# Mark Pilkington

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Demolition Psychiatry w/ Sasha Warren

Sasha Warren returns to the podcast to give a talk on the political economy of madness and psychiatry. In this talk he draws on his research and experience as a community mental health worker to unpack the political terrain that shapes psychiatry; arguing that it is only by acknowledging psychiatry…

UFOs, Cover-Ups, and Psychological Warfare: What Have We Been Led to Believe? Guest Mark Pilkington | RC 103

Today's episode sits right at the intersection of mystery, media, and manipulation. We're diving into the strange, often unsettling world of UFOs—or what we now call UAPs—and asking a simple question: what's real, and what have we been led to believe? For decades, stories of unidentified craft, al…

Post-American Politics w/ James Schneider

James Schneider returns to the podcast to talk about Britains relationship to the United States of America, how this relationship is shaping the terrain of struggle in in the face of escalating imperialist aggression and the resulting economic turbulence this is causing. We also discuss his recent …

THE 1926 GENERAL STRIKE ep 1. w/ Callum Cant and Matthew Lee

Callum Cant and Matthew Lee talk us through the history of the 1926 general strike in Britain. To mark the centenary and publication of their book The Future In Our Past: The General Strike 1926/2026, we talked about how workers in Britain brought the country to a standstill and engaged in open con…

THE 1926 GENERAL STRIKE ep 2. [TOUR EPISODE] w/ Callum Cant and Matthew Lee

Callum Cant and Matthew Lee rejoin the podcast as we travel around the country speaking with people about work, struggle, and the 1926 general strike. We speak with mental health workers, trade union organisers, communists and local historians across Scotland, Manchester, and the Midlands.  SUPPO…

Anti-Self-Helpline ep. 4 w/ Ordinary Unhappiness (Abby Kluchin & Patrick Blanchfield)

Abby Kluchin & Patrick Blanchfield from the Ordinary Unhappiness podcast join for the next installment of the Anti-Self-Helpline. The Anti-Self-Helpline is where listeners write in with their experiences of political struggle so we can talk through the psychic and emotional content of those experie…

Anti-Self-Helpline [LIVE] ep. 5 w/ Prometheus Magazine

A recording of the very first in-person edition of the Anti-Self-Helpline, co-hosted with Prometheus Magazine's very own Harry Holmes. This edition of the helpline was recorded at the Festival of the Oppressed, held in June. Pre-order print copies of Prometheus Magazine issue 1 at this link: https:…

Cocaine and Communism [Political Pathologies ep. 1] w/ Evan Sedgwick-Jell

A talk by Evan Sedgwick-Jell on the history of communist drug treatment services in Weimar Germany, given at the Political Pathologies conference in Glasgow. Evan Sedgwick-Jell is a researcher, particularly interested in the interrelation of the psy-disciplines and mental health, with political m…

Trauma without Aftermath [Political Pathologies ep. 2] w/ Joelle Abi-Rached

Philosopher and historian of science Joelle Abi-Rached approaches the topic of trauma, asking whether it is a sufficient category for the psychic impact of the ongoing violence of Zionist settler colonialism. Joelle Abi-Rached is a philosopher and historian of science; she is Associate Professor …

Smart Machines and Stagnating Economies w/ Jason E. Smith

Jason E Smith joins the podcast to talk about automation, AI, service work and economic stagnation. He explains how these developments connect and inform each other by explaining the appeal of automation in a time when more and more workers find themselves in the service sector.  Jason E Smith is …