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
39m 29s
Apr 2025
The Transcendental Logic of Capitalism: Henry Somers-Hall on Deleuze, Guattari, and Kant
<p>Follow Vintagia now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-and-creatives<br/><br/>What if capitalism isn’t just an economic system—but a transcendental structure that configures our very experience? In this episode, phil ... Show More
1h 17m
Apr 2023
Craig Leonard, "Uncommon Sense: Aesthetics after Marcuse" (MIT Press, 2022)
In Uncommon Sense: Aesthetics after Marcuse (MIT Press, 2022), Craig Leonard argues for the contemporary relevance of the aesthetic theory of Herbert Marcuse, an original member of the Frankfurt School and icon of the New Left, while also acknowledging his philosophical limits. T ... Show More
54m 53s
Sep 2024
LEPHT HAND - The Alchemy of Salt and Subjectivity: James Hillman and Jacques Derrida VS a Salty Jordan Peterson
<p>Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHAND<br/><br/>In this monologue, Sereptie explores the fascinating intersections of alchemy, psychoanalysis, and poststructuralist philosophy. The discussion centers around the concept of alchemical salt, its significance in Renai ... Show More
51m 39s
May 2025
[BEST OF] Continuity & Rupture: Maoism and the Science of Revolutionary Communism
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Mar 18, 2018 In this engaging episode, Breht sits down with philosopher and author J. Moufawad-Paul, the mind behind the influential books "The Communist Necessity" and "Continuity and Rupture" among others. Together, they delve deep into JMP's profound explor ... Show More
1h 15m
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
Aug 2025
From Blake to Bataille: Romanticism, Communism, and the Commons with Joseph Albernaz
<p>What does Romanticism have to do with communism, enclosure, and the commons today? In this episode we speak with Joseph Albernaz, author of <em>Common Measures: Romanticism and the Groundlessness of Community</em>, about the radical lineage running from Blake and Hölderlin to ... Show More
1h 1m
In this episode, we talk about Alfred Sohn-Rethel’s audacious and influential text Intellectual and Manual Labor. A fellow traveler of the Frankfurt School, Sohn-Rethel argued that the social activity of commodity exchange involves a set of real abstractions that actually precede and give rise to the structure of human consciousness and its capacity for ment ... Show More
