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Apr 2024
56m 20s

Enjoy Your Obscenity w/ Russ Sbriglia

…and so on.
About this episode
This week we're joined by Russ Sbriglia to discuss Zizek's upcoming events in the tristate area. Slavoj will be at Seaton Hall University in New Jersey on Monday April 8th! Zizek will also be in New York City, at NYU and the New School (sign up online for those events!) After technical updates we discuss Russ' recent essay, "Enjoy Your Trump". We talk poli ... Show More
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