The main event is fan-favorite recurring guest Matt McManus doing a deep dive on the philosophy and politics of Martin Heidegger. Before that, Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew talk about Ben's pilgrimage to New Jersey to walk the picket line in the Rutgers strike (just before that strike ended with massive concessions by management) and watch some footage from a recently-released debate he did with a Starmer-ite British parliamentarian. In the postgame for patrons, Matt sticks around to talk about h...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Norman Finkelstein makes his debut appearance on GTAA to talk about his book "I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It! Heretical Thoughts on Identity Politics, Cancel Culture, and Academic Freedom." Norm is a lifelong, deeply committed leftist who's faced real consequences in his own career for his advocacy on behalf of the Palestinians, so when he says the Left is f*cking up, perhaps it's a good idea to hear the man out. Before the interview (and later in the postgame for patrons) Ben and the GT...
Apr 16, 2023•2 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Ben Burgis is back for an action-packed GTAA episode. The main guest is Jacobin staff writer Luke Savage, who recently wrote an essay called "How the Right Gets George Orwell Wrong": https://jacobin.com/2023/03/orwell-hayek-nineteen-eighty-four-totalitarianism-capitalism-socialism Before that, we get into Ben's written debate Peter Hitchens on the subject of Hitler, talk abut why ChatGPT will NEVER replace Thomas Friedman, and mull Charlie Kirk's idea that the GOP should retaliate against the ar...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 52 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Ben is off this week while traveling, so Super-Producer Jake takes the reins for an episode on labor organizing! He welcomes famed Jacobin labor reporter Alex Press as well as rank and file organizer José Sanchez to discuss some of the biggest current organizing drives in America. Of particular relevance -- José is currently organizing with fellow grad students at Duke to form a union. Before that, the gang discusses extremely failed attempts to define the word "woke." On the post-game for GTAA ...
Mar 25, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Ben Burgis is finally back after having to take the last couple weeks off! The main event is Justin Clark joining us to talk about the delightfully strange world of the Church of Scientology on the main show. Before that, we talk about Bernie's appearance on Bill Maher, debunk a hit piece, and do some other fun stuff, and in the postgame for patrons our "Give Them a Revolution live show producer Jordan joins us to talk about the online phenomenon of "MAGA Communism"--possibly the only thing that...
Mar 17, 2023•2 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Guest host David Griscom and the GTAA crew talk about policing, the right’s lies, and public safety. And then Kurt Hackbarth (@kurthackbarth) joins Dave to talk about how AMLO isn’t threatening democracy--he’s expanding it. Read Kurt's article in Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/2023/03/amlo-mexico-democracy-national-electoral-institute-reform-law-new-york-times Follow Kurt on Twitter: @KurtHackbarth Follow David on Twitter: @DavidGriscom Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis Follow GTAA on Twitter: @Gt...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 39 min
Two weeks ago, Ben Burgis debated Jon Miltimore of the libertarian Foundation for Economic Education at Texas Tech's law school in Lubbock. In this episode, we unlock the full debate (which is about an hour long). Two of our favorite guests, Ana Kasparian and RM Brown, are brought together for the first time (on GTAA anyway) to talk about it. In the postgame for patrons, Ben, Ana and RM discuss Ana's recent encounter with Ben Shapiro. Follow RM on Twitter: @xrmbrownx2 Follow Ana on Twitter: @Ana...
Feb 28, 2023•2 hr 22 min•Season 5Ep. 7
You know those animations we're always playing of American conservatives as characters in Lovecraftian nightmares? The creator of those, Aamon Hawk, joins us on this episode! We watch his latest ("Yedolf") and a few older videos and chat with him about what he does. In the second half of the show, Jacobin's Nick French talks about his recent article, "How Analytic Philosophers Have Made Sense of Capitalism": https://jacobin.com/2023/01/analytic-philosophy-marxism-capitalism-moral-individualism B...
Feb 19, 2023•1 hr 54 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Philosopher, psychologist, and commentator Slavoj Žižek comes back to the show to talk with Ben Burgis about....well....everything. The conversation hits on everything from the relationship between Hegelianism and Marxism to political correctness to Ukraine to how to think about what comes after capitalism. Before we play the interview--and in the postgame for patrons w/Russell Sbriglia--we touch on Ben's article on Steven Crowder (and his recent run-in with Matt Walsh) among other fun subjects....
Feb 13, 2023•2 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Ben was on a plane back to the West Coast when this aired, but Andy and Cale held down the fort, recapping the big NYC live show and then playing an interview Ben recorded with socialist philosopher and GTAA fan-favorite Lillian Cicerchia about her Jacobin article "socialists Need to Talk About Justice." You can read the article here: https://jacobin.com/2022/12/capitalism-socialism-liberalism-justice-philosophy-marx Follow Lillian on Twitter: @classreductress Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis F...
