Episodes

  • Dustbowl Diatribes Season 3, Episode 33: Dustbowl Danse Macabre, Round 3

    Dustbowl Diatribes Season 3, Episode 33: Dustbowl Danse Macabre, Round 3
    Jun 11 2025
    As Spencer and Laurie segue to a new season of Dustbowl Diatribes , they look back at the people they've interviewed in 2025 so far and point the way to their next topic.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Dustbowl Diatribes Season 3, Episode 32: Spencer Leonard on Freedom’s Fraught, Geistic Obstacles

    Dustbowl Diatribes Season 3, Episode 32: Spencer Leonard on Freedom’s Fraught, Geistic Obstacles
    May 21 2025
    Spencer Leonard talks to us about human potential, what constitutes freedom and progress, and why it seems particularly difficult to reach.
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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • Dustbowl Diatribes Season 3, Ep. 31: Neofeudalism as More Than a Metaphor, With Jodi Dean

    Dustbowl Diatribes Season 3, Ep. 31: Neofeudalism as More Than a Metaphor, With Jodi Dean
    Apr 24 2025
    Spencer and Laurie talk with Prof. Jodi Dean about themes from her new book Capital's Grave: Neofeudalism and the New Class Struggle (Verso, 2025). The theme of neofeudalism is one we have returned to several times as it seems more and more clear that our economy has moved well past competition into monopolies and highly concentrated wealth.
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Dustbowl Diatribes Season 3, Ep. 30: Towelie on Tegridy Farms and Being “Post-Left”

    Dustbowl Diatribes Season 3, Ep. 30: Towelie on Tegridy Farms and Being “Post-Left”
    Apr 1 2025
    Laurie interviews a very special guest, and Spencer misses out on the best interview in Dustbowl Diatribes three seasons.
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    10 mins
  • Season 3, Ep. 29: The Three Great Catholic Revivals

    Season 3, Ep. 29: The Three Great Catholic Revivals
    Mar 13 2025
    John Rao visits Dustbowl Diatribes for an episode tracing periods of "sleep" and revival in Catholic history.
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Season 3, Ep. 28: David McKerracher on Timenergy and the Multi-Layered Crises That Confront Us

    Season 3, Ep. 28: David McKerracher on Timenergy and the Multi-Layered Crises That Confront Us
    Feb 8 2025
    Spencer and Laurie talk to Dave McKerracher of Theory Underground about his book, Timenergy, and also his plans for farming.
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    2 hrs and 4 mins
  • Season 3, Episode 27: Gazing Into the Abyss of Deep Pluralism (w/ Benjamin Studebaker)

    Season 3, Episode 27: Gazing Into the Abyss of Deep Pluralism (w/ Benjamin Studebaker)
    Jan 7 2025
    Spencer and Laurie talk with Benjamin Studebaker about his new book, Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies. Studebaker will give a speech for the Maurin Academy March 3, 2025.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Season 3, Episode 26: Fruitfulness or Effectiveness, A Conversation with Harry Murray

    Season 3, Episode 26: Fruitfulness or Effectiveness, A Conversation with Harry Murray
    Dec 7 2024
    Spencer and Laurie interview Catholic Worker and Sociology professor Harry Murray, who is also doing the "Harry Murray Sessions" for the Maurin Academy. The next Harry Murray session, this one on Nikolai Berdyaev's personalism and Christian existentialism, will be on December 16, 2024. To find out more about this and other classes from the Maurin Academy, visit our website at: https://pmaurin.org/2024/11/13/fall-2024-speaker-series-announcements-from-the-maurin-academy/
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    1 hr and 50 mins