- - Critical perspectives on our techno-capitalist age. - -
Frieda lives and works in Brooklyn, New York City. She is a tour guide in the ultra-orthodox Jewish neighborhoods of her roots. But her focus here is on the greater modern city, which is now morphing into a technological mega-machine.
This podcast is an effort to understand these dystopian trends from radically human perspectives.
Conversation with Addison Reeves on the Vaccine Mandates and Apartheid coming to NYC
Addison Reeves from Modern Heretic discusses New York City's vaccine mandates and their discriminatory impact on minority communities in an interview with Frieda Vizel.
1 Jun 2025
Movies, Indoctrination and 'My Dinner with Andre'
This episode of "Radically Human" explores the themes of technological society and dystopian worlds through the lens of the movie 'My Dinner with Andre'.
1 May 2025
Conservatives vs Leftists
Where I tell you everything I know on the subject, and that tells you everything I don't know as well.
Post with links:
https://friedavizel.com/2021/03/17/boxes2/ (https://friedavizel.com/?p=14768&preview=true)
1 May 2025
Political Boxes / Part 1
Biting off more than I can chew in an attempt to articulate what various political/philosophical terminologies mean to me. Part 1 covers liberalism, neoliberalism and libertarianism. // Link to blogpost with notes: https://friedavizel.com/2021/03/10/boxes/
1 May 2025
Simon Elmer on Bio-security, Crisis and Revolution
In this episode I talk to Simon Elmer, who is critical of the biosecurity state from what I'll call a left perspective. We talked about why he uses the term revolution to describe what we are experiencing, why he prefers not to use the term fascism, and much more.
Transcript of episode here. ( https://friedavizel.com/2021/07/21/27-of-podcast/)
1 May 2025
Addison on Technology, Illich, Class and the Loneliness of the City
I talk to fellow NYC radical Addison from Modern Heretic (https://modernheretic.com/) about technology, class, dating, leaving the city, and much more.
Blog post with transcript and links:
https://friedavizel.com/2021/07/28/28-of-podcast/ (https://friedavizel.com/?p=15951&preview=true)
1 May 2025
Part 2 / Conversation with Addison Reeves on the Vaccine Mandates and Apartheid coming to NYC
This is Part 2 of my conversation with Addison Reeves from Modern Heretic. (https://modernheretic.com/)
In Part 1 we talked specifically about the vaccine mandates in NYC. In part 2 that conversation is continued, but we also talk about modern life in general, what we define as success, what we consider a meaningful life, and what drives us.
Blogpost with transcript: https://friedavizel.com/2021/08/18/31-of-podcast/ (https://friedavizel.com/?p=16350&preview=true)
1 May 2025
With Simon Elmer - "The Ghost of Christmas Past!"
In the summer of 2021, I had a second conversation with Simon Elmer from Architects for Social Housing (https://architectsforsocialhousing.co.uk/). Our first conversation was on biosecurity, crisis, and revolution (https://friedavizel.com/2021/07/21/27-of-podcast/). Here we talked about the need to fight for a world that is free, that is meaningful and the dangers of living in the digital spectacle.
Many thanks to all of you for being there, writing, sharing, listening, during another year of the institutionalizing of a terrible new normal.
Send a voice message @ https://anchor.fm/frieda-vizel/message (https://anchor.fm/frieda-vizel/message)
1 Feb 2025
Propaganda of the WW2
I’ve been reading on the rise of Nazism, in an effort to understand the mindset that gave rise to such great evil.
Blog post with links:
https://friedavizel.com/2021/05/12/22ofpodcast/ (https://friedavizel.com/?p=15322&preview=true)
1 Jan 2025
Addison Reeves on the Need for a New Political Typology
Addison Reeves explores the need for a new political typology, offering a fresh perspective on the complexities of modern politics and empowering listeners to rethink their assumptions.
19 Dec 2023
In conversation with David Cayley on Ivan Illich and the pandemic response
I talk to David Cayley (https://www.davidcayley.com/) about Ivan Illich and where the response to the pandemic comes from.
David Cayley is a Toronto-based Canadian writer and broadcaster, who is known for documenting the philosophies of prominent thinkers of the 20th century - among them, the work of Ivan Illich (https://www.davidcayley.com/ivanillich). Recently, Cayley has been written several powerful works on the Pandemic, including the Prognosis (https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2020/10/the-prognosis/), which was published in Literary Review Canada. He joined me on my podcast to discuss the philosophy of Ivan Illich and how it might be understood in light of recent developments.
Blog post with transcript and links: https://friedavizel.com/2021/08/03/29-of-podcast/ (https://friedavizel.com/?p=16166&preview=true)
2 Jun 2021
Conversation with Teacher and Radical Andy Libson
In this episode I talk to Andy Libson, who got in trouble with his school for organizing an in-person event with his students.
Andy Libson is a science teacher of 21 years from Mission High School in San Francisco. He is active in his union (United Educators of San Francisco). He is a Marxist and revolutionary socialist who hosts his own podcast with a couple of friends called "What's Left?"
Link to post: https://friedavizel.com/2021/06/02/25-of-podcast/
26 May 2021
Conversation with Writer Alex Klaushofer
In this episode I talk to Alex Klaushofer, a great essayist on culture, authoritarianism and the lockdowns.
Alex Klaushofer (https://alexklaushofer.com/) is a British writer newly-based in Lisbon. Her books are a blend of travel writing, reportage and one or two other genres. She’s fascinated by the relationship between people and places and is currently working on a book about Europe through the lens of three of its lesser-known cities.
Link to blogpost for episode: https://friedavizel.com/2021/05/26/24-of-podcast/ (https://friedavizel.com/?p=15452&preview=true)
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