Podcast Episodes

From Iran: Letter to the American People

Breht reads and reacts to "A Letter To The American People" written by Masoud Pezeschkian, the Iranian president, as a ground invasion of some sort s…

10 hours ago

Dialectics Without Destiny: Marx, Darwin, and the Natural History of the Climate Crisis

In this episode, we're joined by professor Joel Wainwright (co-author of Climate Leviathan) to discuss his newest book, The End: Marx, Darwin, and t…

1 week, 2 days ago

Bullock: Chronicles of Deprivation and Despair in an American Prison

Matthew Vernon Whalan joins the show to discuss Bullock: Chronicles of Deprivation and Despair in an American Prison, an interview-driven, investigat…

2 weeks ago

From Persia to Iran: Islam, Empire, and the Politics of West Asia

In this episode, Breht interviews Adnan Husain -- Professor of Medieval history and Chair of the Religious Studies department at Queens college -- ab…

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Unequal Exchange: The Engine of Modern Imperialism

Torkil Lauesen joins us to discuss his book Unequal Exchange: Past, Present, and Future and the hidden mechanics of modern imperialism. Lauesen retur…

3 weeks, 3 days ago

War on the Iranian People and the American Mind (Workers' Lit & Rev Left Collab)

(recorded on 3/1/26) - Breht went on Workers' Lit as a guest!

"The American ruling class is at war.

Physically, they are at war with Iran, pummeling…

4 weeks, 2 days ago

Iran Under Attack by the Fourth Reich

On this YT livestream (3/1/26) Alyson and Breht discuss the illegal war of aggression launched by the US and Israel against Iran. Throughout the disc…

1 month ago

Guillotines for the Epstein Class

Alyson and Breht discuss a range of current events, including Cuba, the Epstein Files, Iran and much more. 

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nonviolence is Violence, Too: Somebody's Gotta Die

In this episode, we're joined by author and poet Too Black to unpack his essay "Nonviolence is violence, too: Somebody's gotta die," and to challeng…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Manufacturing Syria: HTS, Rojava, Iran, and the Consequences of Regime Change

Syria is entering a new and terrifying phase.

In this episode Breht is joined by a panel of scholars and activists (Angie Bittar, Adam, Joma, Nur and…

2 months ago