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Fight Like An Animal searches for a synthesis of behavioral science and political theory that illuminates paths to survival for this planet and our species. Each episode examines political conflict through the lens of innate contributors to human behavior, offering new understandings of our current crises. Bibliographies: www.againsttheinternet.com/ Support: www.patreon.com/biolog... more

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Chapter Four: The Depth-Seekers. After life on Earth almost ended in a mass extinction ~250 million years ago, single-celled photosynthetic plankton evolved that mineralize carbon to make exterior shells. When they die, they drop to the bottom of the... more

Chapter Three: Rise of the Xenobots. Can life be persuaded to take novel forms and behaviors that stabilize the Earth system? The only way to find out is to find out. Let's look to the strange frontiers of experimental biology for a framework of inqu... more

What does it feel like, in our bodies, to be in a Marxist reading group or an anarchist direct action collective? What unexamined stories, from our profoundly traumatizing experiences of development, do we carry into political organizing structures? ... more

Chapter Two: The Poison Eaters. In this chapter, we examine some possible experimental biology-assisted climate interventions, such as mineralization of rapidly-produced biomass. We then return to the question of massive, rapid methane release from u... more

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Thomas Zeitzoff
Author of No Option but Sabotage; Professor
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Episode: No Option but Sabotage: Interview with Thomas Zeitzoff

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Arnold Schroeder
Host of Fight Like An Animal

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4.9 out of 5 stars from 207 ratings
  • Pretty dangerous antiscientific stuff

    The host’s whole schtick is a severe case of biologization, i.e. stringing together extremely weak results from behavioral biology into a grand narrative of human social structure. Many of the studies he cites as the foundation of his theory are at least highly contested and often completely debunked. Maybe he corrects some of this in later episodes, idk, but I highly doubt it considering the foundation needs to be retracted. This is not to defend the opposite view that every person can be convi... more

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  • Weed doesn’t help

    Arnold, you are a smart guy and I want to read your book, but when you record high you sound stupid.

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    L. decorata
    United Statesa year ago
  • Old Organisms, New Politics

    Listen to this series straight from the beginning. No matter where you are coming from it will fundamentally change the way you think about politics. If we want to traverse the evolutionary cliffs and bottlenecks which threaten to swallow our species (along with most other life on earth) whole, we have to think and act differently. We need to understand and hack our own behavioral programming that evolution has left us with. We need to fight for survival, not like the rational deliberating human... more

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    0@:);6391!,bruej
    United States2 years ago
  • World-changing insights. Unique, brilliant, fascinating, entertaining.

    I found this podcast extremely interesting from the very start, but it took many episodes before I realized that it’s even more valuable than it is interesting.

    If you’re someone who hopes we can create a better world, to abolish the systems of coercion and hierarchy and exploitation that are destroying the environment, diminishing our freedom, and inflicting immense suffering on humans and the other life forms on this planet, all to feed the wealth and egos of those at the top of the hierarch... more

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  • Fractals, heartbeats and limbo

    🫀🙏🏽🔑 this sings to my soul thank you.

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    Sweden3 years ago

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World-Self-Void-Marx-Lenin: Interview with Adam of Subjective Conditions
Q: What practical steps can listeners take to apply these ideas in political organizing or personal development?
Begin by acknowledging trauma and fragmentation as integral to political life, then adopt flexible, experimental approaches rather than rigid doctrines. Cultivate safety, belonging, and compassionate engagement within groups, and use philosophical practice to translate existential insights into concrete organizing actions that center liberation from suffering.
World-Self-Void-Marx-Lenin: Interview with Adam of Subjective Conditions
Q: How do metaphors shape political thinking, and what role do embodied cognition and space-time concepts play in your work?
Metaphors are not just language but structures that organize how we perceive and act. By using embodied cognition, we show that our bodily experiences shape abstract thought, and space-time concepts reveal how consciousness influences perception of reality. This approach helps explain why people cling to fixed worldviews and how to foster more flexible, compassionate political engagement.
No Option but Sabotage: Interview with Thomas Zeitzoff
Q: What were the two core thesis questions you presented in the book, and how do they illuminate the movement's shape and its current trajectory?
The two core questions are why the radical environmental movement emerged in that form at that time, and why, given the ongoing ecological crisis, we don't see a more intensified version of it today. The answers hinge on historical phases, repression, subcultural influences, and evolving tactical repertoires that respond to changing opportunities and constraints.
No Option but Sabotage: Interview with Thomas Zeitzoff
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about your overall path into this kind of work and what drew you to studying radical environmental movements?
I'm a political violence and repression researcher, with fieldwork that spans multiple regions. My interest came from seeing firsthand how environmental activism intersects with political violence and how people's backgrounds shape their participation. I focus on data, interviews, and the evolution of these movements over time to understand broader dynamics rather than single-case anecdotes.
Taming the Apocalypse with Dr. Shane Simonsen
Q: Can you talk a little bit about this project you have of finding these new ways to transmit scientific knowledge?
I'm interested in fables as a more durable way of transmitting useful information, particularly in light of potential future collapses.

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