Jay Lesoleil

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The Quest for the Offline Left with Cecilia Guerrero: Organizing the South

Nov 3, 2024 | fuckingcancelled.com | Jay Lesoleil

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In Episode 72, we’re joined by Cecilia Guerrero, an organizer in Nashville, Tennessee, helping to innovate a new generation of socialist movement-building deep in the American South.
The Quest for the Offline Left with Dru Oja Jay: SEIZE's Report on Housing

Aug 10, 2024 | fuckingcancelled.com | Jay Lesoleil

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In Episode 70 we’re joined by Dru Oja Jay, research coordinator for SEIZE as well as executive director of CUTV and publisher of The Breach. We discuss SEIZE’s recent report on housing, titled From Crisis to Consensus, in which SEIZE surveyed housing organizations from across the country in order to determine what needs to be done about the housing crisis plaguing the working class.
Quest for the Offline Left with Wayne Hsiung: All Suffering Matters

Jul 23, 2024 | fuckingcancelled.com | Fucking Cancelled |Wayne Hsiung |Clementine Morrigan |Jay Lesoleil

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In Episode 69 we are joined by animal rights activist, animal rescuer, and lawyer, Wayne Hsiung. We discuss Wayne’s experiencing rescuing animals from laboratories and factory farms, the connections between factory farms and jails, the spectrum of objectification, and why all suffering matters. This is part of the Quest for the Offline Left series. Simple HeartWayne’s instagramFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.
Talking Shit with David Chambers: Toward a Happy Healthy Masculinity

May 24, 2024 | fuckingcancelled.com | Jay Lesoleil

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In Episode 67 we are joined by David Chambers, a relationship expert, thinker in the field of men and masculinities, and podcaster from the UK. We chat with David about the concept of ‘toxic masculinity’, the gendered patterns in attachment styles, and the appeal of reactionary masculinism among the youth. We also discuss the promise of an emerging happier, healthier masculinity, rooted neither in shame nor domination.
'The Ministry for the Future' by Kim Stanley Robinson

Feb 6, 2024 | fuckingcancelled.com | Jay Lesoleil

In Episode 63, we get together with DJ Fraser and Tara McGowan-Ross for the second episode of Book Club. This month’s book was The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson, a brutal (and hopeful) near-future 'climate-fiction’ novel published in 2020. We’ll announce the next Book Club book shortly!This is part of the Book Club series. The Ministry for the FutureFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram. Find merch in our shop.
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again

Jan 30, 2024 | fuckingcancelled.com | Fucking Cancelled |Jay Lesoleil |Katherine Angel

In Episode 62, we are joined by London, Uk based writer, Katherine Angel, author of Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again. We discuss the affirmative consent model, the expectation that women should “know what they want”, and how this framework holds desire hostage to violence and misunderstands the emergent nature of desire. We discuss heterosexuality, gender roles, context based desire, and the looming threat of sexual violence in women’s sex lives. Part of the Talking Shit series.
Kill Your Fuckin Lawn

Dec 31, 2023 | fuckingcancelled.com | Jay Lesoleil

In Episode 61 we’re joined by friend of the pod Joey Santore of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t podcast. We talk about how being in tune with the ecosystems you live in can be a deeply rewarding experience for the poor alienated souls of late capitalism and how to get started if you want to learn about basic botany. We also talk about the similarities between botany and history — and how much we hate lawns and parking lots. Part of the Talking Shit series.
Principles Before Personalities: On Freedom

Dec 15, 2023 | fuckingcancelled.com | Jay Lesoleil

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Principles Before Personalities: On FreedomIn Episode 60, we return to our principles and discuss freedom. What is it? Why do we care about it so much? And what does it mean for socialists to have freedom as a spiritual principle? Part of the Principles Before Personalities series. New stickers!The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonRosa Luxemburg on freedomFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram. Find merch in our shop.
Book Club with Tara and DJ: 'After Black Lives Matter' by Cedric G. Johnson

Nov 26, 2023 | fuckingcancelled.com | Jay Lesoleil

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Appears in this episodeFucking Cancelled is a podcast with three aims. First, we analyze and critique a phenomenon on the left that we call the nexus: a synthesis of identitarianism, social media, and cancel culture. Second, we offer emotional, spiritual, and ethical insights into the process of rejecting and exiting the nexus. Third, we move toward a different vision for the left grounded in solidarity, freedom, and responsibility.
Talking Shit with Touré Reed: Toward Freedom

Nov 6, 2023 | fuckingcancelled.com | Fucking Cancelled |Jay Lesoleil |Clementine Morrigan |Touré F. Reed