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The author, Ian MacDonald, narrates the contents of his three novels. A transcript of each chapter will be supplied after its podcast. The first novel to be narrated will be "BEWARE THE ABANDONED". It follows a poor, orphaned boy from Los Angeles who is enlisted by a non-religious capitalist sect in New Mexico. Their objective is to exploit gifted street children for the rest of their lives by turning them into wealthy entrepreneurs. The story moves from Paris to Las Vegas and Delaware with ...
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night, I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE,…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “..I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE…
  continue reading
 
One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “..I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE…
  continue reading
 
One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “..I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE…
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One reader of “BEWARE THE ABANDONED”, in her Amazon review, wrote, “..I just finished this thriller book, BEWARE THE ABANDONED, I could not stop reading it. Last night I finished it and went to bed at 4 a.m. What a great book. You really have done your research, and it is almost scary how much you know and how you planned his escape. PLEASE, PLEASE…
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Reading Group: Exploits On June 7th, Quiver considered the topic of “Exploits.” How should we respond to what we oppose? Quiver considered the technical dimension of what is intolerable about the world, and how to locate vulnerabilities within it. The first reading was from a book that sets out to imagine radical politics after Deleuze’s suggestion…
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Group: Conspiracy On May 24th, Quiver continued with a discussion of “conspiracy.” In our disenchanted present, politicians boast about having the courage to speak truth while their opponents merely spread conspiracy. Quiver holds none of these pretentions. Its interests lie with myths, fictions, and conspiracies – not that they are all taken as go…
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On May 3rd, Quiver discussed “Institutional Analysis.” Our conversation centered on the work of Frantz Fanon. We provided two readings. The first contextualizes the work of Fanon within social psychiatry, the institutional psychotherapy movement, and his historical context (Caribbean, French, and North African). The reading visits Fanon during his …
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On April 19th, Quiver will discuss “Crowned Anarchy.” This session considers what anarchism can contribute to political thought. We open with a passage from Todd May’s book on “The Political Philosophy of Post-Structuralist Anarchism.” In just a few short pages, he brings up a number of concepts that continue to concern us to this day: economics, p…
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On April 5th, Quiver will discuss “Becoming-Woman.” Rather than discuss the notorious section of A Thousand Plateaus on becoming-woman, we instead consider the woman as an escapee. Our conversation will begin with a portion of Hélène Cixous’s essay “The Laugh of the Medusa.” With it we consider the practice of writing, the insurgency of the feminin…
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On March 22nd, Quiver hosts a conversation about “exhaustion.” Understanding that the unfolding crisis is a disaster long in the making, we invite participants to discussion exhaustion, stress, and burnout. Our two readings begin with a section of “How to Make Yourself a Body Without Organs” from A Thousand Plateaus. There we learn that the BwO is …
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Quiver 3 was lost to the cloud. On March 1st, Quiver continued with a reading group on “Anti-Work.” We read two anti-work texts that spoke to our previous readings. If you are not familiar with the political tradition, we suggest you do a little background research (a decent reading list is available here: https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/wiki/lib…
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On February 15th, Quiver convened its second reading group over Zoom. During that session, we explored the concept of “subjects.” We started with the infamous short excerpt on voluntary servitude and Reichian group fantasy from Anti-Oedipus. Then, we moved to the distinction between post-Althusserian social subjection and Mumford's machinic enslave…
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On February 1st, Quiver convened its first reading group over Zoom. During that session, we explored the concept of “weapons.” We began by revisiting the dialogue between Deleuze and Foucault "Intellectuals and Power,” in which Deleuze suggests that theory should be understood as a toolbox. Our provocation: today, should it instead be a quiver? Fur…
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Join David and Clifton as they discuss a broad range of topics as well as future guests. Our topics will include the recent FIASCO over propertarianism, recent personal developments and possible changes to our casting platform. As always we will be bringing you the most interesting topics regarding the Libertarian right and our in-depth analysis of…
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Over the years Martin Luther Kings legacy has been inflated to epic proportions. In fact, there are many things about Martin Luther King that most people do not know and if they did might not consider him a great man at all. We will Discuss MLK otherwise known as Martin Luther King and other topics as we move through this episode of Punching Left! …
