Episode 4.

Prolific author, doctor of psychology, and Thomist philosopher Kevin Vost joins Michael Acuña to discuss themes from Vost's 2016 work The Porch and the Cross: Ancient Stoic Wisdom for Modern Christian Living.

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Music by Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudio

Episode 3.

Michael Acuña is joined by Marxist analyst and Henryk Grossman scholar Ted Reese to discuss Karl Marx's crisis theory, the empirical status of Grossman's systemic breakdown theory, and the prospects for communist reconstruction of society. Ted Reese's writings can be found on Medium, and his Twitter profile is @Grossmanite 

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Music by Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudio

Episode 2.

Michael Acuña and Filip S. use Enrique Dussel’s The Philosophy of Liberation as a basis for a broader discussion on Christianity's relationship to Marxism and communism, idolatry and fetishism, the postmodern crisis of meaning, virtue ethics, and revolutionary pessimism.

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Music by Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudio

Patreon Bonus Episode 1.

Charles Owen moderates a debate between Marxist theorist Michael Acuña and Anarchist scholar Benjamin Smith on The Value of Everything podcast. (Originally aired 9 July 2017) 

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Episode 1. Common Ruin's inaugural podcast.

Filip S. joins host Michael Acuña to discuss the obscure (and underappreciated) short text “Nation and Working-Class” by controversial German council communists Fritz Wolffheim and Heinrich Laufenberg. Among the subjects covered are theories of identity and subjectivity, the National Question, and the history of communist politics during the Weimar period. 

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Music by Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudio