Podcasting is Praxis

In this episode we unleash the dragon of chaos to celebrate the recovery of Jordan Peterson, discuss the rat problem infesting the former colonies, behold the new cabinet of bloodless monsters appointed by BoJo and discuss the utter scandal of Windrush and the deportations. It’s bleak, but solidarity and love forever, comrades! King Missile - Take Stuff From Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIXz_vzROrw Book recommendation about Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes: "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup" by John Carreyrou Fiona Harvey on post-Brexit environmental regulation: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/12/these-three-post-brexit-bills-bulldoze-a-hole-through-environmental-protections

We recorded this episode a few days before the Iowa Caucus, so if you'd like to travel back to a time before ratty pete's app blew up, this is the episode for you! A Big Structural Episode (emphasis on Big) sees Elijah, James, Rob, and Jamie go over the entirety of the US democratic primary campaign until now, specially summarised for Limey Listeners who don’t have the chutzpah to follow New York Times writers on Twitter. From the esoterica behind the mystical “Eye-Oh-Wah Caucus” and the Democratic selection process, to a rundown of the current candidates and their respective hives of scum and villainy, to a Greatest Hits of the absolute clown-shoes campaigns some of these cretins are running, we’ve got it all. BYOB, you’re gonna need it. Warning- long. NB: USA passport holders can donate to the Bernie Sanders campaign here: https://berniesanders.com/ Follow us @Praxiscast Cast Elijah - @KlezmerRouge James - @anarchonbury Rob - @CountRThe Jamie - @Wizardcubes

Its our first cultural commentary episode, and it's Star Wars. David (@SanitaryNaptime), James (@anarchonbury) & Jamie (@WizardCubes) try to piece together what the narrative is of the Skywalker Saga as a whole, both in good and bad faith, a wider discussion on the importance and power of narratives within society, and of course the tragedy of the Colombian Grebe. Follow us @PraxisCast

Four very professional podcasters waste your time for an hour and a half(ish) [Ed note:nearly two hours]. Rob (@CountRthe), Elijah (@KlezmerRouge), Ben, and Jamie (@WizardCubes) talk about the news, the Labour leadership contest, make discoveries in pronunciation, and depress themselves with the Davos conference. Includes the ever enraging Comment Or Commentariat and facts about vampires. Follow us @PraxisCast Book recommendation: Winner Take All by Anand Giridharadas https://www.amazon.co.uk/Winners-Take-All-Charade-Changing/dp/0451493249 The Davos Manifesto (for the sickos): https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/12/why-we-need-the-davos-manifesto-for-better-kind-of-capitalism/

We’re back with season 2 of Podcasting is Praxis; it’ll be grittier, darker and probably all downhill from here - a perfect mirror for reality. David (@SanitaryNaptime), Rob (@CountRthe), Jamie (@Wizardcubes), and James (@BrovineOfBored) talk Iran, discuss the Labour leadership election, and Rob loses his mind at Polly Toynbee’s middlebrow garbage. Also, we start scoring Comment or Commentariat to find out whomst among us is the greatest connoisseur of trash takes! Links: Follow us at @Praxiscast 2013 New Yorker profile of Qassem Soleimani: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/the-shadow-commander Register to become a Labour member before Jan 20 to vote in the leadership election: https://join.labour.org.uk

That didn't go the way we hoped. After a short but contemplative break, we're back, and we're looking forward. What can we do in the aftermath? Is there any point in trying? Yes. Yes there is. Follow us at http://twitter.com/Praxiscast Cast: Elijah - http://twitter.com/KlezmerRouge Rob - http://twitter.com/CountRThe Seb - http://twitter.com/pcsocialism Jon - http://twitter.com/Tsietisin

It's almost time. It's almost HAPPENING. Elijah, James, Matt & Jamie take a look at some of the last things to come out of the winter election, and think back to some of the dumbest highlights of the whole long and painful time, and then the collective has a bit of a think about who, as individuals, we'll be voting for. More importantly, why. To intro the show, we have a musical treat supplied by Elijah, so do enjoy Toxic Ephex feat. The Black Cat Workers Collective - Referendum Lies Site: https://blackcat.coop/toxik/ Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/h1FF3wqBFm4 Bandcamp: https://blackcatrecordsaberdeen.bandcamp.com/album/referendum-lies (Go here for a free download link to the song!) LIVESTREAM http://twitch.tv/Praxiscast at 21:30 on Thursday 12th. Be there, but not until you've voted! As usual, follow us @Praxiscast Cast Elijah - @KlezmerRouge James - @BrovineofBored Matt - @mfcrocker Jamie - free geordiegoblin

