle Hernandez Dreams of Freedom by Chaz Bufe & Mitchell Vowen Verter on AK Press Jake's life MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss The Myth of Autism by Tamimi, Gardner & McCabe (IGNORE PROVOCATIVE TITLE or... be PROVOKED BY IT?) but FIRST Is GenX living forever inside of you? Ask Grok, FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Jake and Jamie discuss friend of the show Kim Stanley Robinson's 2020 Climate Fiction masterpiece Ministry For The Future and engage in some COMRADELY criticism (we love you, Stan) JAMIE PECK @jamie_elizabeth https://linktr.ee/jamiepeck PARTY GIRLS https://www.patreon.com/PartyGirls https://www.youtube.com/@partygirlspod MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We finally did it we finally let our discord mod do an episode. Strap in and learn about the Portuguese Carnation Revolution of 1974. ANTONIO CORREIA @SelfLoathingEgo https://bsky.app/profile/selfloathingego.bsky.social GARBAGE STATE https://bsky.app/profile/garbagestatepod.bsky.social HELP OUT JAMES https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-fund-james-recovery-from-serious-surgery?attribution_id=sl:8a6f26d7-7253-46cf-bd11-1e6b9357b257&lang=en_US&ts=1746669532&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_content=amp13_t1-amp14_t2-amp15_t3&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&v=amp14_t2 FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Anders talks to author Malcolm Harris about his new book "What's Left? Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis." But first, Jake tells us about his trip to the Ren Fair and Anders talks about this weekend's massive Zohran rally in NYC. Malcolm's book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/malcolm-harris/whats-left/9780316577434/ See Anders in Jersey City 5/10: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/socialistcomedyfundraiser Subscribe to our bonus feed for extra episodes: Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

This week we put on our thinking caps and read some theory with our pals AP Andy from The Antifada and Alex Collyard from comedy. ANDY GITTLITZ @baseprole @The_Antifada https://linktr.ee/gittlitz Alex Collyard @alexcollyard https://linktr.ee/AlexCollyard FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Drew Grant AKA Video Drew joins Jake to check in on the state of television in the year 2025. They discuss Black Mirror (season 7), Andor, Severance, and for reasons that will become apparent, Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. MILD SPOILERS for Black Mirror s7e1 and Severance s2, and I guess Frankenstein. VIDEO DREW @VideoDrew on everything MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss the history of the Food and Drug Administration, snout to tail. Plus, why it is now being used to lower your precious sperm count. Also Jean-Luc Mélenchon! FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

&y & &ers smoke a joint and read Walter Benjamin's On the Concept of History Read along: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/benjamin/1940/history.htm Song: Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory For the full ep subscribe to our bonus feed at Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Marc William Palen, author of Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World joins us to discuss his book! MARC PALEN https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691199320/pax-economica?srsltid=AfmBOore-3IIb5YfVJszYhF4NMa1Witm7u3YS53bVsRlfpmJ8wxRBQv0 MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica PAID PROTEST MAY 2ND bit.ly/PAIDPROTESTMAY

Anders' Vanquished co-host Freddy G joins the show to discuss resistance hero Cory Booker's past as a "reformer" of the Newark school system when he was Mayor; a sordid history of austerity and privatization he now tries not to talk about. Check out the full episode on our bonus feed at Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Unfortunately this week we have to talk about politics and Bernie Sanders and AOC and stuff but it's the only way to get to what this episode is really about, which is who the hell is posting "let him cook" from the White House twitter account. Influencers, AI, tech freaks, campaigns, and getting the cops called on your drunk ass: This week we talk about an ominous tech startup that for some reason is called Urban Legend. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

It's another theory ep! If you don't like that, too bad! This week we talk about Peter Kropotkin, his book The Conquest of Bread, and anarcho communism in general. Gentleman, lets conquest that bread etc. Also tariffs, aesexuals, JK Rowling, Elon, facebook, trucks, needing trucks, etc. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

We are joined by Eric King, author of A Clean Hell: Anarchy and Abolition in America’s Most Notorious Dungeon, to talk about how he ended up in ADX, America's highest level supermax prison, and how he survived and eventually got free. ERIC KING @supportericking @pmpress A CLEAN HELL: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1872 listeners can get a 20% discount with coupon code: HELL20 PDA MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PDA PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We talk about this Abundance book that the freaking libs are hollering about. Plus Corey Booker, the millennial pause, tariffs, and other nonsense of the week FULL EP AT patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We discuss Frantz Fanon's seminal work on decolonization, The Wretched of the Earth, as well as pikachu. CUOMO ROAST NYC https://dice.fm/partner/silo-brooklyn-llc/event/avo57v-paid-protest-the-roast-of-andrew-cuomo-4th-apr-silo-community-new-york-city-tickets?dice_id=5592486&dice_channel=web&dice_tags=organic&dice_campaign=SILO+Brooklyn+LLC&dice_feature=mio_marketing&_branch_match_id=1360481265611278312&utm_source=web&utm_campaign=SILO+Brooklyn+LLC&utm_medium=mio_marketing&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz8nMy9ZLyUxO1UvL1fc1TjKySEw2SjIyM7avK0pNSy0qysxLj08qyi8vTi2ydc4oys9NBQBeagVbOwAAAA%3D%3D MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

