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In Alfie's farewell episode, columnist of the subcultures Roisin Kiberd, author of The Disconnect (2021) joins to talk about Facebook and the culture of the normie, birds taking over the world, Monster Energy and falling in love online. Enjoy the vapourwave. 

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David and James party with the queens behind the Low Culture Boil podcast - chatting over why no one watched the Oscars, the aesthetics of COVID masks, and whether the Internet is camp, kitsch, or cringe. If you’re having fun with The Popular Show, don’t forget to throw in some beer money at Patreon.com/ThePopularPod

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The Popular Show/Red Scare Bootleg series is available only to subscribers of https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod. Between the start of lockdown and early 2021, we interviewed the hosts of Red Scare - the greatest podcast in history - four times. We present now to our patrons, four new episode edits of those conversations, comprising the Red Scare Bootleg Series. Bootleg 1 is Dasha on Jeffrey Epstein, Bootleg 2 is Anna on Michel Houellebecq, Bootleg 3 is both ladies in conversation with The Nation's JoAnn Wypijewski on election night 2020 (as the surprisingly strong results for Donald Trump began to come in), and Bootleg 4 is Dasha on Lana Del Rey. These are never getting unlocked, so you know what to do. 

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Karie Murphy was the Chief of Staff to Jeremy Corbyn from 2016-2019, and is a great British socialist in her own right. In a rare interview, Karie retreads the rise and fall of the Corbyn project in Britain, settles some scores, and gives an energising account of the likely direction of the younger left energies that remain. 

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To listen to the full interview you need to sign up at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/50137761. Karie Murphy was the Chief of Staff to Jeremy Corbyn from 2016-2019, and is a great British socialist in her own right. In a rare interview, Karie retreads the rise and fall of the Corbyn project in Britain, settles some scores, and gives an energising account of the likely direction of the younger left energies that remain. Our Patreon subscribers get regular bonus episodes, and are the backbone that keeps us able to make the show. If you're one of our hundreds of regular listeners, please consider helping throwing us a few quid.

We netted the Spectator and Quillette editor, and founder of the 'Free Speech Union', Toby Young, for a provocative chat about how the Right sees the Left, and how the Right sees itself. Focussing on the questions of lockdown scepticism and Britain's alleged free speech crisis, Toby provides an analysis of the Conservative Party and British liberalism that may surprise left-wing listeners. Help us continue! SUPPORT US and get loads of great free stuff: https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod.

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James and Alfie caught up with the legendary Marxist literary critic (and their former professor at the University of Manchester), Terry Eagleton. Terry offers some needed historical and spiritual perspective on the Left's current state of defeat, and offers an Easter message on the dissidence in uselessness, and what Christianity can teach the Left about life after tragedy. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider helping us continue by supporting us as a Patreon subscriber at https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod.

We marked the release of the #SnyderCut of the Justice League movie by teaming up with the hilarious Brandon Sutton for a deep dive into the aesthetics and politics of superheroes. A second episode with Brandon ('The Coolio Cut') is available exclusively to our patrons at https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod.

Author of 'Trans: A Memoir' and Suite 212 host Juliet Jacques takes us on a long march through Britain's reactionary institutions: the police, the media, and corporate comedy... plus the team reminisce about early 2000s Blairite Manchester. This is PART 1 of a two part interview, but you need to sign up on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod) to get PART 2, where Juliet spills the tea on interviewing Jeremy Corbyn and lays out her design for a post-COVID hedonistic left! 

Oprah's interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry is scrutinised by the team, with Canadian writer and podcaster Karen Geier. Why does the left keep getting blackmailed into taking sides in intra-elite conflicts? What is the role of anti-monarchism in Canadian politics? Check out Karen's piece on why Canada needs to get out of the Commonwealth: https://readpassage.com/down-with-the-queen-and-her-parasitic-family/

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