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The Roots of Austerity and 20th Century Fascism (feat. Clara Mattei)
Episode 122
My guest Clara Mattei has written about austerity’s dark intellectual origins in her important new book The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way for Fascism. We discuss …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Organizing the Working Class (feat. Sudip Bhattacharya)
Episode 121
My guest Sudip Bhattacharya studies and organizes the working class in New Jersey and he joins me to discuss the findings of his work. We explore some practical strategies for organizing the working …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Restoring the Revolutionary Thought of Karl Kautsky (feat. Ian Szabo)
Episode 120
I am joined by Marxist historian Ian Szabo to discuss the revival of Karl Kautsky's revolutionary thought among contemporary Marxists. We discuss a recent article on Kautsky's theory of the dictators…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
The Social Formation of the Far Right (The Archimedean Point)
Episode 119
Welcome to The Archimedean Point, a new series on the current political situation from a Marxist perspective. In our second episode, Daniel Tutt and Conrad Hamilton discuss the inadequacies of left-l…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
The Politics of Work and Class in Michael Mann's Thief (feat. Mtume Gant)
Episode 118
Welcome to a special crossover podcast discussion on Michael Mann's first major feature film Thief (1981). While Michael Mann is best known for films like HEAT and Last of the Mohicans, Thief is by f…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Genius After Psychoanalysis (feat. Daniel Cho)
Episode 117
I am joined by K. Daniel Cho to discuss his provocative new book Genius After Psychoanalysis: Freud and Lacan which argues that genius is not exceptional talent or intelligence but is related to and …
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Economic Imperialism and Global Working Class Struggle (feat. Immanuel Ness)
Episode 117
My guest is Dr. Immanuel Ness, one of the foremost scholars of contemporary imperialism, workers’ social organization, Global South political economy, socialism and migration. We discuss the concept …
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Rumors and Philosophy (feat. Mladen Dolar)
Episode 116
I am joined by the philosopher Mladen Dolar, one of the most important Lacanian philosophers working today. A founder of the Ljubljana school of psychoanalysis, Mladen Dolar has written important wor…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
The Working Class vs. Neofeudalism (feat. Jodi Dean)
Episode 115
I am joined by political theorist Jodi Dean to discuss her provocative new book Capital's Grave: Neofeudalism and the New Class Struggle. Jodi Dean is one of the most vocal proponents of the "neofeud…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Marxists Should Be Public Intellectuals (feat. Russell Jacoby)
Episode 114
My guest Russell Jacoby is credited with coining the concept "public intellectual." He has written extensively on socialism in America, western Marxism and Freudian Marxism. We begin with a discussio…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago