Best Lillian Cicerchia Podcasts (2023)

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Season 5 Episode 16: Lillian Cicerchia on Marx, Materialism, and the Poverty of Philosophy 1:06:02

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Left-wing academic philosopher, Jacobin contributor, and "What's Left of Philosophy?" co-host Lillian Cicerchia comes back on the show to talk to Ben Burgis about Karl Marx's book "The Poverty of Philosophy" and, more broadly, different ways of construing materialism vs. idealism debates and the sometimes vexed relationship between moral critiques …

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66 | What's Left of Equality? Between Opportunity and Flourishing 1:00:43

8d ago1:00:43

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In this episode, we unpack tensions between theories of equality that emphasize opportunity and outcomes in a discussion based upon Christine Sypnowich’s recent Boston Review article, “Is Equal Opportunity Enough?” We also discuss our very own William Paris’s response to Sypnowich in his essay “The Art of Equality.” We debate whether liberalism is …

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Season 5 Episode 17: Matt McManus on Matt Walsh + A Dialogue w/Christine Sypnowich 1:58:19

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In the first half of the main show, Political Science prof and Jacobin contributor Matt McManus joins Ben Burgis to discuss his new article about another, much more unpleasant Matt--Matt Walsh. In the second half, we replay Ben's dialogue at a Boston Review event last week with socialist philosopher Christine Sypnowich about equality of opportunity…

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65 | Gramsci's The Modern Prince 1:01:26

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In this episode we talk about Antonio Gramsci’s book The Modern Prince. Written while imprisoned by the fascists in Mussolini’s Italy, the work is a reflection on the party as a form of organization and the importance of leadership for revolutionary socialist politics. We discuss Gramsci’s realist approach to politics as an art and science, his ins…

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Season 5 Episode 15: Happy May Day & Goodbye to Tucker Carlson 1:50:56

23d ago1:50:56

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Naomi Karavani, RM Brown, and Branko Marcetic join Ben Burgis to say goodbye to Tucker Carlson's show on Fox. You can read Ben's article "Tucker Carlson Is a Repugnant, Pseudo-Populist Fraud" here: https://jacobin.com/2023/04/tucker-carlson-populism-ruling-class-minimum-wage-medicare-for-all-war/ ...and Branko's article "Tucker Carlson Isn’t an Ant…

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64 | What is Aesthetics? Part II. How Does it Feel to be a Problem, Hip Hop Nation? W/ Dr. Michael Thomas 1:02:52

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In this episode, we are joined by Michael Thomas to talk about Black aesthetics and hip hop in particular. We work through what it means for hip hop to be a 'problem space' that reconstructs the cultural contradictions and political messaging of a racist society in a way that is not essentializing and that aspires to address social problems without…

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Season 5 Episode 14: The Philosophy of Dinesh D'Souza (ft. Victor Bruzzone & Ethan) 1:57:55

1M ago1:57:55

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Conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza has, as it turns out, made a LOT of videos covering philosophical topics like John Rawls's veil of ignorance and abortion rights, Hume's argument against belief in miracles (D'Souza isn't convinced), and.....something or other about how Nietzsche helps us understand why tech companies censor conservatives? Or…

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Season 5 Episode 13: Being, Time and Hitler (Matt McManus on Heidegger) 1:43:33

1M ago1:43:33

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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 foot…

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63 Teaser | Lenin's State and Revolution 9:08

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In this patrons-only episode we discuss Vladimir Lenin’s 1917 The State and Revolution. When he’s not snarkily dragging his political opponents for their opportunism and philistinism, Lenin tries to work through some of the most hotly contested ideas in Marxian political theory, including the role of the state in capitalist society and its ‘witheri…

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Season 5 Episode 12: Norman Finkelstein Came Here To Chew Bubblegum & Burn Bridges (He's Out of Gum) 2:16:33

2M ago2:16:33

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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 …

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Season 5 Episode 11: GTAA Has Always Been At War With Eurasia (Luke Savage on George Orwell) 1:51:40

2M ago1:51:40

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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 …

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62 | What is Aesthetics? Part I. Schiller's Letters on Aesthetic Education 1:01:12

2M ago1:01:12

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In this inaugural episode of our new series on aesthetics, we discuss Friedrich Schiller’s 1795 Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man. We begin with his assessment of the French Revolution and its perceived failure to deliver on its lofty republican ideals, focusing on his ascription of this failure to the fragmentation of the modern self and s…

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Season 5 Episode 10: The GTAA Labor Special (ft. RM Brown, Alex Press and José Sanchez) 1:44:39

2M ago1:44:39

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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 …

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61 | Frantz Fanon, Racism, and the Alienation of Reason 1:06:21

3M ago1:06:21

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In this episode, we take a deep dive into Frantz Fanon’s first book Black Skin, White Masks. We discuss his views on racism as a form of alienation and narcissism, assess that status of reason throughout his argument, and interrogate his emphasis on futurity over history. Throughout we defend his theory of social pathology and his embrace of reason…

