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Avg. Duration 1h 9m
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Since Dec 2024
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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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Mutual Aid as Prevention: Resisting ICE in New Orleans

Feb 17, 2026 38m

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

Feb 08, 2026 41m

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

Jan 26, 2026 1h 21m

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

Jan 21, 2026 49m

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

Nov 17, 2025 56m

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 At Ground Level: A Discussion About Experiencing the War in Ukraine

Sep 19, 2025 1h 8m

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 not the framing that we simply inherit…

War from Ground Level: A Discussion About Experiencing the War in Ukraine

Sep 09, 2025 1h 8m

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

Jul 24, 2025 2h 13m

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…

Big Beautiful Social War: Six Months Into Trump 2.0

Jul 23, 2025 2h 13m

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

Jul 01, 2025 1h 7m

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…

Self-Managed Medication Abortion: Can't Live With It, Can't Live Without It

Jun 30, 2025 1h 7m

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

Jun 24, 2025 2h 5m

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…

ICE Melts as Streets Erupt, Revolt at Delaney Hall Migrant Prison, UW Campus Occupation Against War Profiteers

Jun 24, 2025 2h 5m

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…

International Solidarity Movement Volunteers Speak on Building Solidarity in the West Bank

May 23, 2025 1h 14m

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…

An Interview with International Solidarity Movement Volunteers

May 19, 2025 1h 14m

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…

A Discussion on “InterRebellium” with subMedia

May 04, 2025 51m

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…

InterRebellium: A Discussion with subMedia

May 01, 2025 51m

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…

Tearing Into It: A Conversation with Dean Spade

Apr 27, 2025 1h 17m

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 for…

A Discussion With Dean Spade

Apr 18, 2025 1h 17m

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

Apr 17, 2025 2h 8m

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…

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