We discuss the Atlantic editor's nightmare blunt rotation group chat fiasco and also the recently declassified CIA documents that prove once and for all not much really FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Jake goes to Mexico City to learn the story of Mexico's anarchist past. He meets a dog and a cat. NYC CUOMO ROAST https://bit.ly/Cuomoroast MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We continue the St. Paddy's Week theme with some discussion of the Irish rap group/movie Kneecap, then Anders digs into the state of Sinn Fein and a really interesting essay on what it would take to unite Ireland, as well as how desirable one Irish Republic really is after all. Article: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/irish-unification-2024-sheehan

We talk to civil rights attorney Keegan Stephan about the Mahmoud Khalil case and what it portends for the U.S. Palestine solidarity movement. But first, Cuck Schumer caves to the MAGA budget and Anders digs up some interesting stories about his...imaginary friends. Subscribe to our bonus feed for full episode catalog at Patreon.com/Poddamnamerica Vanquished Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@VanquishedPodcast

Andrew Cuomo has announced his candidacy for mayor of New York City and Anders Lee is mad as hell about it. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Labor Studies Professor and author of We Are The Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big joins us to talk about labor organizing! ERIC BLANC EWOC: www.workerorganizing.org Become a salt: bit.ly/saltnow Support federal workers: go.savepublicservices.com My new book: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/we-are-the-union/paper (Listeners can get a 50% discount by putting in the code UNION50) My substack: www.laborpolitics.com MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Maxelle Talena from Dysphoria joins us to discuss the top shortage and whether political economy can be applied to people not wanting to fuck each other. All wealth is created by the bottom class, etc. MAXELLE TALENA @MaxelleTalena on twitter @Maxelle_Talena on IG https://www.maxelletalena.com/ DYSPHORIA https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dysphoria/id1588672792 MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica PAID PROTEST 3/7: bit.ly/PAIDPROTESTMAR

Inspired by our guest this week (Chill Goblin)'s excellent video on the man who is currently lying about having invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos, we decided to try to figure out who invented Mountain Dew: Baja Blast, and in the process, learned some DISTURBING things. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Video essayist Chill Goblin joins us to talk JFK, Epstein, Clinton, pizza gate, and more! CHILL GOBLIN https://www.youtube.com/c/ChillGoblin https://www.patreon.com/ChillGoblin @Chill_Goblin MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica PAID PROTEST 3/7 bit.ly/PAIDPROTESTMAR

Anders reads from Adam Tooze's The Wages of Destruction to answer the pervasive question: is fascism when government? But first, is it illegal to jack off in Mississippi? Jake investigates. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

We discuss Trump's BORDER CZAR, Tom Homan, and the various AI programs that the surveillance inudstrial complex is contracting out to the government to determine your THREAT LEVEL. MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica YOUTUBE youtube.com/poddamnamerica

The anarchist vegan rationalist trans cult that (accidentally?) won the cultural appropriation murder game. FULL EP AT PATREON.COM/PODDAMNAMERICA

Alex Gendler joins us to talk about his new piece in The Point on Luigi, tech guys, futurism, etc. Also it is yet again a podcast that we record before the Super Bowl for some reason ALEX GENDLER AlexGendler.com https://thepointmag.com/politics/homo-algorithmicus/ MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Comedian Naomi Karavani joins us to discuss a very stupid thing that happened on Twitter regarding a venue we work with and then we also talk about the actual news week, in which Elon Musk attempts to dismantle the entire government. Both equally important topics. For the full ep subscribe to our bonus feed at Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

David Campbell and Jarrod Shanahan join us to discuss their new book, City Time: On Being Sentenced To Riker's Island. DAVID CAMPBELL & JARROD SHANAHAN City Time https://nyupress.org/9781479828999/city-time/ @AB_DAC (DAVID) https://www.patreon.com/davidcampbelldac/about?l=de Revolutionary Affinities: Toward a Marxist Anarchist Solidarity (Campbell) https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1293 @JarrodShanahan jarrodshanahan.com Captives: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2640-captives States of Incarceration: https://pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/oaMNgWLxoD0lhILBNBNC0A Skyscraper Jails: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2454-skyscraper-jails MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

In light of Biden's last minute commutation of political prisoner Leonard Peltier, Anders breaks down his case and the broader history of the American Indian Movement. For the full ep subscribe to our bonus feed at Patreon.com/poddamnamerica

LA activist and organizer Albert Jaragua Corado joins us to talk LA, cops, mutual aid, fires, and our various mid 30's health issues. ALBERT JARAGUA CORADO @DigitalUrn (twitter) @DigitalAsh (IG) @pplscitycouncil (both) https://www.peoplescitycouncil-la.com/ ALL VALLEY EVERYTHING @allvalleypod https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-valley-everything/id1708309133 OOPS ALL BANGERS https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oops-all-bangers/id1657972191 PPLS CITY PROPAGANDA https://www.peoplescitycouncil-la.com/podcast MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica

We ring in the birthday of Jake Flores (who turned 30 the day Trump was inaugurated, thereby making him 30) and recap Monday's other events. Then, Anders breaks down Trump's Greenland bid. For the full ep subscribe to our bonus feed at Patreon.com/Poddamnamerica

The Biden presidency is murdered by an ominous man from a distant land (Queens). MERCH https://poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com/ PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica Super Solidarity Smash Bros 1/25 at Robinson Space LA doors 6 show 7!

Friend of the show David Tveite drops by to recap "Enigma", the 3 part Netflix documentary on NFL quarterback, ayahuasca coach and guru of pseudoscience, Aaron Rodgers. We tackle the uncomfortable questions like...why tf is it called "Enigma?"Go see David do standup: https://www.davidtveite.com/ For full ep subscribe to our bonus feed at Patreon.com/Poddamnamerica