We are pleased to welcome longtime friend of the show Scribe Wolf, aka A. H. Ra. In this discussion we focus on the book Noise: The Political Economy of Music by theorist Jacques Attali, a highly influential work that crosses disciplinary borders from history, music, to critical theory and Marxism. This is a wide-ranging and improvisational conversation. Def ... Show More
Oct 8
The Concept of the Drive in Psychoanalysis (feat. Andrew Flores)
I am joined by Andrew Flores, a Lacanian psychoanalyst in formation and host of The Parallax Viewer to discuss the psychoanalytic concept of the drive. In this wide-ranging discussion, we introduce the four key elements that make up the drive, we discuss its pre-history before Fr ... Show More
2h 2m
Aug 2024
Building a People's Art: Vietnam, Socialist Realism and Cultural Revolution
Ruehl Muller joins Breht to discuss his upcoming book, put out by Iskra Books, titled "Building a People's Art: Selected Works of Trường Chinh and Tố Hữu". Together, they discuss Vietnamese Socialist Realism, Maoist China, Cultural Revolution, dialectics, the death drive, fascism ... Show More
1h 44m
May 2024
Mladen Dolar on the limits of psychoanalysis, Marx and Hegel, Beckett, theatre/opera… and a lot more
Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the Slovenian philosopher, psychoanalytical theorist and cultural theorist, Mladen Dolar to discuss his forthcoming books on rumours and “The Riskiest Moments” reading(s) of Marx, limits or the end of psychoanalysis, Hegel, film and series, ... Show More
1h 36m
Jul 2020
Techno, Black Metal, Nostalgia, and Communization: A Discussion with Benjamin Noys
We tap Benjamin Noys to engage in a broad discussion of aesthetics and politics related to his writings on techno, black metal, and communization. Some figures who appear within the discussion: Nietzsche, Bataille, Stirner, Hegel, Deleuze, Badiou, Fisher, and Brassier. Also, Adam ... Show More
1h 25m
May 2024
The Arcane Machine: International Blight
<p>East meets West on this month's chapter, where we open the show with some great industrial acts from Japan like Schaft, Mad Capsule Markets, and Schwarz Stein. Then we head west and spin some tracks from Poland's C.H.District, German artist Paul van Dyk, and the UK's London Af ... Show More
1h 22m
Jul 2025
Fanon and Sartre: Rethinking Praxis, Race, and Revolution
<p>What happens when the dialectic between Sartre and Fanon is not one of influence, but of mutual transformation? Today we're live at Webster’s in State College with Tyrique Mack-Georges, who returns to the podcast to discuss his research on seriality, group infusion, and t ... Show More
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