Episode 5: Daniele Bolelli

Daniele Bolelli is a university professor, the creator of the enormously popular History on Fire podcast, and the author of several books on philosophy and religion. He’s also a former professional mixed martial arts cage-fighter. Daniele dislikes the culture of academia as much as it dislikes him. He's an academic outlaw, but as you'll see, sometimes outlaws win.

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Savannah "Savage Buddha" Em vs. Lanikqua Robins
• On the Warrior's Path: Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology
• American Indian Movement
• Dakota Warrior: The Story of James R. Weddell

Episode 4: Jonathan Carp

I've always thought of him as a renegade genius. After serving as a U.S. Army combat medic in Baghdad, Jonathan Carp studied ancient history and political philosophy while working as a nurse and raising a family in Tacoma, Washington. Several years ago I asked him to write the stories of the people he knew who died in Iraq. Those stories broke my heart when I read them then, and they had the same effect when we re-visited them during our interview. Jonathan challenges me, intellectually and emotionally, as much as anyone I know.

Read Jonathan's stories here: Jonathan Carp, A Combat Medic in Iraq

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Frederick Engels, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
• Saint Catherine of Siena
• John D'Emilio, Capitalism and Gay Identity
• Graham Robb, The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography
• Full Metal Jacket, opening scene
• "Soldier Was Determined to Serve: David Nicholas Crombie had to fight hard -- and rely on a little luck -- to get into the Army"
• "Army Spc. Marisol Heredia, 19, El Monte; dies after being badly burned in Baghdad" 

Episode 3: Kmele Foster

Recently I've been re-thinking some of my core ideas about race, a subject I've been studying and writing about for more than 30 years. This is largely because of conversations I've been having with Kmele Foster. He is the former co-host of The Independents, the co-founder and lead producer of FreeThink Media, the host of my second-favorite podcast, The Fifth Column, and one of the most original and important public intellectuals you will hear.

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Thaddeus Russell, "Don't Like Militarized Police and Mass Incarceration? Blame Progressivism"
• Zora Neale Hurston, Dust Tracks on a Road
• Barbara Jeanne Fields, "Slavery, Race, and Ideology" 
• Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia
• Michael Levin, How Philosophical Errors Impede Freedom
• Michael Levin, Why Race Matters
• Elizabeth Lasch-Quinn, Race Experts: How Racial Etiquette, Sensitivity Training, and New Age Therapy Hijacked the Civil Rights Revolution
• Mediate, "This Thoughtful FBN Segment on Racism Might Break the Record for Most N-Bombs Dropped on Cable News"
• Frame 394
• James Baldwin, "Letter From a Region in My Mind"

The Unregistered theme music was produced by Clint Partie. Check out his new album, Partie Down, featuring some of the top rappers from the Pacific Northwest.

The Unregistered cover art was created by Flatland studio.

Our audio engineer is Gabriel Montgomery.

Episode 2: Maggie McNeill

I talk to Maggie McNeill, a sex worker and author, who for many good reasons calls herself a whore. Maggie's blog, The Honest Courtesan, and her Twitter account have become hubs of the emergent sex-workers' rights movement. She is a living renegade and one of the fiercest thinkers I know.

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Laura Maria Agustin, Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry
• The Page Act of 1875
• Elizabeth Nolan Brown, "How a Heartwarming 'Hero Flight Attendant' Meme Helps Donald Trump Deport People," Reason.com
• "Amnesty International Officially Calls for Complete Decriminalisation of Sex Work"
• Full text of Roe v. Wade (see in particular p. 154, which includes this sentence: "We, therefore, conclude that the right of personal privacy includes the abortion decision, but that this right is not unqualified, and must be considered against important state interests in regulation.")

The Unregistered theme music was produced by Clint Partie. Check out his new album, Partie Down, featuring some of the top rappers from the Pacific Northwest.

The Unregistered cover art was created by Flatland studio.

Our audio engineer is Gabriel Montgomery.

Episode 1: Michael Malice

In the first episode of Unregistered, I introduce the podcast and interview Michael Malice, who is the author of Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il, the subject of Harvey Pekar's Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story, a columnist for The Observer, and a cable news renegade.

Mentioned in This Episode:

• "In Flanders Fields," by John McCrae,
• "Empire of the Son: The President’s Parents Were Supporters, Not Opponents, of American Hegemony," by Thaddeus Russell,

The Unregistered theme music was produced by Clint Partie. Check out his new album, Partie Down, featuring some of the top rappers from the Pacific Northwest.

The Unregistered cover art was created by Flatland studio.

Our audio engineer is Gabriel Montgomery.