The Beautiful Idea
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The Beautiful Idea is a media project bringing you interviews, ideas, and stories from the frontlines of social movements and struggles, from a distinctly anarchist perspective.
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Spy vs Fash: Chris Mathias on His New Antifascist Spy Thriller
On this episode of The Beautiful Idea, we speak with long-running journalist and researcher Chris Mathias on his new book, "To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right."In the book,…
On the Prairieland Defendants
In this episode we feature two interviews regarding the Prairieland trials and defendants.The first interview is with two people from the support crew, made up of friends and family of the…
Lake Effect on Anti-Deportation Organizing in Chicago
Lake Effect Collective (https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/) is a Chicago-based group formed in the wake of the Palestine encampments in Chicago in 2024 that has been experimenting with radical political…
Mutual Aid as Prevention: Resisting ICE in New Orleans
We speak with an organizer based in New Orleans about the community’s efforts to confront ICE during a special operation that took place there in December of 2025. Among other topics, we touch on the…
Minneapolis Montage: Interviews from the Filter Blockades and More
In this episode we talk to a variety of people on the ground in Minneapolis about their thoughts on the filter blockades and other things happening there currently relating to anti ICE resistance.…
Fires In the Distance During Dark Days: One Year of Trump 2.0
In this episode we sit down with a member of Crimethinc to discuss the first year of the second Trump administration. In many ways the speed, severity, and violence of the first year has made the…
ICE vs Ice On the Ground in Minneapolis
In this episode, we speak with some organizers involved in anti-ICE resistance at the peak of the show-downs in Minneapolis, one week after ICE agents killed Renee Good, and 20 minutes after Julio…
Getting Operational With It: A Discussion with BREACH Digest
We are at a moment of impasse, a time where political spaces and dynamics are shifting drastically. In the past months we have seen military units deploy to streets, the DOJ get used as an overt…
War from Ground Level: A Discussion About Experiencing the War in Ukraine
We're back after a brief summer break!The war in Ukraine is often, like many conflicts, discussed through the lens of foreign policy and the interests of these entities that we call states. This is…
Big Beautiful Social War: Six Months Into Trump 2.0
On this episode of The Beautiful Idea, we speak with several authors and organizers, marking six months into the second Trump administration coming to power. During our multiple discussions, we look…
Self-Managed Medication Abortion: Can't Live With It, Can't Live Without It
For as long as people have been getting pregnant, they’ve also been figuring out how to get un-pregnant. A self-managed abortion (SMA) is when a person ends their pregnancy outside of the formal…
ICE Melts as Streets Erupt, Revolt at Delaney Hall Migrant Prison, UW Campus Occupation Against War Profiteers
Welcome back to The Beautiful Idea. So much has happened since we started to put this episode together. We've got a lot to cover, so let's not waste any time and dive right into it!On today's…
An Interview with International Solidarity Movement Volunteers
In this conversation, we speak with two recent International Solidarity Movement (ISM) volunteers about their experiences accompanying Palestinians in the West Bank. International Solidarity Movement…
InterRebellium: A Discussion with subMedia
Join us as we sit down with members of the subMedia Collective to discuss their upcoming series InterRebellium. In this conversation we run down the history of subMedia, beginning in the 90s rave…
A Discussion With Dean Spade
Dean Spade is the author of "Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis and the Next", and "Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law". Well known…
People Hit the Streets As Trump's Trade War Heats Up
Welcome back to The Beautiful Idea! We're excited to bring you a jam-packed show today and we have some amazing content planned, so be sure to subscribe to the show and follow us on Mastodon and…
The Murder of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi and the Future of International Solidarity
On September 6th of last year, 26 year old University of Washington graduate Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi was shot and killed by IDF soldiers while doing accompaniment in the West Bank of Palestine with…
Trump, the Tech-Right, and the Post-Neoliberal Order
In this episode of The Beautiful Idea, we present an interview with author Jamie Merchant, author of Engame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline and numerous articles at The Brooklyn Rail.…
Abolish Rent: A Discussion With The LA Tenants' Union
In this episode of The Beautiful Idea, we speak with Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis, two tenant organizers in Los Angeles, CA, involved in the Los Angeles Tenant Union (LATU), and co-authors of…
The Long Emergency: A Discussion With Adam Greenfield
Welcome back to The Beautiful Idea, a new project from a collective of several anarchist and autonomous media producers scattered around the world. We’re bringing you interviews and stories from the…
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The Beautiful Idea has published 26 episodes since December 2024, covering topics in News, Philosophy.
The Beautiful Idea is currently active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 1h 10m.
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