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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 Au…
1 year, 2 months 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 som…
1 year, 2 months 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 r…
1 year, 2 months 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 …
1 year, 2 months 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…
1 year, 2 months 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 excepti…
1 year, 3 months 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…
1 year, 3 months 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 psyc…
1 year, 4 months 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 i…
1 year, 5 months 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 Marxi…
1 year, 5 months ago