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NEM#228: John "JR" Robinson: Omnipresent Drummer
JR has drummed on over 200 US Billboard Hot 100 songs and 50 Grammy winning tunes. He was in Rufus w/ Chaka Khan in the late 70s/early 80s, has relea…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ep. 361: Marx on Machines (Part Two)
On "Fragment on Machines" (1858). Shouldn't automating work free workers? Not according to Marx, until capitalism is overthrown. Until then, automati…
1 year, 7 months ago
Pretty Much Pop #190: The Substance: Act Your Age!
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn and Al discuss the Coralie Fargeat/Demi Moore film The Substance in light of its Oscar nominations, along with related refle…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ep. 361: Marx on Machines (Part One)
We finish our treatment of Capital, Ch. 1, covering the little bit that Marx says about actual communism (he was wary of utopianism, contra his reput…
1 year, 7 months ago
Philosophy vs. Improv #89: Improv 4 Change w/ Shawn and Aaron from srsly wrong
Mark and Bill are joined by two north-of-the-border podcasters, Shawn Vulliez and Aaron Moritz, who incorporate both improv and philosophy in their d…
1 year, 8 months ago
Ep. 360: Karl Marx on Economic Value (Part Two)
Continuing on Capital, Ch. 1 on commodities. We go into detail on his account of how money gets derived from the continued comparison of various comm…
1 year, 8 months ago
NEM#227: Django Haskins (The Old Ceremony): Pop Noir
Django is a singer/songwriter/guitarist who released his first solo album in 1996 and has released seven albums with The Old Ceremony since 2004 plus…
1 year, 8 months ago
Ep. 360: Karl Marx on Economic Value (Part One)
On Capital (1867), Ch. 1, "The Commodity."
What makes something we buy or sell valuable? Marx says it's ultimately the labor that goes into it, thoug…
1 year, 8 months ago
Pretty Much Pop #189: Bob Dylan As We Know Him
In light of the recent release of the James Mangold film A Complete Unknown, Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Dylan superfan Al discuss the man, the myt…
1 year, 8 months ago
PEL Presents Closereads: Marx on Stirner (Part One)
Mark and Wes read through and discuss Karl Marx's The German Ideology (1846), delving deep into the middle of his critique of Max Stirner's The Ego a…
1 year, 8 months ago