Best SubMedia Podcasts (2025)

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War from Ground Level: A Discussion About Experiencing the War in Ukraine 1:08:42

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We're back after a brief summer break! The war in Ukraine is often, like many conflicts, discussed through the lens of foreign policy and the interests of these entities that we call states. This is not the framing that we simply inherit from media, it is one that the Left globally has embraced just as thoroughly as liberals and conservatives. Disc…

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Big Beautiful Social War: Six Months Into Trump 2.0 2:13:39

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On this episode of The Beautiful Idea, we speak with several authors and organizers, marking six months into the second Trump administration coming to power. During our multiple discussions, we look at the recent deployment of the military into Los Angeles, CA, the ramping up of ICE raids and arrests across the US, and the passing of the Republican…

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Self-Managed Medication Abortion: Can't Live With It, Can't Live Without It 1:07:01

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For as long as people have been getting pregnant, they’ve also been figuring out how to get un-pregnant. A self-managed abortion (SMA) is when a person ends their pregnancy outside of the formal medical system. Most often, self-managed abortions are done as “medication abortions” — abortions induced by medication. In this episode of The Beautiful I…

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ICE Melts as Streets Erupt, Revolt at Delaney Hall Migrant Prison, UW Campus Occupation Against War Profiteers 2:05:10

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Welcome back to The Beautiful Idea. So much has happened since we started to put this episode together. We've got a lot to cover, so let's not waste any time and dive right into it! On today's episode, first we present a interview with an organizer on the recent "Statelessness" conference that took place in Evansville, IN. For more on the conferenc…

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An Interview with International Solidarity Movement Volunteers 1:14:52

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In this conversation, we speak with two recent International Solidarity Movement (ISM) volunteers about their experiences accompanying Palestinians in the West Bank. International Solidarity Movement is an initiative based in Palestine that enables international volunteers to physically accompany Palestinians facing harassment and attacks from the …

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InterRebellium: A Discussion with subMedia 51:12

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Join us as we sit down with members of the subMedia Collective to discuss their upcoming series InterRebellium. In this conversation we run down the history of subMedia, beginning in the 90s rave scene, the development of anarchist media in the first 25 years of this century, and what the future holds. Finally we discuss their upcoming series, Inte…

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A Discussion With Dean Spade 1:17:57

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Dean Spade is the author of "Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis and the Next", and "Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law". Well known for highlighting the ways that mutual aid can be a direct response to societal needs as well as a transformative practice that shifts our reliance away …

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People Hit the Streets As Trump's Trade War Heats Up 2:08:55

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Welcome back to The Beautiful Idea! We're excited to bring you a jam-packed show today and we have some amazing content planned, so be sure to subscribe to the show and follow us on Mastodon and BlueSky. In today's episode, we feature: An interview with an organizer for the recent Florida Abolitionist Gathering. A participant in the Imaginary Crime…

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The Murder of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi and the Future of International Solidarity 1:21:01

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On September 6th of last year, 26 year old University of Washington graduate Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi was shot and killed by IDF soldiers while doing accompaniment in the West Bank of Palestine with International Solidarity Movement (ISM). In this episode, we speak with a friend of Ayşenur's who had travelled to the West Bank to do accompaniment with ISM …

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Trump, the Tech-Right, and the Post-Neoliberal Order 1:43:05

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In this episode of The Beautiful Idea, we present an interview with author Jamie Merchant, author of Engame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline and numerous articles at The Brooklyn Rail. Merchant argues that we have entered a post-neoliberal age, with both Trump and Biden abandoning many of the touch-stones of corporate globalization that def…

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Abolish Rent: A Discussion With The LA Tenants' Union 1:05:37

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In this episode of The Beautiful Idea, we speak with Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis, two tenant organizers in Los Angeles, CA, involved in the Los Angeles Tenant Union (LATU), and co-authors of the new book, Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis. From the publisher: "Rent drives millions into debt, despair, and onto the streets…

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The Long Emergency: A Discussion With Adam Greenfield 1:04:42

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Welcome back to The Beautiful Idea, a new project from a collective of several anarchist and autonomous media producers scattered around the world. We’re bringing you interviews and stories from the front-lines of autonomous social movements and struggles, as well as original commentary and analysis. In this episode we sit down with Adam Greenfield…

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Resistance Forms as Trump Takes Power 1:41:10

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In our following episode, we speak with folks around the country about this unfolding reality. First, we catch up with Mia Wong, a journalist at It Could Happen Here, a daily podcast on Cool Zone Media about everyday resistance and the current crisis, then we speak with a participant in the publishing collective CrimethInc, about the emerging crack…

