Podcast Episodes
Back to Search[BEST OF] Is Marxism Just Religion by Another Name?
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Dec 15, 2022
Breht responds to the criticism that Marxism is just Christianity mixed with the Enlightenment concept of Progress; …
10 months ago
[BEST OF] Buddhist Enlightenment: Impermanence, No Self, and the Dark Night of the Soul
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Feb 28, 2021
Breht is joined by Dr. Daniel M. Ingram, author of "Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha", to discuss what Enl…
10 months ago
[BEST OF] The German Revolution: Radical Potential and Reactionary Backlash in 1918–1919
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Dec 10, 2024
Alyson and Breht finally dive into the German Revolution of 1918!
This pivotal yet often overlooked revolutionary mo…
10 months ago
[BEST OF] Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (Upstream)
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jan 2, 2025
Capitalism, imperialism, monopoly—far from being separate concepts that just happen to take shape parallel to one ano…
10 months ago
[BEST OF] Continuity & Rupture: Maoism and the Science of Revolutionary Communism
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Mar 18, 2018
In this engaging episode, Breht sits down with philosopher and author J. Moufawad-Paul, the mind behind the influent…
10 months ago
[BEST OF] Buddhism and Marxism w/ Della from Upstream
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Aug 1, 2023
When you think about the philosophies and practices of Buddhism and Marxism, you might not immediately think that the…10 months ago
[BEST OF] What Is To Be Done? Understanding Communist Strategy
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Oct 23, 2023
UPSTREAM INTERVIEW W/ BREHT AND ALYSON:
What Is To Be Done? This is the question so profoundly posed by the Russian…
10 months, 1 week ago
[BEST OF] Our History Is the Future: The Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance
ORIGINALLY RELEASED May 20, 2021
In this episode, we speak with Nick Estes, author of Our History Is the Future, about the powerful throughline conne…
10 months, 1 week ago
[BEST OF] Islamic Mysticism: Rumi, Sufism, and Authentic Spirituality
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Feb 17, 2025
Dr. Rory Dickson is a professor of Islamic Religion and Culture and author of several publications on Sufism, the m…
10 months, 1 week ago
[BEST OF] The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Largest Labor Uprising in U.S. History
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jul 28, 2020
Chris and Dave from the Mandatory OT and IWW join Breht to cover the fascinating and crucially important history of …
10 months, 1 week ago