Elle meets with Olivia Wright, winemaker at Rodney Strong Vineyards, and a Master of Wine candidate, she's on the second stage of the program (there are three total) and shares everything the program entails! Elle tastes her stellar Russian River Reserve Pinot Noir at the top. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Hannah Zeavin and Helen Charman return to the podcast to discuss the history of technology, media and mothering throughout the 20th century. We discuss the role media and technology play in the labor process of mothering, how media often becomes a site of panic and pathology, and what this all tells us about the relationship between the state and t…

Aly Wente of Wente Vineyards joins Elle to talk about what it was like growing up as the latest generation of a legendary wine family, and what brought her back home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ellen Clifford

Jess Thorne returns to the podcast to discuss workers' self-management – from the Lucas Plan of the 1970s to Yugoslavian workers' councils. She explains how workers have challenged the idea that innovation only happens thanks to top-down management structures and asks what worker autonomy offers in the face of current political problems. Jess Thorn…

The hosts of Ordinary Unhappiness join the podcast to discuss D. W. Winnicott; one of the most influential figures in the history of psychoanalysis in Britain. They explain how Winnicott's work was shaped by the traumatizing effects of World War 2, debates between Anna Freud and Melanie Klein, and the place of mothers in the construction of the Bri…

Erik Baker returns to the podcast to demystify the entrepreneurial work ethic – from depression era spiritualism to contemporary pop-psychology via struggles over the meaning of work throughout the twentieth century. Erik Baker is Lecturer on the History of Science at Harvard University. His writing has appeared in Harper’s, n+1, The Baffler, Jewis…

Emily Callaci unpacks the history and legacy of Wages for Housework, the feminist movement that demanded payment for the unpaid work of women required to sustain capitalism. She discusses five women at the centre of this movement: Selma James, Mariarosa Dalla Costa, Silvia Federici, Wilmette Brown, and Margaret Prescod. Emily Callaci is a historian…

Allison Levine joins Elle to get into her journey into wine and discuss her upcoming Festival of Forgotten Grapes, which you can get a discounted ticket to here or by using the code SITUATION10 at the checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ellen Clifford

Ellen Clifford contextualizes the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – often referred to as the assisted dying or assisted suicide bill – within the long history of eugenic politics and welfare reform. Ellen Clifford is a disabled activist and writer. She is on the National Steering Group for Disabled People Against Cuts and is the author of …

Madeline Puckette of joins Elle to talk about her journey from music and art to creating Wine Folly, a wine education platform, and spills the beans about their latest innovation, Wine Folly+! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ellen Clifford

Peter Apps and Anna Stec discuss the Grenfell Tower fire, placing the incident in a longer political history of deregulation and privatisation as well as the ongoing dangers caused by the toxic nature of the fire. Peter Apps is a journalist who has covered the housing sector for Inside Housing and other publications for over 10 years. He has report…

Callum Cant joins the podcast to explain 'workers inquiry', a form of research that places the working class as its centre and protagonist. He explains how it differs from other forms of theoretical work and why its so essential for building a militant working class. Callum Cant is a Senior Lecturer in Management at Essex Business School, he is the…

If access to care is so expensive, why are care workers so poorly paid? Historically, feminist discourses have looked at how ideology structures how we understand and value care work. However, in this discussion Alyssa Battistoni makes the argument that we need to update and develop these arguments, to provide a better answer to this question. Alys…

Welcome to the most chaotic (in good ways) ep in a while! This week Elle is joined by Fahara Zamorano, of NiteThyme Wines, Ace of Cups and more! They get into Fahara's globetrotting career, all the while watching a standoff between Elle's little cat and Fahara's rather large dog. They washed it down with Inman Family Wines newest offering, the 2022…

John Pring documents the history of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), specifically how this department has inflicted 30 years of violence and austerity on sick and disabled people in Britain. John Pring is founder and editor of the news agency Disability News Service. He is co-creator of the Deaths by Welfare timeline, and co-editor and s…

George Severs provides a history of HIV/AIDS in England, paying close attention to the various political and social formations that emerged to address the harms of the virus, which were compounded by institutional homophobia and state abandonment. Dr George Severs is a historian of HIV/AIDS, sexual violence and sexual health in modern Britain. He i…

Nihal El Aasar discusses her recent essay, titled Left-wing Melancholia, which has been published as part of Parapraxis Magazine's Palestine issue. In the essay Nihal explores the responses to the ongoing genocide in Gaza from people in other Arab countries. In her words “there have been certain weighted expectations for the Arab masses to react mo…

