Desolation Radio

Part 2 of our episode on Trotsky! We cover Trotsky's exile, his work on Fascism and ultimate assassination. Enjoy!

Privet Comrades! This episode is part 1 of our 2 part series on the Bolshevik (for a time at least) boy Leon Trotsky. We're delighted to be joined by the Soviet Savant Tinman who talks to us about his life, his role in the Russian Revolution, his theories on Permanent Revolution and Uneven Development. Sit down with some borscht and enjoy!

In this episode we finally make good on our promise of covering more culture. Dan's been usurped and our new host Kieron is here to tell us why poetry may not be for gimps (unconvinced)and what Raymond Williams was all about. Make sure to stay hydrated while listening.

Mama mia! We've been absolutely terrified that our Italian Supermodel girlfriends will be deported after Brexit but Rob Griffiths tells us this isn't the case.

We talk about the history of the EU, cover those treaties and grill him on Lexit.

Listen up Maniacs! This week we discuss Neoliberalism. We talk about the historic roots of the concept, the warped philosophy which underpins it, and how it was realised in practice through Thatcherism & Reaganism. We discuss Key texts by David Harvey, and Andrew Gamble, and in the second part of the podcast we discuss our boy Mark Fisher and show how Neoliberalism isn’t just an economic policy but a set of social relations which impacts our everyday lives. Neoliberalism is something that lives within each of us. Finally, as ever, we look at what all this means for wales and conclude that wales is a deeply Neoliberal state. Enjoy!

In part 2 of our chat with LGSM, Mike and Gethin talk about the foundation of the group amidst the destruction of Thatcherism, how they campaigned, how the built links with the South Wales coalfields, and how their amazing relationship with South Wales grew throughout the miner's strike.

In this episode we met Mike Jackson (@mikeinpride) and Gethin Roberts from Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, who famously supported and forged links with the South Wales miners during the 1984 miner's strike, something immortalised in the 2014 film Pride. In part one we spoke to Mike and Gethin about the experience of the gay and lesbian movement in the 80s. Enjoy!

This week we talked to our good friend Bethan Mckernan about the conflict in Yemen, Bethan's research within the Yemeni community in Cardiff, and Wales' role in the war. Enjoy with some khat!

Ohhh, Stugats! It's part 2 of our big thinkers series. In this episode we talk about the Italian Communist revolutionary and thinker Antonio Gramsci. We discuss his life, the prison notebooks, as many of his core concept as we can cram in, fascism, and Gramsci's legacy today. We also hopefully dispel some myths about Gramsci and try to stop people listening to Paul Mason.

Episode 50! Wha-what!

In this episode we spoke to Gruff Rhys, the last king of Wales. We cover his time growing up in the Welsh music scene, his concept album on the Italian Communist book publisher Feltrinelli and his multimedia project on the life of John Evans called American Interior. Each listen comes with a promise by Gruff that he'll play at your children's birthday party (redeemable today only).

A special thanks to all our listeners and supporters over these two years. All the listens, comments and messages have meant loads to us, except the ones where you've moaned, they were ignored.

The real revolution has been the friends we've made along the way.