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Episode 12 - Fascist Violence, David Hume, & Judith Butler
Episode 15
In this episode, we consider the grim news of the #MAGABomber, the synagogue shooting, the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, and what Hume and Bu…
7 years, 6 months ago
Episode 11 - Leftist Foreign Policy & Francis Fukuyama
Episode 14
In this episode, we welcome new guest Emma Steiner to talk about Bernie Sanders' recent foreign policy speech, how leftists should think about the is…
7 years, 7 months ago
Episode 10 - Fascism & Capitalism
Episode 13
The Republican Party has basically developed a quasi-paramilitary wing in the form of the Proud Boys, which went on a violent rampage in New York Cit…
7 years, 7 months ago
Episode 9 - Champagne Ecosocialism & Jon Chait Join DSA, feat @jeffspross
Episode 12
This time we discuss the structural requirements of de-carbonizing the world economy, and whether it will be necessary as a practical matter to live …
7 years, 7 months ago
Episode 8 - How Should the Left Think about the Judiciary? Feat. Bajeera McCorkle
Episode 11
For this episode we have our first guest, legal and political theory scholar Bajeera McCorkle. We discuss the abysmal history of the Supreme Court, t…
7 years, 7 months ago
Episode 7 - Saudi Arabia & Machiavelli
Episode 10
This time we discuss the astonishing news that Saudi Arabia may have sent assassins to murder a Washington Post journalist, and how that illustrates …
7 years, 7 months ago
Episode 6 - #MeToo, Hierarchy, & Inequality
Episode 9
In this shorter episode (also recorded some time ago) we take a look at the unusual case of Avital Ronell, the female critical theory professor who w…
7 years, 7 months ago
Episode 5 - Kavanaugh, Kennedy, & Aristotle
Episode 8
For once we have a timely episode! We dedicate the whole thing to Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation controversy, especially the late-breaking news from …
7 years, 7 months ago
Episode 4a - Housekeeping
Episode 7
This is just a quick housekeeping episode, detailing how to subscribe to the podcast and how to contact us. Thanks for listening everyone! We're deli…
7 years, 7 months ago
Episode 4 - Russia, Hobbes, and Locke
Episode 6
In this episode (which was recorded some time ago), we discuss the Trump-Russia story. Then at about 32:00, we discuss Hobbes and Locke, especially t…
7 years, 8 months ago