Content Warning - Antisemitism Very Special Guest Nate Bethea of @trashfuturepod and @HellOfAWay joins regulars David, Alasdair, Ben, and Elijah to discuss Judaism, Jewdar, and the bizarre ubiquity of antisemitism in current British politics. We've kept the Yiddish to a minimum. LIVESTREAM ALERT Join us from 21:30 GMT on Thursday 12th December on twitch at twitch.tv/Praxiscast as we cover the exit poll and everything else that happens through the night! Follow us @PraxisCast Cast David - @SanitaryNaptime Alasdair - @sa_ballistari Elijah - @KlezmerRouge Ben Nate - @inthesedeserts Intro & Outro performed by Elijah @KlezmerRouge

Content Warning: TERFs, Transphobia In this episode, Natalie, Matt and James run David through a few aspects of the challenges and barriers that society - and some of the worst in it - puts up for people who aren't cisgender. They also explain the type of help that's actually available, and how it's woefully incapable of operating at anything close to the necessary capacity. One of the reasons we're keen to do these types of episodes - and there will be more down the line - is to confront our ignorance, listen to some people with a bit more knowledge, and engage with it. It's about trying to make ourselves more rounded people, and better allies to others. We hope that if you're in a similar position to David, you come out of this episode feeling more confident in your understanding of a subject you may know very little about: the struggles that trans people go through. Also in a first for this podcast, we talk Scottish Pol- no wait, don't go! James gives us a good rundown of how they see transphobia taking hold within the Scottish political establishment across a multitude of parties, a topic they will expand upon in more detail on another episode... Relevant Link: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gender-dysphoria/ Follow us at http://twitter.com/Praxiscast Cast David - http://twitter.com/SanitaryNaptime James - http://twitter.com/anarchonbury Matt - http://twitter.com/mfcrocker Natalie

Polls! Polls? Polls. Rather than have a big obsessive panic about number go up, number go down, we take a look at what MRP actually means, and the reasons that polling is a bit pointless until the only poll that matters; the exit poll. Also, we take a brief look back over the Climate Change debate, a fun jaunt into the CUKTIG Manifesto Pamphlet and enjoy the fightback against media bias through twitter antics that have forced Jo Swinson to carefully avoid denying allegations that she's a squirrel murderer (again, we live for this) (also, RIP Richard Miller) Follow us at http://twitter.com/Praxiscast Cast: Rob - http://twitter.com/CountRThe Alasdair - http://twitter.com/SA_Ballistari James (Original flavour) - http://twitter.com/BrovineofBored Jamie - F Andrew

Part 2 of our extremely over running episode on the labour manifesto is here for your listening pleasure, topped off with a brain melting round of Comment or Commentariat! Follow us at http://twitter.com/Praxiscast Cast David http://twitter.com/SanitaryNaptime Alicia http://twitter.com/aliciajumman Jon http://twitter.com/Tsietisin Natalie Jamie Look out for our Election Livestream on 12th December! It's nearly time!

We're on a roll! In part one of our first ever two part episode, we cast our minds back to when Johnson and Swinson lived out their personal nightmares on live TV.* We also chat voter registration and the baffling state of the BBC turning full propagandist, before pivoting hard left towards the Labour Manifesto. When we recorded this we originally intended to just run for the usual one episode length, but it turns out that when you give a load of socialists good policies to get out there, we don't shut up, so that's why you've got a two parter. Follow us at http://twitter.com/Praxiscast for further episode updates AND also information on our upcoming Election Night Livestream! Cast David - http://twitter.com/SanitaryNaptime Jon - http://twitter.com/Tsietisin Alicia - http://twitter.com/aliciajumman Natalie Jamie - all complaints to http://twitter.com/jack *(Not the one where squirrels replace everyone that you've ever loved, the other one Jo, where you watch your electoral hopes and dreams die in real time)

Editing delays have been plaguing us, so apologies for the late release. Should be back to normal pretty soon! Join us for a look back at some of last week's highlights in election hell, including our takes on the first election debate, laughing at Jo Swinson trying to go full Welcome to City 17 as some sort of complaint, and a complete failure among us to grasp exactly how Lib Dem policy even exists. Also, as always, more Comment or Commentariat. Relevant media: The alt right playbook - You go high, we go low Follow us at http://twitter.com/Praxiscast This weeks cast: Elijah Xander Jamie Stewart (Not including the twitter handles as a mark of respect to Jamie's fallen account, rip brave soldier) [It's actually just laziness okay]

Slightly late release here, but we're taking a little break from the election to cover something that we're all sick to death of talking around - the EU. Rob leads the discussion with a primer on what the EU is, leading to some discussion on whether or not the EU could ever truly be something good, and we deep dive into the bendy banana bunker for some choice headlines in our guessing game, where the answer is always hellworld. Follow us at http://twitter.com/Praxiscast Cast: David: http://twitter.com/SanitaryNaptime Rob: http://twitter.com/CountRThe Jon: http://twitter.com/Tsietisin Alicia: http://twitter.com/AliciaJumman