Youbin Kang and John Ferretti discuss the compounding issues of austerity, policing, and propaganda on the New York City subway system. Specifically, they explore the way incidents of harm and violence are taken up as part of a cycle of media panics and carceral crackdowns. Youbin's recent essay All Aboard the Moral Panic, published in n+1 magazine…

Helen Charman describes some of the many political and historical struggles over the meaning and status of motherhood, by way of thinkers such as Denise Riley and Jacqueline Rose, as well as figures such as Margaret Thatcher and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Helen Charman is a Fellow and College Teaching Officer in English at Clare College, University …

Richard Seymour analyses the global far-right, asking how movements across the world have managed to capitalize on the resentment produced by the capitalist system to generate a form of violent rebellion that leaves that same system fully in-tact. Richard Seymour is a writer and broadcaster from Northern Ireland and the author of numerous books abo…

Sasha Warren explores the history of psychiatry in relationship to the development of capitalism. We discuss how best to frame the different movements that have emerged with the intention of transforming or abolishing psychiatry. We then spend some time talking about figures such as Foucault, Fanon, and R. D Laing that may be familiar to listeners …

This episode features a recording of live discussion with Richard Seymour and Helen Charman about the medical imaginaries of the far right. This recording is from illness (3), the third in the event series that runs alongside the podcast. We discuss why the far-right has so many paranoid fantasies about medicine, from race science and eugenics, to …

Dayna Tortorici and Lisa Borst discuss The Intellectual Situation, a new anthology of writing from the literary magazine n+1. The anthology brings together writing from the period of 20014-2024, including contributions from people such as Gabriel Winant, Alyssa Battistoni, Tabi Haslet, Nikil Saval, and many others. In this conversation Lisa and Day…

This episode Elle is celebrating Come Over October!!! First she tastes some wine perfect for sharing at a picnic or party as they come in cans! She tries the Los Cuernos Reserva, an intriguing red blend including Alicante Bouschet. Then she talks to Come Over October's founder, the one, the only Karen MacNeil, author of The Wine Bible! Karen had a …

Elle chats with Elyse Wilson, of Houston's Camerata Wine Bar! The two discuss her journey into wine as well as her recent adventures in Australia and New Zealand! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ellen Clifford

This month Elle has another Kristin for you! This time it is Kristin Fione, aka @winokristin the winemaker behind Adorato Wines. She and Elle knew each other for some years, but only recently did Elle try Adorato at the Garagiste Festival and knew she had to get her friend on the pod. They talk everything wine, but also entertainment and a healthy …

Melinda Cooper describes the combination of austerity and extravagance that characterizes neoliberal monetary policy and how these ideas emerged from the crises of the 1970s. Melinda Cooper is Professor in the School of Sociology at the Australian National University. She is the author of Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Cons…

Elle is joined by Kristin Olszewski of Nomadica! She has done anything and everything and has more in store! But they spend the lion's share of time exploring her ethos behind Nomadica, sustainable canned wines that taste amazing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ellen Clifford

Elle is in conversation with Yannick Benjamin, renowned sommelier at Contento Restaurant and co-founder of Wine on Wheels, an organization uniting wine enthusiasts and sommeliers to channel their passion for fine wines into charitable endeavors. He has been collaborating with Olé and Obrigato to spread the good word of albariño and as such, Elle ki…

Leah Cowan explains the long and complex relationship between British feminism and British policing. From women's suffrage, through the Women's Liberation movement of the 1970s, to recent conflicts over the murder of Sarah Everard by a London Metropolitan Police officer. Leah Cowan is a writer, editor and previously the political editor of Gal-dem …

Elle and guest Jenna Duran discuss her wine trajectory towards being a partner at Connect the Dots Collective where she helps craft brands. They taste Purple Cowboy - founded by a woman that benefits Tough Enough to Wear Pink, an organization that fights breast cancer! It's a helluva female-forward episode so listen in! Learn more about your ad cho…

Ruth Pearce explains the many problems surrounding the recently published Cass Review into trans healthcare for young people. Ruth Pearce is a Lecturer in Community Development at the University of Glasgow and a researcher specializing in trans healthcare. She has edited two books (The Emergence of Trans and TERF Wars) as well as special issues of …

Michael Hardt analyses the revolutionary political movements of the 1970s and what they might teach us about political struggle, social transformation, and liberation. Michael Hardt teaches political theory in the Literature Program at Duke University. He is co-author, with Antonio Negri, of the Empire trilogy and, most recently, Assembly. He is co…

Hannah Proctor explains why it’s important to understand the messy, emotional, and interpersonal aspects of political struggle. Hannah Proctor is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, interested in histories and theories of radical psychiatry. She is a member of the editorial collective behind Radical Philoso…

