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Website: https://localistpod.net/
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@localistpod.bsky.social
· Feb 13
Our website www.localistpod.net is officially live! Click on the link or scan the (very snazzy imo) QR code to check it out. We'll use the site to post recent episodes and take questions/comments from listeners, so be sure to stop by!
If you're a little freak who wants to listen to someone talk about labor law for an hour and half, then boy are you in luck! Check out Part 1 of our deep dive into the current status of American organized labor and why localism may offer a new path forward: open.spotify.com/episode/0JsY...
Episode 22: Localism and Organized Labor, Part 1
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November 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If you're a little freak who wants to listen to someone talk about labor law for an hour and half, then boy are you in luck! Check out Part 1 of our deep dive into the current status of American organized labor and why localism may offer a new path forward: open.spotify.com/episode/0JsY...
Now free from our Book Chats and the terrors of literacy, we get back to normal by discussing how localism intersects with a nice, safe, uncontroversial topic: immigration! Come watch our latest short (which, like always, is roughly 90% recycled memes): www.youtube.com/shorts/nKgsi...
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Now free from our Book Chats and the terrors of literacy, we get back to normal by discussing how localism intersects with a nice, safe, uncontroversial topic: immigration! Come watch our latest short (which, like always, is roughly 90% recycled memes): www.youtube.com/shorts/nKgsi...
Now that we're all done talking about books, we figured we'd ease ourselves back into the politics side of things with a topic that surely won't evoke strong feelings: immigration! open.spotify.com/episode/2kpY...
Episode 21: Localism and Immigration
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November 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now that we're all done talking about books, we figured we'd ease ourselves back into the politics side of things with a topic that surely won't evoke strong feelings: immigration! open.spotify.com/episode/2kpY...
Time to talk about the man with the (poorly edited) beret once again in our second short on French's Divided We Fall! We get into why localism isn't convinced by French's suggestion we use federalism to avoid the secession risks his book raises: www.youtube.com/shorts/rh11g...
LOCALISM BOOK CHATS, FRENCH'S DIVIDED WE FALL PART 2 - Localism Shorts
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October 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Time to talk about the man with the (poorly edited) beret once again in our second short on French's Divided We Fall! We get into why localism isn't convinced by French's suggestion we use federalism to avoid the secession risks his book raises: www.youtube.com/shorts/rh11g...
Join us for part 2 of our book chat on French's Divided We Fall! The host talks mad shit about state government and waxes poetic about local autonomy. Take a shot every time the host messes up pronouncing "pluralism"! (Please don't do that you'll die.) open.spotify.com/episode/5hj1...
Episode 20: Localism Book Chats - French's Divided We Fall, Part 2
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October 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Join us for part 2 of our book chat on French's Divided We Fall! The host talks mad shit about state government and waxes poetic about local autonomy. Take a shot every time the host messes up pronouncing "pluralism"! (Please don't do that you'll die.) open.spotify.com/episode/5hj1...
The first positive comment we've received on the podcast! Knowing that there's somebody out there who is listening to our stuff and enjoying it really does mean the world to us.
October 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The first positive comment we've received on the podcast! Knowing that there's somebody out there who is listening to our stuff and enjoying it really does mean the world to us.
In theory, this short is about David French's book Divided We Fall and his argument for why America is at risk of a violent secession crisis, but it's also about editing a little beret on his head cause his name is French lol. Please watch it anyway: youtube.com/shorts/hj3sV...
LOCALISM BOOK CHATS, FRENCH'S DIVIDED WE FALL PART 1 - Localism Shorts
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October 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
In theory, this short is about David French's book Divided We Fall and his argument for why America is at risk of a violent secession crisis, but it's also about editing a little beret on his head cause his name is French lol. Please watch it anyway: youtube.com/shorts/hj3sV...
We're so back, baby! Check out the pod's latest episode: the start of our book chat on David French's Divided We Fall. The host explains French's specific political background and the two disturbingly plausible secession scenarios the book depicts. open.spotify.com/episode/1ZXY...
Episode 19: Localism Book Chats - French's Divided We Fall, Part 1
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October 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
We're so back, baby! Check out the pod's latest episode: the start of our book chat on David French's Divided We Fall. The host explains French's specific political background and the two disturbingly plausible secession scenarios the book depicts. open.spotify.com/episode/1ZXY...
