Non Serviam Media

About Non Serviam Media

Exploring the world of anarchist and anti-authoritarian ideas. Radical voices in precarious times.

Publisher

Non Serviam Media Collective

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

1 Jan 2019

Latest episode

10 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

114 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Oct 2026

   Non Serviam Podast #79 - Education Without the State with Kevin Currie

   For NSP 79, we spoke with academic Kevin Currie about his new book, "Education Without the State: Classic Anarchist Writings on Education from Godwin to Goldman." We discuss the purposes of education, unschooling, school choice, children's' rights, libertarianism, and more. Bio: Kevin Currie is a Teaching Professor in East Carolina University's Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations. His work focuses on the philosophy and history of education and libertarian forms of education. His book Education in the Marketplace is an intellectual history of pro-market arguments for school choice. His newest book, Education Without the State, is an edited collection of articles and chapters by renowned anarchists on the topic of education and children's rights. Contact him at curriek14@ecu.edu Links: https://sites.google.com/view/kevincurrieknight https://www.educationwithoutthestate.com https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-11778-8 Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:08:23 What is Education? 00:19:09 Recent Shifts in American Education 00:26:30 Education Without The State 00:32:08 School Choice, Homeschooling, Unschooling 00:48:35 Unschooling is Uncoerced Learning 00:59:25 Education as Growth 01:09:19 Steelmanning Traditional Education 01:12:19 Large Language Models 01:15:03 Lightning Round and Open Discussion 01:30:05 Modern Day Fascism 01:33:22 Reading Recommendations 01:35:13 Outro Thanks for listening! Please like, comment, subscribe, and share! --- If you'd like to see more anarchist and anti-authoritarian interviews, please consider supporting this project financially by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/nonserviammedia Follow Non Serviam Media Collective on: Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/nonserviammedia.bsky.social Mastodon https://kolektiva.social/@nonserviammedia As well as Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Connect with Lucy Steigerwald via: https://bsky.app/profile/lucystag.bsky.social https://mastodon.social/@LucyStag https://lucysteigerwald.substack.com/

2. 

   15 Aug 2026

   Non Serviam Podcast #78 - Deconstructing Disney with Vicky Osterweil

   For NSP 78, we spoke with Vicky Osterweil about her recent book The Extended Universe. We discussed Disney's historical and current impact on media and culture, intellectual property, fandom, and more. Vicky Osterweil is a Philadelphia-based writer, agitator, and worker whose first book, In Defense of Looting, described historical struggles for liberation in the US. She is a member of the anarchist journal CAW and has written about the intersections of film, politics, and culture for publications such as The Paris Review, Art in America, Al Jazeera America, The Baffler, Dissent, Lux Magazine, and The New Inquiry, where she was also a culture editor for many years. Her new book is "The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World" Link: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/authors/1639-vicky-osterweil https://www.cawshinythings.com/author/vicky/ https://kolektiva.social/@VickyACAB https://bsky.app/profile/vickyacab.bsky.social Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:05:33 Discussing the Book 00:16:48 Everything is Franchised 00:32:23 Is it OK to enjoy things? 00:44:38 A Sprinkle of IP 01:00:59 Cultural Reproduction, Property, and Power 01:12:08 Lightning Round and Outro Thanks for listening! Please like, comment, subscribe, and share! --- If you'd like to see more anarchist and anti-authoritarian interviews, please consider supporting this project financially by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/nonserviammedia Follow Non Serviam Media Collective on: Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/nonserviammedia.bsky.social Mastodon https://kolektiva.social/@nonserviammedia As well as Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Connect with Lucy Steigerwald via: https://bsky.app/profile/lucystag.bsky.social https://mastodon.social/@LucyStag https://lucysteigerwald.substack.com/

3. 

   11 Jul 2026

   Non Serviam Podcast #77 - Political Economy & Queer Freedom with Mikayla Novak

   Economist Mikayla Novak joins NSP to discuss her books Rainbow Liberty and Liberal Emancipation. We also talk about sociology, radical liberalism, fascist economy, and more. Mikayla Novak is a Senior Fellow in the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She has an economics doctorate awarded by RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and a sociology PhD from The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. Prior to academia in the U.S., Mikayla worked in the Australian public service as well as in think-tanks. Mikayla Novak is the author of several books, including the upcoming Routledge publication, Rainbow Liberty, and has authored over 30 peer-review journal articles. Her research interests include Austrian and evolutionary economics, institutional economics, public choice, and social philosophy and theory. Link: https://www.mercatus.org/hayekprogram/scholars/mikayla-novak https://www.routledge.com/Rainbow-Liberty-Liberal-Political-Economy-and-Queer-Freedom/Goodman-Lofthouse-Novak/p/book/9781041016441 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-94406-2 Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:12:17 Self-Governance without the State 00:17:21 Libertarian Thought Traps 00:20:37 Rainbow Liberty Book 00:33:05 Queerness and Markets 00:45:45 Charlotte Twight, Political Transaction Costs, and Technocratic Fascism 00:56:21 Liberal Emancipation Book 01:01:09 Radicalism via Don Lavoie 01:08:49 The Relevance of Sociology 01:11:28 Lightning Round and Outro Thanks for listening! Please like, comment, subscribe, and share! --- If you'd like to see more anarchist and anti-authoritarian interviews, please consider supporting this project financially by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/nonserviammedia Follow Non Serviam Media Collective on: Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/nonserviammedia.bsky.social Mastodon https://kolektiva.social/@nonserviammedia As well as Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Connect with Lucy Steigerwald via: https://bsky.app/profile/lucystag.bsky.social https://mastodon.social/@LucyStag https://lucysteigerwald.substack.com/

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

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0

YouTube

85

Engagement

85

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