# David Graeber

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BS Jobs

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Have you ever had a job where you had to stop and ask yourself: what am I doing here? If I quit tomorrow, would anyone even notice? This week on Hidden Brain, we revisit our 2018 conversation with anthropologist David Graeber about the rise of what he calls "bullsh*t jobs," and how these positions …

Bullshit Jobs

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Have you ever had a job where you had to stop and ask yourself: what am I doing here? If I quit tomorrow, would anyone even notice? This week on Hidden Brain, we talk with anthropologist David Graeber about the rise of what he calls "bullshit jobs," and how these positions affect the people who hol…

[TEASER] Decolonizing Money (plus an Introduction and Exchange on Anarchism) w/ Julio Linares

This is a free preview of the episode "Decolonizing Money (plus an Introduction and Exchange on Anarchism) w/ Julio Linares." You can listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast As a Patreon subscriber, you'll get access to biweekly bonus …

I Read 16 Books in October! | Spooky Books, 2026 New Releases, Romances, and More!

In October, I read 16 books, including spooky season reads, 2026 new releases, a ton of romance books, an overdue classic, and some nonfiction, of course. We've got a lot to talk about in this month's reading wrap-up, which... is why it's almost two hours, I guess. Timestamps: spooky season reads (…

Decolonizing Money with Julio Linares

In this episode, I’m joined by Julio Linares, author of ⁠Decolonizing Money: The Promise of Abolishing the US Dollar (Pluto Press, 2026), to discuss the colonial roots of the dollar system and what it would mean to envision a decolonized monetary order that prioritizes human flourishing over war, b…

Lost in La SELPA (Natomas, CA)

Two requests came in from Natomas Unified in north Sacramento. One says a superintendent described a disabled child's money as coming from "a different pot." The other asks for transparency. On paper, Natomas doesn't look like a district in crisis. So we follow the dollars into what Dave calls a re…

E89 - How TESOL Kurdistan Supports Teachers: The Impact of Local Communities of Practice (with Marwan Maho Abdi)

This episode features Dr. Marwan Maho Abdi of Duhok University in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, who leads the Kurdistan Association of TESOL Educators and chairs the International TESOL Association’s Affiliate Network Professional Council. Marwan shares how a local association can support English t…

Episode 11.5 - What is the Social Contract?

4.I.S and Kareem examine how power accumulates and how societies define the trade between freedom, security, rights, and obligation. They revisit social-contract theory through Hobbes, Rousseau, and David Graeber, then connect it to housing, labour, consent, coercion, and the ideals that might shap…

How Communication Eras Change Your Fantasy Cultures

Worldbuilding Blueprints Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starvingwriterstudio/worldbuidling-blueprints-volume-2 Sources: The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wendgrow The New Dark Age by James Mariott How cultures communicate, be it through the written word, the sp…

The Military-Coinage-Slave Complex | Debt: The First 5000 Years (David Graeber) BOOK REVIEW

Nothing like a little anthropology to conjure up some new ideas.In this episode, I unpacked 'Debt: The First 5,000 Years' by David Graeber and explored why this book grabbed me despite a few early red flags. From the outset, Graeber challenges the standard story that barter came first and money nat…