Unregistered With Thaddeus Russell

Three years ago Lily Forester fled the United States for Mexico with her partner, John Galton, to escape long-term prison sentences for the production and sale of cannabis. On February 1, John was murdered at their homestead on the outskirts of Acapulco. This is Lily’s first interview since John’s death. For full show notes, go … Continue reading Episode 76: Lily Forester →

Joe has been a cannabis farmer in Humboldt County, California since 1999. Like many Humboldt growers who operated for years illegally, he is struggling to survive the government’s attempts to rid the newly legal and increasingly corporate industry of people like him. For full show notes, go to: http://thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/75/

Katie Herzog is a staff writer at Seattle’s bi-weekly, The Stranger. Her work has been featured on Salon, The Guardian, Vox, Buzzfeed, Fusion, Mother Jones, High Times, and she is a former staff writer at Grist. For full show notes, go to: http://thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/74/

In our second “Ask Me Anything” episode I answer questions from Renegade University students and members of the Unregistered Underground supporting listeners group. The topics range from sex-positive feminism to the future of higher education to the renegade history of the world. To join the Unregistered Underground so you can participate in our AMAs, go … Continue reading Episode 73: Ask Me Anything →

I recently participated in a debate hosted by Reason, in a West Coast version of the popular New York City-based debate series, The Soho Forum— against Ken White, an attorney at Brown, White & Osborn, author at the legal blog Popehat. For full show notes, go to: thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/72

Julien Nitzberg is a screenwriter, stage writer, lyricist, theater director and film director best known as the director of the documentary The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia. He also wrote the book and lyrics and directed the musical The Beastly Bombing or A Terrible Tale of Terrorists Tamed by the Tangles of True … Continue reading Episode 71: Julien Nitzberg →

Cathy Reisenwitz is a research analyst for Gartner and the author of the Unintended Consequences column for the Bay City Beacon. Her writing has appeared in Reason, The Week, Forbes, the Chicago Tribune, The Daily Beast, and VICE Motherboard. For full show notes, go to: thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/70

Daniel Coffeen holds a PhD in Rhetoric from the University of California at Berkeley and is the author of Reading the Way of Things: Towards a New Technology of Making Sense. His lectures on the history of philosophy and rhetoric were legendary among undergraduates at UC Berkeley and are now available on iTunes. He now … Continue reading Episode 69: Daniel Coffeen →

Keith Whittington is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton University. He is a fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His work on American constitutional law, theory and politics, federalism, judicial politics, and the presidency has been published widely, and he is the author of many books. His most recent … Continue reading Episode 68: Keith Whittington →

Maggie McNeill and Mistress Matisse are two of the most prominent leaders of the emergent sex-worker rights movement. Maggie McNeill is the author of the indispensable Honest Courtesan blog, and Mistress Matisse is a former columnist for the Seattle-based alternative newspaper The Stranger and is the creator of Velvet Swing, a cannabis-infused sex lube. For … Continue reading Episode 67: Maggie McNeill & Mistress Matisse →

Daniel Bessner is the Anne H. H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Assistant Professor in American Foreign Policy in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington and the author of Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual. For full show notes, go to: thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/66

Conner Habib has performed in nearly 200 gay adult films. But he also founded a punk rock record label, studied organismic and evolutionary biology and creative writing in graduate school, taught college English courses, worked as a sex workers’ rights activist, and published essays in dozens of print and online publications, including The Stranger, Vice, … Continue reading Episode 65: Conner Habib →

Michael Brooks is the host of The Michael Brooks Show and the co-host of Majority Report with Sam Seder. For full show notes, go to: thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/64

Joshua Childress recently resigned in protest from the U.S. Border Patrol. He previously served in the U.S. Army and National Guard, doing tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. For full show notes, go to: thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/63

Emily Horowitz is a professor of sociology and criminal justice at St. Francis College (Brooklyn, NY). She also directs the Institute for Peace and Justice, and founded and co-directs the post-prison college program. She is the author of Protecting Our Kids? How Sex Offender Laws Are Failing Us. For full show notes, go to: thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/62

I spoke with Bret Weinstein, the former professor of biology at Evergreen State University, on a panel organized by the Cato Institute at the Voice and Exit Conference in Austin, Texas. For full show notes, go to: thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/61

Kevin Williamson is an author and journalist who was fired from his position at The Atlantic shortly after his hiring. According to the magazine’s editor, Williamson was let go because language he had used in the past was “callous and violent” and “runs contrary to The Atlantic’s tradition of respectful, well-reasoned debate, and to the … Continue reading Episode 60: Kevin Williamson →

Nancy Rommelmann is a journalist and the author of To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times Magazine, and the LA Weekly, among other publications. For full show notes, go to: thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/59

James Sullivan works at a jewelry store in Texas. He’s also one of my favorite philosophers. James is the host of James and the Giant Podcast. For full show notes, go to: thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/58

Renegade University continued the revolution in higher education in New Orleans earlier this month. Brett Veinotte of the School Sucks Project helps me host a live podcast at the end of our third weekend. Big ideas and great people are such a wonderful mix, I can’t wait for the next one. For full show notes, … Continue reading Episode 57: Renegade University Live from New Orleans →