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Two friends with leftist leanings learn about political theory together.New podcast weblog
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Jul 6, 2020
Jul 6, 2020
32 min
Mike and Paul continue reading about and discussing the misguided, for-profit, bureaucracy of modern Capitalism.
Jun 30, 2020
Jun 30, 2020
41 min
Mark Fisher begins to paint a bleak picture of the havoc that Capitalist Realism has wreaked on Higher Ed.
Jun 22, 2020
Jun 22, 2020
37 min
Does Capitalism really cut down on bureaucracy or does it just utilize it to drive profits instead of efficacy?
Jun 15, 2020
Jun 15, 2020
32 min
Mike and Paul read and discuss chapter two of Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism. How is it possible to defy a system that has rebellion as a built in feature?
Jun 8, 2020
Jun 8, 2020
41 min
Mike and Paul finish reading and discussing the first chapter of Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism. Please join us on our journey towards trying to understand just what Mark Fisher is really saying when he refers to the concept of "Capitalist Realism"!
Jun 8, 2020
Jun 8, 2020
36 min
Mike and Paul begin Mark Fishers Capitalist Realism. We (well ok, just Paul) had a little snafu in posting these in the correct order, sorry!
May 25, 2020
May 25, 2020
47 min
Mike and Paul discuss a Protean Magazine article entitled "Who Dies?" written by Nicolás Vargas which does a great job at looking at the negative sides of enduring a Pandemic while living under American Capitalism.(We had a little issue with the audio and we apologize about the dead space from 21:23 through 22:39. Once again, we apologize for any inconvenience and we will have an updated episode in the near future.)
May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020
1hr 2 min
Mike and Paul discuss a Commune Magazine article entitled "Between the Devil and the Green New Deal" written by Jasper Bernes. Can any proposal actually work under the confines of a capitalist system?
May 18, 2020