Jan 28, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 5Ep. 4
For the last regular Monday night show before Sunday's live show in Nee York, we're joined by a power panel of Sam Seder (of the Majority Report), Jason Myles (of This is Revolution), and RM Brown (who's on YouTube). Before that, Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew talk about recent developments in Brazil and the antics of the American Right. Last but definitely not least, Jordan Dubin and Deep State Kuba hang out in the postgame for GTAA patrons. Get tickets to the joint GTAA/Left Reckoning/This is Re...
Jan 21, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Season 5Ep. 3
This ones packed full of podcasty goodness. Professors Adnan Husain & Harvey J. Kaye, both returning GTAA champions, return for a discussion of Marx's theory of history. Before that, Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew talk about Tim Pool's latest attacks on socialism. At the end of the show, they go over some clips from the debate Ben hosted on his Callin show between Glenn Greenwald and Branko Marcetic on "the Bernie/AOC left" and address recent attacks on Ben from Jimmy Dore and Briahna Joy Gray...
Jan 14, 2023•2 hr 19 min•Season 5Ep. 2
We're started the New Year and the new season of GTAA with two of our favorite returning guests, Krystal Ball and RM "Arun" Brown. We discuss Andrew Tate, SBF/Crypto, Trump/DeSantis and many of the other very normal things that happened in the very normal year of 2022. RM sticks around to talk Steven Crowder & Tim Pool in the postgame for GTAA patrons. Subscribe to Ben's new "Philosophy for the People" Substack: https://benburgis.substack.com/ Read the Announcement post: https://benburgis.su...
Jan 06, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Season 5Ep. 1
This is Revolution's "Deep State" Kuba Wrzesniewski talks Rod Dreher, NatCons, "post-liberalism" and related subjects and then political theorist Matt McManus joins us for a discussion of liberal philosopher John Stuart Mill's relationship to socialist thought. Last but definitely not least, Rayvanna from TYT hangs out in the postgame for patrons for some good old-fashioned dunking. Follow Kuba on Twitter: @DrKuba2 Follow Matt on Twitter: @MattPolProf Follow Rayvanna on Twitter: @RayyvanaTTV Fol...
Dec 16, 2022•2 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Ben Burgis and Professor Adnan Husain break down G.A. Cohen's essay "Historical Inevitability and Revolutionary Agency." Before that, Ben and RM Brown take a look at the right-wing freakout over the Respect for Marriage Act, which has included Ben Shapiro telling Matt Walsh that even "visitors from Mars" would oppose gay marriage. Last but most definitely not least, Matt McManus hangs out on the postgame for GTAA patrons. Follow Adnan on Twitter: @adnanahusain Follow RM on Twitter: @xrmbrownx2 F...
Dec 10, 2022•2 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew review the highlights of Ben's debate with Curtis Yarvin, then historian and friend of show Harvey J. Kaye returns to talk about his first book, which was just reissued by Zero Books--the British Marxist Historians. Harvey and prodigal GTAA producer Cale Brooks hang out in the postgame for patrons. Order the book: https://redemmas.org/titles/37171-the-british-marxist-historians/ Follow Harvey on Twitter: @harveyjkaye Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis Follow GTAA on T...
Nov 25, 2022•1 hr 54 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Journalists Ross Barkan and Ryan Zickgraf join Ben Burgis to talk about the midterm elections. We share a taste of the live show GTAA just did with Left Reckoning and This is Revolution in LA. "Comrade Anders" Lee hangs out in the postgame for GTAA patrons. A very good time is had by all. Follow Ross on Twitter: @RossBarkan Follow Ryan on Twitter: @RyanSmithWriter Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis Follow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_Show Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from ...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Ana Kasparian recently debated Dennis Prager. She joins Ben Burgis and David Griscom to watch the clips and break it all down. Ben and David talk about the joint GTAA/Left Reckoning/This is Revolution #GIVETHEMAREVOLUTION live show in Sunday in Los Angeles. Jason Myles and Deep State Kuba hang out in the postgame for patrons. ************************** Buy tickets now to the VERY FIRST GTAA LIVE SHOW (co-sponsored by This is Revolution and Left Reckoning) at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angels o...
Oct 23, 2022•1 hr 50 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Matt Bruenig joins Ben Burgis to talk about what a viable fully socialist society might look like and how we could get there. Before that, Naomi Karavani comes on to talk about Bolsonaro's openness to consuming human flesh, Biden's hollow pardon announcement, and a clip of a comedian having a full beer can thrown at her by an angry Trump supporter. In the postgame for patrons, Djene Bajalan discusses how the revolution going on right now in Iran is all the result of every single Iranian being mi...
Oct 15, 2022•1 hr 51 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Buy tickets now to the VERY FIRST GTAA LIVE SHOW (co-sponsored by This is Revolution and Left Reckoning) at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angels on October 23rd, featuring Ana Kasparian, Nando Vila, Ben Burgis, Jason Myles, Kuba Wrzesniewski, David Griscom, Matt Lech, Daniel Bessner, C. Derrick Varn, and more: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005D19D53D5C6C ************************** It's time. In this episode we finally subject you to some videos from the National Conservatism conferences an...
