Next Comes What

Jan 31 2025 12 ep. 36 mins 168
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Author Andrea Pitzer reveals what we can learn from the rise of strongmen around the world to thwart Trump and his allies.

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Trump Corruption Overdrive — Who Pays? And How to Fight Back.

Jan 31 2025 42 mins  
Trump isn't just pushing corruption to get a cut of the action--he wants to run the whole game. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/corruption-overload Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe Today's episode of Next Comes What looks at the 31 flavors o

Freezing Trump Out -- Lessons for a Grim Time

Jan 24 2025 36 mins  
A cold day in hell on the streets of DC as the city shows us how to handle Trump. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/a-cold-day-in-hell Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe Today's episode of Next Comes What is a report from the nearly em

A Better Way to Take On Trump 2.0 — Inauguration Episode

Jan 17 2025 43 mins  
What to expect when you're expecting an authoritarian. Our inauguration episode. Read the post that inspired this episode. Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What This episode of Next Comes What is about how to manage the next four years, starting from Day One. Andrea Pitzer discusses the amazing ways that countries around the globe in

How Authoritarians Abuse and Use the Homeless

Jan 10 2025 32 mins  
Homelessness has long been used to criminalize suffering and expand detention. Read the post that inspired this episode. Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What. Today's episode of Next Comes What is about the relationship between homelessness and concentration camps around the globe, as well as a close look at those living without a home

Why Determination Beats Inspiration

Dec 31 2024 20 mins  
Not everything will go wrong. Some thoughts for the New Year. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/everything-won-t-go-wrong Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe Today's episode of Next Comes What is about finding holiday joy even in bleak times.

The Power of the Quiet Voice

Dec 24 2024 14 mins  
From years of teaching self defense and martial arts, some tips for difficult holiday conversations. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/fighting-words Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-

Somebody To Hate

Dec 20 2024 42 mins  
Defending immigrants from camps and chaos This week's episode traces the ties between immigrants and concentration camp history then turns to an immigration expert to discuss what Trump will do next. Andrea Pitzer dives into the past of a centuries-old law used to lock up foreigners in America—the very law Trump allies hope will expedite mass deportation. Then she talks about the

We've Tried Nothing (and We're All Out Of Ideas)

Dec 13 2024 35 mins  
People have organized in hard times before. There's almost always something that can be done. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/going-to-roanoke Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-comes-

How Humor Can and Can't Fight Authoritarianism

Dec 06 2024 35 mins  
Humor as a weapon in oppressive states. Read the post that inspired this episode: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/laughter-in-the-dark Subscribe to Andrea Pitzer’s Degenerate Art newsletter to support Next Comes What: https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/subscribe This episode looks at how humor works in resisting strongmen and the ways comedy might be a useful tool aga

Who Are the Baddies?

Nov 29 2024 33 mins  
Why propaganda works and how we fight it This episode looks at evil in the world and how the stories people hear shape their political thinking. Andrea Pitzer considers the horrors of governments running concentration camps, and her encounters with people who insist that one group of perpetrators is supremely evil in ways other humans could never be. From Germans to Russians, Pales