Interview: Thaddeus Russell and Alexander Bard

How can we understand what is going on in the US? Are movements like Black Lives Matter beyond reproach - or is there some hysteria involved?

In this Parallax-Trialogue Tom Amarque speaks with historian and philosopher Thaddeus Russell as well as with swedish philosopher and popstar Alexander Bard on the current state of the US, Black Lives Matter, the history of hysteria and much more.

Thaddeus Russell teaches history and philosophy at Willamette University and is the founder of Renegade University (www.thaddeusrussell.com). He has taught at Columbia University, Barnard College, Eugene Lang College, the New School for Social Research, and Occidental College. Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Russell graduated from Antioch College and received a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. His work has appeared in Newsweek, The Daily Beast, New York Magazine, Reason, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, and Salon, and his scholarly articles have been published in American Quarterly and The Columbia History of Post-World War II America. He lives in Los Angeles and Salem, Oregon.

His most prominent book is “The Renegade historiy of the United States. He is the founder of the online academy “Renegade University”

Alexander Bard is a Swedish philosopher, author, lecturer, artist, songwriter, music producer, TV personality, religious and political activist. Together with his co-author Jan Söderqvist he wrote DIGITAL LIBIDO, THE GLOBAL EMPIRE, THE NEtOCRATS and more.