Mar 25, 2026
In this episode, we’re joined by professor Joel Wainwright (co-author of Climate Leviathan) to discuss his newest book, The End: Marx, Darwin, and the Natural History of the Climate Crisis. Together, Breht and Joel explore the intellectual impact Charles Darwin had on Karl Marx, and why it matters for the ecological...
Mar 20, 2026
Matthew Vernon Whalan joins the show to discuss Bullock: Chronicles of Deprivation and Despair in an
American Prison, an interview-driven, investigative
journalistic, and collectively narrated portrait of life inside
Bullock Correctional Facility in Alabama.
Through the words of incarcerated people themselves, we...
Mar 17, 2026
In this episode, Breht interviews Adnan Husain -- Professor of Medieval history and Chair of the Religious Studies department at Queens college -- about the deep historical roots of today’s Middle East. The conversation traces the arc from ancient Persia to the Islamic era, explores how Iran became a center of Shi’a...
Mar 10, 2026
Torkil Lauesen joins us to discuss his book Unequal Exchange: Past, Present, and Future and the hidden mechanics of modern imperialism. Lauesen returns to the tradition of Arghiri Emmanuel to argue that while the world market tends to equalize prices, wages remain radically unequal across borders -- driving a structural...
Mar 4, 2026
(recorded on 3/1/26) - Breht went on Workers' Lit as a guest!
"The American ruling class is at war.
Physically, they are at war with Iran, pummeling the country with unrelenting airstrikes, slaughtering civilians, and doing their best to make yet another nation unlivable.
But they are fighting another war: a...