Unregistered with Thaddeus Russell

A few weeks before her first appearance on Unregistered, Lily Forester’s husband John Galt was shot to death at their home in Acapulco, Mexico. They had been on the run from felony cannabis charges in Ohio and had fled across the border into Mexico, where they established a life among a small expat anarchist community … Continue reading Unregistered 129: Lily Forester →

I spoke with Jack, the co-host of the uniquely provocative podcast The Perfume Nationalist, about aesthetics and politics, Camille Paglia, my mother’s perfume, the myth of misogyny, the decline of McDonald’s, and “the 2010s, the worst decade in American history.” The Perfume Nationalist podcast: https://theperfumenationalist.libsyn.com/ Join the Unregistered Underground: https://unregisteredunderground.com/ 25% off all CBD products … Continue reading Unregistered 128: Jack the Perfume Nationalist →

The ongoing US wars are as far from the news as ever, which is why I brought combat veteran and antiwar journalist Danny Sjursen onto the show. We discussed his road from a working-class Staten Island family of right-wing cops and firefighters to West Point and then leading scout platoons with Armored Cavalry regiments in … Continue reading Unregistered 127: Maj. Danny Sjursen →

The preeminent political trickster Michael Malice joined me for his fourth appearance on the show. We discussed his admiration for Ayn Rand and RuPaul, how gays liberate straights, and of course my many physical and intellectual shortcomings. 25% off all CBD products at: https://palomaverdestore.com/33% off the Unregistered Combo Pack: https://palomaverdestore.com/product/unregistered-combo-pack/Use discount code “RENEGADE” at checkout. … Continue reading Unregistered 126: Michael Malice →

The former gay porn star turned podcaster, public intellectual and academic spoke with me from his new home in Dublin to discuss the puritanical effects of the lockdown and social distancing, mental illness and “anarchy of the mind,” the lesson we both draw from the life of our late friend Michael Brooks, and the meaning … Continue reading Unregistered 125: Conner Habib →

The author of the brilliant new book The Cult of Smart spoke with me about our society’s fetishization of “intelligence” as well as his own struggles with mental health. Freddie deBoer is the rare public intellectual who is as candid, astute and knowledgeable about himself as he is about politics. The Cult of Smart: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J4RMN5Y/ … Continue reading Unregistered 124: Freddie deBoer →

The personal and the political are always intertwined. No one understands that better than my guest Bridget Phetasy, who joined me to discuss her rise from drunk bartender to Twitter and podcast star, the problems with left-right politics, the life-saving power of art, and our mutual troubles with pleasure. 25% off all CBD products at: … Continue reading Unregistered 123: Bridget Phetasy →

The social scientist Wilfred Reilly joined me to discuss how most of what Americans hear in the media about racism and race relations is not only destructive but also patently and absurdly false. 25% off all CBD products at: https://palomaverdestore.com/ 33% off the Unregistered Combo Pack Use discount code “RENEGADE” at checkout. Subscribe on iTunes: … Continue reading Unregistered 122: Wilfred Reilly →

Was my turn away from socialism a mistake? I talked with Doug Henwood, one of the most respected American socialists throughout my political life, about what it means to remain devoted to the cause I was born into. 25% off all CBD products at: https://palomaverdestore.com/ 33% off the Unregistered Combo Pack Use discount code “RENEGADE” … Continue reading Unregistered 121: Doug Henwood →

Lenore Skenazy, founder of the Free-Range Kids movement, joined me to examine why the Gen-X generation became the Helicopter Parent generation and whether I was neglected or liberated as a child. 25% of all CBD products at: https://palomaverdestore.com/ Use discount code: “RENEGADE” at checkout. Subscribe on iTunes: http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/itunes Join the Underground: https://www.unregisteredunderground.com Episode Notes: http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/119 … Continue reading Unregistered 120: Lenore Skenazy →