Heart Reacts

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. This week is one for the labor process nerds! We answer a question about the ethics of using, and working in, so-called "AI". And then we consider what it means to help your own home health care worker join a union. (Apologies for the construction noises this week, friends, but such is life in a society.)Stuff We Discuss:Distributed AI Research InstituteSarah: What's Really Artificial About AI is AI Itself (Interview with Alex Hanna and Emily Bender, Authors of The AI Con)The AI Backlash Keeps Growing StrongerBrian Merchant, Blood in the MachineGavin Mueller, Breaking Things at WorkCODE-CWAUnited Tech and Allied WorkersNo Tech for ApartheidSarah: Why Harris V. Quinn and Hobby Lobby Spell Disaster for Working WomenNational Domestic Workers AllianceHand in Hand: The Domestic Employers NetworkSEIU Home CareJennifer Klein and Eileen Boris, Caring for America: Home Health Workers in the Shadow of the Welfare StateWe are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. This week, we're taking a dive into the concept of "social deskilling." What does deskilling mean, and how does it affect our personal lives? (Thanks to Kelly Hayes of the Movement Memos podcast for the memorable phrasing.) And then we tackle yet another housing-crisis-related question: how scummy is too scummy a landlord?Stuff We Talk About:Movement Memos: We Must Burst Our Algorithmic Bubbles and Build Together Across Difference with Mariame KabaCraig: Cyberboss: The Rise of Algorithmic Management and the New Struggle for Control at WorkSarah: America's Massive Retail Workforce is Tired of Being IgnoredHarry Braverman, Labor and Monopoly CapitalJoanne McNeil, Lurking: How a Person Became a UserSarah: The Cost to ConnectWe are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. This week, we talk a little about the rebellion against immigration policing in Los Angeles and why big tech is a target, and then we answer a question about how to stop a friend from becoming a notorious "nice guy."Stuff We Talk About:Brian Merchant, "The Weaponization of Waymo"C.M. Lewis, "Los Angeles is Now the Country's Leading Union Town"Rivkah Brown, "Couriers Stunt Dalston’s Gentrification. The Police and Council Want Them Gone"Veena DubalBrandy Jensen, "I Wish My Single Life Was Enough For Me"Amia Srinivasan, The Right to SexEsther Perel, How's Work Season 1 Episode 7We are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. On this week's show we think about the collapse of late capitalism getting collapse-ier, and attempt to advise two listeners about feeling prioritized in relationships. The first has a question about a friendship breakup, and the second brings us back to our favorite subject: polyamory.Plus, we have an update from last episode's question-asker about kids on strike!Stuff We Talk About:Sarah, Donald Trump's Disastrous Scott Walker MomentNatasha Lennard, “The Uses and Abuses of Politics for Sex”Becca Rothfeld, All Things Are Too SmallAmia Srinivasan, The Right to SexKatherine Angel, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good AgainFrom Boundaries to Attachment: The Uses and Abuses of Pop Psychology feat. Lily ScherlisWe are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. First off, we want to apologize for the delay, but we've been suffering lately from a dearth of questions! Obviously, we can't answer questions if no one asks us any, so please, if you've been hesitating, now is the time to send yours in! If you don't have a question, but you love the show and want it to continue, please do share it with your friends, neighbors, polycule, socialist organization and encourage them to write in. We literally can't do it without you. Thanks so much to everyone who is already listening, sharing, and especially to our Patreon supporters.On a related note, this week we consider unsolicited advice, and what to do when your friends think they know you better than you know yourself. And then we ponder what to do when young people (very young people) go on strike. (Spoiler: it's adorable.)We also remember friend of the show Joshua Clover on this episode. Joshua was a poet and a revolutionary and we share some of his work below if you aren't familiar.Stuff We Talk About:Sarah, heaven knows we sure had some fun, boyJoshua Clover, Riot Strike RiotJoshua Clover, The Year in StrugglesJoshua Clover, Red EpicJuliana Spahr, The Many Lives of Joshua CloverDean Spade, Love in a Fucked-Up WorldSarah, Promiscuous Networks of CareWe are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. Sorry once again for the delay--the world happened. Thank you for bearing with us!This week we talk about the family and its discontents: about a messy mother-in-law relationship, and about what happens when someone bails on the nuclear family–and replaces it with a new one. Stuff We Talk About:Melinda Cooper, CounterrevolutionMelinda Cooper, Family ValuesSophie Lewis, Abolish the FamilyM.E. O’Brien, Family AbolitionAlva Gotby, They Call It LoveRuth Wilson Gilmore, Socialism conference, Lenin and the Politics of RehearsalAaron Benanav, Automation and the Future of WorkWe are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. This week, we have some exciting news! And then we answer a question about how to handle inequality within your relationships, and tackle the issue of movement burnout, rest, and responsibility.Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality: Vol 1Liza Featherstone, "The Left Needs to Stop Falling for Absurd Sex Panics"Sarah, "Worker Centers: Where Causes Cohere, and Forge Power" (Ellen Bravo quotation is here)Sarah, "Emotions on Strike"Daisy Rooks, "The Cowboy Mentality: Organizers and Occupational Commitment in the New Labor Movement"Hannah Proctor, Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political DefeatAaron Bastani, "Burn up not out; four suggested projects for UK activism," openDemocracyPaula Davis, Beating Burnout at WorkWe are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. Thanks for bearing with us while Sarah took a much-needed holiday, and we're back with more questions about organizing, wealth, power, and the State. (We miss your polyamory questions, though!)Stuff We Discuss:A James Connolly ReaderMark Fisher, Wounds of ClassRichard Seymour, "Work, Class, and Mental Health"Kelly Hayes (Forthcoming), Read This When Things Fall ApartSarah Schulman, Conflict is Not AbuseThe Free Association, Moments of Excess: Movements, Protest and Everyday LifeAlessio Lunghi and Seth Wheeler, Occupy Everything! Ruth Wilson Gilmore at Socialism conferenceJodi Dean, Crowds and PartyWill Davies, What is Neoliberalism?Will Davies, The Limits of NeoliberalismFederazione dei Comunisti Anarchici, Anarchist Communist A Question of ClassWe are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism.This week, we're tackling the question of how and when to break up--with your socialist organization, and with a partner who is prioritizing their job over your relationship.Stuff We Talk About:Sarah, Federal Workers Rise up Against Musk, Trump and Drastic CutsPaolo Gerbaudo - The Digital PartyRodrigo Nunes - Neither Vertical Nor HorizontalJohn Nichols - The S Word Olufemi O Taiwo - Elite Capture Jonathan  Matthew Smucker - Hegemony How-ToSarah - Work Won’t Love You Back Laura Kipnis - Against Love  Interview: “Fight with hope, fight without hope, but fight absolutely” with Mike DavisOlufemi O. Taiwo on BlueskyAnd if you really want to know what Rosa Luxemburg thought of the Leninist party... We are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. Apologies for the delay this week, folks--we had some technical difficulties that made editing the recording a bit of a chore, so thanks for bearing with us.This week, we're considering what to do when your family-critical friends start families of their own, and we dive back into the question of whether therapy can be radical, or even Marxist.Stuff We Talk About:Kristen Ghodsee, Everyday UtopiasHelen Hester and Nick Srnicek, After WorkGreta LaFleur at Los Angeles Review of Books, "Heterosexuality Without Women"The Red ClinicThe Psychosocial FoundationMarshall Rosenberg, Nonviolent CommunicationOrdinary Unhappiness Podcast, "On Hate and Aggression, Part 1"Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant, Health CommunismWe are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. This week, we have a follow-up from a listener who shared a story of lost friendship, and then we consider the question of political breakups, maintaining friendships, and building the broader ecology of the Left.Stuff We Talk About:Alva Gotby, They Call It LoveRodrigo Nunes, Neither Vertical Nor HorizontalJodi Dean, ComradeAbout "Platformism"ACFM Podcast: Political Commitment Sarah, "The Most Important Labor Story Right Now Is in Minnesota—It Might Be the Model We All Need"We are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. This week, we're wondering how--and whether--to try to convert your loved ones to anti-capitalism, and considering intergenerational friendships, loss, and loneliness. Thanks as always to our letter writers!Stuff We Talk About:Bull DurhamMark Fisher: K-Punk and Capitalist Realism are the classics.We are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism.This week, we consider whether feminist theory--or porn--are useful tools in figuring out sexual ethics, and then we do some follow-up on the problem of dating while undocumented.Stuff We Talk About:Heather Berg, Porn WorkLynne Segal, Straight Sex and Slow MotionSimone de Beauvoir, The Second SexSusan Faludi, StiffedThe Good Robot podcast, with Maya Indira Ganesh,Laura Mulvey, Visual Pleasure and Narrative CinemaThe Celluloid CeilingSarah at Huck Magazine, Daddy IssuesWe are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans. You can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps!Our music comes from “Casual Outrage” by New Orleans-based Basher, featured on their new album May Day, coming May 31, 2024 to Sinking City Records. For more about the band, visit⁠ byronasher.com/basher⁠. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. This week, we break our streak of talking about polyamory--mostly. Instead, we try to help a listener deal with overwhelming grief and clutter, and then answer a question about substance use and how to support a friend without judgement.And we have a special request for those of you who can: if you've been enjoying our music, which comes from “Casual Outrage” by New Orleans-based Basher, you can help out the man behind the music. Byron and his partner just lost everything in a devastating house fire, and there's a gofundme page to support them getting back on their feet. Thanks for your support and for sharing. For more about the band, visit⁠ byronasher.com/basher⁠. We are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠. This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. We talk up front about Trump winning again, and then advise a listener who is worried that all the good politics in the world don’t change society's perception of them. And of course, we have another installment in the Polyamory Chronicles.Stuff We Talk About:Hamilton Nolan, The HammerWoman behind 'incel' says angry men hijacked her word 'as a weapon of war'Dropkick Murphys, "Boys on the Docks"Moo DengCraig, "I remember MSN"Rosa Luxemburg's LettersBig Mood, Little Mood, "Compassion Fatigue"We are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠. This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps!Our music comes from “Casual Outrage” by New Orleans-based Basher, featured on their new album May Day, coming May 31, 2024 to Sinking City Records. For more about the band, visit⁠ byronasher.com/basher⁠. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.