web02.fireside.fm Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:47:11 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Presidential Deathmatch - Episodes Tagged with “Socialism” https://pdm.fireside.fm/tags/socialism Wed, 24 May 2023 05:00:00 -0500 History can seem disconnected from your everyday concerns. When was the last time you cared about settling the 49th parallel, deciding whether it was legal to print paper money, or how Hawaii was stolen? Probably never, but that's why you have good friends like Dennis Budde and Aaron Garrett to bring history into the 22nd century and relate the thoroughly insane stories of the United States and the people we foolishly entrust to lead it. af episodic Serious Debates for Serious Times Pronoia Theater History can seem disconnected from your everyday concerns. When was the last time you cared about settling the 49th parallel, deciding whether it was legal to print paper money, or how Hawaii was stolen? Probably never, but that's why you have good friends like Dennis Budde and Aaron Garrett to bring history into the 22nd century and relate the thoroughly insane stories of the United States and the people we foolishly entrust to lead it. no history, comedy, presidents Pronoia Theater garrett.aaron@gmail.com Ideologies: Left v Right https://pdm.fireside.fm/125 4ea02595-a3fc-48ef-a7e7-750d341d40aa Wed, 24 May 2023 05:00:00 -0500 Pronoia Theater full 3 Pronoia Theater Aaron takes a pause to talk about whether the "left" and the "right" really exist. 16:08 no The boys manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory! Editing is taking a little long this week so Aaron talks about Hyrum and Verlan Lewis' book The Myth of Left and Right which asserts that Left and Right are not only unhelpful labels for political ideas, but are instead post hoc creations to justify a disparate set of beliefs! It's a hoot. Send retractions to contact@pronoiatheater.com support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @Pronoia history, presidents The boys manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory! Editing is taking a little long this week so Aaron talks about Hyrum and Verlan Lewis' book The Myth of Left and Right which asserts that Left and Right are not only unhelpful labels for political ideas, but are instead post hoc creations to justify a disparate set of beliefs! It's a hoot.

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]]> The boys manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory! Editing is taking a little long this week so Aaron talks about Hyrum and Verlan Lewis' book The Myth of Left and Right which asserts that Left and Right are not only unhelpful labels for political ideas, but are instead post hoc creations to justify a disparate set of beliefs! It's a hoot.

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]]> 123: Sophomore Album: Historians v Records https://pdm.fireside.fm/123 727da023-076e-4f2d-b557-5a6141a22c89 Wed, 10 May 2023 08:00:00 -0500 Pronoia Theater full 3 Pronoia Theater The fellas continue to look at independent failures of the late 1900s. 34:47 no Aaron and Dennis are back from their respective travails to finish their discussion on failed independent candidates (and successful racists) of the late 1900s! send retractions to contact@pronoiatheater.com Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @pronoia presidents, history, fundraising, rent, politics Aaron and Dennis are back from their respective travails to finish their discussion on failed independent candidates (and successful racists) of the late 1900s!

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]]> Aaron and Dennis are back from their respective travails to finish their discussion on failed independent candidates (and successful racists) of the late 1900s!

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]]> 113: Fundraising: Tilden v Barker https://pdm.fireside.fm/113 99624615-4872-4cb1-a6a3-82b750c15899 Wed, 01 Mar 2023 04:00:00 -0600 Pronoia Theater full 3 Pronoia Theater We tackle the hottest topics in politics: fundraising, the populists, and the nascent Willennium. Learn more about Samuel Tilden and Wharton Barker, two men who are inconsequential to your life! 1:01:15 no In this 23rd year of our new Willenium we look at two nineteenth-century titans of the only industries that matter in America: banking and cannabis medicine, and how they'd do at fundraising for their various causes. Can Samuel Tilden finally notch a win in our topsy-turvey system or will our current model of small-dollar donations leave him as cold as he was all his life? Also, we had fedualism in America! Who knew? Send retractions to contact@pronoiatheater.com Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @pronoia presidents, history, fundraising, rent, politics In this 23rd year of our new Willenium we look at two nineteenth-century titans of the only industries that matter in America: banking and cannabis medicine, and how they'd do at fundraising for their various causes.

Can Samuel Tilden finally notch a win in our topsy-turvey system or will our current model of small-dollar donations leave him as cold as he was all his life?

Also, we had fedualism in America! Who knew?

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]]> In this 23rd year of our new Willenium we look at two nineteenth-century titans of the only industries that matter in America: banking and cannabis medicine, and how they'd do at fundraising for their various causes.

Can Samuel Tilden finally notch a win in our topsy-turvey system or will our current model of small-dollar donations leave him as cold as he was all his life?

Also, we had fedualism in America! Who knew?

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]]> 112: De Leonism: Socialists v "Socialists" https://pdm.fireside.fm/112 550a3616-f158-473c-874f-467fe682b823 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 05:00:00 -0600 Pronoia Theater full 3 Pronoia Theater Aaron stumbles through the history of America's first Socialist party: The Socialist Labor Party, and along the way has trouble reconciling the goals of socialism versus the fans it attracts. 49:43 no Another deep dive into a dying political party! The Socialist Labor Party is America's first socialist party, and it enjoyed (qualified) success in its early years. A series of schisms over proper application of theory drove the membership down and today it is a dessicated corpse of what it once was. How did Socialism express itself in the late 1800s, what did it want, what did it get, and how are they connected to a late 19th century novel about the abolition of prostitution? Find out! Send retractions to: contact@pronoiatheater.com Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @pronoia. socialism, bellamy, history, apush, american history, comedy, historical comedy Another deep dive into a dying political party!

The Socialist Labor Party is America's first socialist party, and it enjoyed (qualified) success in its early years. A series of schisms over proper application of theory drove the membership down and today it is a dessicated corpse of what it once was. How did Socialism express itself in the late 1800s, what did it want, what did it get, and how are they connected to a late 19th century novel about the abolition of prostitution? Find out!

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]]> Another deep dive into a dying political party!

The Socialist Labor Party is America's first socialist party, and it enjoyed (qualified) success in its early years. A series of schisms over proper application of theory drove the membership down and today it is a dessicated corpse of what it once was. How did Socialism express itself in the late 1800s, what did it want, what did it get, and how are they connected to a late 19th century novel about the abolition of prostitution? Find out!

Send retractions to: contact@pronoiatheater.com

Support the show at paypal.me/pronoiatheater or venmo: @pronoia.

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