Episodes

Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
“We Are Proud Boys” with Andy Campbell
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Andy Campbell, the Senior Editor of Huffington Post, joined us today to discuss his book, “We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism .” Andy is considered an expert on American extremism, having covered the modern rise of the far-right at the ground level, including the neo-Nazi rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017.
Links:
“We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism” by Andy Campbell:
https://www.amazon.com/Are-Proud-Boys-Right-Wing-Extremism/dp/0306827468
Andy Campbell articles in Huff Post:
https://www.huffpost.com/author/andy-campbell
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
#AndyCampbell#WeAreProudBoys#ProudBoys#GavinMcInness#Extemist#Jan6#EnruqyeTarrio#VICE#HuffingtontPost#HuffPost#JoeRogan#GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeftField#Podcast

Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
“Thank You For Your Service” with Bill Ehrhart
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Today’s guest is an American poet, writer, scholar, and Vietnam veteran. Bill (W.D.) Ehrhart has been called "the dean of Vietnam war poetry." His activism in the form of his prolific literary work has been featured in numerous articles, books, periodicals, and even Ken Burns’ documentary, The Vietnam War.
Links:
W.D. Ehrhart’s books from McFarland Publishing:
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/?s=W.+D.+Ehrhart&search_id=product&post_type=product
W.D. Ehrhart Articles in the LA Progressive |Jun 2014 to Nov 2022:
https://www.laprogressive.com/author/w-d-ehrhart
Webpage:
https://wdehrhart.com/index.html
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
#BillEhrhart#WDEhahart#Poet#ThankYouForYourService#KenBurns#Vietnam#Veteran#PTSD#GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeftField#Podcast

Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
“American Midnight” with Adam Hochschild
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Our guest today is an award-winning New York Times best-selling historian Adam Hochschild to discuss his book, “American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis.” Adam Hochschild is a prominent historian, author of eleven books, and a co-founder, editor, and writer at Mother Jones magazine.
Links:
“American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis.”
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/american-midnight-adam-hochschild?variant=40001056014370
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
AdamHochschild#AmericanMidnight #WoodrowWilson#JEdgarHoover#Debs#Facism#WW1#GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeftField#Podcast

Friday Oct 28, 2022
Socialism Betrayed” with Joe Jamison and Roger Keeran
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Our guests today are Joe Jamison (pen name: Thomas Kenny) and Roger Keeran, authors of “Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union.” Although written two decades ago, it remains the definitive expose of what led to the overthrow of the Soviet Union. With the recent death of Mikhail Gorbachev, their book is especially relevant, providing a clear and insightful analysis of this historic event.
Links:
“Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union”:
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
JoeJamsion#ThomasKenny#RogerKeeran#SocialismBetrayed#CollapseSovietUnion# Mikhail Gorbachev#Ukraine#SecondEconomy#CarlosMartinez#MidwesternMarxist#JeffreySommers#CollapseUSSR#RiseChina#NATOExpansion#Marx#Communism# GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeft Field#Podcast

Friday Sep 16, 2022
Salon Investigates “The War on Public Schools” with Kathryn Joyce
Friday Sep 16, 2022
Friday Sep 16, 2022
Our guest today is Kathryn Joyce, an investigative reporter at Salon. She recently authored a three-part series: ‘The war on public schools is being fought from Hillsdale College,” which focuses on a private Christian school playing an outsized role in nearly all our current fights about education.
Hillsdale is a “feeder school” for the Trump administration, its leadership directed Trump’s “patriotic education” 1776 Commission. Their lecture series and related magazine are the place where right-wing politicians and thinkers go to pilot their most ambitious ideas.
Links:
“The war on public schools is being fought from Hillsdale College”:
https://www.salon.com/2022/03/16/salon-investigates-the-on-public-schools-is-being-fought-from-hillsdale-college/
Kathryn Joyce website (articles and books):
http://kathrynjoyce.com/
Political Research Associates Articles – Ben Lorber Research Analyst: https://politicalresearch.org/bio/ben-lorber
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
KathrynJoyce#WarPublicSchools#Education#Christian#HillsdaleCollege#CriticalRaceTheory#CRT#ChristopherRufo#RightWingCollegeLies#Salon#PeninsulaSchoolDistrict#InformedParentsofWashington#Imprimis#charterschools#GregGodels#zzblog#PatCummings#ComingFromLeft Field#Podcast

Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Our guest today is Dan Canon, a civil rights lawyer, teacher, and author of "Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class." His book is a searing analysis of America’s assembly-line approach to criminal justice and the shameful practice at its core: the plea bargain.
Canon is also known as counsel for Kentucky and Indiana plaintiffs in the landmark cases successfully supporting changes in marriage equality laws.
Links:
Dan’s book:
“Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class”:
https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/dan-canon/pleading-out/9781541674684/
Greg's ZZs Blog:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
#DanConan #PleadingOut# civilrights#lawyer#criminaljustice #marriageequality #Plea Bargaing#Attorney# #polticalanalysis #greggodels #zzblog #zzsblog #patcummings #ComingFromLeftField #podcast #laborhistory #unionbusting

Friday Aug 26, 2022
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Our guest today is Dan Kovalik, a prolific author of many books on Latin America. He sheds light on the “pink tide,” the trend of numerous self-proclaimed socialist democracies moving away from neoliberal authoritarian regimes.
Links:
- Dan Kovalik Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kovalik
- Preorder Dan’s book: Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention & Resistance– January 1, 2023: https://www.amazon.com/Nicaragua-History-US-Intervention-Resistance/dp/1949762602
- Greg's ZZs Blog: http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
#DanKovalik #pinktide #Columbia #Venezuela# Nicaragua #GustavPetro#NicolasMaduro#Marxist-Leninist#polticalanalysis #greggodels #zzblog #zzsblog #patcummings #ComingFromLeftField #podcast #operationcondor #politicaleconomy #capitalism #latinarmerica

Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Blackshirts & Reds” book discussion with Eddie Smith (Midwestern Marx Podcast)
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Our guest today, Eddie Smith, is a political scientist with expertise in anti-imperialism and socialist projects. He is co-host of the popular podcast, Midwestern Marx, which has over 24,000 subscribers. Today we discuss Michael Parenti’s classic, Blackshirts & Reds, and other topics regarding class, capitalism, and contemporary Marxism.
Links:
- Midwestern Marx YouTube: (https://www.youtube.com/c/MidwesternMarx/ )
- Midwestern Marx Tik Tok: (https://www.tiktok.com/discover/midwestern-marx )
- Eddie’s July 3, 2021 article: American Slavery and Global Capitalism (https://www.midwesternmarx.com/articles/american-slavery-and-global-capitalism-by-edward-liger-smith/ )
- Website WTF Happened in 1971 (https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ )
- Link to Greg's blog: ZZs Blog (http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/)
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Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
The Political Economy of Mental Health Systems with Joanna Moncrieff
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Our guest today, psychiatrist Dr. Joanna Moncrieff, has created quite a buzz with her recent journal article that capsized the brain chemistry imbalance hypothesis of depression. The article is scientifically sound and well respected by her peers; however, it is a threat to the big pharma industry and other narratives regarding the individual defect theory of mental health.
- Marx, Spinoza, and the Political Implications of Contemporary Psychiatry | CounterPunch by Bruce Levine | June 7, 2022
- The Political Economy of the Mental Health System: A Marxist Analysis | Frontiers in Sociology by Joanna Moncrieff | Jan 17, 2022
- The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence | Molecular Psychiatry by Joanna Moncrieff | June 21, 2022
#JoannaMoncrieff #UniversityCollegeLondon #seritonin #depressioin #mentalhealth #molecularpsychiatry #politicaleconomy #Frontierssociology #brainchemisrty #bigpharma #counterpunch #greggodels #zzblog #zzsblog #patcummings #ComingFromLeftField #podcast

Friday Jul 08, 2022
Friday Jul 08, 2022
One of our favorite guests, Dr. Gerald Horne, joins us today to discuss his book, “Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music.” A remarkable scholar discusses the history of jazz, “the story of a beautiful lotus, growing from the filth of the crassest form of human immiseration.”
Order the book: https://www.kingsbookstore.com/book/9781583677858
Link to Greg's blog (ZZs Blog): http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/
Spotify Playlists Jazz Musicians by Location
New Orleans: https://spoti.fi/3Is9AXs
Kansas City: https://spoti.fi/3uA7jn4
St. Louis: https://spoti.fi/3yOAaqu
New Jersey: https://spoti.fi/3OS8xm0
Chicago: https://spoti.fi/3yqGcvX
Pittsburgh: https://spoti.fi/3OUHSoA
Cuba: https://spoti.fi/3ynYm1r
New York: https://spoti.fi/3NW6N9Q
Memphis: https://spoti.fi/3Rde87Q
#geraldhorne #marvinhorne #jazzhistory #jazz activism #anti-fascism #charlesmingus #archieshepp #jazzjustice #greggodels #zzblog #zzsblog #patcummings #ComingFromLeftField #podcast #racism #politicaleconomy #music #jimcrow