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The debut episode of "The Institute For Post American Studies," is with Mckenzie Wark on her new-ish book "Capital is Dead." We mostly discuss how the economy has changed under the guidance of silicon valley and exacerbated by the pandemic. We discuss a range of subjects from the book and some in depth analysis of the present. Pick up the book now on Verso [https://www.versobooks.com/books/3762-capital-is-dead]

Quick PSA on Propaganda by the Seed! Subscribe here [https://propagandabytheseed.libsyn.com/].  Support it on patreon here. [https://www.patreon.com/propagandabytheseed] This project is no longer going to be on the Solecast feed... if you wanna hear our episodes subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!  Our first episode we dropped today is with Ben Falk, author of "The Resilient Homestead" on Chelsea Green. And The Solecast is now The Institute For Post American Studies

Closing out a hellish year with the final episode of the “ solecast” before I change the name (and focus) to The Institute For Post-American Studies in 2021.  Couldn’t think of a better way to end it, then with two of my favorite co-travellers and co-conspirators in the world of anarchist podcasting: Final Straw Radio.   In this episode we reflect on 2020, our hopes and fears for the future and how this year surprised us in many ways.  We also talk about our projects and things we've learned along the way, going in depth on on issues of race and anarchy, internationalism, abolition, ecology and much more.  Bursts also shares his Kim chi recipe at the end.   Check em out at final strawhttps://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/ [https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/] Music “Gasoline” [https://erda.bandcamp.com/track/gasoline-prod-vaegud-hxrxkiller] By Erda

Erda makes emo inspired rap music with an anarchist bent. Their music expresses both the existential angst of our epoch and the spirit of resistance. Based out of NY, Erda has a background in various genres of music, and this lends itself to a very unique aesthetic and approach to hip-hop. In this conversation we talk about bridging the personal with the worldly, Erda's background with farming and permaculture and life under the algorithm. In this episode we open it up with a recent track, "Riot 2" and close it with an unreleased jam called "The Skyline Would Look So Beautiful On Fire." Uou can follow Erda on Twitter [https://twitter.com/erda_nyc], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/erda_nyc/], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6SyAM3rp8QjkrnYl2jMPla] and Bandcamp [https://erda.bandcamp.com/album/singles-volume-i].

In the season finale of Propaganda By The Seed, we look back on our first year of doing the podcast and what we’ve learned from it. We spend the bulk of the podcast detailing late fall activities that can be done to grow trees and perennial vegetables from seed. Aaron lays out multiple methods for growing nut trees, stone fruit trees (peach, cherry, paw paw, etc.), and perennial vegetables from seed. Starting a backyard forest garden or large scale planting can be very expensive and learning the methods of growing from seed is a fun and cheap way to save thousands of dollars. We talk about where to get these plants, how to store and stratify then, and how to fertilize them, take care of them and transplant them. Thanks for listening to Season One of Propaganda By The Seed. If you’ve enjoyed this podcast we’d love to hear from you, pop us an email at edgewoodlandscapes (at) yahoo or sole (at) soleone.org [http://soleone.org]. If you want to support us financially you can pick up some plants from Edgewood Nursery [https://edgewood-nursery.com/] or subscribe to the Sole patreon [http://patreon.com/soleone].