Podcasts
Radio Interview with Mike Aguirre, former City Attorney of San Diego, Sat., Nov. 8 KNSJ "Justice" Radio 89.1 FM San Diego and KNSJ Community Radio on Facebook Live.
I was the guest of Mike Aguirre, former City Attorney of San Diego, on his "Talk of the Town" show discussing my new book, "Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying: A Handbook for the Trump Era and Beyond."
The **recording** is now available on KNJC Facebook Live:
Interview with Ralph Nader on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour on new book—“Confronting Political Intimidation & Public Bullying”- release date: No Kings Day, Sat. Oct. 18
March 30, 2018: Conversation with novelist Christopher Brown & writer Roddey Reid and Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer 91.7 FM Austin on “Politics in the Age of Dystopia” (56 mins.)
Nov. 17, 2017: Interview with Maureen Langan, KGO 810 AM San Francisco, on "Political Intimidation and Public Bullying" (24 mins.)
University of California TV video podcast: Overview of "Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying"
Fear and Loathing in the Democratic Primaries: #Bullying, #Gaslighting, and #WolfpackJournalism
Audio podcast version of posting of thoughts on the souring political climate within and without the Democratic Party. As with my previous article on Mike Bloomberg’s corporate raid on the Democratic Party, my worry is about the fate of the progressive and liberal wing of the party and its allied movements and organizations, especially at the hands of resolutely hostile mainstream media organizations.
Mike Bloomberg's Corporate Raid on the Democratic Party
Audio podcast version of the blog posting of thoughts on the souring political climate within and without the Democratic Party. As with my previous article on Mike Bloomberg’s corporate raid on the Democratic Party, my worry is about the fate of the progressive and liberal wing of the party and its allied movements and organizations, especially at the hands of resolutely hostile mainstream media organizations.
Sept. 30, 2018: The 2018 Elections, Kavanaugh, and Political Intimidation, Interview of author Roddey Reid with Talk Show Host Maureen Langan, KGO 810 AM San Francisco (24 mins.)
Discussion current political events based on author Roddey Reid’s new book, “Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying: A Citizen’s Guide for the Trump Era and Beyond”
Feb. 7, 2018: Affect & Activism in the Trump Era, Center for Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz (52 mins.)
SUMMARY
- intimidation as a political and theoretical problem
- traumatic lessons
- taking political violence seriously
- political intimidation vs. everyday bullying
- from political tool to an entire political program & form of governing
- how it works
- affective challenges to civic action and activism
- resistance: a nimble politics of anticipation
- creating our own affective facts on the ground
THEORETICAL FRAME
My thinking has been in conversation with the work of Étienne Balibar on citizenship, globalization, extreme violence and the State, Wendy Brown’s deep inquiry into the political project of neoliberalism of “dedemocratization,” Judith Butler’s and Brian Massumi’s respective writings on lawless sovereignty, indefinite detention, and the affective politics of preemption in the endless War on Terror, and Corey Robin’s book on fear as an operative concept in the liberal political tradition.
Dec. 13, 2017: Confronting Political Intimidation & Bullying: Interview with Talk Show Host Amanda Eichstaedt, KMWR 90.5 FM West Marin (30 mins.)
An interview with Roddey Reid about his new book, Confronting Political Intimidation & Public Bullying: A Citizen’s Handbook fo the Trump Era and Beyond.