The Breakup Theory Episode 35 - Give Out But Don't Give Up with Josh Rivers and Conner Habib

I talk with two beautiful thinkers, Josh Rivers and Conner Habib, moving associatively through the meeting of our thoughts, references, and questions. It was sparked by a series Conner made called A New Spiritual Society, inspired by Conner’s spiritual teachers Rupdolph Steiner’s fourfolding.

The Straights Are Not OK

Obsession is a feel good story. Not the movie, no, the movie feels really bad. But the industry story around Obsession is that rare happy one. 26 year old writer/director/editor Curry Barker, a sketch comedy Youtuber, brought the film, made for $750,000, to TIFF (the Toronto International

A Witchy Summer Solstice Circle

We are thrilled to announce that we will be offering a Summer Solstice Writing Circle this June 13th! We invite our paying members to join for free

if the trees

i wrote prayers and burned negative thoughts and buried the ashes in the park i fear the winter but in my mind i feel the cold hard dirt at the base of trees as the roots burrow down into their system my mind doesn’t hold on to seasons the

an Anarcho-Trekkie crossover with The Spectacle

We are back! it's been a few months, we've missed spending time talking about our favourite shows and we hope to do more in the coming months! For episode 4, we did a special spacetime summit with Io and Miriam over at The Spectacle! Come hear

Episode 34 - A Listener Letter with Amar: All Relationships have some form of pain

Today, I tackle a letter with an old friend, Amar, who some of you may know from The Final Straw. The breakup of a long monogamous relationship and the debut of a new polyamorous life, international romance beset by war and geopolitics, and a planned encounter canceled at the last minute.

MAGACore Mummy

Now Im gonna level with you: I went to see Lee Cronin's The Mummy because I had an afternoon to kill on my book tour, and it was this, Michael (lol yikes nope) or Super Mario Galaxy. While I briefly considered Mario, when you're traveling around

Dean Spade and I Talk Transness, War and Liberation Struggle

Dean and I talked at the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies on Trans Day of Visibility, and we had a really beautiful conversation that was very needful for me on a hard day. It was released this week as an episode of Dean's great podcast, Love in

Extended Universe Book Tour

My book The Extended Universe: How Disney Destroyed the Movies and Took Over the World, comes out officially from Haymarket next Tuesday, and I'll be doing a number of tour events to celebrate the launch! My first string of events is on the East Coast, but I'

The Breakup Theory Episode 33 - Opening Up the Personal Essay (Trans Style) With Megan Milks

Today I talk with the great writer and friend Megan Milks about their new essay collection Mega Milk, published by Feminist Press. Megan explores milk both literal and metaphorical toward questions of names, transition, family history, nourishment, animals, agriculture, business, and land.

Ask a Crow

If we normalize not hiding financial issues, then we start to reframe our relations to money away from privacy, and more towards knowledge sharing, which can then lead to resource sharing.

The Breakup Theory Episode 32 - Iran and the US-Israeli Death Drive Economy

Today I am sharing a conversation I recorded with Elia Ayoub to discuss and analyze the US-Israeli war on Iran. We recorded on Tuesday March 10, and events keep changing, but this conversation will be relevant since we look at the geopolitical causes and consequences.