Stafford Taylor joins me to talk about his path from homelessness to writing The Transcendence Manifesto. We get into life in Goa, lessons from community work, and what it means to build something better when the world keeps people isolated.

Stafford’s links:

https://www.youtube.com/@StaffordGrayman

https://www.instagram.com/blueeyedphoenix1991/

https://www.facebook.com/stafford.taylor.18

https://www.amazon.ca/Transcendence-Manifesto-Secular-Gospel/dp/1036909654

Find all my links here:https://linktr.ee/skepticalleftist

We start by reflecting on criticism from a past discussion and what it says about how people hear and respond to political conversations. Then we talk about a stream Owen did with someone who says they’ve left the left and explore why anger and burnout push people toward reactionary thinking. The episode ends with a look at how solidarity can survive in a world that rewards outrage and division.

Links:

https://www.youtube.com/@owenmacdonald7428

https://bsky.app/profile/owenmacdonald.bsky.socialMy Linktreehttps://linktr.ee/skepticalleftist

Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Qatar#Stadium_construction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_issues_involving_the_2022_FIFA_World_Cup#

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Qatar#FIFA_World_Cup_preparations_and_reported_abuses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_controversies#

Graham Culbertson joins me to talk about anarchism as a lived practice, how people already cooperate without coercion, why authority rarely works the way we think it does, and what it means to resist systems of control in everyday life.

We also get into the pressures of podcasting in an algorithmic world and how staying authentic can itself be an act of resistance.

Guest: Graham Culbertson – https://everydayanarchism.com All links: https://linktr.ee/skepticalleftist