Sense & Solidarity (Sarah Stein Lubrano and Max Haiven)
Episodes
He's So Charismatic and So Can We (THOUGHTSNACK 4)
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We take the occassion of the first Trump-Mamdani meeting to ask: How can Max Weber's theory of charismatic authority help us understand fascism and th...
Student Cheating = Working Class Refusal? (THOUGHTSNACK 3)
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah indulges Max's controversial take that...Students are workersUse of ChatGPT and generative AI is the refusal of workWorkers can and should recla...
Have more and/or fewer babies (THOUGHTSNACK02)
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah and Max try and figure out why everyone is so obsessed with (mis)counting babies. Of course, we talk about capitalism, imperialism, patriarchy a...
What Motivates Fascists?: Opportunism, Paranoia and Psychedelic Power (THOUGHTSNACK 01)
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Max and Sarah sketch a framework for understanding three core fascist motivations, based on Max's forthcoming book The Player and the Played: From Gam...
Don't Talk about Politics: Changing 21st Century Minds - Berlin launch
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On May 21, Sarah Stein Lubrano, author of Don't Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century Minds sat down with Max Haiven at Berlin's Shakespeare...
Fascist Dreams ~ Don't Talk about Politics ~ Billionaires and Guillotines ~ bad public art (Spring update)
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this short bonus episode...👹 We at Sense & Solidarity invite you to apply for our study workshop “Fascist Dreams, Antifascist Awakenings”...
Fascists, Rats, and Dick Pics: Holiday Special
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world is giving fascism in 2025, so we’ve been away writing, reading and getting ready to serve up more on that topic. Meanwhile, here’s a ch...
PLEASURE (What Do We Want? E06)
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Live, in front of a seductive studio audience, Sarah and Max bring to a climax the first intoxicating season of What Do We Want? (a podcast about wha...
SHAME (What Do We Want? E05)
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We, an unnamed collective, must sanctimoniously inform would-be listeners that the SHAME episode of WHAT DO WE WANT? (a podcast about what brings soci...
FANTASY (What Do We Want? E04)
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why do so many people insist on believing in systems that hurt them? Why do so many of us dwell in fantasy, rather than facing reality? (Wait, is dw...
DESPAIR (What Do We Want? E03)
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you sometimes feel like a little cartoon dog, surrounded by flames? Is the dog also our movements for justice? Are the flames systems of domination...
CONSPIRACY (What Do We Want? E02)
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Unless you are a lizard person hiding under a tin-foil rock, you, dear activist, have met your fair share of conspiracists.What the f*ck is wrong with...
HEARTBREAK (What Do We Want? E01)
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Heartbreak is at the heart of revolutionary consciousness” writes Gargi Bhattacharyya. So let’s get used to it! In this episode of What Do We ...
Wait... what DO we want?
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this trailer, Max and Sarah discuss what motivated them to produce WHAT DO WE WANT? (a podcast about what draws movements together... and drives th...