david graeber

Are robo-lawyers even more soulless than the regular kind? Are there algorithmic upsides? What about pyrates? Ruthless, uncivilized brigands, or visionary forebearers of a democratic revolt against expanding state power? All this, a little too much imbibing, and more!

On episode 283 we ask: do you have a bullshit job? What about a shit job? We explore David Graeber’s book Bullshit Jobs, specifically the point that younger generations are sometimes told by the Left that they can't complain about "trivial" things like meaningless work because of privilege, many people have it worse.

 Our earliest experiences with paid work.

 Listener feedback and reviews of our show.

 Bullshit Jobs is available in the usual formats but also as an audiobook: https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Bullshit-Jobs-Audiobook/B07CTTY6BR

 Nick’s Rotations music show All My Favourite Songs…Of 2021: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-202201091300/all-my-favourite-songs%E2%80%A6-2021-rotations-music-special

 You can hear Nick interviewed on Radical Australia on 3CR Community Radio: https://www.3cr.org.au/radicalaustralia/episode/nick-pendergrast

 Check out the Homeless in Hotels series which explores the experiences of homeless people who were housed in hotels during COVID lockdowns in Victoria: https://homelessinhotels.net/

 Clips: Peep Show Season 5 Episode 4, Coal by Sole and DJ Pain 1, Peep Show Series 4 Episode 4 and Season 2 Episode 6, I Think You Should Leave Season 2 Episode 5, Is Piers Morgan a multi-million dollar fail? Media Watch, Hit like a girl by Meet Me @ The Altar.

 For more in-depth show notes, including additional links, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2022/12/19/283/

 If you enjoy the music we play on our show, check out our Spotify playlist ‘Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy’! https://open.spotify.com/user/bronzecat83/playlist/6DK5AzWfrxSDcpHWlLsWi6

What's up to my telegenic trouble makers and bright billowy bliss cats!

Welcome back one and all to the BNP, delivering that cream of the crop content come rain, snow, sleet... or smoke. The desert sun this September Saturday is a liminal copper coin in the hazy smoky sky. I spritz the tropical plants in my apt and send wishes of rain to the West Coast. What is there to do but move forward with our projects, persist in pursuing our passions, and persevering in following the promise of our dreams.

It's in this vein of celebrating the stubborn resiliency and determination of the human spirit, and to pay homage to the eminently possible, that we examine this week a topic that's timely, crucial, and often disingenuously disparaged by mandarins of the state: Anarchism.

Contrary to what old Uncle Sniffs Joe says, anarchy cannot be arrested and incarcerated. We know how much you love incarcerating stuff Uncle Sniffs, but you can't arrest a concept. Nor should you try. There is nothing chaotic, violent or antisocial about the philosophical tendencies of Anarchism.

This episode is an attempt to demystify this idea of Anarchy, anarchists and anarchism (oh my), and push back on the narrative that paints anarchists as loose fuses, hot wires and hostile enemies of the state.

I'd even venture to say: it is the state that vilifies so-called anarchists that is the antisocial element in the equation. A just state would recognize the value and critical importance of anarchistic behavior in our day to day means of social reproduction within the greater society, and afford the concept its just respect and contemplation.

This episode is also in honor of the late author and anarchist activist David Graeber, who wrote Bullshit Jobs and Debt: The First 5,000 Years. David Graeber passed away on September 2nd in Venice, Italy. Rest in Power comrade.

Finally, we place the proverbial cherry on top of this fair ep with a call from my dear friend and soul sister Karma Chick, who checks in from Texas. She had to run to a wedding, so the 2nd part of our conversation will be coming soon.

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