This Wreckage

Everybody preorder Metropolitans now!!!!
One of the longest and weirdest baseball books ever written, METROPOLITANS is a marxist history of America’s pastime in which the Mets serve a messianic main character.
Check out this excerpt, this interview, or this Adam Gopnik New Yorker review.
PREORDER from Penguin, Bookshop.org, Amazon and/or find me at one of the following launch events:
April 1: Official book launch! w/ Bradford William Davis at Powerhouse Arena in DUMBO, Brooklyn (Ticketing information: https://powerhousearena.com/events/book-launch-metropolitans-by-a-m-gittlitz/)
April 3: Release celebration at Lou’s Athletic Club in Bushwick more info: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWPKFCQCp5r/
April 4: Tabling with Books and Rooks at Ft. Green Farmer’s Market around 11am April 12: Paper Moon in Troy, NY April 13: B&N in Albany
April 16: B&N Brooklyn with Noah Kulwin! https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062206054-0
April 20: B&N in Carle's place LI with Greg Prince
April 27: B&N in Paramus, NJ April
30 Mets vs. Yankees debate at Le Pere on 90 Orchard St., moderated by Mattie Lubchansky!

More info will be posted at Astra House’s IG

Monologue adapted from Jean Shepard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz0pnq3ijfs

Tipping Pitches: https://tippingpitch.es/
Go to Greenpoint/Williamsburg/Bushwick/Ridgewood History nights: https://www.instagram.com/gphistorynight/

Songs: The Strokes - Ode to the Mets
The 1986 Mets - Get Metsmerized

audio from the Independent Labor Club of New York City's 03/21 panel at the NYU Games Center featuring JD Calvelli, Nathan Greyson, and Goran, Svorcan-Mercola. Moderated by Alexander King. To find more info about the ILC check out ILCLabor.com to sign up.
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Song: LDR - Video Games (Live at Stagecoach)

Sean and Andy are joined by Deep State Kuba Ph.D., international relation expert to the podcasting stars, to discuss current events in an unraveling world. Who is winning the wars in Iran and Ukraine? How has the media coverage of war and peace gotten so bad since the last great period of wars in the early 2000's? What kind of divisions exist within the global ruling class and what aspects of governance unify them? Whither the great post-war institutions in an era of global turbulence?

For the fun half, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage

What Fresh Hell series on TiR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtgfYtQDvBI

ILC of NYC Gaming Event RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boss-fight-labor-organizing-in-the-game-industry-tickets-1984299154186?aff=oddtdtcreator

ILC of Chicago People's Cafe RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfwtjPq9qukA4mswg1BMMgWSB83yognq_HY0M7-ABS9JCuNGQ/viewform

The full episode is avaiable for FREE members at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage
Paid subscribers can watch the video version of the pod here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/152718531
We're joined by actor, comedian, activist, & Anders lookalike NATE SMITH! The two mog each other as we discuss the roots of his two action groups Climate Defiance & Extinction Rebellion, the recent interest both have received from the state, tips on dealing with FBI knocks from Ron Kuby, the use of humor in disruptive actions, anti-ginger racism, & much more!
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/left-wing-activists-storming-synagogue-use-knee-pads-adult-diaper-mock-dem-congressman-ice-vote
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/12/fbi-counterterror-extinction-rebellion/
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/can-extinction-rebellion-survive/
Song: Organized Konfusion - The Extinction Agenda

We go through different theories of WHY the Iran war is happening: ZOG/Epstein, Venezualizing Iran, Destabilizing the Gulf, Neo-Neoconservativism, immamentalizing the evangelical eschaton, or just because they can
For the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage
Kharg theory: https://www.eenews.net/articles/the-oil-island-that-could-break-iran/
https://x.com/guy_laron/status/2030262780389937167
Uniparty Theory: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-iran-regime-change-democrats-chuck-schumer-midterms?utm_source=publication-search
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/iran-nuclear-2672345081/
Armageddon Theory: https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/iran-war-end-times-christian/
Klip Theory: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-we-struck-iran
Mike Prysner on mobilization: https://x.com/MikePrysner/status/2030106988265578976
Song: Discharge - Why? (Reprise) & Visions of War