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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... more
FAQs about Diet Soap - a podcast:How many episodes does Diet Soap - a podcast have?The podcast currently has 655 episodes available.
January 09, 2025Episode 607: Reid Kane on Marx and the followers of PostoneReid Kane and Douglas Lain discuss the Wertkritik or "value critics" of contemporary Marxism in this episode of the Diet Soap podcast.Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap...more1h 14minPlay
December 31, 2024Episode 606: Recapping 2024 with Derick VarnDoug's old co-host joins him to think over the last year and the prospects for a new new left in 2025. Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap...more1h 41minPlay
December 25, 2024Episode 605: Leaving Woke, Finding PeaceUmut Özkýrýmlý reveals how the Left has been sucked into a spiral of toxic hatred and outrage-mongering, retreating from the democratic ideals of freedom and pluralism that it purports to represent. Exploring the similarities between right-wing populism and radical identity politics, he sets out an alternative vision. It is only by focusing on our common humanity and working across differences that the Left will find a constructive and consensual way back from "woke".Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap...more58minPlay
December 20, 2024Episode 604: Lukács, Literature, and CutroneDouglas Lain and Chris Cutrone discuss György Lukács' "The Theory of the Novel: A Historico-philosophical Essay on the Forms of Great Epic Literature," which provides Doug an opportunity to reminisce on his long-lost vocation as a novelist. Link to Lukacs' Theory of the Novelhttps://analepsis.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/georg-lukacs-the-theory-of-the-novel.pdfSupport Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap...more1h 40minPlay
December 16, 2024Episode 603: Drones, Assassins, and Pseudo-EventsBenjamin Studebaker takes on the co-host role in this first of the new Sublation Magazine streams. In this episode, we'll discuss the idea of the pseudo-event, the assassination of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, and the meaning of the East Coast drone invasion while also covering Toby Green and Thomas Fazi's essay for Sublation Magazine entitled: "A Victory for the Covid Policy Skeptics?" Is Neofeudalism ending, or is it merely rebranding? We will also discuss Donald Barthleme's short story, "Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby." Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colbyhttps://www.jessamyn.com/barth/colby.htmlA Victory for Covid Policy Skeptics essay:https://www.sublationmag.com/post/a-victory-for-covid-policy-skepticsSupport Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap...more1h 3minPlay
December 12, 2024Episode 602: Is Transgender a Sexual Orientation?Phil Illy is the author of the book "Autoheterosexual: Attracted to Being the Other Sex" and in this week's podcast, he discusses the theory that the transgender phenomenon is best understood through the lens of human sexuality. He argues that by covering up what he calls "autoheterosexuality" the culture is harming trans people.Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap...more1h 5minPlay
December 11, 2024Episode 601: Spencer Leonard asks "Is Capitalism Ending Itself?"The Sublation Magazine Show will be moving to Mondays starting on the 16th of December as we transition from the era of Ashley Frawley and welcome Benjamin Studebaker as the new co-host. In this Tuesday transition episode, Spencer Leonard and Doug will discuss the ideas of Henryk Grossman, the Marxist radical who believed that capitalism would eventually lead to a terminal crisis. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap...more1h 26minPlay
December 06, 2024Episode 600: Chris Cutrone on Chris CutroneIn this episode of the Cutrone Zone Chris discusses how he came to be a target on the left. Why was he pre-canceled in 2013? What is it about him that drives people so crazy? Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap...more1h 38minPlay
December 05, 2024Episode 599: Daniel Tutt, Anti-Imperialism, and the Frankfurt School (Horkheimer vs. Losurdo)Daniel Tutt and Douglas Lain discuss Losurdo's Western Marxism and Postpone's critique of "Anti-Imperialism" in this special edition of Diet Soap. What is the substance of the new "anti-Imperialists"? What is cherry-picking? Was Losurdo charitable enough in his reading of the Frankfurt school?Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap...more1h 40minPlay
November 30, 2024Episode 598: Leaving the Left to Find God?Mir Bal is a former socialist podcaster from Sweden, a former social worker, and a Jesuit. This episode of Diet Soap is from the unpublished archive, and in it, Doug and Mir discuss just why he's left secular life and, with it, the left. Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.con/dietsoap...more1h 5minPlay
FAQs about Diet Soap - a podcast:How many episodes does Diet Soap - a podcast have?The podcast currently has 655 episodes available.