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Episodes
Episode 591: The SECRET Meaning of the 2024 Election
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Cutrone explains the post-neoliberal era and the meaning of Trump as America approaches the conclusion of the 2024 election. Would a second Trum...
Episode 590: Elon Musk: How Oligarchs are Controlling America
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Doug and Ashley discuss the meaning of Elon Musk in the context of the American empire and consider going to PA in order to register to vote and win a...
Episode 589: Do We NEED A PARANOID Politics?
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fabio Vighi is a professor of Italian and Critical Theory at Cardiff University and the author of the upcoming book "Emergency Capitalism" coming from...
Episode 588: Can we ESCAPE the Society of the SPECTACLE?
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Douglas Lain will present a series of clips this week as Ashley Frawley is at the Battle of Ideas in London and unavailable. He'll be asking the quest...
Episode 587: Rethinking the Millennial COMMUNIST Moment
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss an essay from Cutrone's book "Marxism and Politics." The article is entitled "Chinoiserie: A Critique of the Re...
Episode 586: Where is there HOPE for Socialism?
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
KJ Noh and Douglas Lain discuss the prospects for socialism. Is the Chinese state leading the way? Can there be any prospect for socialism without an ...
Episode 585: The Pro-Palestinian Movement is Dead
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss the notion of "radical rest" and ask whether, given the recent defeats of the pro-Palestinian movement, it's t...
Episode 584: Evaluating the Empty Gestures of the 2024 Election
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean that JD Vance did or did not make love to a couch? Is Kamala Harris mentally impaired? Will Donald Trump be an American dictator? Ar...
Episode 583: The Campaign for Socialism through Audiobooks
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Russell is the editor and reader in charge of Sublation's new Historical Socialism audiobook line. In September, we released the first title: "Fr...
Episode 582: Žižek and Emergency Capitalism
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Douglas Lain and Fabio Vighi explore Slavoj Žižek's influence on the left, the concept of emergency politics, and the ongoing war in Ukraine. Fabio ...
Episode 581: Understanding the Russian Revolution
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this Cutronezone, Chris Cutrone to explores the Russian Revolution and the broader concept of revolution in Marxist thought. Cutrone breaks down th...
Episode 580: The Cultural Logic of Late Clintonism
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley and Doug discuss the self-destruction of the Democrats, the crisis around Keir Starmer, and the legacy of Fredric Jameson. What is the cultural...
Episode 579: Assassinations in the Spectacle
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Douglas Lain and Ashley Frawley discuss the meaning of political assassinations in the 21st century. Is the Deep State trying to kill Trump or are we ...
Episode 578: Cutrone Adresses Doug's Zizekian Objection
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Cutrone discusses Hegel and Marx's philosophical import. Does abstract labor time create a historical ontology? Does the working class need anot...
Episode 577: Debating Mask Mandates with Dr. Eric Feel So Good
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Eric Osgood is a hospitalist and liberal advocate for the contemporary medical establishment on twitter. Doug debates the Cochrane study on mask m...
Episode 576: Why Do the Capitalists NEED War?
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fabio Vighi discusses how the current proxy wars are being used by the capitalist class to prop up a dying capitalist world order. He also discusses h...
Episode 575: Rethinking the 2024 Election
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Cutrone and Jack Ross join Douglas Lain to discuss the political realignment occurring through the 2024 election. Chris Cutrone is the author of...
Episode 574: Weird Politics in 2024
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss what it means to be "weird" and what counts as "weird politics" in the US and around the world.
Episode 573: Chris Cutrone's DNC DeBrief
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Cutrone discusses the meaning of the 2024 election and his feelings after attending the DNC. In the second half Doug and Chris continue to explo...
Episode 572: After the DNC - a debrief with Benjamin Studebaker
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What should socialists understand about the 2024 election? Benjamin Studebaker and Douglas Lain discuss their experiences at the DNC, the upcoming doc...
Episode 571: How Kamala's Coconuts Represent the Defeat of the Left
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The defeat of the anti-imperialist Free Palestine Left and the rise of MAGA Communism is the topic for this week's Sublation Magazine Show. We will al...
Episode 570: Matt Taibbi, Herbert Marcuse, and the Need for a New Socialist Party
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Studebaker discusses an appearance he made on the Katie Halper show, Matt Taibbi's critique of Herbert Marcuse, and Sublation's new effort to...
Episode 569: Is Cutrone Coconut Pilled?
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Cutrone discusses the US election with Douglas Lain. Who is Kamala Harris? Is she Gen-X? Was Trump even shot? What is the deep state?Support Sub...
Episode 568: Making Sense of the US Election
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Douglas Lain and Ashley Frawley discuss the dysfunctional US Election. How are we to sort through this and decide? Could it all be a Psyop?Join Us for...
Episode 567: Cutrone Responds to Studebaker
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Cutronezone, the last Marxist responds to Benjamin Studebaker's essay, "Beyond Bonapartism: Breaking statephobic thought taboos...
Episode 566: Is Politics Impossible if Everyone is a Narcissist?
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Studebaker discusses his essay for the Platypus Review entitled: "Beyond Bonapartism: Breaking statephobic thought taboos." Doug was triggere...
Episode 565: Degrowth "Communism" is Middle Class Anti-Politics
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leigh Phillips and Matt Huber join Douglas Lain to discuss their essay "Kohei Saito’s “Start From Scratch” Degrowth Communism." How has the ec...
Episode 564: Responding to the Swoletariat on Fat Acceptance
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Frawley explains fat acceptance and other popular trends in this week's Sublation Magazine Stream, and Doug is debriefed in the parrot room.Joi...
Episode 563: Chris Cutrone: A Filmmaker at the Conventions
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss their plans to make a film about the 2024 Democratic and Republican party conventions. They discuss the film Me...
Episode 562: Postmodern Neo-Stalinism vs. Western Marxism
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This critical cuts video is a critique of neo-Stalinism, a defense of Western Marxism, and a book review of "Let's Entertain: Life's Guilty Pleasures,...
Episode 561: How the Wars are Propping Up Capitalism [RUMBLE AUDIO]
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fabio Vighi is the author of the upcoming book, "Emergency Capitalism," due out from Sublation Media later this year. In this episode he discusses how...
Episode 560: MAGA Communism and the NEW Anti-Imperialism
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley and Doug discuss the new Stalinist/MAGA Communist anti-imperialism. Without condemnation or presuming that the anti-imperialists are acting in ...