Diet Soap - a podcast

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  • Episode 485: Capitalist Realism: Now More Than Ever

    James Smith's recent essay in Sublation Magazine "Capitalist Realism All Over Again" was very popular at Sublation Magazine. It begins with these lines:
    Such is the whiplash of the left’s fortunes in the almost a decade and a half since Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism, that many of us are already onto our second ‘reappraisal’ of the great book. 
    In this special edition of Everyday Analysis Alfie Bown discusses how the concept of Capitalist Realism applies today. 

    1 hr 4 min
  • Episode 484: What Went Wrong with Marxism?

    Chris Cutrone in the CutroneZone discusses his 2012 essay "A Century of Marxism" while also covering topics such as the coming constitutional crisis, RFK Jr's jacked bod, and Biden's athleticism. 

    The Death of the Millennial Left will be available Internationally in July
    https://www.sublationmedia.com/product-page/the-death-of-the-millennial-left-interventions-2006-2022

    Support Us On Patreon
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    1 hr 32 min
  • Episode 483: The Poverty of Anti-Imperialism

    Djene Rhys Bajalan joins Doug to discuss Djene's recent essay in Compact entitled: "The Poverty of Anti-Imperialism." The discuss who is at fault for the crisis in Ukraine, the domestic consequence of US Imperialism, and the prospects for socialism.

    The Poverty of Anti-Imperialism
    https://compactmag.com/article/the-poverty-of-anti-imperialism

    Support Sublation Media
    http://patreon.com/dietsoap

    50 min
  • Episode 482: Is Society Deplorable?

    James M Vaughn is a history professor at the University of Chicago, a Marxist, and the author of the essay "The bourgeois revolution(s) and the American Revolution." In this interview Vaughn explains how civil society emerged from feudalism, how socialists originally conceived of the role of the State, and why it is that Marxists should defend the bill of rights. 

    The bourgeois revolution(s) and the American Revolution
    https://platypus1917.org/2013/12/15/1776-in-world-history/

    Support Us on Patreon
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    1 hr 21 min
  • Episode 481: Chris Cutrone on How Capitalism Distorts Us

    Chris Cutrone's first book, "The Death of the Millennial Left" is out from Sublation and available now. The pre-orders have shipped.  In this episode of the CutroneZone he discusses our contemporary moment from multiple levels. What is happening to anarchists, the Marxists, the social democrats, and the rest of the left in this post-covid, proxy-war, UFO ridden moment?   

    Buy Chris Cutrone's Book
    https://www.sublationmedia.com/books/the-death-of-the-millennial-left

    Support Us on Patreon
    https://patreon.com/dietsoap

    1 hr 15 min
  • Episode 479: Jacob Siegel on his Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century

    Jacob Siegel is a senior editor at Tablet Magazine and a freelance journalist who has published at Vice, the Daily Beast, and the co-host of the podcast Manifesto! He is the author of A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century, an essay which connects the dots regarding the war on disinformation, Russiagate, and the War on Terror. 

    A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century by Jacob Siegel
    https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/guide-understanding-hoax-century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinformation

    Manifesto! a Podcast
    https://manifesto.fireside.fm/

    Support Sublation Media on Patreon
    https://patreon.com/dietsoap

    45 min
  • Episode 478: The Eclipse of Reason and Cancel Culture

    Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss how cancel culture has evolved and been taken up by the State. Ashley will explain value conflict theory and how it relates to and explains our current moment. 

    Listen to the Second Hour on Patreon
    https://www.patreon.com/posts/84113176?pr=true

    Support Us on Patreon
    https://patreon.com/dietsoap

    1 hr 9 min
  • Episode 477: Inflation and the Controlled Demolition of Society

    Fabio Vighi is Professor of Critical Theory and Italian at Cardiff University, UK. His recent work includes Critical Theory and the Crisis of Contemporary Capitalism (Bloomsbury 2015, with Heiko Feldner) and Crisi di valore: Lacan, Marx e il crepuscolo della società del lavoro (Mimesis 2018). In this episode he talks about how the growing economic crisis is the product of State policy. 

    Support Sublation on Patreon
    https://patreon.com/dietsoap

    44 min
  • Episode 476: Why Commies Should be Egotists

    Ralph Leonard stops by the Sublation Magazine Show to discuss his essay, "Egoism: The Basis for Communism" for Sublation Magazine. Ashley and Doug give updates on the developing story of society's disintegration, and Doug introduces a new segment called the Doublethink Awards.

    Join us in the Parrot Room for the Second Half
    https://www.patreon.com/posts/83731402

    Support Sublation Media 
    https://patreon.com/dietsoap

    1 hr 2 min

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The Diet Soap podcast began in 2009 in response to the economic crisis of 2008. Since then it has gone through many transformations, including becoming the podcast for a critical theory imprint out of…

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