Jan 28
129 | Introducing: Marxism & Religion, Part I: Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this episode, we introduce our new series on “Marxism and Religion.” At political, social, and spiritual levels, the series explores this complicated relationship for a transitioning age. We start with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who is a political and spiritual beacon for ma ... Show More
1h 1m
Jan 14
127 | Hayden White's Forms of History
In this episode, we discuss the work of historian Hayden White. His provocative claim is that the practice is inescapably the practice of narrative forms to give sense and significance to events of the past. It is this form that often supplements, or even outright makes, historic ... Show More
55m 51s
Dec 29
126 | Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program
In this episode, we talk about Marx’s critique of the Gotha Program, but you knew that from the title. We discuss Marxian critiques of redistributive left politics, why dogmatic Marxists are wrong about this, and much more. We connect it to the present and disagree. It’s very goo ... Show More
58m 31s
Apr 2021
Your Success Probably Didn’t Come From Merit Alone
<p>Prepping for a conversation with Tressie McMillan Cottom is intimidating. McMillan Cottom is a sociologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, a 2020 MacArthur fellow, co-host of the podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hear-to-slay/id1549004673 ... Show More
1h 22m
Nov 2021
The Case Against Loving Your Job
<p>The compulsion to be happy at work “is always a demand for emotional work from the worker,” <a href="https://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/sarah-jaffe/work-wont-love-you-back/9781568589398/" target="_blank">writes Sarah Jaffe</a>. “Work, after all, has no feelings. Capitalism c ... Show More
1h 22m
Nov 2023
Samuel Clowes Huneke, "A Queer Theory of the State" (Floating Opera Press, 2023)
Queer theory has often been hesitant to align itself with a politics of the state, approaching it with a negative or pragmatic framework. A Queer Theory of the State (Floating Opera Press, 2023) expands an earlier online essay from The Point by historian Samuel Huneke to offer a ... Show More
39m 45s
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Megan Hyska to discuss her work on propaganda. She takes us through the history of the term propaganda, what makes propaganda a distinctly political concept, and how propaganda helps create or inhibit group agency. She shows why thinking that assumes propaganda can only work by manipulating our irrationality fails to hel ... Show More
<p>В феврале в приложении «Медузы» вышла <a href="https://meduza.io/book_landing/2024/01/30/signal" rel="noopener" target="_blank">книга «Можем повторить»</a>. Это большое исследование путинской пропаганды, подготовленное авторами и редакторами имейл-рассылки <a href="https://get ... Show More
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #22242f; background: white;"> In this interview, Michelle Stiles reviews some of the basic tools of propaganda, featured in her book, "</span><a href= "https://nam04.safelinks.protect ... Show More