Non Serviam Podcast #38 - Paranoia Politics with Jesse Walker June 5, 2022

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For Lucy’s second episode as host of the Non Serviam Podcast, she sat down with author and books editor at Reason, Jesse Walker. Join us for a fun discussion over American Politics, right wing politics, oath keepers, conspiracy theories, and a good bit of American-libertarian reminiscing and inside baseball. If you liked this episode be sure to check out Jesse’s book; The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory. A great read if you are interested in the cultural history of conspiracy theories in America. “Jesse Walker is books editor of Reason. He has written on topics ranging from pirate …



For Lucy’s second episode as host of the Non Serviam Podcast, she sat down with author and books editor at Reason, Jesse Walker. Join us for a fun discussion over American Politics, right wing politics, oath keepers, conspiracy theories, and a good bit of American-libertarian reminiscing and inside baseball. If you liked this episode be sure to check out Jesse’s book; The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory. A great read if you are interested in the cultural history of conspiracy theories in America. “Jesse Walker is books editor of Reason. He has written on topics ranging from pirate radio to copyright law to political paranoia, and he is author of the books Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America (New York University Press, 2001) and The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory (HarperCollins, 2013). - Walker's articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, Politico, Time, The Week, CNN.com, Slate, New York, The New Inquiry, The New Republic, The National Post, National Review, No Depression, Boing Boing, io9, Radio World, Telos, Z, the Journal of American Studies, and many other publications. - Walker is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he received a degree in history. He lives in Baltimore with his wife and two daughters.” - Reason Bio https://reason.com/people/jesse-walker/ Lucy is an accomplished writer and a self-described market-anarchist, feminist, and history nerd. Lucy is a long time friend of the collectibe, a Contributing Editor at AntiWar.com, and you may also know Lucy from her writings at FEE, Vice, Reason, or her blogs; https://thestagblog.com/, https://lucysteigerwald.substack.com/, https://original.antiwar.com/author/lucy/, and https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/lucy-steigerwald You can find Lucy online @LucyStag Follow Jesse Walker at @NotJesseWalker Thank you for watching! --- Listen to the Non Serviam Podcast on your favorite podcast platform! iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and more. If you'd like to see more anarchist and anti-authoritarian interviews, please consider supporting this project financially by becoming a Patreon https://www.patreon.com/nonserviammedia Follow us on Instagram @nonserviammedia View our full, downloadable catalog online at https://nonserviammedia.com 00:00:16 Introduction 00:01:45 The Oath Keepers 00:09:05 Paranoia 00:16:04 Conspiracy Categorization 00:27:06 Favorite Conspiracy Theories 00:33:06 Stevie Wonder Story 00:40:45 Real Conspiracies 00:47:41 The Mao Nixon Summit 00:58:57 The Karl Hess Moment 01:01:10 The Cappuccino Question 01:04:12 Elon Musk's Twitter 01:13:59 The Surveillance State 01:18:39 Political Worries 01:31:03 Biden and War 01:36:21 Reason's Trajectory 01:43:15 Ron Paul 01:47:13 Rothbard and Dukakis 01:49:27 Outro