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From Dawn To Decadence, Part 6: Aufheben's Decay
Season 2 Episode 69
In Part 6 of our series "From Dawn to Decadence," we examine the intellectual trajectory and eventual "decay" of the Aufheben collective. This episod…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
German Romanticism and Idealism Beyond Nostalgia And Reaction
Season 2 Episode 68
Romanticism gets treated like a synonym for nostalgia, and German Idealism gets shrunk to a few brand-name thinkers. We push back on both habits by t…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Diving Into the Wreckage: The French Left Remains Unbowed
Season 2 Episode 67
Join hosts as they dive deep into the complexities of modern French politics with guest Henry Wallace. This episode explores the concept of the "new …
5 months ago
Mapping The United Front Debate with Brandon Lightly
Season 2 Episode 66
What happens when “march separately, strike together” meets real history? We dive into the tangled story of the United Front—where it came from, how …
5 months ago
Wall Street Went To Homeroom And Stole The Whiteboard with David I Backer
Season 2 Episode 65
What if the real story of American education isn’t test scores or culture wars, but air you can breathe, roofs that don’t leak, and the invisible mon…
5 months, 1 week ago
From Catechism To Class Consciousness: How Marxism Was Taught with Edward Barring
Season 2 Episode 64
What if the real engine of socialist history wasn’t just theory, but teaching? We sit down with historian Edward Baring to trace a vivid, often-misre…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
How Philosophy Lost Its Nerve And How Marx Put It Back To Work with Christoph Schuringa
Season 2 Episode 63
A century ago, philosophy split its seams. Cambridge’s revolt against British Hegelianism promised “clarity,” Vienna’s scientific modernism tried to …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Post-Liberalism’s Fade with Nicolas Villarreal
Season 2 Episode 65
Politics keeps offering us drama in place of design. We sat down with Nicholas D. Vairo to chart how the post-liberal moment slid from grand promises…
6 months ago
Hellworld And The Broken Labor Map with Phil Neel
Season 2 Episode 64
What if “reindustrialization” delivers fabs, data centers, and subsidies—but not the jobs? We sit down with Marxist geographer Phil Neel to unpack He…
6 months, 1 week ago
From Mills To World-Systems: Tracing Wallerstein’s Path with Sam Chian
Season 2 Episode 63
What if the most consequential “Marxist” of a generation refused to call himself one—and was more consistent for it? We dive into Immanuel Wallerstei…
6 months, 2 weeks ago