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Season 5 Episode 9: The Gang Gets Their Thetan Levels Tested (Justin Clark on Scientology) 2:15:37

3M ago2:15:37

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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 patron…

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Season 5 Episode 8: Viva AMLO (ft. Kurt Hackbarth & Guest Host David Griscom) 1:39:08

3M ago1:39:08

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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-…

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60 | Antifascism and Emancipatory Violence with Devin Zane Shaw 1:11:02

3M ago1:11:02

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In this episode we are joined by Devin Zane Shaw to talk about his book Philosophy of Antifascism: Punching Nazis and Fighting White Supremacy. We discuss the concept of the ‘three-way fight’, what Beauvoir’s analysis of the antinomies of action can teach us about emancipatory violence, and the necessity of community self-defense. Ambiguity may be …

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Season 5 Episode 7: Ana Kasparian & RM Brown + Complete Texas Tech Debate w/Libertarian Think Tanker 2:22:06

3M ago2:22:06

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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 th…

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59 | Herbert Marcuse B-Sides Mixtape 1:05:57

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Feeling alienated? In this episode, we are here for you. We dig into three periods of Herbert Marcuse’s thought. Marcuse was Martin Heidegger’s student in the 1920s, a member of the Frankfurt School in the 1930s, the philosopher of the New Left in the 1960s, and stays haunting the petit bourgeois in the 2020s. We pay our respects and get to the bot…

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Season 5 Episode 6: Aamon Hawk on "Yedolf"/Nick French on Analytic Philosophy (Podcast Version) 1:53:40

4M ago1:53:40

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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 articl…

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Season 5 Episode 5: Slavoj Zizek on Hegel, Marx, Ukraine, Political Correctness & His Critics 2:10:50

4M ago2:10:50

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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 …

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58 Teaser | Angela Davis: Dialectics of Oppression and Liberation 18:00

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In this episode we dig into some early writings by the incomparable black radical feminist and communist Angela Davis. We reflect on some of the contradictions involved in the transformation of women’s labor in the development of patriarchal capitalism and the latent potentials for the emancipated life in common that these developments nevertheless…

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UNLOCKED: 24 | What's Left of Foucault? 1:10:35

4M ago1:10:35

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We couldn't put together a new episode for you this week, so we thought we'd unlock an old Patreon exclusive! Thanks to everyone who helped us pick which one by voting in our Twitter poll. We'll be back with a brand new ep next Monday. -- In this episode, the crew takes on a beloved figure of the academic 'left': Michel Foucault. The discussion gra…

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Season 5 Episode 4: Why Socialists Need to Talk About Justice (ft. Lillian Cicerchia) 1:12:00

4M ago1:12:00

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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://jacob…

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Season 5 Episode 3: Sam Seder, Jason Myles & RM Brown 1:51:11

5M ago1:51:11

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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 def…

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57 | What is Liberalism? Part II. Policing and Political Economy 1:01:37

5M ago1:01:37

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In the second installment of our “What is Liberalism?” series we discuss the relationship between liberalism and the institution of the police. If a core principle of liberalism is the equal application of the law, then some enforcement mechanism is necessary to ensure the stability of the social order. The problem is that in liberal democracies th…

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Season 5 Episode 2: Glenn Greenwald Debate/Marx's Theory of History (ft. Harvey Kaye & Adnan Husain) 2:19:18

5M ago2:19:18

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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 Calli…

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Season 5 Premiere: Krystal Ball & RM Brown 1:37:18

5M ago1:37:18

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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 patr…

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56 | Special Minisode: Hating on New Year’s Day with Antonio Gramsci 31:29

5M ago31:29

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In this special holiday episode we bring in the new year by being complete and total haters! We keep it real light and breezy for this short little convo. We drag Auld Lang Syne, the concept of New Years’ resolutions, the very notion of historical dates, and also for some reason the city of Boston. At one point the discussion turns into an unboxing…

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55 Teaser | Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality 8:52

6M ago8:52

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was many things, but chill was not one of them. In this patron-exclusive episode we have no chill either, getting into it about the renegade philosopher’s Discourse on Inequality, his totally bizarre fictional state of nature, and his stunningly prescient critique of modern society. You know, we aren’t primitivists at all, but…

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Season 4 Finale: Matt McManus on John Stuart Mill + Deep State Kuba on Red Dreher 2:20:37

6M ago2:20:37

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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 f…

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Season 4 Episode 18: G.A. Cohen, Ben Shapiro, and the Men from Mars (ft. Adnan Husain & RM Brown) 2:08:26

6M ago2:08:26

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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 def…

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54 | Expropriating the Expropriators w/ Dr. Jacob Blumenfeld 1:07:03

