
Welcome to The Plague, the podcast where we look, not just at the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but at our nation’s home-made plagues, plagues created by human socioeconomic systems, that make the coronavirus more virulent and dangerous. The coronavirus infects the human body, but what illnesses in our body politic make us more vulnerable to it? Economic inequality? Environmental devastation? La... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 9 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Categories | Health & FitnessArtsPerforming ArtsMedicine | ||||

Our current President and his party seem to be more interested in slandering their political opponents, propagating conspiracy theories, and fomenting division and distraction in our society, than in organizing a coherent response to the pandemic, th... more
We are in the middle of the biggest protest moment in the United States since 1968, and are confronted with the greatest wave of repressive violence in response from the authorities. What is the role of the radical imagination, and the idea of Utopia... more
In this episode, we speak with guests Sabiha Basrai and Ricardo Nuñez about the plague of worker expendability in our current economy, and how worker owned-cooperatives are the cure. The coronavirus has only put into starker relief a problem we have ... more
Artificially intelligent “bot” accounts attack politicians and public figures on social media. Conspiracy theorists publish junk news sites to promote their outlandish beliefs. Campaigners create fake dating profiles to attract young voters. We live ... more
In this episode, Michael Gene Sullivan, playwright and performer, collective member of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, and author of a celebrated dramatic adaptation of George Orwell's 1984, talks about the culture of anti-intellectualism, class domin... more
In this episode we talk with artist-activists Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens about the plague of ecomatricide, and how the cure is ecosexuality. What happens when we think of the Earth, not as our mother, but as our lover?
Host and Editor: L.M. Bo... more
Our third podcast of the Plague features an interview with Merith Basey of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines. Merith explains to us how the corporate, profit-based biomedical research system is a plague that distorts the research and develo... more
Our second episode of the Plague features an interview with Dr. Rupa Marya of the Do No Harm Coalition, and the band Rupa and the April Fishes. Dr. Marya explains how the racism and colonialism in daily life, the grocery store, the workplace (includi... more
It’s relevant, informative and always ends on a lighter note. I enjoy hearing what the guests share at the end.
Bogad has amazing guests, and he draws incredible insights from them. The perfect podcast for quarantine. I listen while folding laundry and doing dishes. Brilliant!
Just listened to the first seven episodes, and Bogad is off to a strong start with substantive but fun dialogues with really interesting guests. Looking forward to hearing more.
Anarchist author L.M. Bogad offers intimate discussions with guests doing amazing work to identify and cure the many social ails we’re faced with.
In a time when so many people are looking for a way to do something to help their world, Bogad has reacted rapidly and effectively to pandemic panic. His approach is a firm yet gentle and deeply thoughtful interrogation of how we might train our focus on how this Coronavirus came to be, why it came to be, and in what ways we might behave in order to mitigate it and prevent future similar catastrophes. If our elected officials would have a tenth of Bogad's patience and insight, we'd be expontiall... more
Bogad leads thoughtful conversations on some of the various (and nefarious) plagues that affect society today. But it’s not all doomsday talk - concrete, creative strategies are offered up as ways to fight back. Very well done!
Bogad blasts his listeners with hard and uncomfortable truths in a witty and charming style that entertains while he enlightens. It is our civic duty to bring positive change out of this difficult crisis and The Plague represents a text book example of how it should be done.
This is the show that will provide perspectives that are desperately necessary and emboldening in this time, filled with brilliant discourse. Well worth the listen!
L.M. Bogad has really captured the zeitgeist with the Plague. In a time wrought with uncertainty, fear, and misinformation, this show provides a thoughtful and critical lens through which to understand our culture and the world around us. The guests are fantastic; perfectly selected to examine topics which relate the world we live in today to historical contexts and the political movements of today. The subject of each episode goes well beyond the usual mainstream talking points, and both the ho... more
I really like the combination of sober perspective and inspired action that informs these conversations... I leave each episode having learned a great deal and ready to do my part to affect change.
The Plague makes you think. This is not just a recitation of sunshine and granola but an honest, blue collar intellectual approach for our troubled times. Really good stuff.
In depth conversations with excellent guests about timely subject matter. An insightful and articulate host making real connections with a cross-section of contemporary thinkers and doers. Also, it's nicely produced; so it's all wrapped up in a nice package with good audio and music. What more could you want in a thoughtful and gently educational podcast?
I really enjoyed these episodes. LM Bogad shows how our behavior and actions are all linked together. Each episode is an eye opener and is providing insight changing my consumer habits. Keep up the great work and lead me out of ignorance. I don’t want to be part of the problem!
I’ve been reading Albert Camus’s book The Plague and listening to a reading of that novel, which has been both ghastly and eerily similar to our current pandemic (and the national government’s massive mishandling of it), but after now hearing Larry Bogad’s podcast it’s clear to I need to look no further for a way to navigate this madness. Stop what you are doing and tune into this delightfully spot on series of discussions artfully delivered with the right mix of intelligence and humor. No bet... more
Great guests, innovative premise for a show, very timely for, but valuable beyond, the immediate pandemic. What are our society’s “pre-existing conditions” that we need to address ?










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