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In this Episode, David and Clifton spend some time discussing the History of the Alt-Right and its genetic inheritance. As a part of the discussion an examination of the thinkers who brought it into existence. We think this will be an interesting discussion as the two hosts have a full-on debate about this topic and anything else that comes to thei…
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The Punching Left! Crew welcomes the return of guest host Elliott Wilson as we examine the unjustifiable claims of oppression, alienation, and exploitation. In particular, the #METOO movement, Brett Kavanaugh, conservative politics, and critical theory. This week should be a lot of fun as the crew turns loose and let the conversation have a life of…
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Punching Left! is extremely excited to be joined by Meta-Right godfather Kashif Vikaas for an important and educational show. Clifton and David will have a chance to discuss Kashif Vikaas' experiences with the Academic speech and thought police and his formulation of the Meta-Right which has been referred to as the "Alt" Alt-Right by some. With its…
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In S02:02 The Punching Left! crew will take a look at Jordon Peterson and those like him who have been tagged by the left as the "Alt-Right." and by those in Alt Right as "Alt-Lite." Clifton and David have a theory that Peterson is actually a center-left person and that is the real issue. This will lead the two Punching Left! hosts on a twisting ro…
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Sex scandals everywhere! Hollywood, and the Catholic church to name a few. Sexual assault, rape, and pedophilia is rampant. To make matters worse the academic left has seen fit to try and normalize pedophilia by portraying it as an illness or as a normal sexual persuasion. They have begun to use the "I was born this way" argument. Join David and Cl…
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The Punching Left! crew returns for a special summer episode with Christopher Chase Rachels. We will be discussing Chase's recent book, "White, Right, and Libertarian," and his views on libertarians and the Alt-Right. Chase has made a very good case for an Alt-Right and Austrian economics fusion. We are very excited to have Chase on the show, and i…
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On this episode of Punching Left! Clifton and David welcome Dr. Stephen Hicks. Dr. Hicks is a scholar on the subject of Nietzsche and his influence on the National Socialists. He has authored a book "Explaining Postmodernism," and is the author of the famous lecture, "Nietzsche and the Nazis." Dr. Hicks is also responsible for many other works. The…
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This week Clifton and David are joined by Dr. David Gordon. Dr. Gordon is a distinguished philosopher and intellectual historian. He has authored many papers and books. He is also recognized as an authority on Murray Rothbard and his work. Dr. Gordon's interpretation of Rothbard and Mises works are considered authoritative. Dr. Gordon also brings e…
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This episode on Punching Left!, David and Clifton are joined by Danny a competition shooter and fire arms afficiando. Danny has years of experience, and some very solid opinions around the topic of firearms an their proper usage. We will also discuss the media's insistence on making every shooting incident a topic for gun control and limiting the s…
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Cliton and David take an hour to discuss the concept of the Rothbardian Covenant Community. This provides a way for people to live in societies which most closely match their preferences. Murray N. Rothbard initiated the idea of creating these communities and Hans Herman Hoppe has elaborated and fleshed out the overriding ideas in which such commun…
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This week David, Clifton, and guest host Elliott discuss the Alt Right. In particular, is Punching Left! an Alt Right show? What does it mean to be Alt Right and is being Alt Right white supremacist? What are the goals of the Punching Left! crew and have we achieved any sort of success? This episode coincides with Punching Left's inclusion by FM.Pl…
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Join David and Clifton as they host Dr. Bill Warner in an episode about The Crusades. We hope to learn a great deal from Dr. Warner. The general discussion will address misconceptions and out right fallacies portrayed in popular media and public school systems who represent interests that wish to downplay the violent and bloody history of Islam in …
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Clifton and David are honored to have Stephan Kinsella on the show to discuss argumentation ethics and talk about his concept, "estoppel." We will get Stephan's full take on argumentation ethics and how it relates to libertarian arguments and principles such as the NAP. Stephan is also the author of the libertarian book, "Against Intellectual Prope…
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This episode David and Clifton will have a discussion on Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas is both indispensable to the Catholic Church and Libertarianism. He is THE theologian-philosopher of Catholicism. He is also a primary source of influence for Murray Rothbard. Aquinas's largest contributions would be his approximation of Natural Law. There would after …
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On tonight’s show, David, Clifton will discuss some very controversial topics. Race realism and white privilege are two of the most controversial topics out there. Both are incendiary but race realism is arguably more so by far. Join us for a very candid discussion about race, and power politics. We will most certainly be discuss8ng White guilt, et…
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