No Easy Answers

In this special crossover episode, Jules sits down with the guys from the Decode cast to discuss John Rawls. Additional links / info below… · @cnoumena on Twitter · @yagamben on Twitter · Decode Podcast on Twitter · Decode podcast episode on Paul Virilio · Strategy of Deception by Paul Virilio · A Theory of Justice by John Rawls · Political Liberalism by John Rawls · The Political Thought of Jacques Ranciere by Todd May Permanent Links below… --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com

Jules talks about the current war in Ukraine and how the Iranian uprisings could further complicate things.  dkbNLGEi9tSNw8oWSOvJ

Just a quick update on the state of the show and what's going on moving forward 

Independent scholar and researcher Wahid Azal returns to the show to share his insights on the current Iranian uprising and what it means for our contemporary geopolitical conflicts. Additional links / recommendations… Wahid Azal Twitter, Blog, YouTube A Feminist Revolution in Iran by Wahid Azal for Counterpunch No Easy Answers - Episode 48      with Wahid Azal Women's rights movement in      Iran on      Wikipedia Permanent Links Below… Follow us on      Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon Join the      discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast Send in a voice      message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message Visit our      Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers Hang out with us      on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 One-off      Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic Comments,      concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Music for this episode: Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod Link:     https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage

Dan Arel joins Jules to speak about digital privacy in a world post-Roe v. Wade. If you are even in need of an illegal abortion, this conversation will help you cover your digital trail online. This conversation applies beyond those in need of illegal medical procedures. It should benefit anyone looking to guard their privacy online, including organizers, sex workers, journalists, and more. Additional Links below… Dan Arel on Twitter, webpage, thinkprivacy.ch Digital Privacy articles on Startpage.com Dan Arel's Privacy Checklist Dan Arel at Startpage.com "First Step Towards Privacy: Design Your Own Threat Model" Books by Dan Arel Parenting Without God: How to Raise Moral, Ethical, and Intelligent Children, Free from Religious Dogma, The Secular      Activist: A How-To Manual for Protecting the Wall between Church and State Startmail, Proton, Euki, Startpage, BitWarden, Semiphemeral, Jumbo Send a message to Dan Arel Permanent Links Below… Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod Link:     https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage

In this roundtable discussion, Mel, Kris, Max, Jules, and Frances speak to the concepts of 'revolutionary trauma' and how we might build a better world without replicating the same systems of oppression we struggle against. Additional links / About our Guests: Mel Buer - Twitter, Morning Riot Podcast, Website Max Alvarez - Twitter, Working People Podcast, The Real News Network, Website Francis Madeson - Twitter, Website, Cooperation Jackson Articles Kristofer Nivens - Twitter, Patreon Permanent Links Below… Follow us on      Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon Join the      discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast Send in a voice      message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message Visit our      Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers Hang out with us      on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 One-off      Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic Comments,      concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Music provided      by: Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod Link:    https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage

Jules sits down with Professor Matthew McManus to discuss his book "The Rise of Postmodern Conservatism". Thinkers discussed include Edmund Burke, Joseph de Maistre, Michael Oakeshott, Isaiah Berlin, and many others. This is a conversation that traces the roots of reactionism all the way back to the French Revolution. Additional links below… Matthew McManus on Twitter The Rise of      Postmodern Conservatism by Matthew McManus Matthew McManus articles at Jacobin Matthew McManus articles at Areo Plastic Pills Podcast Matthew McManus on Academia.edu Permanent Links Below… Follow us on      Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon Join the      discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast Send in a voice      message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message Visit our      Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers Hang out with us      on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 One-off      Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic Comments,      concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Outro music "Panda Punk Tongue" by Peelander-Z Music for this episode: Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod Link:   https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4989-lewis-and-dekalb Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod Link:   https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage

In this very special episode, Jules (@realjulestaylor) sits down with Brett (@RevLeftRadio) to have a long conversation about Aleksandr Dugin. This episode is a follow-up to Episodes 47 and 48 of No Easy Answers.  If you are interested in hearing interviews with Wahid Azal, an anti-imperialist Sufi Muslim who published a 2016 article about Dugin, check out Episode 48.   Additional Links Below... About Brett Twitter, podcasts (Rev Left Radio, Red Menace, Guerrilla History) If you must have a couple of links on Dugin, here they are:  Fascism, Borderless and Red Alexander Dugin speaking on the Ukraine conflict Dugin Eurasian Conference  Outro Music: https://bit.ly/julestaylorbio Music for this episode: Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod:    https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4989-lewis-and-dekalb Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod:    https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage Permanent Links Below… Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers Hang out with us on      Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic Comments, concerns,      criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com   

