Episode Notes We’re getting into the text of Imperialism this week where Lenin uses current events to show how right Marx was about how capitalism would develop. The end of this episode is cut abruptly short and being released as a separate episode because it is fairly content warning heavy and we wanted to make sure that didn’t sneak up on anyone you should see that short addendum in the feed the same day you see this. This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no cre...
May 15, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Episode Notes Notes go here This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
May 08, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Episode Notes Happy May Day Comrades! We finish up just like we started, dunking on Kautsky. We will be coming at you next week with the begging of our third work Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
May 01, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Episode Notes Ever wonder what Lenin really thought about Kautsky? Because he’s more than happy to tell you. This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Apr 29, 2019•22 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Episode Notes Why can’t we just skip that whole state thing and get right to the communism? Lenin explains. Apologies for the audio for the first half of the episode we figure it out halfway through but until that point it does sound like David is broadcasting from a tiny bubble halfway across the room. Won’t happen again. This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and...
Apr 24, 2019•1 hr 57 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Episode Notes Once again Nathan ambushes David with some context that makes Chapter 5 make a whole lot more sense. Strap in for Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Program. This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Apr 17, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Episode Notes If you listened to the mini madness earlier this week you could probably guess what was coming next. If not let’s just say Lenin is fixing to tag Engles in for his round of beating on opportunists. This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Apr 10, 2019•1 hr 41 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Episode Notes As we hinted at a couple episodes back anytime there’s a relevant work that is short enough to be read in it’s entirety we are going to try and release them earlier in the week as bonus content. These are never going to be in place of a normal episode for the week and won’t be every week but anytime we can fit them in we will. This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off...
Apr 08, 2019•12 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Episode Notes It only took two whole episodes of backstory but we’re here and ready to dig into chapter 3 of state and rev This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Episode Notes You've heard Nathan's take on the importance of the Paris Commune now here it from someone infintely more qualified to discuss the topic. Lenin. This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Mar 27, 2019•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 5
Episode Notes Nathan and David go on a whistlestop tour of Europe in 1848 during the Year of REVOLUTIONS! What does this have to do with State and Rev? Listen to find out! This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Mar 20, 2019•56 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Episode Notes Apologies for this episode not being up to our usual audio quality standards, as usual it's Nathan's fault and he just feels awful about it. Anyway enjoy chapter 2 of state and revolution This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Mar 13, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Episode Notes We dive in to State and Rev where we find Lenin rather unhappy with the current state of Marxism in 1917, more specifically Lenin is rather unhappy with a Mr. Kautsky. This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Mar 06, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Episode Notes We are always trying to improve the podcast both in audio quality as well as more content. If there is a book or work you would like to see covered let us know @marxmadnesspod on twitter. Also any donations that are made to the tip jar are going towards purchasing new audio equipment to get us to professional quality sound. We do this because we love it and we're excited you all seem to enjoy it as well. -Nathan and David This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free,...
Feb 27, 2019•48 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Episode Notes The grand finale of Capital and a brief discussion on the future of the show (hint it's not ending anytime soon) This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Feb 20, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Episode Notes The end is here, the crescendo of Capital and Marx's systematic destruction of capitalism comes to head in these last chapters. If there's one episode to listen to to get the overview of what Capital is about this is it. Enjoy and share. This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness....
Feb 13, 2019•2 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Episode Notes As we finish chapter 25 we close in on the end of Capital...again. This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Feb 06, 2019•1 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Episode Notes It's the beginning of the end of Capital with the final formulation of Marx's theory of Capitalist accumulation. So much content needed two episodes to fully discuss. This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Jan 31, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Episode Notes The first one back from ipad death where it fits in the time stream is anyones guess but its definitely chapters 23-24 This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Jan 24, 2019•2 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Episode Notes Back to the podcave and back to Capital This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Jan 16, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Episode Notes Having recovered from the great iPad death of 2018 we're back in the podcave and back to Capital This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Jan 09, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Episode Notes We conclude the biggest chapter so far and get ready to jump into the back half of Capital. This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Jan 03, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Episode Notes Part 2 of one of the biggest chapters in all of CAPITAL This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Dec 26, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Episode Notes Sincere apologies for the delay Nathan decided to break his ipad beyond repair and learn the hard way why backups are important we are working to catch back up but in the meantime we have an intact copy if chapter 15 that we will be releasing over the next three weeks in one hour segments thanks for bearing with us! NATHAN AND DAVID This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 4...
Dec 19, 2018•51 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Episode Notes Nathan and David get back to the text after a slight detour at the end of Chapter 12 with the build up to the explosion that is chapter 15 This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Nov 28, 2018•56 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Episode Notes We get away from the text towards the end of this episode but the discussion felt too relevant to cut. If you're here for strictly the text there is an audio note when we drive the car off the road. This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Nov 21, 2018•54 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Episode Notes Going forward most episodes will be broken into two/three parts for hosting reasons. These will be labeled as such. This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Nov 21, 2018•43 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Episode Notes After a brief jaunt in chapter 9 David and Nathan get to the first actually interesting parts of Capital Chapter 10 This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Nov 15, 2018•2 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Episode Notes Did you enjoy the length of the first episode? Too bad this is a long book! This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.
Nov 07, 2018•2 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Meet your hosts: David and Nathan. One of them is the foremost expert on Karl Marx in rural Missouri. The other might have had a crush on Ronald Reagan throughout college. You get to figure out who's who. Each week, these two will break down a handful of chapters from a foundational work of Marxism. Join them as they begin to dissect Karl Marx's Capital, the book that your uncle told you was worse than the necronomicon. Check out our podcast host, Pinecast . Start your own podcast for free with ...
Oct 30, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 1