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 58 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Buy tickets now to the VERY FIRST GTAA LIVE SHOW (co-sponsored by This is Revolution and Left Reckoning) at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angels on October 23rd, featuring Ana Kasparian, Nando Vila, Ben Burgis, Jason Myles, Kuba Wrzesniewski, David Griscom, Matt Lech, Daniel Bessner, C. Derrick Varn, and more: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005D19D53D5C6C ************************ Matt McManus talks about his brand new book "The Emergence of Post-modernity at the Intersection of Liberalism, ...
Sep 25, 2022•2 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Buy tickets now to the VERY FIRST GTAA LIVE SHOW (co-sponsored by This is Revolution and Left Reckoning) at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angels on October 23rd, featuring Ana Kasparian, Nando Vila, Ben Burgis, Jason Myles, Kuba Wrzesniewski, David Griscom, Matt Lech, Daniel Bessner, C. Derrick Varn, and more: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005D19D53D5C6C ************************** Ben Burgis and the GTAA chat about the glorious beginning of the reign of "King Charles III", and Ben's articl...
Sep 17, 2022•2 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Buy tickets now to the VERY FIRST GTAA LIVE SHOW (co-sponsored by This is Revolution and Left Reckoning) at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angels on October 23rd, featuring Ana Kasparian, Nando Vila, Ben Burgis, Jason Myles, Kuba Wrzesniewski, David Griscom, Matt Lech, Daniel Bessner, C. Derrick Varn, and more: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005D19D53D5C6C ******************************************************* Happy Labor Day! Ben Burgis & the GTAA crew start things up by talking a bit ...
Sep 10, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Buy tickets now to the VERY FIRST GTAA LIVE SHOW (co-sponsored by This is Revolution and Left Reckoning) at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angels on October 23rd, featuring Ana Kasparian, Nando Vila, Ben Burgis, Jason Myles, Kuba Wrzesniewski, David Griscom, Matt Lech, Daniel Bessner, C. Derrick Varn, and more: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09005D19D53D5C6C ******************************************************* Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew review Ben Shapiro's video "Marxism Can't Work in Am...
Aug 27, 2022•2 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Our friends Jason Myles & (briefly) Kuba Wrzeniewski from the This is Revolution podcast join Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew to talk about Dick Cheney, Woodstock 99, and a big announcement (LA live show!). The great Ana Kasparian comes on for the second half to talk about subjects ranging from abortion rights to Salman Rushdie to how socialists should talk about crime. The main show is capped off with a philosophy segment w/Dr. Jennifer Burgis. David Griscom and Matt Huber hang out on the post...
Aug 19, 2022•2 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Sean Hannity thinks that if you don't want to be poor you should be willing to work "70, 80, 90 hours a week," so Ben Burgis & the GTAA crew start with that and then review an impromptu debate that Ben & Connor Halbleib (Berniecrat & Democratic nominee in Kentucky's 5th Congressional district) had with a Callin caller on Medicare for All. The main event is Ben's unlocked interview with Rock Perlstein, author of "Before the Storm," "Nixonland," "The Invisible Bridge" and (most recentl...
Aug 06, 2022•2 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew start off by talking nuclear war, "doomerism," and cannibalistic mutants. (OK, that last item is just a preview of a conversation w/Jason Myles & Touré Reed on The Hills Have Eyes for GTAA patrons.) "Dead Pundits Society" host Adam Proctor is the main guest, chatting Ben about Jordan Peterson's terrible defense of capitalism and (briefly at the end) Jimmy Dore's odd theory of change. Dr. Jennifer Burgis comes on for a philosophy segment on utilitarianism and righ...
Jul 29, 2022•2 hr 33 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Charles Wofford, who appeared on the show once before to debate Ben Burgis on postmodernism and Marxism, comes back now for a more relaxed appearance to tell us all about the philosophy of Theodore Adorno. Before that, Ben & the GTAA crew talk about the Fetterman/Oz race in Pennsylvania and how Joe Biden apparently got high and forgot about his promise to deschedule cannabis and pardon everyone serving time in federal prisons for non-violent marijuana offense. Bookending it all at the beginn...
Jul 25, 2022•1 hr 56 min•Season 4Ep. 5
AMC's "Mad Men" came out 15 years ago this month. The main guest this week is labor organizer, writer, and professor Shaun Richman, who wrote an essay for Jacobin Magazine about the show's surprising points of connection to leftist ideas: https://jacobin.com/2022/07/mad-men-15-years-advertising-left-ideas-monopoly-capital Before that, Ben Burgis & the GTAA Crew go over an interesting part of Ben's debate with Tim Pool, Tulsi Gabbard & James O'Keefe where O'Keefe repeatedly dodged Ben's q...
Jul 15, 2022•1 hr 58 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Ben Burgis faces off against an interesting trio at the Minds.com Festival of Ideas about media manipulation, freedom of speech, and labor unions. Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgis Follow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_Show Become a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going: patreon.com/benburgis Visit benburgis.com Image Credit, Tulsi Gabbard: Gage Skidmore https://www.flick...
Jul 09, 2022•46 min•Season 4Ep. 3
