ReImagining Liberty Podcast
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The emancipatory and cosmopolitan case for radical social, political, and economic liberalism. Hosted by @aaronrosspowell.com.
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ReImagining Liberty is a podcast about the emancipatory and cosmopolitan case for radical social, political, and economic liberalism. Hosted by @aaronrosspowell.com. Look for it wherever you get your podcasts or find direct links for your favorite app here: www.aaronrosspowell.com/c/reimaginin...
How's the constitution holding up? And can we expect the Supreme Court to take any meaningful steps to curb Trump's assaults on liberal democracy? Today I'm joined by @evanbernick.bsky.social for a deep conversation about the state of the rule of law, and how to think about its future.
093: The State of the Constitution (w/ Evan Bernick)
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November 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
How's the constitution holding up? And can we expect the Supreme Court to take any meaningful steps to curb Trump's assaults on liberal democracy? Today I'm joined by @evanbernick.bsky.social for a deep conversation about the state of the rule of law, and how to think about its future.
The future of liberalism depends upon the coalitions liberals can build, both to defend institutions now and to reform them when the time comes. How to have intra-liberal conversations is the topic of today's episode, featuring @mattpolprof.bsky.social and @mattzwolinski.bsky.social.
092: Liberalism's Common Ground (w/ Matt Zwolinski and Matthew McManus)
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October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The future of liberalism depends upon the coalitions liberals can build, both to defend institutions now and to reform them when the time comes. How to have intra-liberal conversations is the topic of today's episode, featuring @mattpolprof.bsky.social and @mattzwolinski.bsky.social.
I want to do more blogging than social media posting, and the awesome @leaflet.pub is giving me (another) incentive to try. I finished moving my blog over there, and what's cool is you can follow it in Bluesky. Just head over, click "Subscribe with Bluesky," and you'll get a custom feed of my posts.
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The humane and cosmopolitan case for radical liberalism. Political ethics and philosophy. Host of the ReImagining Liberty podcast.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I want to do more blogging than social media posting, and the awesome @leaflet.pub is giving me (another) incentive to try. I finished moving my blog over there, and what's cool is you can follow it in Bluesky. Just head over, click "Subscribe with Bluesky," and you'll get a custom feed of my posts.
One of the reasons much of the liberty movement failed to take seriously the rise of authoritarianism, and is failing to respond adequately now that it is here, is, as @cathyreisenwitz.com and I discuss, because of a persistent blindspot for seeing politics through a cultural and psychological lens.
090: The Liberty Movement's Cultural Blind Spot (w/ Cathy Reisenwitz)
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September 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
One of the reasons much of the liberty movement failed to take seriously the rise of authoritarianism, and is failing to respond adequately now that it is here, is, as @cathyreisenwitz.com and I discuss, because of a persistent blindspot for seeing politics through a cultural and psychological lens.
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The right talks about loneliness, family, and meaning, winning over people the liberty movement often ignores. Can radical liberalism offer better, freer answers to these deep social questions? My conversation with @cathyreisenwitz.com explores this.
The Liberty Movement's Cultural Blind Spot
ReImagining Liberty Podcast (with guest Cathy Reisenwitz)
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September 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The right talks about loneliness, family, and meaning, winning over people the liberty movement often ignores. Can radical liberalism offer better, freer answers to these deep social questions? My conversation with @cathyreisenwitz.com explores this.
Another back catalog episode relevant again, my conversation with @shaneburley.bsky.social about the nature of fascism , and its deep roots within the American right.
027: Fascism and the American Right (w/ Shane Burley)
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September 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Another back catalog episode relevant again, my conversation with @shaneburley.bsky.social about the nature of fascism , and its deep roots within the American right.
Many libertarians focus exclusively on the state's coercive violence. But what if the non-violent, cultural forms of oppression are what create the conditions for statism to thrive in the first place? My latest episode delves into the cultural prerequisites for a free society.
089: Liberal Lessons from Radical Feminism (w/ Kelly Vee)
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September 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Many libertarians focus exclusively on the state's coercive violence. But what if the non-violent, cultural forms of oppression are what create the conditions for statism to thrive in the first place? My latest episode delves into the cultural prerequisites for a free society.
