Rudi Greiser and Douglas Lain discuss the various approaches to acting that have developed in the West. How should a new Avant Garde, a new Expansivist Realist theatre, understand the history of and techniques deployed by actors. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Chris Cutrone discusses how China fits into the Global Capitalist order and how we should understand the way the world works today. Support Sublation Media: https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Ethiopia’s Pentay are among the largest evangelical communities in the world, having grown from about 5% of the population in the 1980s to roughly a quarter today. M Rowton's essay "White Fields" in Sublation Magazine presents an expansive realist understanding of the Pentay movement. White Fields by M. Rowton https://www.sublationmag.com/post/white-fields Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Benjamin Studebaker and Douglas Lain discuss Trump's new gambit: Project Freedom. Has this already led to an escalation back into combat? Is Trump falling into the escalation trap? What will this do to the markets? Are the walls finally closing in on Trump? Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Chris Cutrone and "Tibor Szamuely" discuss the essay Belinksy Meets MAGA, which was recently published on the Sublation Substack. This Substack will be changing its character this month as Expansive Realism is introduced. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Spencer Leonard follows up on Monday's livestream on Bonpartism with a conversation about the concept of society, the significance of modernity, and the question of Rousseau's anarchism. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Ashley Frawley returns to discuss her recent essay for Compact entitled "Jeffrey Epstein's Necrophilia." Ashley's Essay at Compact: https://www.compactmag.com/article/jeffrey-epsteins-necrophilia-and-ours/ Support Us on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Chris Cutrone discusses his essay for Sublation Magazine based on his recent presentation at the Platrypus Affiliated Society convention. Trump's Not Regime Change at Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/post/trump-s-not-regime-change-in-iran-name-vs-substance Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Arturo Desimone discusses how the contemporary left targets individuality, creativity, and masculinity for cancellation. He uses Noam Chomsky as an example. His Essay at Counterpunch: https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/13/against-cancellation-chomsky-and-the-cyclical-emasculation-of-the-left/ Support Sublation Media: https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Spencer Leonard from the Platypus Affiliated Society discusses the politics of Habermas and how Moishe Postone's critique of Habermas both landed and missed. Support Sublation Media: https://patreon.com/dietsoap
In this episode of the Cutrone Zone, the Last Marxist describes how to separate the propaganda from reality, and declares that this is Trump's World and we're just living in it. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Rudi Grieser and Douglas Lain discuss the history of the sitcom and the techniques deployed in the television show FRIENDS. How did the FRIENDS machine operate? What were the elements deployed in the production of FRIENDS? Support Us on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Ethan Linehan discusses his 2022 essay for Sublation Magazine entitled, "Wrong Life and Abortion." In the essay he critique's Conrad Hamilton's article "Abortion, Capitalism, and Demographic Control" and discusses how a living socialist movement would approach the question of reproduction and freedom. Wrong Life and Abortion at Sublation Magazine https://www.sublationmag.com/post/wrong-life-and-abortion Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
In this Cutrone Zone, the Last Marxist asks: What if Trump and America actually win this conflict with Iran? Cutrone insists this is Trump's world and we just live in it. Not because this is a good thing, but because it's a political reality (Cutrone says). Who does it serve to think otherwise? Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
In this episode of Sublation Magazine, Benjamin Studebaker and Douglas Lain discuss the significance of Habermas. Can we still learn from the junior member of the Frankfurt School? Can there be Communicative Action? Support Sublation Media Https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Mani is a member of the Expansive Realist Workshop in Portland, Oregon, an Iranian ex-pat, and an MD. In this episode of the Diet Soap podcast, he discusses the attacks on Iran, the Islamic Republic, Christopher Hitchens, and his hopes for an emancipated Iran. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Benjamin Studebaker and Douglas Lain continue to discuss the war on Iran. How should the left respond to the war on Iran? What was revolutionary defeatism? Will there be a draft? Can the US avoid a ground war? Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss Trump's invasion of Iran as an example of bourgeois politics. Rather than condemning the invasion from the perspective of neoliberalism, they neither condemn nor support but describe. Support Sublation Media on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Benjamin Studebaker and Douglas Lain discuss the likely effect of the attacks on Iran. Where will this go next? What motivated the Trump administration? Who will run Iran now? Support Sublation Media https;//patreon.com/dietsoap
Join Spencer Leonard and Douglas Lain on "The Spencer Leonard Hour" as they engage in a systematic study of the history of sociology. They explore the intricate relation between sociological imagination and Marxist theory. This discussion offers a clear perspective on the economy through a socialist lens. Support Sublation Media on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Chris Cutrone speaks out in defense of the American Revolution as vital to the struggle for socialism. Why Marxists loved America https://www.sublationmag.com/post/why-marxists-loved-america Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Benjamin Studebaker and Douglas Lain discuss the question of civility in politics. What is the purpose of the principle of charity? Is civility a hindrance to politics? Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Ralph Leonard, freelance writer for Sublation Magazine and the New Statesman among other publications, joins Doug to discuss the career and reputation of Noam Chomsky and discuss his recent article on Chomsky that appeared in the New Statesman: Ralph Leonard on Chomsky in the New Statesmanhttps://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2026/02/noam-chomskys-reputation-will-never-recover-from-the-epstein-files Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Chris Cutrone discusses how Trump, Elon, International Capital, and Capital itself are ushering in a world littered with personal robots, self-driving cars, AI therapists, and other Kitsch Crap that could easily have been lifted from an old issue of Amazing Stories. Support Sublation Media: https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Danny Mulligan and Douglas Lain discuss Ernest Becker, death anxiety, and modernity in this episode of the Diet Soap Podcast. Support Sublation Media: https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Douglas Lain and Chris Cutrone discuss the uprisings in Iran and their meaning within the history of the left. Support Sublation Media: https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Chris Cutrone discusses the recent peace deal in Gaza and how it came about. Doug and Chris discuss a recent 60 Minutes interview with Kushner and Witkoff. Interview on 60 Minutes: https://youtu.be/dNa6PcU1Ke0?si=IrN7-Gy9XPzaTU0w Support Sublation Media on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dietsoap
In this episode of the Spencer Leonard hour Professor Leonard discusses the new executive orders from the Trump administration, orders that specifically target "anti-capitalists" and "antifa." Support Sublation Media on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap
In this Spencer Leonard Hour, we discuss how Marxism rose up in the last fifteen years only to fall away again. What destroyed the burgeoning neo-Marxist movement? Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Benjamin Studebaker and Douglas Lain discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the aftermath. Is America entering into a rerun of the Years of Lead? What was Operation Gladio? Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