Despite things going great when the relationship started, turns out localism and libertarian municipalism have some irreconcilable differences! Watch the second and final short for our book chat on Biehl's The Politics of Social Ecology: Libertarian Municipalism - youtube.com/shorts/DGfHi...
LOCALISM BOOK CHATS, LIBERTARIAN MUNICIPALISM PART 2 - Localism Shorts
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September 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Despite things going great when the relationship started, turns out localism and libertarian municipalism have some irreconcilable differences! Watch the second and final short for our book chat on Biehl's The Politics of Social Ecology: Libertarian Municipalism - youtube.com/shorts/DGfHi...
Enough of the buddy-buddy stuff - in our last book chat about Biehl and Bookchin's Libertarian Municipalism, the host wastes no time in setting out the scarier side of their ideology and explaining why it makes LM so different from localism. Give it a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/6bsX...
Episode 18: Localism Book Chats - Biehl and Bookchin's Libertarian Municipalism, Part 2
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September 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Enough of the buddy-buddy stuff - in our last book chat about Biehl and Bookchin's Libertarian Municipalism, the host wastes no time in setting out the scarier side of their ideology and explaining why it makes LM so different from localism. Give it a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/6bsX...
The first of our Libertarian Municipalism book chat YouTube shorts is now up! The Spiderman meme says it all: localism and Bookchin's theories share a more than passing resemblance, but the story isn't as simple as it seems . . . www.youtube.com/shorts/tGXW-...
LOCALISM BOOK CHATS, LIBERTARIAN MUNICIPALISM PART 1 - Localism Shorts
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September 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The first of our Libertarian Municipalism book chat YouTube shorts is now up! The Spiderman meme says it all: localism and Bookchin's theories share a more than passing resemblance, but the story isn't as simple as it seems . . . www.youtube.com/shorts/tGXW-...
Give a listen to the first part of our Book Chat series on Biehl and Bookchin's "The Politics of Social Ecology: Libertarian Municipalism." There's a lot to unpack in how LM does or does not align with localism . . . and also with LM's interesting legacy abroad: open.spotify.com/episode/6961...
Episode 17: Localism Book Chats - Biehl and Bookchin's Libertarian Municipalism, Part 1
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September 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Give a listen to the first part of our Book Chat series on Biehl and Bookchin's "The Politics of Social Ecology: Libertarian Municipalism." There's a lot to unpack in how LM does or does not align with localism . . . and also with LM's interesting legacy abroad: open.spotify.com/episode/6961...
Short two of our McWorld book chat is up! You should listen in to learn why localism is pretty much identical to Barber's solution for tribalism and McWorld . . . at least until he starts getting distracted with globalizing the Articles of Confederation: youtube.com/shorts/4DH32...
LOCALISM BOOK CHATS, MCWORLD PART 2 - Localism Shorts
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August 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Short two of our McWorld book chat is up! You should listen in to learn why localism is pretty much identical to Barber's solution for tribalism and McWorld . . . at least until he starts getting distracted with globalizing the Articles of Confederation: youtube.com/shorts/4DH32...
The never late king is back again, this time with the second part of our book chat about Barber's McWorld. Give it a listen if you want to hear the host say "small-d democracy" (lmao) about ten million times and/or are really into the Articles of Confederation: open.spotify.com/episode/0QiD...
Episode 16: Localism Book Chats - Barber's McWorld, Part 2
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August 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The never late king is back again, this time with the second part of our book chat about Barber's McWorld. Give it a listen if you want to hear the host say "small-d democracy" (lmao) about ten million times and/or are really into the Articles of Confederation: open.spotify.com/episode/0QiD...
Like the performative male he is, the host has read a book and now wants to make it everyone else's problem. Give a watch to the first in our "book chats" series (no need to do any actual reading) and learn about the strange situationship between McWorld and tribalism: youtube.com/shorts/_5DaR...
LOCALISM BOOK CHATS, MCWORLD PART I - Localism Shorts
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August 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Like the performative male he is, the host has read a book and now wants to make it everyone else's problem. Give a watch to the first in our "book chats" series (no need to do any actual reading) and learn about the strange situationship between McWorld and tribalism: youtube.com/shorts/_5DaR...
