Podcast Episodes

EP. 795: BLACK FRAGILITY

Episode 1305

Has the Black PMC embraced the language of "white fragility"? We'll discuss.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   Thank y…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

EP. 794: HURRICANE KATRINA AND A LEGACY OF NEOLIBERALISM ft. MEGAN FRENCH-MARCELIN & CEDRIC JOHNSON

Episode 1304

Read the article here: https://nonsite.org/missing-new-orleans-twenty-years.../   Much has been written about New Orleans in the last twenty years, but not all of this writing has been especially he…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

EP. 793: WHO IS THE PMC? ft. VIVEK CHIBBER

Episode 1303

Read Vivek's interview in Jacobin here: https://shorturl.at/fTJFG   We will define what people mean when they say the "professional managerial class" with Vivek Chibber.   Check out our new bi-weekl…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

EP. 792: LEFT PUBLISHING IN THE ERA OF CENSORSHIP ft. BRAM E. GIEBEN OF REVOL PRESS

Episode 1302

Get Revol Press' books straight from the source here: www.revolpress.com   Follow Bram here: https://strangeexiles.substack.com/   I talk with Bram Gieben, and discuss what it's like to start a left…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

BEYOND THE RED ZONE: NFL, TERENCE CRAWFORD AND THE KAWHI LEONARD FIASCO

Episode 1301

The Chiefs are 0-2 is their dynastic run coming to an end? Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers didn't look very pedestrian--was the A Rod experiment a failure? We'll discuss all this and more on this epis…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

THE CHAMPAGNE ROOM: At the Drive In and Radiohead

Episode 1300

J and Russell and nerd out to music.

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

POP LIFE EP. 53: A CRITIQUE OF DESIRE w/ RUSSELL SBRIGLIA

Episode 1299

Listen to Misconstruity here: https://misconstruity.com/home “Like if King Crimson were throwing an Eyes Wide Shut party.” — Ryan Engley, co-host of the "Why Theory?" Podcast   Check out our new bi-…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

TIR REWIND: KUBA vs. DANIEL BESSNER ON TRUMP AND FASCISM

Episode 1298

This was a great episode, where both people made some astute points. Check it out again, has anything made you change your mind? Have you shifted your position? Does it matter?

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Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE PEOPLE EP. 88: WHY SPOTIFY AND FAN FICTION ARE COMMUNIST

Episode 1297

Stefan discusses how due to digital distribution certain luxuries have almost reached the point of becoming decommodified, but without a general socialist system they will never take the final step, …

Published on 3 months ago

THE CHAMPAGNE ROOM: WHO CAN YOU BRING TO THE BLACK BARBERSHOP?

Episode 1296

The conversation continues from the first hour, then gang gets the sillies. 

Published on 3 months ago