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A People’s History of the Mets: Urban Planning, Labor, and Radical Politics with A.M. Gittlitz
Season 2 Episode 89
Why are the New York Mets the ultimate team of the working-class underworld? Author A.M. Gittlitz joins the channel to discuss his new book, Metropol…
1 month, 1 week ago
Cold War Cinema — History, Propaganda, and Left-Wing Film Analysis with Jason Christian & Tony Ballas
Season 2 Episode 88
How did decades of geopolitical paranoia, nuclear anxiety, and state-sponsored propaganda completely reshape the landscape of global filmmaking? In t…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Gerontocracy in America: Samuel Moyn on Aging Wealth and Shifting Power
Season 2 Episode 87
Welcome back to the Vlog. Today, we are joined by acclaimed legal scholar and historian Dr. Samuel Moyn (Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Why Jordan Peterson is Wrong About Jung with Rob Faure Walker
Season 2 Episode 86
Why are so many political activists crashing into severe burnout and depression? Can the deep psychology of Carl Jung provide a radical toolkit for m…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Brandon Lightly on the Mass Line and New Democracy, Part 1
Season 2 Episode 85
In this episode of VarnVlog, we are joined by Brandon Lightly to discuss the complex and often misunderstood history of Maoism. We dive deep into the…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Screened Realities and the Complicit Lens: Robin Andersen on Media Complicity in Gaza and Beyond
Season 2 Episode 84
While the atrocities in Palestine and Gaza have been live-streamed by courageous on-the-ground journalists, American legacy media have operated in an…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Real Internationalism: Inside the RAIZ International Project
Season 2 Episode 83
In this special episode, we are doing something a little different by introducing an urgent, concrete internationalist political project. We are jo…
2 months ago
Grade Scandals, Bureaucracy, and the Truth About the Teacher Shortage with Chris Papst
Season 2 Episode 82
Why are public school budgets skyrocketing while student proficiency scores tank? How do districts artificially inflate graduation rates while leavin…
2 months ago
Solidarity or Silence?: How Leftist Politics Often Overlooks the Disabled with Anthony David Vernon
Season 2 Episode 81
This podcast and YouTube episode features an in-depth conversation with Anthony David Vernon, a philosopher and educator, exploring the intersection …
2 months, 1 week ago
Karl Marx’s Ethics of Human Flourishing with Sam Badger
Season 2 Episode 80
In this episode of Varn Vlog, we sit down with Sam Badger to explore the moral philosophy hidden within Marxian theory. While Karl Marx is famously d…
2 months, 1 week ago