Episodes

Tuesday Oct 05, 2021

Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
After unlocking our episode about the January 6 putsch, Ryan is doing a quick follow-up on our episode with John Ganz from February. This time we're talking about Robert Paxton's book The Anatomy of Fascism in the context of Trump lawyer John Eastman's coup memo, and various aspects of current right-wing culture. Enjoy!
Also check out the Adolph Reed essay mentioned here.

Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
We're unfortunately delayed thanks to personal events so we're unlocking this one as a retrospective of our initial thoughts on the January 6 putsch. Tomorrow Ryan will have another episode on the fascism question, so stay tuned!

Saturday Sep 18, 2021
Saturday Sep 18, 2021
In this excerpt we make the case against sanctioning Afghanistan. To hear the full episode subscribe here!

Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Today we are talking with Alex from the Providence Leftist Radio Podcast (also see their Patreon here) about Chapter 5 in Nikolai Bukharin's book Historical Materialism, "The Equilibrium between Society and Nature," as well as Friedrich Engels' essay "On Authority." Enjoy!

Friday Sep 03, 2021
Friday Sep 03, 2021
In this first half of this episode, we talk about the situation in Afghanistan with Lyta Gold, particularly the media freakout about America's imperial humiliation. To hear our following discussion of The Green Knight, subscribe here!

Saturday Aug 28, 2021

Saturday Aug 21, 2021
Saturday Aug 21, 2021
Today we've got Professor Brad Evans to talk about his recent book Ecce Humanitas: Beholding the Pain of Humanity. We discuss his arguments against privileging sacrifice, why liberalism is dead, and how to create something better. Enjoy!

Thursday Aug 12, 2021
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
In this preview we discuss the ways that America really is better than Hungary, and the ways that it is an international embarrassment. Subscribe now to hear the whole thing!

Saturday Aug 07, 2021
Saturday Aug 07, 2021
Today we've got an interview with Imani Oakley, who is running to represent New Jersey's 10th District in Congress next year. We talk about what the district is like, why she got into politics, the political splits in the Black community, and more. Enjoy!

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This podcast is by journalist Ryan Cooper and academic Alexi the Greek. We talk politics, philosophy, history, current events, and whatever else catches our fancy.






