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Bad Psychology - Why Psychology has no place in the prison system (Part 1)

Robert Forde is the author of Bad Psychology: How Forensic Psychology Left Science Behind. He has worked as an educational social worker, a prison psychologist, and as a forensic psychologist in private practice--an experience that made him realise that forensic psychology had left science behind.
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We don’t need to ”save the children” - Ft. Gabriel Scheidecker (Part 1)

Okay, well maybe sometimes we do--but not nearly as often and in the ways "global early childhood development" would have us believe. Gabriel Scheidecker is an anthropologist in the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK), University of Zurich. His ethnographic research presents a challenge to rapidly globalising ideas about the "best" way to raise children. Maybe the way we raise our children is profoundly WEIRD. For the second hour of our conversation where Gabriel doesn't shy away fom the toughest examples, visit: www.patreon.com/AshleyAFrawley 

A working class academic? - Ft. Lisa McKenzie

Lisa McKenzie is an author, anarchist and "working-class academic". She is the author of Getting By: Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain. We talked about what it's like in the academy coming from a working-class background, the framing of the working class as over-consuming and toxic, and what will happen if politics continues on its trajectory of despising working-class people.
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Is the working class racist? Ft. Paul Embery (Part 1)

Paul Embery is a trade unionist and writer. He is the author of Despised: Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class. We talk about Brexit and the wrong moves that Labour and the trade union movement have taken over the past several decades and what needs to be done to achieve real representation for those who feel left behind.
 
This conversation was recorded before I'd sorted some minor audio issues, so the quality is unfortunately not 100%, but I think it's still listenable.Follow on Patreon for Part 2:www.patreon.com/AshleyAFrawley

Free Your Mind - Ft. Laura Dodsworth and Patrick Fagan

Laura Dodsworth and Patrick Fagan are the authors of Free Your Mind, out today from Harper Collins. In our conversation, they explain how governments use underhanded tactics to evade democracy and get you to do what they want. How can you resist this and free your mind? 
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The Death of the Millennial Left - Ft. Chris Cutrone (Part 1)

Chris Cutrone is the author of the Death of the Millenial Left. He teaches at the University of Chicago, where he also completed his PhD on Adorno’s Marxism. He is the original organizer and President of the Platypus Affiliated Society. We talked about his new book and whether the working class really needs to be convinced of anything we're saying. 
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Populism or Politics? Ft. Philip Cunliffe (Part 1)

Philip Cunliffe is Associate Professor of International Relations at University College London, co-host of the Bungacast podcast, and co-author of Taking Control: Sovereignty and Democracy After Brexit. We talked about how Labour gave up on labour and the hope of igniting real politics after populism. In part 2, Phil actually gave me hope that maybe, like the Hail Mary that was the Brexit vote, shaking up the political order might still be possible. Listen to it here: www.patreon.com/AshleyAFrawleyPatrons also get access to the audio RSS feed for all episodes and more. Follow me: Patreon: www.patreon.com/AshleyAFrawley Twitter: @AshleyAFrawley Instagram: @AshleyAFrawley Listen to the audio-only RSS feed for free episodes here: https://ashleyfy.podbean.com/

The Death of the Left - Ft. Simon Winlow and Steve Hall (Part 1)

Simon Winlow and Steve Hall are the authors of The Death of the Left. We talked about the old left and what killed it, what it would take to bring it back, and whether freedom is an empty word.
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Doug Lain - Part 2 - A post-capitalist dystopia?

This week, Doug Lain was unexpectedly booted off Twitter. In pursuit of our quest to free Doug Lain from Twitter jail, I'm posting the Patreon exclusive part 2 of our conversation imagining a terrible world after capitalism. For this conversation, I read the final chapter of my new book and also managed to find my favourite podcast of Doug's, The Stanley Parable, to think about how even when we think we're free...are we really?
Patrons this week get a completely exclusive full conversation detailing why I'm so obsessed with allowing parents to smack their kids and the out-of-control nature of parenting culture and policy in the Western world. You also get an unreleased op-ed about how trans policy was so successful - for better or for worse. Patrons also get access to the audio-only RSS feed for all episodes in full.

Doug Lain - A post-capitalist dystopia? (Part 1)

World War III, UFOs, and Apple Vision Pro's augmented reality are all in the news - but Doug Lain knew they were in our future when he wrote Bash Bash Revolution and After the Saucers Landed. I spoke to him about all of the above and whether or not we can trust humanity to shape the future.
Watch/listen to part 2 where I also read the final chapter of my new book: www.patreon.com/AshleyAFrawley
(Please forgive the quality of my mic. I've finally got a new one so it's onward and upward!)