ORIGINALLY RELEASED May 16, 2020

A.M. Glittlitz joins Breht to talk about the Trotskyist sub-tendency of Posadism and discuss his new - and genuinely fascinating - book "I Want to Believe: Posadism, UFOs, and Apocalypse Communism"

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And check out his podcast  Outro music 'UFOF' by Big Thief

 

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ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jul 13, 2019

Matt Soener, an economic sociologist, joins Breht to discuss the Great Recession of 2008.

Here is the GoFundMe account for Kreetay Briggs Jr., a 12 year old boy hit by a stray bullet while he was playing on a beach: https://www.gofundme.com/f/35gjf-shooting-victim?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb_dn_cpgnstaticsmall_r

 

Outro Music: White Male Carnivore by Yak

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ORIGINALLY RELEASED Feb 11, 2019

For the debut episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht discuss Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels.

The video episode can be found on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKdxX5eqQyk

Outro Music by Adia Victoria - Invisible Hands Check out and support her beautiful music here: http://www.adiavictoria.com

ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jan 14, 2020

Prof. Todd McGowan, author of "Capitalism and Desire: The Psychic Costs of Free Markets" and co-host of "Why Theory", returns to the show to talk with Breht about Marxism and Psychoanalysis, Freud, Lacan, Death Drive, Desire, the fundamental sense of Lack at the core of our psyches, and much more!  Check out Todd's book here: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/capitalism-and-desire/9780231178723

Check out Todd's podcast Why Theory here: https://player.fm/series/why-theory

Outro music: 'Bowl of Oranges' by Bright Eyes

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ORIGINALLY RELEASED Feb 24, 2019

Chuka Ejeckam joins Breht to discuss and pay homage to the Black Panther Party leader and Marxist Revolutionary, Fred Hampton.

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Outro music by: Dead Prez - Food, Clothes, Shelter

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ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jul 25, 2019

On this episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht discuss

On Contradiction by Mao

Full text here: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm

Video version of this episode here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNnqmbRhcBQ

 

Check out Bad Mouse’s complementary video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k46uaDvnoYE

 

Outro Music by K. Flay - The President Has A Sex Tape

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ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jul 28, 2018

John from Working Class History joins Brett to discuss the Spanish Civil War! This is a long-anticipated episode on a deeply important and relevant historical event. We spent a LOT of time editing and producing this episode, so we hope you find it informative as well as genuinely moving. 

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Outro Songs: Bitter Old Man and Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist; both songs by Ramshackle Glory! Go support their music here: https://ramshackleglory.bandcamp.com

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ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jun 21, 2020

Alex Aviña returns to RLR to discuss the Haitian Revolution!

Alexander Aviña is an associate professor of Latin American history in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. His book, "Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside" , was awarded the Maria Elena Martínez Book Prize in Mexican History for 2015 by the Conference on Latin American History.

Outro music 'Africa Hot!'  by Dead Prez and DJ Green Lantern

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ORIGINALLY RELEASED Feb 3, 2022

In this episode, Alyson and Breht introduce, teach, and discuss the philosphy of two giants in western philosophy: Arthur Schopenhaur and Friedrich Nietzsche. 

They discuss their respective philosophies, how they relate, how they differ, the subsequent thinkers and movements they inspired or influened, their relation to politics right, left and center, their connection to eastern philosophies and religions, and much more! 

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ORIGINALLY RELEASED Apr 4, 2020

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Outro music '9-5ers Anthem' by Aesop Rock

 

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