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Recent Episodes

Stuart Hall’s Marxism w/ Michael Denning

Posted January 11, 2025 • 01:38:52

Featuring Michael Denning on Stuart Hall’s Marxism—a Marxism without guarantees. This is a comprehensive introduction to Marxism as a method to...

Rise and Fall of Assad’s Syria w/ Bassam Haddad

Posted December 22, 2024 • 02:38:02

Featuring Bassam Haddad on the historical and geopolitical origins of Assad’s rise and fall—and what might happen next. We think through the contradictions:...

Assassin Nation w/ Patrick Blanchfield

Posted December 18, 2024 • 01:59:25

Featuring Patrick Blanchfield on assassination and political violence: from the routine to the extraordinary; authored by the state, capital, the left,...

MAGA 2.0 w/ Quinn Slobodian & Wendy Brown

Posted November 29, 2024 • 02:34:30

Featuring Quinn Slobodian and Wendy Brown on Trump’s triumphant return to power and the freakish, obscene, billionaire-dominated, capitalist reactionary,...

Crypto Dystopia or Popular Democracy w/ Hilary Goodfriend & Jorge Cuéllar

Posted November 23, 2024 • 01:35:49

Featuring Hilary Goodfriend and Jorge Cuéllar in the final installment of a three-part series on Central America. This episode picks up with Nayib...