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Rattling the Cage of Repression with Eric King and Josh Davidson 57:39

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On this episode of The Beautiful Idea, we speak with former political prisoner Eric King and Josh Davidson from the Certain Days political prisoner calendar project. Eric and Josh discuss their recent round of discussions with Firestorm Books around their recent collection, Rattling the Cages, featuring former political prisoners and abolitionist o…

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Permanent Ecological Conflict: A Conversation With Xander Dunlap 1:26:10

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Welcome back to The Beautiful Idea, a new project from a collective of several anarchist and autonomous media producers scattered around the world. We’re bringing you interviews and stories from the front-lines of autonomous social movements and struggles, as well as original commentary and analysis. On today's show we have a conversation with Xand…

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The Beautiful Idea: Mass Deportations Loom as Trump Moves to Amass Power; LA Mutual Aid Groups Organize as Fires Burn 1:22:04

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Welcome back to The Beautiful Idea, a new project from a collective of several anarchist and autonomous media producers scattered around the world. We’re bringing you interviews and stories from the front-lines of autonomous social movements and struggles, as well as original commentary and analysis. On today’s show we feature our Behind the Barric…

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Episode 2: Peter Gelderloos and Prince Shakur 1:18:16

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On this episode of The Beautiful Idea, with the second Trump administration only weeks away, we sit down to speak with two anarchist authors and thinkers, Peter Gelderloos and Prince Shakur. Peter is the author of such classics as How Non-Violence Protects the State and Worshiping Power, and also has recently published two new books, They Will Beat…

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Episode 1 1:00:18

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On today's show we feature our Behind the Barricades roundup of movement news, events, and updates, along with a look at the recent media explosion following the shooting of a United Healthcare CEO in New York. We then speak with someone involved in a new campaign to support Stop Cop City defendants facing both RICO and domestic terrorism charges. …

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Reflections From the October Rebellion 46:28

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Learning from Chile's Revolts On October 18, 2019 - a breaking point was reached. Revolts spread like wildfire in different territories that are dominated by the state of Chile. What has been gained, and what has been lost? Who is writing the future and what is at stake? We translated and recorded an interview with Isa from Valparaìso, who reflects…

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War on Anarchists 53:13

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Greece's War on Anarchists At the beginning of March 2021, the streets of Athens exploded. After months of repressive lockdown measures and a hunger strike by well-known Greek political prisoner, Dimitris Koufontinas, the atmosphere was akin to a pressure cooker and the inevitable rupture was enormous, even by Greek standards. To gain some perspect…

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Flipping the COIN 46:29

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Peter Gelderloos on Counter Insurgency. In this episode we revisit an interview we did with Anarchist author, Peter Gelderloos, in 2017. He talks to us about the constant war being waged by states against their populations and gives an overview of how this played out in Spain during the police operations known as Pandora and Piñata. He also touches…

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The Enemy of My Enemy 1:10:34

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The Enemy of My Enemy is Also My Enemy. In this episode, Sima Lee joins us to talk about Left responses (good, bad and ugly) to the Capitol Hill ordeal of Jan 6th 2021. She goes in depth on the essential and unseen parts of anti-fascist work, discusses the rise of Black anarchism in the United States and delves into some of the history of Maroon re…

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A Burning Limo is Worth 1000 Words 35:38

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In this episode we take one last parting swipe at Donald Trump by revisiting the riots that happened on his first day in office as well as the months long solidarity campaign which managed to beat the resulting charges. We revisit an interview with April Goggans from Black Lives Matter DC where she talks about stirring shit up on inauguration day, …

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Make America Go Away 1:10:14

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Make America Go Away: An Anarchist's Take on the 2020 US Election For this episode we're featuring a conversation with anarchist theorist and author, Tom Nomad who sat down with us to talk about the fallout from the American election. He goes over the implications of a Biden administration for Anarchists and other Left militants as well as some pre…

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Destroying the Prison Industrial Complex 55:21

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For episode 2 of subMedia's new podcast, we've dug through our archives to Trouble#20: Inside Out and selected the full in depth conversation with Halifax based prison abolitionist El Jones. She walks us through the specific mechanisms of Canada's prison industrial complex and shares stories of the terrible conditions and inspiring resistance on th…

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What is 1492 Land Back Lane? 29:28

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Content Warning: This episode has descriptions of police violence from 07:15-08:07. In our first ever episode, we meet up with Skyler Williams, spokesperson for the 1492 Land Back Lane reclamation camp just outside of Six Nations Reserve in the part of Turtle Island that Canada calls Ontario. He shares inspiring words about the initial occupation a…