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Danny and Derek welcome intellectual historian A.J.A. Woods to the show to talk about the history of the "cultural Marxism" conspiracy theory. They discuss the Frankfurt School, Lyndon LaRouche's conspiracy theories, William S. Lind and the New Right, antisemitism, the Tea Party, Gamergate and the alt-right, the rise of anti-woke politics, and the use of "cultural Marxism" to justify cuts to public services.

Grab your copy of A.J.A.’s book The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy.

Catch Danny in-person, along with friend of the pod Nando Vila, at Stories Books & Cafe in LA, Friday Nov 6th at 6:30 PM. 

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In this episode we meet a bipedal hominin with a gambling problem, argue with a conspiracy-theorist ostracod and discover the best use for our surprising grip strength.

Randy Feltface’s Human Handbook is a groundbreaking four-part stand-up series where Randy fixes his ping-pong ball gaze upon the evolutionary journey of Earth’s most baffling beings

Randy Feltface has been seen on Netflix, ABC, NBC, and has a huge and devoted following across the globe (1m+ social media followers, 1.6m TikTok followers, 833k subscribers, 79m YouTube views). His hour-long specials are YouTube cult classics, his world tours are sold out sensations, and he's the only Radio 4 presenter to be entirely made of felt.

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Produced and directed by David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4

Krystal and Saagar discuss predictions for the midterm elections, Haley Stevens endorses Mike Rogers.

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Join Russell Kane as he rummages through nature’s police files, potentially exposing that glossy sinister feathered felon: the Crow.

Helping Russell sort the caw-caws from the jackdaws, are comedian Desiree Burch and the Natural History Museum’s Principal Curator of Birds, Dr. Alex Bond.

Are Crows ‘Bad News with Wings’ or ‘Feathered Fantastics’? Listen with your ears to find out.

Written by: Eve Delaney, Ruth Huskisson and Christina Riggs.

Additional material: Angela Channell and Catherine Beazley.

Researcher: Catherine Beazley

Sound Recordist: Gareth Wood

Digital Editor: Jerry Peal

Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy

Executive Producer: Paul Smith

Producer: Simon Nicholls

Evil Animals with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios Production for BBC Sounds.

Hyperscale data centers are not an inevitable infrastructure, but a product of capitalist financialization pushing us further from a livable future. Ingrid Burrington interviews Paris Marx about his new book Hyperscale, discussing the history behind the rise of hyperscale data centers and how companies are obscuring their true social and environmental costs to maximize profits before the overinflated bubble bursts.

Ingrid Burrington is the author of Networks of New York and host of RIP Corp. She’s been writing about internet infrastructure for over a decade, including an 18-story online series for The Atlantic in 2015.

The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson. Support the show on Patreon.

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Russia Hits Kiev Bridges; Vivaldi Unravels; West Casualty Narrative Exposed

For the final episode of the series the panel answer the big questions: Why is Jackdaw not just relevant to birdwatchers? Who is having to prove they're still alive? And which medieval sport is making a comeback?

Your panel is Pierre Novellie, Ahir Shah, Amy Annette and Ayesha Hazarika.

Written by Andy Zaltzman.

With additional material by Angela Channell, Eve Delaney, Adrian Gray, Ruth Husko and Jennifer Walker.

Producer: Georgia Keating

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

4 Point Peace Plan That Could End the Ukraine Conflict

Karl Marx famously declared that he was not a Marxist. But his theoretical work spawned many branches of research, political movements, and heated debate. Can we identify a set of unifying ideas that make up Marxism?

On this latest episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek Chibber and Melissa Naschek look at the foundations of Marx’s writing and explain how Marxism has both developed and degenerated over the past century.

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Confronting Capitalism with Vivek Chibber is produced by Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy, and published by Jacobin. Music by Zonkey.