Please support our patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more. This is podcast regulars and former Former People squad, Shalon Van Tine, P. H. Higgins, and C. Derick Varn talking about films of memory. Former People may no longer be with us, but we still produce shows on art for Patrons and sometimes here for the many podcast. This is a bonus to make up for my haitus. Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here. We are affiliated with the Emancipation Network. Crew: Host:...
Jul 02, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Please support our patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more. Nicole and Hugh of the Run with Us podcast talk about starting a commune, the nature of anarchism in the US and Canada, the differences between US and Canadian leftism, and dinner food. Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here. We are affiliated with the Emancipation Network. Crew: Host: C. Derick Varn Audio Producer: Paul Channel Strip ( @aufhebenkultur ) Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake. Intro Video D...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Please support our patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more. John and Madison host the Fresh Kill' s podcast: a socialist podcast with New York/New Jersey charasticistics. We discuss the failures of the post-Bernie left, but not particularly seriously. Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here. We are affiliated with the Emancipation Network. Crew: Host: C. Derick Varn Audio Producer: Paul Channel Strip ( @aufhebenkultur ) Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake. Intro V...
Jun 11, 2021•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Please support our patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more. Alex Grant is the editor of Editor at Fightback, http://marxist.ca , and a member of the IMT. We talk about the history of the IMT, the future of Trotskyism in US, UK, and Canada, and Leftism in Canada. Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here. We are affiliated with the Emancipation Network. Crew: Host: C. Derick Varn Audio Producer: Paul Channel Strip ( @aufhebenkultur ) Intro and Outro Music by Bitter La...
Jun 08, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Please support our patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more. Freddie deBoer is the author of T he Cult of Smart and maintains a substack . We discuss the limits of education research, the relatively limited movement in education,and the overuse of schooling where larger social issues should be addressed. Note, I give a stat on Ivy League income ratios that I could not verify and was quoting from memory. If you can confirm or disprove this stat, please inform me. I ...
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Please support our patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more. Chris and Jason are two of the four hosts of the Regrettable Century Podcast . This is the first hour on the topic. There are bonus episodes of two hours on Patreon expanding on the topic. We discuss "revolutionary pessimism," the toxicity of Twitter, and getting beyond the Bernie Sanders campaign. Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here. We are affiliated with the Emancipation Network. Crew: Host: C. Deri...
May 29, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Please support our patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more. P.H. Higgins is an editor at Former People , a co-host of the podcast of the same name, and a co-host of Radical Thoughts podcast. We discuss the legacy of Operaismo and Autonomia in the context of Italian socialism and communism. We focus on the legacy of Mario Tronti and Antonio Negri in particular. Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here. We are affiliated with the Emancipation Network. Crew: Host: C. D...
May 27, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Please support our patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more. Andres Bernal (@andresintheory) is Associate Editor of Money on the Left , Policy Advisor to Dianne Morales, and former policy advisor for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, professor of critical-heterodox policy studies at The New School. We discuss the development of Left MMT, getting MMT policy beyond national boundaries and the developed world, and the situation in Colombia and in the rest of Latin America. Ab...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Please support our patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more. Kuba Wrzesneiwski is an independent foreign policy consultant and regular guest on This is Revolution . We speak on the realities of the US foreign policy elites and their primary concerns. We also talk about leftist misunderstandings on these issues. Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here. We are affiliated with the Emancipation Network. Crew: Host: C. Derick Varn Audio Producer: Paul Channel Strip ( @au...
May 22, 2021•1 hr 51 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Please support our patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more. Dave from Nightmare Masterclass talk about horror, folk horror, left-wing analysis of pop culture, working-class taste, etc. This is an hour-selection of a nearly 4-hour interview. The rest of the interview is available to all subscribers at Patreon and on the original youtube feed. Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here. We are affiliated with the Emancipation Network. Crew: Host: C. Derick Varn Audio Pr...
May 17, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Please support our patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more. A.M. Gittlitz and C. Derick Varn discuss the historical development of Posadism, BLM and the summer insurrections, and the specter for communication theory. His writing focuses on counter-culture, radical politics, and the paranormal. Gittlitz's book I Want to Believe: Posadism, UFOs and Apocalypse Communism was published by Pluto Press in 2020. Other essays and journalistic pieces have appeared in The Ne...
May 16, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Please support our patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more. Ross Wolfe and C. Derick Varn discuss the situation of the left after a year of covid-19 and the collapse of the second Bernie Sanders' campaign through two articles . Ross Wolfe is a writer, historian, and architecture critic living in New York. His work has appeared in publications such as Metropolis , Mute , e-flux , Radical Philosophy , Cambridge Literary Review , The Advocate , and Platypus Review . ...
May 16, 2021•1 hr 57 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Please support our patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more. Matt McManus discusses the division within conservatism, why a socialist should understand these intellectual divisions. We different conservative movements in the US, particularly the rise of post-liberal conservatism. Matt McManus is a visiting professor of politics at Whitman College. He is the author of The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism and Myth and the coauthor of Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jor...
May 14, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 1