Back from vacation and better than ever! Give a listen to our first Book Chats episode discussing Benjamin Barber's McWorld. If you squint, a thirty minute podcast about the terrifying encroachment of global capital isn't too different from romantasy BookTok, right? open.spotify.com/episode/1AWw...
Episode 15: Localism Book Chats - Barber's McWorld, Part 1
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August 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Back from vacation and better than ever! Give a listen to our first Book Chats episode discussing Benjamin Barber's McWorld. If you squint, a thirty minute podcast about the terrifying encroachment of global capital isn't too different from romantasy BookTok, right? open.spotify.com/episode/1AWw...
No new episode of the podcast or short this week, folks. The host was doing important research for the show (read: on vacation). But we'll have new content for you on or before next Monday!
July 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
No new episode of the podcast or short this week, folks. The host was doing important research for the show (read: on vacation). But we'll have new content for you on or before next Monday!
Don't let Trump's face fool you: this short is all about tax policy (and also him a little bit too I guess). Come learn what the SALT deduction is and what Trump's two administrations have done with it: youtube.com/shorts/R67go...
TRUMP AND THE SALT DEDUCTION - Localism Shorts
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July 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Don't let Trump's face fool you: this short is all about tax policy (and also him a little bit too I guess). Come learn what the SALT deduction is and what Trump's two administrations have done with it: youtube.com/shorts/R67go...
Our hope is by putting "Trump" and "Big Beautiful Bill" in the title, it'll trick you into clicking on an episode that's secretly just an hour of tax policy (and math 🤢). Come learn about what the SALT deduction is and how the BBB did - and didn't - change things: open.spotify.com/episode/2Gqb...
Episode 14: SALT Deductions, Trump, the Big Beautiful Bill, and You
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July 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Our hope is by putting "Trump" and "Big Beautiful Bill" in the title, it'll trick you into clicking on an episode that's secretly just an hour of tax policy (and math 🤢). Come learn about what the SALT deduction is and how the BBB did - and didn't - change things: open.spotify.com/episode/2Gqb...
We definitely recommend checking out our newest short if you're a fan of the Bachelor and the Missouri Compromise. Like, together. At the same time. There's gotta be someone who's big into that combo, right? youtube.com/shorts/IjXzm...
STATE SEPARATION EXPLAINED - Localism Shorts
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July 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
We definitely recommend checking out our newest short if you're a fan of the Bachelor and the Missouri Compromise. Like, together. At the same time. There's gotta be someone who's big into that combo, right? youtube.com/shorts/IjXzm...
New episode is up! Come learn about "state separation" - the process of taking some territory from a current state and getting that territory admitted by Congress as a new state. State separation could further localism (and might even have bipartisan support): open.spotify.com/episode/1Kvh...
Episode 13: Legal Steps to Achieving Localism, Part 3 - State Separation
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July 1, 2025 at 3:58 AM
New episode is up! Come learn about "state separation" - the process of taking some territory from a current state and getting that territory admitted by Congress as a new state. State separation could further localism (and might even have bipartisan support): open.spotify.com/episode/1Kvh...
Weekly uploads are a go! Here's our latest short: youtube.com/shorts/5946d...
HOW TO AMEND THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION - Localism Shorts
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June 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Weekly uploads are a go! Here's our latest short: youtube.com/shorts/5946d...
Workshopping new podcast banner ideas. Graphic design is our passion!
June 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Workshopping new podcast banner ideas. Graphic design is our passion!
It may be just a few minutes to midnight, but it's still technically the weekend, so promise kept! Come learn how to amend the federal Constitution (and why Congress could be the ultimate gatekeeper to any such attempt): open.spotify.com/episode/3yyp...
Episode 12: Legal Steps to Achieving Localism, Part 2 - Amending the Federal Constitution
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June 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
It may be just a few minutes to midnight, but it's still technically the weekend, so promise kept! Come learn how to amend the federal Constitution (and why Congress could be the ultimate gatekeeper to any such attempt): open.spotify.com/episode/3yyp...
Sorry for no new podcast episode last weekend, folks - host got hit with a bad bout of COVID. But we'll have the episode ready by this Sunday, pinky promise!
June 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Sorry for no new podcast episode last weekend, folks - host got hit with a bad bout of COVID. But we'll have the episode ready by this Sunday, pinky promise!