1000 w/ Ron Placone Podcast
1) The Perfect Song for St. Patrick's Day, St. Patrick's Battalion, Protest Music Past and Present, David Rovics - 131
David Rovics is a musician, songwriter, anarchist, and activist. I’ve been listening to David for over 20 years, having first discovered his music when the Iraq War jolted me awake and I started parti...Show More
2) Finding Politics in Grade School, Found Footage Indie Horror, the Other 1/2 of the Vanguard, Gavin Charles - 130
Last week we had Zac Polston, well, this is the other half of the Vanguard. Gavin Charles is a YouTuber, Journalist, and Filmmaker. He’s the creator of the Found Footage Indie Horror series, No Clip, ...Show More
3) Holding Indie Media Accountable, Building Lefty Community in the Midwest, Zac Polston (The Vanguard) - 129
Zac Polston, known on YouTube as Zac from the Vanguard, is a YouTuber, Journalist, and Filmmaker. He’s the co-host of the Lefty Breadtube show, The Vanguard. They do a news show from a progressive poi...Show More
4) Son of a Preacher, Ameircore, Punk Rock, Anarchy, John-Michael Bond - 128
John-Michael Bond is a writer and comedian. He’s had quite a life. The son of a preacher, Americore, being held up at gun point, and that’s barely scratching the surface. Punk rock, public broadband i...Show More
5) Getting a Question in on Tom Cruise, the Right-Ward Shift of the BBC, Sarah O'Connell - 127
Sarah O’Connell is a show host, writer, and movie reviewer. I had the honor of being a guest on her show, she’s an incredible interviewer. She noticed things about Loner and Left At Wall that I didn’t...Show More
6) Italians for Zohran, Some of the Grassroots Behind Mamdani's Victory, Jesse Ortiz - 126
Jesse Ortiz is a med student and activist. He is the founder of the Instagram account, Italians for Zohran, an account in support of the election of Zohran Mamdani. It remains active post-Mamdani’s vi...Show More
7) Is the Lefty YouTube Space Actually Helpful? How the US Lost Public Health - Matt Lech 125
Matt Lech is a podcast producer and media maker. He’s best known for Jacobin, Left Reckoning, and the Majority Report. We both dwelled or currently dwell in similar YouTube spaces and we’re both anti-...Show More
8) Getting US Citizenship In Trump's America, Finding the Intersection of Comedy and Science - Matt Kirshen 124
Matt Kirshen is a comedian, writer, and podcast host. He’s one of the co-hosts of Probably Science, one of my favorite comedy podcasts that incorporates science news. Matt and I first met at a live sh...Show More
9) Origin of the Radical Publishing House, PM Press - Ramsey Kanaan 123
Ramsey Kanaan is a musician, anarchist, and publisher. He is the founder of AK Press and, later, PM Press. I’ve been a fan of PM Press for many years, I highly recommend diving into their catalog if y...Show More
10) Running One of London's Coolest Comedy Clubs, From Drama School to LA, David Whitney - 122
David Whitney is a London-based actor and comedian. He helps run one of my favorite comedy clubs in the world, not an exaggeration, the Backyard Comedy Club in London. Turns out David went from Drama ...Show More