Podcast Episodes
Back to Search124 | Living Through Capitalism w/ Dr. James Chamberlain
Season 1 Episode 124
In this episode, we talk with James Chamberlain about his new book, Living Through Capitalism, in which he argues that capitalism is hostile to biolo…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
123 | Adam Smith and the Lessons of Sympathy
Season 1 Episode 123
In this episode, we take on Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Although he is now more well known as an economist because of his later book…
6 months, 1 week ago
122 | Real Abstraction and the Origin of Consciousness with Alfred Sohn-Rethel
Season 1 Episode 122
In this episode, we talk about Alfred Sohn-Rethel’s audacious and influential text Intellectual and Manual Labor. A fellow traveler of the Frankfurt …
6 months, 4 weeks ago
121 | The Federalist Papers
Season 1 Episode 121
In this episode we discuss the essays of James Madison and Alexander Hamilton compiled as the Federalist Papers. We talk about the philosophical just…
7 months, 1 week ago
120 TEASER | Raymond Williams on Literature and Cultural Materialism
Season 1 Episode 120
In this episode, we discuss the literary and cultural theories of Raymond Williams. Famous for classic works of literary analysis like The City and t…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
119 | Exploitation and the Theory of Domination w/ Prof. Nicholas Vrousalis
Season 1 Episode 119
In this episode, we welcome Nicholas Vrousalis onto the show to discuss his recent book Exploitation as Domination: What Makes Capitalism Unjust. The…
8 months, 1 week ago
What’s Left of Philosophy Live Show! August 7, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago
Our live show at the Epiphany Center for the Arts is right around the corner! Doors open at 7pm, and the show starts at 8. It’s a one-night only even…
9 months, 1 week ago
118 | Axel Honneth and the Ideal of Social Freedom
Season 1 Episode 118
In this episode we discuss Axel Honneth’s Freedom’s Right: The Social Foundations of Democratic Life. As one of the most prominent representatives of…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
117 | Hardt and Negri's Empire, 25 Years Later
Season 1 Episode 117
In this episode, we discuss Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri’s Empire. First published in 2000, this seminal post-Marxist text analyzed changes to pow…
10 months ago
116 TEASER | Are We Losing our Morality? Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue and the Nihilism of Modern Society
Season 1 Episode 116
In this episode, we discuss Alasdair MacIntyre’s landmark book After Virtue. MacIntyre, an ex-Marxist and committed anti-liberal, offers a defense of…
10 months, 2 weeks ago