Podcast Episodes
Back to Search71 TEASER | What is Liberalism? Part IV: Neo-Republicanism
Season 1 Episode 72
In this episode, we dive into Philip Pettit’s Republicanism from 1997, which argued that republicanism and liberalism are not the fast friends many a…
2 years, 9 months ago
70 | How Does Propaganda Work? w/ Dr. Megan Hyska
Season 1 Episode 71
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Megan Hyska to discuss her work on propaganda. She takes us through the history of the term propaganda, what ma…
2 years, 9 months ago
69 | Mute Compulsion: Economic Power and Capitalist Domination w/ Dr. Søren Mau
Season 1 Episode 70
On this episode we are joined by Dr. Søren Mau to discuss his new book, Mute Compulsion: A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital. We talk a…
2 years, 9 months ago
68 | F.A. Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom: Competition, Individualism, and the Politics of Reaction
Season 1 Episode 69
In this episode, we discuss the ideas of economist and political philosopher F.A. Hayek as they appear in his 1944 book The Road to Serfdom. This inf…
2 years, 10 months ago
67 TEASER | What is Liberalism? III. John Rawls and Political Liberalism
Season 1 Episode 68
In this episode we finally get down and dirty with the big dog of Anglophone political philosophy, John Rawls. We discuss his 1993 book Political Lib…
2 years, 10 months ago
66 | What's Left of Equality? Between Opportunity and Flourishing
Season 1 Episode 67
In this episode, we unpack tensions between theories of equality that emphasize opportunity and outcomes in a discussion based upon Christine Sypnowi…
2 years, 11 months ago
65 | Gramsci's The Modern Prince
Season 1 Episode 66
In this episode we talk about Antonio Gramsci’s book The Modern Prince. Written while imprisoned by the fascists in Mussolini’s Italy, the work is a …
2 years, 11 months ago
64 | What is Aesthetics? Part II. How Does it Feel to be a Problem, Hip Hop Nation? W/ Dr. Michael Thomas
Season 1 Episode 65
In this episode, we are joined by Michael Thomas to talk about Black aesthetics and hip hop in particular. We work through what it means for hip hop …
3 years ago
63 Teaser | Lenin's State and Revolution
Season 1 Episode 64
In this patrons-only episode we discuss Vladimir Lenin’s 1917 The State and Revolution. When he’s not snarkily dragging his political opponents for t…
3 years ago
62 | What is Aesthetics? Part I. Schiller's Letters on Aesthetic Education
Season 1 Episode 63
In this inaugural episode of our new series on aesthetics, we discuss Friedrich Schiller’s 1795 Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man. We begin w…
3 years, 1 month ago