We've survived war christmas, and we didn't even have to travel back to 2016 to do it! Another week of news, another series of self-owns, including the Brexit Party collapsing in on itself, the Lib Dem's making sure they follow the lead of another protest vote party and doing the same, Johnson attempting to appear as if he didn't fall out of a spacecraft and Swinson fully embracing the death of humility. Also, David unleashes a special article to Alasdair's torment, and all it cost him was 5p on a plastic bag. Join us for our Election Livestream on the 12th of December! Also, follow us at http://twitter.com/Praxiscast Cast: David - http://twitter.com/sanitarynaptime Alasdair - http://twitter.com/SA_ballistari Jamie - http://twitter.com/geordiegoblin Alex - http://twitter.com/NinpoUK James - http://twitter.com/BrovineOfBored

It's election season, and that means that loads of people are going from door to door to get their party's message out. In this episode, Michael, Seb, Chris and our guest Alicia talk about what's involved in campaigning, how to navigate the kinds of questions that come up on the doorstep, how to contribute if the doorstep isn't your thing, and just generally why it's a good thing to do! We also cover the concept of Purdah, with a handy briefing on what it encompasses and how you can spot potential breaches of such. As always, follow us at http://twitter.com/Praxiscast Our cast this week: Michael: http://twitter.com/mehall Seb: http://twitter.com/PCSocialism Chris: http://twitter.com/londoncitynight Alicia: http://twitter.com/aliciajumman

What do you get when you cross an empty chair, a galactic candidacy and a thorough channelling of your inner gammon? This episode apparently. Follow us on twitter for General Election Hell Chat and more at http://twitter.com/PraxisCast This weeks cast is David, Rob, Jon, along with newcomers Alex and Chris! Important links: http://tinyurl.com/momentumvol https://youtu.be/ndoSyrZtNCo

Video games are fun, but have you ever worked in the Video Game industry? Turns out, it can be a bit worse than you might expect. Join us to hear some of the awful things the industry has done, and some of the good news around changing practices as workers start to organise. Also, rather than Comment or Commentariat, we play "Guess the Scandal", which is sure to be fun for all the family. As always, follow us at http://twitter.com/PraxisCast Cast: Natalie Sam Kirby Jamie - http://twitter.com/geordiegoblin Xander - http://twitter.com/XJMaw

It's election time! Hosting the celebrations are Rob, Natalie, Alasdair, Jon and Xander. A little look on the news, including the people who are getting out of dodge before we see ++ HUMILIATION FOR THEM ++ in the papers, and a nice look at the Lib Dem strategy of just outright lying about how graphs and numbers work. Also, Comment or Commentariat takes a turn for poor Alasdair. Follow us at http://twitter.com/PraxisCast Follow the cast at: Alasdair: http://twitter.com/SA_Ballistari Rob: http://twitter.com/CountRThe Xander: http://twitter.com/XJMaw Jon: http://twitter.com/tsietisin

It's news again this week, wherein we do our best to explain how the hell an election actually works because of the Fixed Term Parliament Act and how it gives so much scope for the tories to do as they please around it. Also, another terrible article about the Home Secretary Priti Patel, and a game of Comment or Commentariat to establish whomst is the better of the James'. Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/PraxisCast Cast: David - http://twitter.com/SanitaryNaptime Ben - Twitter can't take his opinions James - http://twitter.com/an_mutt James - Doesn't get to tell his twitter because he isn't the superior James.

We're back! Sorry for the late release, but we're back with an almost full episode. We recorded this before Parliament's Super Saturday, so we've just chopped out the Brexit update, so instead, we've got some of the lesser reported parts of last week's news, as well as an article in which Toby Young starts with a fair point and ends with brain spiders, Comment or Commentariat, and a bunch of promises on our part that we really hope aren't hollow! On this week: David - http://twitter.com/sanitarynaptime Alasdair - http://twitter.com/SA_Ballistari Michael - http://twitter.com/mehall Sam - too good for twitter Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/Praxiscast

We did it, we finally got some time and a break in the news to do a climate change episode! Hooray! Come join Natalie, Rob, Matty, James, and Dan for a wonderful adventure into the burning hellworld that is our planet. As well as a look at how capitalism ruins everything it touches, there's a dip into climate activism - from the mass engagement of Gen Z with FridaysforFuture, to the mass engagement of Extinction Rebellion activists with the police - a raft of potential solutions to climate change including the idea of the Green New Deal, and in place of Comment or Commentariat, a game of Capitalist or Supervillian (but I repeat myself) Links: Naomi Klein: 'Let Them Drown: the violence of othering in a warming world' Earth Strike

To cap off Conference Season, it's unfortunately time to cover the Tories. Join us for a look at the absolutely baffling lack of new ideas, and the horrifying doubling down on some of the older stuff. On this week's episode, Jon makes his first appearance alongside Alasdair, Jamie, Rob & David, not just for the conference, but for some coverage of the news (there's good stuff this week!), an article that combines bootlicking with being horny on main, and Comment or Commentariat. Trusswaffle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_wkO4hk07o Music used has been taken from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/ Follow us at http://twitter.com/PraxisCast David: http://twitter.com/SanitaryNaptime Alasdair: http://twitter.com/SA_Ballistari Jamie: http://twitter.com/geordiegoblin Rob: http://twitter.com/CountRThe Jon: http://twitter.com/Tsietisin

In this week's episode, Alasdair (@SA_Ballistari), David (@SanitaryNaptime), Ben (smart man who doesn't use twitter), Seb (@PCSocialism) and Xander (@xjmaw) tackle Tom Watson's narrowly avoiding being dissolved in acid, the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling on the prorogation of parliament, the collapse of Thomas Cook a la every other mega conglomerated business like Carillion, Joris Bohnson's relationship with an American business woman that is bad, but not for the reason everyone is saying it is; and the big topic this week, Labour conference, with all the extremely good stuff that's been coming from The World Transformed fringe manifesto and the actual conference itself. Main highlights there are the Green New Deal (https://www.labourgnd.uk/) and all the actual policies that were announced by all our favourites from the Labour Party. We also follow up with another article that further sends Alasdair into the realm of the mad god, and another round of Comment or Commentariat, with some of our favourite friends of the show.

Rob and Elijah join a further expanded cast with Seb and Kirby on an unfortunate expedition into just what Lib Dem policy actually is, have a meltdown over a terrible article, and play another game of Comment or Commentariat.

BONUS EP! We delve into the proroguing of parliament, ponder an extremely brainspider infested article about the supremacy of Jo Swinson's Lib Dems and do some Comment or Commentariat.

Content Warning: DWP & Poverty experience The group talk about the experiences of one of our own surviving a changing welfare system in the UK under the yoke of austerity and Tory rule. Not going to lie to you, this one does get a bit heavy at points. We cover a long decline in standards of welfare, with a lot of first hand accounts from Fargle in his debut on the podcast. The ministers responsible, the aims of the system and the struggles present in it. It wouldn't be a socialist podcast if we didn't put some sort of hopeful slant on it though, and we touch on a potential solution in the long term, and cover some individual coping techniques and support services available to anyone in need, including an aid document by the Something Awful UK Megathread's incredibly cool and good Ferrosol. Also making their debut on the podcast is Natalie (we finally got a woman on, patriarchy rest in piss), and Rob, our very own unelected Brussels Bureaucrat! Cast Fargle Natalie Rob Elijah - http://twitter.com/KlezmerRouge Xander - http://twitter.com/XJMaw Useful Links Ferrosol's Benefit Advice (A living document still being added to) - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EbktH6DuKkKC4_ECZPm8M5fKDGKvBfRpEa18bX1wlvE/edit?usp=sharing Citizens Advice - 03444 111 444 - https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ Samaritans - 116 123 - https://www.samaritans.org/ Mental Health - https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/your-mental-health/getting-help General Help Links - https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/where-to-get-help-and-advice-about-benefits Upcoming Bonus Episode Episode 4 is coming much sooner than you think, so stay tuned!

After an eventful week in parliament, and the probable imminent death of the tories, we're back to bring you a round-up of the comedy of errors. Parliamentary procedure, terrible speeches, and unity in opposition all get a look-in, followed by an awful article written by our favourite jauntily-angled former tory, Rory Stewart - and of course, a trip to the hot take mines for another game of Comment or Commentariat. This week's cast: Alasdair - http://twitter.com/SA_Ballistari Michael - http://twitter.com/mehall Ben - He doesn't do twitter, smart man. Jamie - http://twitter.com/JimBobFreeman David - http://twitter.com/SanitaryNaptime Useful links: An article in which Jeremy Vine is inexplicably released from his Virtual Reality Hell Prison and meets Boris Johnson twice: https://reaction.life/jeremy-vine-my-boris-story/ Rory Stewart's terrible tweet: https://twitter.com/RoryStewartUK/status/1167046610167181312?s=20 Actual footage of Michael Gove attempting to mimic human movement: http://i.imgur.com/i4ViZT4.gifv

In our opening episode, the content we want to do is held hostage by the news and we’re left with no choice but to talk about Brexit, a little of the fun that it’ll bring for us all, and the hyperthunk brains that have brought it to us. This weeks cast: David - http://twitter.com/SanitaryNaptime Elijah - http://twitter.com/KlezmerRouge Alasdair - http://twitter.com/SA_Ballistari Xander - http://twitter.com/xjmaw