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In Rehearsing the Future: The Thought and Practice of James and Grace Lee Boggs (AK Press, 2026), Michael Doan explores the work and legacy of James and Grace Lee Boggs, two of the most influential American radical thinkers of the twentieth century. Grace Lee Boggs earned a PhD in philosophy in the 1940s, though facing obstacles to an academic career as a young Chinese American woman, she left and became a political organizer in Detroit, where she met and married James Boggs, a Black autoworker and labor organizer from Alabama who had moved North during the Great Migration. Over the...

In Rehearsing the Future: The Thought and Practice of James and Grace Lee Boggs (AK Press, 2026), Michael Doan explores the work and legacy of James and Grace Lee Boggs, two of the most influential American radical thinkers of the twentieth century. Grace Lee Boggs earned a PhD in philosophy in the 1940s, though facing obstacles to an academic career as a young Chinese American woman, she left and became a political organizer in Detroit, where she met and married James Boggs, a Black autoworker and labor organizer from Alabama who had moved North during the Great Migration. Over the...

In Rehearsing the Future: The Thought and Practice of James and Grace Lee Boggs (AK Press, 2026), Michael Doan explores the work and legacy of James and Grace Lee Boggs, two of the most influential American radical thinkers of the twentieth century. Grace Lee Boggs earned a PhD in philosophy in the 1940s, though facing obstacles to an academic career as a young Chinese American woman, she left and became a political organizer in Detroit, where she met and married James Boggs, a Black autoworker and labor organizer from Alabama who had moved North during the Great Migration. Over the...

What do revolutionary politics, prog rock, and doomscrolling have in common? More than you might think! In this special episode of thinking bodies , Anna and Kristin welcome back friend of the pod Michael Doan to discuss his new book, Rehearsing the Future: The Thought and Practice of James and Grace Lee Boggs (AK Press, October 2026). This episode features reflections from members of the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership: Stephen Ward, Trinity Watson, and Kim Sherobbi. James and Grace Lee Boggs were revolutionary thinkers and organizers whose decades of work in Detroit challenged conventional ideas about political change, education, freedom, and what it means to become human. Their revolutionary philosophy of dialectical humanism fuels the idea of two-sided transformation--changing ourselves and society! We ponder Grace's claim that universities are where thinking goes to die, whether making content counts as making things, and what it means to become more human human beings. Together, we explore what it means to think from social movements rather than simply about them. We talk about the contradictions of American capitalism, the relationship between racism and technological development, the alienation of our heads from our hands, and the possibilities of education that prepares people not just for jobs, but for taking responsibility for their communities. Stick with us all the way to the end when we talk about Mike's approach to writing with thinkers who are no longer with us, and what it means to carry forward a living intellectual and political legacy. Buy Michael's Book!: https://www.akpress.org/rehearsing-the-future.html Learn more about the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership: https://www.boggscenter.org/ Full descriptive transcript and episode references: thinkingbodiespod.com Keywords: Revolutionary change, dialectical humanism, visionary organizing, Black radical thought, education, community responsibility, automation, alienation, and the relationship between thinking and doing. Go to thinkingbodiespod.com for more information

Founder of Oncrux, chemist, climber, and so much more. Michael Doan is a man of many talents and took time out of his busy schedule to come on the pod today to talk about his experience in the outdoors and developing his chalk brand Oncrux. Super interesting to hear from someone with an actual degree for once. Hope you all enjoy! check them out: oncrux.com Watch the video version of the podcast: patreon.com/treesandnylon