Host Samantha Geovjian Clarke talks about Natalie Wynn, Chelsea Manning, cancel culture and what it takes to survive the end of the world on this brief solo episode. Includes an exciting announcement and a very special extra-long poetry segment!

Luke O'Neil, writer and creator of the newsletter Welcome to Hell World, joins host Samantha Geovjian Clarke to talk about poetry, humanity and how to talk about the end of the world.

Samantha Geovjian Clarke welcomes Joel Campbell, co-host of the Michigan Robin podcast, to talk about climate change and how we learn to cope--and fight back--on a spiritual and emotional level. Both Joel and Samantha were raised religious, and we talk about how Christianity's relationship to the apocalypse both helped and hurt us in preparing for the impact of climate change.

Stand-up comedian Nathan Ward joins Samantha Geovjian Clarke to talk about comedy, trauma, and survival on this episode of Dirty Pinko Commie!

Palestinian-American poet Summer Farah joins host Samantha Geovjian Clarke to talk about the experience of being Middle Eastern/North African (MENA) and the way it impacts their poetry!

Samantha goes into some detail about why she's doing the show the way she's doing it, including how politics fits in with poetry and "witchy stuff." Content warning for personal stories about drugs, r*pe, and sexual assault.

Samantha welcomes Becca, James and Doug to the show to talk about religion and the left! We talk about what it's like being ex-Christian as a leftist, what it's like being into witchy stuff as a leftist, and why the left is often so hostile toward or confused by religion and spirituality. Samantha talks about why her "witchy stuff" is compatible with marxism, and Becca talks about the liberatory side of Christianity.