In part 2 of our ongoing series about Aleksandr Dugin, Jules Taylor sits down to speak with Wahid Azal, author of the 2016 Counterpunch article entitled "Dugin's Occult Fascism and the Hijacking of Left Anti-Imperialism and Muslim Anti-Salafism". Wahid wrote this article when he realized that Duginists were actively recruiting leftists and anti-imperialists, as well as anti-Salafist Shiʿi and Sunni Muslims. This conversation was eye-opening on numerous levels, but I want to be cautious here and remind folks that being an anti-fascist isn't not dangerous. Fascists, in general, are dangerous people, with a ravenous ideology who are not to be trifled with. Wahid currently lives in Australia, and he relocated there from Berlin for his safety and the safety of his daughter after his wife mysteriously passed away. This conversation is about more than Dugin. It's about being anti-fascist and calling it out when you see it and how there is a very real cost to doing that. It's also about the way shades of far-right ideology can muddy the water and how we lose comrades. My heart goes out to Wahid and his daughter, as it takes an incredible amount of bravery to keep sounding the alarm on all of this. Wahid's Article in Counterpunch About Wahid Azal… Blog   https://wahidazal303.blogspot.com/ Academia.edu  https://independent.academia.edu/NimaAzal Twitter https://twitter.com/wahidazal66 Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/nwahidazal/ Telegram @WahidAzal303 Youtube  https://www.youtube.com/c/wahidazal/ Permanent Links Below… Follow us on      Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon Join the      discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast Send in a voice      message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message Visit our      Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers Hang out with us      on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 One-off      Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic Comments,      concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Music provided      by: Self-Taut 

With the recent invasion of Ukraine, it’s become clear that Putinism and Duginism have converged. Who is Aleksandr Dugin? And how is he relevant to Russia’s attempted invasion? Dugin is rumored to have the ear of Vladimir Putin, to be his advisor, and since Russia has a history of autocratic rulers being advised by mystical characters with long hair and unkempt facial hair, there is a tendency of folks dismissing this all together. But you know it makes sense, since Dugin is a prominent member of the largest political party in Russia and has acted as an advisor to the state duma in the past. In 1997, Aleksandr Dugin publishes a book called "The foundations of geopolitics: the geopolitical future of Russia". The cover of the book in at least one edition has an outline of the continents of Europe and Asia, with the symbol of 8 arrows, 4 of which point in the cardinal directions. The other arrows point in the directions of southwest, southeast, northwest, and northeast, and the symbolism of the Eurasian continent behind the outward expanding arrows leaves no question the intention of this book: this is a manifesto for Russian expansion. Additional Notes: Much of the information sited in this episode is taken from previous interview conducted on this show. We invite you to listen to our full interview with Professor Ronald Beiner (Episode 34) and Professor Benjamin Teitelbaum (Episode 30) to learn more about their books and the topic for this episode. --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com

Cam Scott is a poet, musician, and local organizer from Winnipeg, and he's on the show to speak to us about an article he's written. We're talking about the 'freedom convoy' or 'trucker convoy' or whatever you'd like to call it. This conversation is about the difference between populist movements and peoples' movements, and why the left should be cautious when considering the use of populist politics, and why the convoy is not a workers' movement. Article: The Perils of Left Populism by Cam Scott About Cam Scott Cam Scott Twitter Additional links: ROMANS/SNOWMARE by Cam Scott On the Shoulders of the      Communists: The Reactionary Rise of the NDP by Cam Scott Reformist Radicalism by Cam Scott Below the Barricades: On      Infrastructure, Self-Determination, and Defense by Cam Scott Permanent links --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Music for this episode: Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod:     https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4989-lewis-and-dekalb Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod:     https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage "Fool" by Half Cocked

Kooper Caraway dropped by to tell us about his life and history as an activist and organizer. He's the President of the South Dakota Federation of Labor, and at 29 years old he became the youngest State Labor Federation President in the Nation. Additional Links Below… Kooper Caraway Website, Twitter Organize or Die’: Kooper Caraway Ushers in a New Labor Movement The Future of Labor Is Growing in South Dakota In South Dakota, a Young Labor Leader Wants to Rebuild a Culture of Solidarity Permanent Links Below… Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Music for this episode: Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod:    https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4989-lewis-and-dekalb Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod:    https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage

Jules speaks with Labor Kyle about historiography. Kyle is a Historian, writer, video essayist, and podcaster. His work explores the intersections between continental philosophy, Marxism, and video games About Labor Kyle… Labor Kyle's Twitter, YouTube Labor Kyle's Podcast "All Gamers Are Bastards" Protean Magazine, "Monsters of the University" Additional links or things mentioned Ridiculous quote about Immanuel Kant inventing      Critical Race Theory More talk about Foucault on No Easy Answers Permanent Links Below… Follow us on      Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon Join the      discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast Send in a voice      message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message Visit our      Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers Hang out with us      on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 One-off      Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic Comments,      concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Music provided      by: Self-Taut  Music for this episode: Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod Link:  https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4989-lewis-and-dekalb Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod Link:  https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage

Hey so I was making coffee and thought I'd redo this conversation that I had to take down before.   Who is Frank Meyer? Michael Parenti - Super Patriotism vs Real Patriotism Know Your Enemy podcast about Frank Meyer  Who is Aleksandr Dugin?  Caleb Maupin denies that Aleksandr Dugin is a Fascist Other questionable things from Caleb Maupin  Socialism 4 All's video on Dugin/Maupin