What an exceptional interview Elle recorded with Bianca Bosker, author of her beloved "Cork Dork" as well as the more recent "Get the Picture"! The two delve deep into Bianca's journey through both worlds and speculate on what is next for the New York Times bestelling author! As well as what she is currently pouring! Learn more about your ad choice…

Nick Bano explains how landlords and the state collaborate to produce the housing crisis, generating harm and violence in the process of wealth accumulation. Nick Bano is an author and Barrister who specializes in representing homeless people, residential occupiers, and destitute and migrant households. He has written for Tribune, the New Socialist…

In today’s episode I’m speaking to Adam Elliott-Cooper about histories of Black resistance to British policing, specifically how figures such as Claudia Jones, Darcus Howe, and Stuart Hall have theorized and resisted Policing’s role in upholding British Imperialism, racial capitalism, and neoliberalism. Adam Elliott-Cooper is Lecturer in Public and…

Gabriel Winant and Taj Ali discuss the surge of labor organising that has taken place in British and American healthcare over the last few years. Gabriel Winant is an assistant professor of history at the University of Chicago and the author of The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America. His writing has be…

Elle connects with Kelsey Phelps which if her name sounds familiar...she's Joseph Phelps granddaughter. But she is beating our her own path, making sparkling wines as SEPPI. Tune in for her history, wine reviews and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Ellen Clifford

Elle is joined by Jiaqi Tang, her WSET Diploma classmate and owner of the newly opened Honest Bottle Shop in Los Angeles! The two discuss Jiaqi's journey from China, to Chicago hospitality, and ultimately how she landed in Los Angeles and opened her own highly curated wine shop. While it was a Zoom hang, both Jiaqi and Ellen ended up bringing intri…

This time around Elle joins forces with another one--Elle Rodriguez! She's also known as The Modern Pour and is a prominent force in the grammable world of wine and also funny and down to talk about everything They down Garnacha and dish on everything under the sun. Join in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Julian Go explains the 200 year history of police militarization in Britain and the U.S. He highlights the relationships between race, moral panics, and criminalization before describing how these connections shed light on the struggles against colonialism, imperialism, and policing. Julian Go is Professor of Sociology and Faculty Affiliate of the …

Jules Gill-Peterson explains what trans misogyny is, why the state cultivates and enlists it, and how this shapes our current political moment. Jules Gill-Peterson is writer, academic, and author based in the US. She is a tenured associate professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and a General Editor of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. H…

Writer Adam Shatz discusses the life and work of the revolutionary, psychiatrist, and philosopher Frantz Fanon Adam Shatz is the US editor of The London Review of Books and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and other publications. He is also a visiting professor at Bard College, and the host…

This month Elle is chatting with Marilee Bramhall, found of Iola Wines! The two discuss her journey into wine, which took her around the world, where she meets the coolest and bestest and most exciting women winemakers who are making wines, naturally. In between it all she and Elle taste a fabulous Gavi and a bottle of Bandol. Take a listen and lea…

This time Elle welcomes Canadian wine writer Natalie MacLean, whose book Wine Witch on Fire was recently published (and devoured by Elle)--look for the book (and some juicy discounts) here! You can also find a guide to the book complete with book club prompts and tips on hosting a tasting here. The two had an excellent talk on what it was like bein…

Jess Thorne updates us on the struggle Health Care Assistants in the Wirral face to win adequate wages. Jess Thorne is a writer, historian and trade union organiser. She works as a local organiser for UNISON in the North West region, where she has been assisting healthcare assistants on the Wirral in a re-banding dispute. SUPPORT: www.buymeacoffee.…

Ramsey McGlazer discusses the work of radical psychoanalyst Elvio Fachinelli. Specifically, he traces the history of an anti-authoritarian kindergarten which Fachinelli founded, how this informed his broader engagement with psychoanalysis, and how that work might inform our own understanding of authority, adulthood and freedom. How to Touch Grass b…

Lara Sheehi, Stephen Sheehi and James Schneider discuss events currently unfolding in Palestine and the strategies used media to stifle support for Palestinian liberation and normalize settler colonialism. Lara Sheehi is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at the George Washington University Professional Psychology program. Co-editor of S…

Craig, Adam and Will from Acid Horizon discuss their book Anti-Oculus: A Philosophy of Escape, including reflections on cybernetics, police, paranoia, disability, and Ocularity. Acid Horizon is a podcasting collective of artists, musicians, and philosophers formed in 2020 with a focus on Marxist, post-structuralist, and anarchist philosophy. They a…