Is the struggle against patriarchy inseparable from the struggle against the state? This week's episode explores the deep connections between feminist and libertarian critiques of power, arguing that the culture enabling one also enables the other.
089: Liberal Lessons from Radical Feminism (w/ Kelly Vee)
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September 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Is the struggle against patriarchy inseparable from the struggle against the state? This week's episode explores the deep connections between feminist and libertarian critiques of power, arguing that the culture enabling one also enables the other.
Join me and @peacenotpeas.bsky.social for a conversation about the nature of oppression and the lessons liberals can learn from radical feminist theory. pod.link/1614436300/e...
089: Liberal Lessons from Radical Feminism (w/ Kelly Vee)
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September 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Join me and @peacenotpeas.bsky.social for a conversation about the nature of oppression and the lessons liberals can learn from radical feminist theory. pod.link/1614436300/e...
As Trump moves his weaponized goons into Chicago, here's my conversation with economist @nathanpgoodman.bsky.social about they ways tactics and technologies tested by military engagements overseas have a tendency to come home to be used against us. pod.link/1614436300/e...
008: Militarization, Social Capital, and How Politics Goes Wrong (w/ Nathan Goodman)
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September 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
As Trump moves his weaponized goons into Chicago, here's my conversation with economist @nathanpgoodman.bsky.social about they ways tactics and technologies tested by military engagements overseas have a tendency to come home to be used against us. pod.link/1614436300/e...
How did a sizable portion of the contemporary libertarian movement come to rally around Trump, a man who is leading the least libertarian, most authoritarian administration in any of our lifetimes? @andycraig.bsky.social and @johnhudak.bsky.social join me for a deep dive. pod.link/1614436300/e...
004: How Libertarianism Went Off the Rails (w/ John Hudak and Andy Craig)
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September 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
How did a sizable portion of the contemporary libertarian movement come to rally around Trump, a man who is leading the least libertarian, most authoritarian administration in any of our lifetimes? @andycraig.bsky.social and @johnhudak.bsky.social join me for a deep dive. pod.link/1614436300/e...
The American right went postmodern, but a variety of postmodernism tied to a complete abandonment of empathy and dignity and humanity, and we're suffering the consequences. My conversation with @mattpolprof.bsky.social.
006: The Rise of the Postmodern Right (w/ Matthew McManus)
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September 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The American right went postmodern, but a variety of postmodernism tied to a complete abandonment of empathy and dignity and humanity, and we're suffering the consequences. My conversation with @mattpolprof.bsky.social.
Today's episode is a bit of a soft reboot, and a good entry point for new listeners. Joined by @corymassimino.bsky.social—my guest on the inaugural episode—we talk about what ReImagining Liberty is all about, radical liberalism's values, and how they're different from right-wing libertarianism.
087: The Values of Radical Liberalism (w/ Cory Massimino)
A discussion of the values of radical liberalism, and how they differ from right-wing libertarianism.
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August 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Today's episode is a bit of a soft reboot, and a good entry point for new listeners. Joined by @corymassimino.bsky.social—my guest on the inaugural episode—we talk about what ReImagining Liberty is all about, radical liberalism's values, and how they're different from right-wing libertarianism.
Today's episode of the show gets meta. Podcasting has been a big part of the narrative of "What went wrong?" about Trump's reelection: right-wing pod bros dragged young men to Trump, the left needs its own Joe Rogan. So my producer @landryayres.bsky.social and I talk about the politics of podcasts.
090: Podcasting's Political Power (w/ Landry Ayres)
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August 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today's episode of the show gets meta. Podcasting has been a big part of the narrative of "What went wrong?" about Trump's reelection: right-wing pod bros dragged young men to Trump, the left needs its own Joe Rogan. So my producer @landryayres.bsky.social and I talk about the politics of podcasts.
Fresh out today, my conversation with @tedunderwood.me about cultural technologies as a force for pluralism and, maybe, liberalism. episodes.fm/1614436300/e...
089: AI, Cultural Tools, and Pluralism (w/ Ted Underwood)
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August 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Fresh out today, my conversation with @tedunderwood.me about cultural technologies as a force for pluralism and, maybe, liberalism. episodes.fm/1614436300/e...
