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How to Confront Political Despair (feat. Benjamin Studebaker)
Episode 132
I am joined by political theorist Benjamin Studebaker to discuss the retreat of the political and the concomitant rise in despair. How do we theorize this despair, and how does it differ from spiritu…
Published on 12 hours ago
Michel Clouscard's Critique of Liberal-Libertarian Ideology (feat. Michael C. Behrent)
Episode 131
My guest is Michael C. Behrent, a historian of French intellectual history and a leading scholar of Michel Foucault. Behrent has been at the forefront of an important debate about the legacy of Fouca…
Published on 12 hours ago
Can Ressentiment Be Revolutionary? (feat. Zahi Zalloua)
Episode 130
I am joined by philosopher and scholar Zahi Zalloua to discuss the politics of resentment, and how to theorize the problematic concept of "ressentiment" and whether this concept can be applied to ema…
Published on 12 hours ago
Palestine and the Political Economy of the Middle East (feat. Adam Hanieh)
Episode 129
My guest is the political economist Adam Hanieh, a foremost expert on the political economy of the Middle East, fossil capitalism and imperialism. We discuss the war on Gaza, the prospects of Palesti…
Published on 12 hours ago
Marxism and the Literary Left in America (feat. Alan Wald)
Episode 128
I am joined by Alan M. Wald to discuss his extensive work on the literary left and the history of intellectuals and the communist movement in America. We discuss Wald's new book of essays called "Boh…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Socialist Realism and the Communist Ideal: On Mikhail Lifshits (feat. Angela Harutyunyan)
Episode 127
My guest is art historian and Marxist thinker Angela Harutyunyan, who has joined us to discus the work of the Marxist philosopher Mikhail Lifshits. Lifshits was an important Soviet Marxist thinker wh…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
The History of Riots and the Left (feat. C. Derick Varn)
Episode 126
C. Derick Varn, host of the Varn Vlog is a Marxist theorist, poet and political commentator. Varn joins our show to discuss the protests and riots against ICE in Los Angeles and across the country …
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
A Social History of Analytic Philosophy (feat. Christoph Schuringa)
Episode 125
Analytic philosophy is the leading form of philosophy in the English-speaking world and most academic philosophy departments are analytic. But what explains this power and what is the history of anal…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Gramsci's Theory of Bonapartism (feat. Francesca Antonini)
Episode 124
My guest is Dr. Francesca Antonini, a historian and scholar of Antonio Gramsci. Dr. Antonini teaches at the Ca' Foscari University in Venice Italy. Her latest book is an exhaustive study of Gramsci's…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Analytic Marxism and the Future of Scientific Socialism (feat. Ben Burgis)
Episode 123
Ben Burgis joins us for a discussion on the analytic Marxism of G.A. Cohen and the implications of his reading of Marx for 21st century socialism. We discuss Burgis's essay in the new book Flowers fo…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago