Category: In Pursuit of Utopia

[BONUS] In Pursuit of Utopia #5: Committee of Public Safety

Originally published November 17, 2019. From https://schoolsucksproject.com/bonus-in-pursuit-of-utopia-episode-5-committee-of-public-safety/: A lot of what you’re about to hear will sound oddly familiar… The French Revolutionaries began by addressing genuine grievances and demanding liberation from oppressive structures. They...

[BONUS] In Pursuit of Utopia #4: Common Sense

Originally published October 16, 2019. From https://schoolsucksproject.com/bonus-in-pursuit-of-utopia-episode-4-common-sense/: Today we take a look at the aims and ideals of the American and French revolutions as well as the results. How’d they go? France quickly descended...

[BONUS] In Pursuit of Utopia #3: Noble Lies

Originally published August 22, 2019. From https://schoolsucksproject.com/bonus-in-pursuit-of-utopia-episode-3-noble-lies/: Daniel McCarthy and I continue on monthly discussion on the history of Utopian visions and their consequences. In this episode:“The development from Aquinas through Locke and Newton...

[BONUS] In Pursuit of Utopia #2: Illumination

Originally published July 21, 2019. From https://schoolsucksproject.com/bonus-in-pursuit-of-utopia-episode-2-illumination/: Daniel McCarthy and I continue on monthly discussion on the history of Utopian visions and their consequences. In this episode: In the 17th century a small group...

[BONUS] In Pursuit of Utopia #1: From the Top Down

Originally released on June 13, 2019. From https://schoolsucksproject.com/bonus-the-pursuit-of-utopia-episode-one-from-the-top-down/: This is the pilot episode in a new monthly historical series with Daniel McCarthy. Danny is a 24-year-old SSP listener, blogger and researcher, and the author of...