Pill Pod 113 - Slavoj Zizek vs Wokeness

Another discourse has hit the timeline. Find all episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsIs health fascism? Is Ozempic Zyklon-B? Should Gabriel Rockhill have to approve every leftist monograph prior to publication? All this and more, in what what was supposed to b ... Show More

Find all episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsThe business press has pushed the "leftist-outsider-dishevelled-genius" about Palantir's CEO Alex Karp for a decade. This episode we explore Karp's relationship with critical theory and the mythmaking that has produ ... Show More

The Pill Pod debates the academic and ethics perspectives' following the terminal end of the Jason Arday plagiarism scandal. 

Alright, the gang is back and this week we're talking the newly published book "Žižek Responds!" where we focus on Todd McGowan's entry in the collection: "Slavoj Žižek Is Not Violent Enough". Is the violence of the death drive and its self-sabotage the first emancipation that su ... Show More

What does it mean to be "woke"? It's become a catchall term to smear or dismiss anything that has any vague association with progressive politics. As a result, anytime you venture into an argument about “wokeness,” it becomes hopelessly entangled in a broader cultural battle. Tod ... Show More

<p>Slavoj Žižek is one of the world's pre-eminent intellectuals. A renowned academic and the author of several bestselling books. We had a lot to talk about: capitalism and the pandemic, whether a revitalised US left can extract concessions from Joe Biden, the threat of the new r ... Show More

Zizek spoke to Oli Dugmore about Reddit v Wall Street, whether patriotism and socialism are compatible and a possible impending cultural revolution on the PoliticsJOE youtube channel 

The hosts discuss all the brains that have been melted by Russia’s invastion of Ukraine, the role of race in determining how local populations respond to refugees, and the all-too-common collision of trans rights and lithium mining. If you’d like to discuss this issue with other ... Show More

The ladies discuss Harry Sisson's sex scandal, Gal Gadot's Zionist woes, Gwyneth Paltrow's beef with intimacy coordinators, and The NYT's Covid op-ed. Read the Nicholas Wade article mentioned in the episode here. 

Robert Mueller disputes the accuracy of a Buzzfeed article, Dulce Sloan discusses Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, and Patty Jenkins talks about "I Am the Night." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in ... Show More

On the Monday October 13, 2025 edition of The Armstrong & Getty One More Thing Podcast... First, fake or stupid news? Next, a controversy involving France's 1st Lady leads to accusations of antisemitism between journalists. Stupid Should Hurt: https://www.armstrongandgetty.com/Se ... Show More