Kenzo Shibata

Apr 15, 2024 | classtime.substack.com | Kenzo Shibata

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. I have a radio show that airs from 12-2PM CST Tuesdays on WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago (and streamed live at https://www.wzrdchicago.org). This week, I interviewed This is Revolution’s Jason Myles about his Spotify list “Was 1984 the Greatest Year for Music?” You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get podcasts. Kenzo’s NewsletterMental illness, gender, and artMental illness, gender, and artAppears in episodeRecent Episodes

Jan 3, 2024 | classtime.substack.com | Kenzo Shibata

Sometime in the early 2010s, I was attending a Left Forum in New York City. This is an annual convening of Leftists across the country and globe to exchange ideas. At the time, most conferences of this type were siloed between different factions of the Left, but at the Left Forum, anyone could host a panel. I was there to speak on a Jacobin panel about the struggle to democratize teachers unions and the fight against neoliberal education reform.

Dec 19, 2023 | classtime.substack.com | Kenzo Shibata

You can listen to me live on Tuesdays 12-2 PM on Chicago’s WZRD 88.3 FM or online at WZRDChicago.org. This week, I discussed Narcissism and Colonialism and played some of my favorite music from bands like The Specials, Megadeth, F.Y.P., and the Bollweevils.

Dec 14, 2023 | classtime.substack.com | Kenzo Shibata

I recently recorded a podcast on mental health discourse and neoliberalism. My thesis was that the use of mental health discourse in politics can be harmful when it creates a blanket diagnosis around political actors. The limiting of speech to avoid a trauma response only creates limitations about what we can talk about, rather than tackling the debate at hand. I want to make a distinction between diagnosis-via-Twitter and the analysis I am attempting in this essay.

Nov 10, 2023 | classtime.substack.com | Kenzo Shibata

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