Fresh out in early access today, my conversation with @tedunderwood.me about emerging technology as a cultural tool, and how tools for mapping, analyzing, and understanding culture and cultural differences can help us to be more liberal. (Public release in one week.) www.patreon.com/posts/early-...
Early Access: AI, Cultural Tools, and Pluralism (w/ Ted Underwood)
A ReImagining Liberty discussion.
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July 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Fresh out in early access today, my conversation with @tedunderwood.me about emerging technology as a cultural tool, and how tools for mapping, analyzing, and understanding culture and cultural differences can help us to be more liberal. (Public release in one week.) www.patreon.com/posts/early-...
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My nerdy discussion of Foucault and liberalism is on track to be my most popular episode ever. www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/classical-...
Classical Liberalism and Michel Foucault
A conversation with Mark Pennington
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July 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
My nerdy discussion of Foucault and liberalism is on track to be my most popular episode ever. www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/classical-...
This week's episode is all about Trump's use of federal forces, including the military, to create a crisis and then crack down on peaceful dissent—and how the long history of state surveillance has enabled it. I'm joined by @pgeddington.com, who has a new book on this sorry history.
How Trump is Using the Surveillance State Against Us
A conversation with Patrick G. Eddington
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June 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This week's episode is all about Trump's use of federal forces, including the military, to create a crisis and then crack down on peaceful dissent—and how the long history of state surveillance has enabled it. I'm joined by @pgeddington.com, who has a new book on this sorry history.
I'm joined this week by @blanksslate.bsky.social for a deep conversation about equality and its centrality to meaningful, principled liberty for all. www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/liberty-me...
Liberty Means Taking Equality Seriously
A conversation with Jonathan Blanks
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June 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I'm joined this week by @blanksslate.bsky.social for a deep conversation about equality and its centrality to meaningful, principled liberty for all. www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/liberty-me...
If you enjoy ReImagining Liberty and want to discuss the kinds of radical liberal ideas we talk about on the show with other listeners, I've launched an old-school web forum. Join us here: reimaginingliberty.discourse.group
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May 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If you enjoy ReImagining Liberty and want to discuss the kinds of radical liberal ideas we talk about on the show with other listeners, I've launched an old-school web forum. Join us here: reimaginingliberty.discourse.group
The Trumpist right insists on a vision of what men want and need that isn't actually appealing to most men. This week, @polphilpod.bsky.social comes on the show for a conversation about masculinity, reactionary politics, and how to make liberalism more appealing to young men.
What the Right Gets Wrong About Men
A conversation with Toby Buckle
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May 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The Trumpist right insists on a vision of what men want and need that isn't actually appealing to most men. This week, @polphilpod.bsky.social comes on the show for a conversation about masculinity, reactionary politics, and how to make liberalism more appealing to young men.
Contemporary authoritarians, like Donald Trump, insist they're advancing and protecting democracy while taking actions to undermine it. On this week's show, Vox's @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social discusses this rhetorical turn, and what it means for resiting the MAGA agenda.
How the Far-Right Misuses Democracy Talk
A conversation with Zack Beauchamp
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May 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Contemporary authoritarians, like Donald Trump, insist they're advancing and protecting democracy while taking actions to undermine it. On this week's show, Vox's @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social discusses this rhetorical turn, and what it means for resiting the MAGA agenda.
ReImagining Liberty is a podcast about the emancipatory and cosmopolitan case for radical social, political, and economic liberalism. Hosted by @aaronrosspowell.com. Look for it wherever you get your podcasts or find direct links for your favorite app here: www.aaronrosspowell.com/c/reimaginin...
May 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
ReImagining Liberty is a podcast about the emancipatory and cosmopolitan case for radical social, political, and economic liberalism. Hosted by @aaronrosspowell.com. Look for it wherever you get your podcasts or find direct links for your favorite app here: www.aaronrosspowell.com/c/reimaginin...
This week, @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com of @liberalcurrents.com joined the show for a conversation about how we can build a thoughtful and effective opposition movement to push back against the Trump administration's lawlessness and authoritarianism. www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/forging-an...
Forging an Opposition to Trump
A conversation with Adam Gurri
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May 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This week, @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com of @liberalcurrents.com joined the show for a conversation about how we can build a thoughtful and effective opposition movement to push back against the Trump administration's lawlessness and authoritarianism. www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/forging-an...