Sean and Angela dive into the provocative 1998 book The Fix. Shifting the budget to focus heavily on treatment over law enforcement dramatically reduced the heroin crisis and crime rates. Why did this successful, evidence-based strategy disappear, leading to our current exponential crisis?  Find The Fix here: https://www.powells.com/book/fix-9780520223356 Thanks to Jackson Duke for tracking down the 48 Hours documentary Heroin Connection, mentioned in the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHSna7lpYcE --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

This week Angela and Sean are joined by comrade Malcom Kyeyune to discuss the triumph of mild social democracy with Twelver characteristics, the importance of packing the security services with loyalists, the peril of cutting food aid to the working poor, and more! --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

This week we take a slight detour to celebrate the Irish holiday of Halloween. We establish the Rocinante 'anti-being scared' doctrine, discuss food safety and naval power as seen in season one of The Terror, dutch on dutch violence in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, biosecurity totalitarianism in Masque of the Red Death, and more!   --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Angela and Sean discuss the central role of Great Britain in of the horrors of the past and the present through two books: Roger Casement's "The Crime Against Europe" https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14728 John Newsinger's "The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire" https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22826312867 --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Angela is joined by Toby Shandy to discuss Don Quixote Part 1, the first half of the first modern novel. The invention of the comedic duo and the unreliable narrator reach into the present from the 1600s to teach us the importance of the highest virtue: never allowing anything or anyone make you less insane. You can find Toby on Substack: https://tobyshandy.substack.com/ --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

This week Angela and Sean discuss John Mearsheimer's 'The Tragedy of Great Power Politics'. Are we trapped in an endless struggle between regional powers? Is true global hegemony a mirage? Can China peacefully ascend and become the Certified Big Dog of the 21st century? --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Surveying the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's killing at Utah Valley University this month, Angela and Sean discuss making sense of political killings without coherent politics, guarding your humanity when every app on your phone is Liveleak, right wing Wokeismo, the Tel Aviv connection, and pitch a potentially lucrative X-Files reboot. --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Sean is joined by New York Times best-selling author Seth Harp to discuss titular cabal of pipe-hitters, 40 years of the opioid crisis, the drug trade and American foreign policy, and the merits of afghan-style rehab.    Buy the book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730414/the-fort-bragg-cartel-by-seth-harp/   --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

This week Sean and Angela discuss cultural decay inside the Imperial Information Technology particle accelerator of the present, and Eddington.   On Weird America by Anton Cebalo https://novum.substack.com/p/on-weird-america   Why American Society Is Incredibly Stable by Toby Shandy https://tobyshandy.substack.com/p/american-society-is-incredibly-stable   "Eddington" Conspiracy Cork Board: An AmerIsraeli Years of Lead Western Yarn by Parapower Mapping https://substack.com/home/post/p-171013029   --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod    

Angela and Sean discuss Michael Hudson's The Destiny of Civilization. As the triumph of parasitic finance accelerates the decline of the American host organism, can China avoid the same fate? Is this humble podcast up to the task of formalizing the theory and practice of Marxist-Connollyist-Leninist-Maoist-Kaypakkayaist-Hudsonist thought?    You can purchase a copy of The Destiny of Civilization here: https://michael-hudson.com/2022/05/the-destiny-of-civilization/   --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Angela is joined by Philip Cunliffe to discuss his forthcoming book "The National Interest".   Preorder The National Interest here: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-national-interest-politics-after-globalization--9781509561100   --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Sean has returned from the Chinese Present with thoughts on our American Future.   --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

While Sean is abroad continuing his study of socialism with Chinese characteristics, Angela is joined by Peter Ryan to discuss “Money by Vile Means”, his piece in Compact published today (07/25/2025).   Read Money by Vile Means here: https://www.compactmag.com/article/money-by-vile-means/ --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Ep 20 - Marco Polo Summer Before Sean heads to God’s Country to study the Immortal Science for a week, we answer two late breaking questions from the monthly Q&A solicitation, discuss the still unfolding Epstein heel turn, and talk early Angela Nagle Thought.  --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Good morning, Sunday morning, you have asked and Sean and Angela have answered. If you would like to submit questions of your own, become a paid subscriber and join the conversation! --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

This week Juan David Rojas joins Angela and Sean to discuss Mexico's National Regeneration Movement (Morena).   https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/what-democrats-can-learn-from-morena juandarojasro.substack.com https://x.com/rojasrjuand --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

After the "12 Day War" concludes with a series of frantic tweets and the first round victory of mild social democracy over the forces of corporate Clintonism in the New York City mayoral primary, Angela and Sean survey the wreckage. --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/  

Sean and Angela are joined by returning guest Malcom Kyeyune to discuss the Israeli-American war of aggression against Iran. Can the Trump administration walk away from this or the off ramp in the rearview mirror? Can America survive another million soul human sacrifice in the Middle East? What will the 'Donald the Dove' voters do with all of these Fell For It Again awards?  Malcom Kyeyune: https://unherd.com/author/malcom-kyeyune/ --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/

This week, Angela and Sean read The Anatomy of Power By John Kenneth Galbraith. Are we moving backwards into a more brutal age of pure coercion? Does Galbraith's framework make sense three decades after the end of Cold War? Should we find and post the names and home addresses of twitter users who have the incorrect interpretation of Errico Malatesta's Between Peasants: A Dialogue on Anarchy? --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/

Sean and Angela answer questions asked by our beloved Patreon and Substack subscribers. If you would like to submit questions of your own, become a paid subscriber and join the conversation! --- To hear the rest of this episode and recieve an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/