Desire + Capital
Episodes
E10 Do Bankers Dream of Unalienated Work?
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ryan and Jamie talk about dream work, creative labour, and self-exploitation under contemporary capitalism. Guiding us through this s...
E09 The Dutch Election Special: Why!(Are We Still Doing Government?)
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No Marx today! Ryan and Jamie talk about the upcoming Dutch elections, dissecting the peculiar machinery of consensus politics, multi-party chaos, a...
E08 Renting the Future: Labor, Ursula Huws and Platform Capitalism
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back—and this time it’s all about labor. Guiding Ryan and Jamie's conversation is one of the sharpest voices on work, capitalism, and the ...
E07 The US Election Special: LIVE and Analysis
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The US Election · LIVE · Donald Trump sweeps · Aftermath and AnalysisWelcome, ladies and gentlemen, to another very special episode of Desire + C...
E06 The US Pre-election Special: Countdown to Civil War
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The US Election · How does it work? · Kamala Harris · Donald Trump · Gerrymandering Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to this very special ep...
E05 Ketamine Standard Time: Thinking With the Music
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, it's all about the music. Ryan and Jamie are joined by special guest Stevphen Shukaitis from the University of Essex. They will be ...
E04 The Commodity is a Queer Thing(Queer Marxism)
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ryan and Jamie talk about the theoretical framework called Queer Marxism. Guiding us through this subject is Gianmaria Colpani. He te...
E03 The Fetishism of The Commodity And Its Secret
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ryan and Jamie talk about a central concept of Marx: the commodity. Guiding us trough this subject is Marxist and Literary scholar Vi...
E02 The Pores of Debt
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ryan and Jamie talk with David van Putten about something nobody wants but everybody has: debt. We got a lot to get through, so on ...
Teaser episode 2: Debt
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the new trailer for our second episode on debt with David van Putten. Desire + Capital: An Afternoon with Andreas Kalyvas When: 16:00 t/m 1...
E01 Money, the God of Commodities
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ryan and Jamie talk about the god of commodities: money. Guiding us trough this subject is Marxist scholar Anitra Nelson. We got a ...
Trailer
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Desire + Capital: An Afternoon with Andreas Kalyvas When: 16:00 t/m 18:00 28 November Where: Erasmus University Rotterdam Find more Information her...