MALCOLM HARRIS on The Globalization of Forgetfulness /324

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🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Giving listeners a glimpse into his new book, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World, guest Malcolm Harris joins Ayana in a vast conversation dealing with the shape and form of Palo Alto’s specific place alongside overarching systems of capital. Cutting through the romanticization and myth that surrounds much of the allure around California as place and as metaphor, Malcolm offers well-rooted thought touching on the history of Stanford University, the internet, Palo Alt...

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0:48.0	Hello and welcome to For the Wild Podcast. I'm Ayanna Young.
0:52.4	Today I'm speaking with Malcolm Harris.
0:55.4	Well, just like any workplace is, right? I mean, any place where you're going to have to
0:59.4	people to work under capitalism, any exercise of power includes the possibility for resistance.
1:08.6	Malcolm Harris is a freelance writer and the author of Kids These Days,
1:12.8	should his fuck up and bullshit, and the new book Palo Alto, a history of California, capitalism,
1:18.7	and the world.
1:19.4	Well, Malcolm, thank you so much for joining us today on For the Wild. I am really looking
1:30.4	forward to this conversation, doing the research for this interview. Definitely energized me,
1:36.8	and I felt quite passionate about much of what you talk about and write about, so thanks so much.
1:45.5	Um, so excited to hear. Thanks so much for having me.
1:48.9	Oh, good, good, good, good. Well, I'm thinking we could just jump right into talking about California
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