Oct 31, 2024
On this Halloween, Jon Greenaway returns to the show to discuss his new book "Capitalism: A Horror Story (Gothic Marxism and the Dark Side off the Radical Imagination)".
What does it mean to see horror in capitalism? What can horror tell us about the state and nature of capitalism? Blending film criticism, cultural...
Mar 19, 2024
Alyson and Breht explain and explore this famous text from Karl Marx, in the process they discuss French history, class conflict, the peasantry and lumpenproletariat, Bonapartism and Fascism, history, the role of the State under capitalism, and how all of this helps us to make sense of our contemporary moment of crisis...
Nov 21, 2023
Corey Mohler from Existential Comics returns to the show to
discuss the famous novel (and its many adaptations) by Victor Hugo
"Les Misérables".
Together they discuss the novel, its various adaptations, its
political and social themes, 19th Century France, the "Giants of
'93", read some passages from the book, and...
Mar 23, 2023