6M ago1:07:03

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In this episode we talk with Jacob Blumenfeld about the concept of property in German Idealism. As it turns out, Kant, Fichte, and Hegel each had a pretty different idea of property than their Anglo counterparts who were out there apologizing for private property as a natural right and capitalism as freedom. Some might even say that socialism is wh…

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53 | Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: Anti-Materialist Sociology 1:10:21

6M ago1:10:21

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Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the “Spirit” of Capitalism is probably the most important foundational text for modern sociology, and we think that’s kind of a downer, actually. We talk about how we are thoroughly unconvinced about his central historical claim in the book, which seems to be that the Protestant reformation created the subjective co…

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Season 4 Episode 17: Harvey J. Kaye on the British Marxist Historians 1:54:13

6M ago1:54:13

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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…

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52 | Mike Davis: Historical Materialism and Militant Theory 1:03:22

7M ago1:03:22

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This is a tribute episode to the great Mike Davis, the visionary social theorist and comrade who recently passed away in October 2022. We discuss his pathbreaking social analysis of Los Angeles, his political economy of urban life, his fondness for and reactivation of Marx’s political writings, and his unique ability to locate concrete phenomena wi…

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Season 4 Episode 16: Leftist Election Punditry w/Ross Barkan & Ryan Zickgraf 1:14:10

7M ago1:14:10

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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: …

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51 Teaser | What is Utopia? Part III. Hermeneutics and Utopia: From Hans-Georg Gadamer to Ernst Bloch (Part 2) 20:31

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In Part Two of our two-part mini-series we discuss the work of Ernst Bloch’s The Principle of Hope. We ask what difference there is between the thought of Bloch and Theodor Adorno, how hope and utopia enable political action, and why so many traditions seem to abhor the concept of utopia. Expand your horizons and come learn how to hope again in thi…

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Season 4 Episode 15: Ana Kasparian Breaks Down Her Debate w/Dennis Prager 1:49:42

8M ago1:49:42

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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. **********************…

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50 | Hermeneutics and Utopia: From Hans-Georg Gadamer to Ernst Bloch (Part 1) 1:03:12

8M ago1:03:12

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In part one of our two-part mini-series on hermeneutics and utopia we discuss the thought of Hans-Georg Gadamer in his 1983 text Praise of Theory. We talk about the importance of prejudice and tradition for self-understanding, ask whether the natural sciences or the human sciences have sole claim to truth, and praise the (qualified) freedom of theo…

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Season 4 Episode 14: Talking Socialism w/Matt Bruenig 1:50:44

8M ago1:50:44

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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.…

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Season 4 Episode 13: Debunking NatCons, Watching Ana Debate Prager & Lula Livre (ft. Matt McManus) 1:57:51

8M ago1:57:51

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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/0900…

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49 | Coming to Terms with Human Finitude w/ Prof. Martin Hägglund 1:05:52

8M ago1:05:52

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In this episode we are joined by Martin Hägglund to discuss the existentialist's argument for what makes human life meaningful—and why democratic socialism is the logical conclusion to reach after having considered the matter carefully. We also dig into the limits of social democracy, the need for the state, and the revaluation of value that is yet…

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Season 4 Episode 12: Postmodernity + Prager U (ft. Matt McManus) 2:15:30

9M ago2:15:30

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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/0900…

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48 | Gillian Rose: Speculative Thinking and Post-Kantian Sociology with James Callahan 1:00:54

9M ago1:00:54

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In this episode we are joined by James Callahan (aka Crane) to talk about Gillian Rose’s book Hegel Contra Sociology. We explore Rose’s critique of early twentieth-century sociology, which she argues was completely hampered by the limitations of its neo-Kantian framework. Looking to break out of this transcendental circle, Rose turns to Hegel and d…

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Season 4 Episode 11: Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich w/Micah Uetricht 2:06:54

9M ago2:06:54

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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/0900…

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Season 4 Episode 10: Debating Sohrab Ahmari on Social Democracy w/Right-Wing Characteristics 1:29:33

9M ago1:29:33

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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/0900…

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47 | Guy Debord and the Society of the Spectacle 1:01:04

9M ago1:01:04

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In today’s episode we talk about Guy Debord’s critique of life under modern capitalism by looking at his scathing and provocative The Society of the Spectacle. Is it true that all that was once lived is now mere representation? That the whole of society is mediated by an endless proliferation of passifying images? That the fullness of life has been…

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Season 4 Episode 9: Ben Shapiro vs History + William Paris on Utopianism (+ Police Abolition Debate) 2:01:24

10M ago2:01:24

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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/0900…

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46 Teaser | What is Dialectics? Part V: Adorno's Negative Dialectics 10:35

10M ago10:35

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In this patron-exclusive episode, we continue our series on the concept of dialectics by talking about Adorno’s Negative Dialectics. We reflect on what a non-closed dialectical system would look like, why Adorno is definitely not the defeatist he’s often caricatured as being, and what it means for us to hold onto utopian promises for a better world…

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