Mar 16

Kim Stanley Robinson on his work, utopic realism, the future of Mars, Fredric Jameson… and so on.

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the American science-fiction novelist Kim Stanley Robinson to discuss his work, the nature of his trilogies, the future of utopia, utopic realism, politics of the present, science of politics, his forthcoming novels, and many other things Y ... Show More

1h 20m

Jan 20

Avital Ronell on America, loser sons, Europe, stupidity and more

Agon Hamza and Frank Ruda sit with the American philosopher Avital Ronell to discuss her latest work “America”, contemporaryloser sons, stupidity, dreaming and Freud, contemporary anti-intellectualism, authority, and a lot of other things.You can listen to our podcast here: https ... Show More

1h 23m

Nov 2025

Joshua Oppenheimer on his movies, Tilda Swinton in "The End", the politics of movie making, and more

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the American-British movie director Joshua Oppenheimer to discuss his first narrative feature film, The End, as well as The Act of Killing, documentary filmmaking, movie making, politics, catastrophes and apocalypse, cr ... Show More

1h 26m

Sep 2024

Jean-Paul Sartre: 'Being and Nothingness'

This week, a chapter from a new LRB audiobook, Becoming a Philosopher: Spinoza to Sartre by Jonathan Rée. This collection of ten biographical pieces, read by Rée, describes the lives of some of most influential thinkers of the past four hundred years and the radical and sometimes ... Show More

36m 41s

Aug 2025

Philosophy Series: Hegel, Marx, & Modern Life (Part 1)

Breht listens to, comments on, and expounds upon a public lecture by the late professor of philosophy Rick Roderick from 1989 on Hegel, Marx, and modern American capitalism. Along the way he explicates the Hegelian notion of Freedom, Right and Left Hegelianism, the End of History ... Show More

1h 15m

Nov 2024

Western Marxism w/ Gabriel Rockhill

In this fantastic episode of Guerrilla History, bring on Gabriel Rockhill to discuss the landmark new English translation of the legendary Domenico Losurdo's <a href= "https://monthlyreview.org/product/western-marxism/">Western Marxism: How it was Born, How it Died, How it can ... Show More

1h 45m

Oct 2024

Why Losurdo's Western Marxism Matters (feat. Gabriel Rockhill)

We are joined by philosopher and Marxist intellectual Gabriel Rockhill to discuss the relevance and importance of the recently translated work, Western Marxism (Monthly Review Press, 2024) by Domenico Losurdo. In this discussion, we analyze Losurdo's book with a focus on extra ... Show More

1h 25m

Mar 2025

The philosophy of geopolitics SPECIAL | Donald Trump, Homer's Odyssey, and Korean Web Novels

What do Friedrich Nietzsche, the Korean War, and Homer's Odyssey have in common?Join the team at the IAI for four articles about the history and philosophy of geopolitics, ranging from Nietzsche's impact on Russia's imperialist strategies to the importance of Ancient Gr ... Show More

43m 55s

Jul 2024

Taking Nietzsche seriously

Sean Illing talks with political science professor Matt McManus about the political thought of Friedrich Nietzsche, the 19th-century German philosopher with a complicated legacy, despite his crossover into popular culture. They discuss how Nietzsche's work has been interpreted — ... Show More

1h 2m

Oct 2024

Schelling and Irrationalism (feat. Christopher Satoor)

We welcome philosopher Christopher Satoor for a discussion on the philosophy of Schelling, the great German idealist. We will focus our conversation on two Marxist critiques of Schelling in Lukács' The Destruction of Reason, to Engels' critique of Schelling from his notes on a ... Show More

2h 18m

Nov 2024

Philosophy Series: Marx on History, Communism, & Political Economy

Breht listens to, reflects on, and critically engages with a public lecture by the late philosopher <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDY5vuMW90s&t=8s&ab_channel=MichaelSugrue"> Michael Sugrue entititled "Marx on Alienation and Ideology"</a>. Professor Sugrue passed aw ... Show More

2h 14m

Sep 2024

Kalam Live from Zita! With Bernt Hermele and Sarah Dahman Hallgren

After a screening of the documentary Where the Olive Trees Wheep Edgar sits with the Swedish writer Bernt Hermele and the Palestinian-French curator of books, Sarah Dahman Hallgren for a conversation about trauma and resistance. Thank you to everyone who came to see us live!If yo ... Show More

49m 56s

Slavoj Žižek on Marx, Hegel, Politics, F...