Jules (@realjulestaylor) speaks to journalist, musician, podcaster, and documentarian BZ Douglas (@BZDug) about his project State of Injustice (@stateinjustice). BZ Douglas is an independent investigative journalist based outside Cleveland, Ohio. His work focuses on police abuse, prosecutorial misconduct, and political corruption. Additional info / links below: Go Fund Me for my mom's dialysis treatment: https://gofund.me/94d28509 Subscribe & Follow: “BZ Listening” on all the podcast things https://anchor.fm/bzlistening/ https://bzdouglas.substack.com/ https://www.youtube.com/bzdug https://twitter.com/bzdug State of Injustice https://stateofinjustice.com/ https://twitter.com/StateInjustice Support https://www.patreon.com/bzdouglas https://www.paypal.me/bzdouglas Executive produced by Black Lives Matter Cleveland, The State of Injustice documentary series focuses on systemic failures of Ohio law enforcement. The initial three-episode season explores police abuse in the city of Euclid Ohio, and the lack of action taken by that city’s administration. Police violence and prosecutorial corruption, especially against Black and minority residents, is an epidemic in Ohio that needs to see the light of day.  Local news has largely failed to report on these issues adequately or without a pro-police bias. State of Injustice Videos Part One: The Killing of Luke Stewart  Part Two: Landscape of Brutality  Part Three: Patrol and Control Dave Grossman Bulletproof Training Manual Released! By Unicorn Riot Permanent Links: --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic ---  noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Music for this episode: Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4989-lewis-and-dekalb Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage

Let's talk about Foucault part 2 Jules is driving and having some thoughts about the philosopher Michel Foucault, as his projects relates to the project of Karl Marx. Cited in this episode are previous interviews with Gabriel Rockhill(episode 33) and Todd May(episode 16). The Philosophy of Foucault by Todd May The End of Policing by Alex Vitale In Defense of Looting by Vicky Osterweil Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault Permanent Links Below… Follow us on      Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon Join the      discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast Send in a voice      message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message Visit our      Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers Hang out with us      on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 One-off      Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic Comments,      concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Music provided      by: Self-Taut 

Thus far on No Easy Answers, I have not gotten too personal about my past and the things going on in my life. I think that all changed when I learned my mother's health was failing. I think in forming a go fund me for her dialysis treatment, that really opened the door to a new level of comfort I felt in disclosing very personal things about me and my life. So there seems to be a space that's opened up for me to divulge these sorts of things, and so this is one of what should be a handful of shorter and impromptu monologues. As always, thank you for the support - sending all of you love and solidarity from NY. ~Jules Help my mom through dialysis: https://gofund.me/294cfd22 Permanent Links Below… Follow us on      Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon Join the      discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast Send in a voice      message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message Visit our      Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers Hang out with us      on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 One-off      Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic Comments,      concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Music provided      by: Self-Taut 

Hey y'all, Just a short announcement here that I'm switching up the show format. I have found that I'm really enjoying smaller episodes with spontaneous thoughts. Some listeners seem to really enjoy the cold open with no intro music, without the formality of the longer and more produced episodes. So I plan on posting more frequently, and I'll be releasing a few episodes on the main feed with this announcement. No need to actually listen to this announcement if you've read this - just wanted to keep y'all informed. As always, thank you for the support. Sending all of you love and solidarity from NY. ~Jules Permanent Links Below… Follow us on      Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon Join the      discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast Send in a voice      message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message Visit our      Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers Hang out with us      on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 One-off      Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic Comments,      concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Music provided      by: Self-Taut 

I was invited on the David Feldman Show by my friend and comrade Henry Hakamäki from the Guerilla History podcast. I was really happy to talk with Henry - and if you haven't checked out both Guerilla History and the David Feldman Show, I'd highly recommend checking those out. You can unlock the video for this episode at our Patreon! David Feldman's show is like a 7-hour show twice a week. It's totally insane that 14 hours of content a week are produced for that show. *mind blown* Guerilla History is a podcast that is a "must listen" for me any time they release a new episode. We talked about my most recent (at the time) episode called "There is no greater con than the American Dream." Here's a link to the speech I delivered that I mentioned during the course of my conversation. Permanent Links Below… Follow us on      Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon Join the      discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast Send in a voice      message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message Visit our      Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers Hang out with us      on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 One-off      Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic Comments,      concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com Music provided      by: Self-Taut 

In this episode, Jules sits on his patio and talks about why there is no greater con than the American Dream. Links mentioned during this episode… Building dedication at South      Texas Independent School District, speech by Jules Taylor Taxi Drivers Hunger Strike  Working People Podcast interview with Jesus Alvarez The house my grandfather lived in GoFundMe for Jules' mom's dialysis treatment --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message --- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers --- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5 --- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic --- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com --- Music provided by: Self-Taut