The Acid Left
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
How Left is Heavy Metal?: David Burke talks to Mike Watson and Bram E Gieben
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Revol Press present a conversation and metal and the left. They will publish a compendium entitled What's Left of Metal? in late 2025. Editors: David...
Is Liberal Socialism Achievable in These Hard Times:? With Matt McManus (Theorize and be Damned: Ep. 7)
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matt McManus talks to Bram E. Gieben on liberal Socialism in illiberal times. Matt's The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism is out now: https://ww...
Is an Anti Capitalist Wellbeing Possible?: Mike Watson talks to Eliot Rosenstock (Theorize and be Damned: Ep. 6)
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Watson talks to Eliot Rosenstock about Addiction and Capitalism. Hosted by Bram E. Gieben. Buy Mike's book here: https://www.revolpress.com/hung...
Love, Magic and Capitalism with Rob Faure Walker (Theorize and be Damned: Ep. 5)
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Watson and Bram E. Gieben talk to Rob Faure Walker, author of Love and the Market: How to Recover from the Enlightenment and Survive the Current ...
Adam Turl: Gothic Futurism -- Revolutionary Art and the Working Class (Theorize and be Damned: Ep.4)
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Watson and Bram Gieben interview Adam Turl, writer of the forthcoming Gothic Futurism: And the Working Class (2025, from Revol Press). See detai...
Matt McManus: Right Wing Radicalism - It's Dangerous (Theorize and be Damned: Ep. 3)
16 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We spoke to Matt McManus about the dangers of the Radical right wing, covering Trumpianism, Dostoyevsky, Nietzsche, and much more along the way. We a...
Theorize and be Damned: Episode 2 -- Fisher, The Limit Experience & Online Culture w/Emma Stamm
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Emma Stamm about Mark Fisher, the Limit Experience, Digital Capitalism, internet culture and more. Here are the links to the articles discu...
Theorize and be Damned: Episode 1 -- The Darkest Timeline with Bram E. Gieben
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Revol Books launch their Theorize and be Damned podcast with a chat with Bram E. Gieben about his forthcoming book The Darkest Timeline. Preorder Bra...
Breaking the Spell of Capitalist Realism w/ Locust Review: Irrealist Praxis & Art
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Adam and Tish Turl from the Locust Review quarterly. We discuss the founding and purpose of Locust Review, the theory of Crit...
Frankfurt School Today: #3 Max Ryynänen - Were Benjamin and Adorno too Bourgeois?
17 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the third in this series Mike Watson talks to Max Ryynänen asking if the Frankfurt School are too Bourgeois. Max is a tenured Profess...
Frankfurt School Today: #4 Matt McManus - Is Existentialism Inherently Fascist?
17 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth in this series Mike Watson talks to Matt McManus asking if Adorno's criticism of Existentialism in the 'Jargon of Authenticity' &n...
Rick Roderick: The Father of the Online Left, with Marshall Roderick
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Acid Left talk to Marshall Roderick, son of Rick Roderick. As well as following up our campaign to get Roderick republished, we ask what &nb...
Frankfurt School Today: #2 Douglas Kellner - Marcuse's Great Refusal
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second in this series Mike Watson talks to Douglas Kellner, author of several books on Critical Theory including Herbert Marcuse an...
Frankfurt School Today: #1 Martin Jay - The Splinter in Your Eye
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this new series Mike Watson talks to Martin Jay, Historian of philosophy and author of several books on the Frankfurt School including ...
Red Enlightenment with Graham Jones: Materialist Spirituality and Scientific Socialism
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Graham Jones about his podcast Red Enlightenment hosted on Repeater Radio. Red Enlightenment is an 8 part series about science,  ...
Seizing The Memes w/ Teenage Stepdad: Dropping Out of Art School, Pesky Algorithms, & Media Critique
17 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Acid Left talk to artist and meme maker Teenage Stepdad about his new show on Means TV called Seizing the Memes, his working process, ...
Clandestine Unit For Imaginary Research: Crisis in Colombia and The Molecular Revolution.
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Acid Left talk to Admin1 of the theory collective Clandestine Unit for Imaginary Research and curated meme page @cu_media_funhouse.exe. We discuss...
Artin Salimi on Mark Fisher, Hip Hop, and Islamic Philosophy
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Ray Adkins talks to musician and YouTuber Artin Salimi on Mark Fisher, Marxism, Hip Hop, and Islamic Philosophy Sub to Artin Salimi:...
Art House Politics: Art vs. Content, Breadtube, Advertising, and Grassroots Organisation
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Acid Left's Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins speak to Art House Politics, artist and 'content' creator about memes, art, content, breatdube, politi...
Memestetica: a Conversation on Memes and Contemporary Art with Valentina Tanni
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Acid Left's Mike Watson speaks to Valentina Tanni, author of Memestetica, a book on meme culture and contemporary art and society, published in It...
Is There no Nordic Alternative?: Welfare and Capitalism with Matt McManus and Tuomas Kuusniemi
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak to author Matt McManus and Tuomas Kuusniemi on Nordic and Western welfare models, 'dignity', agency, gaming and art! Matt McManus a Professo...
Give them a Narrative - Ben Burgis on the Capitol Riots and the State of the Left Post Trump
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak to author Ben Burgis on the importance of narratives from medicare for all, to Q Anon, to Vaush's so called 'Super Capitalism', and the Capit...
Chilling at the Four Seasons Parking Lot: A Post Election Chat w/David Blacker and BigBreadBrainz
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Post election special with David Blacker, Professor of Philosophy of Education and Legal Studies at the University of Delaware and author of 'What’...
'Murder Your Opinion': 'John the Duncan' on Laurence Fox, White Privilege and Celebrity Politicians
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are joined by John Duncan to discuss the anti-woke brigade in particular the UK actor turned right wing politician and bad singer L...
'Marx contra subjectivity': In Conversation with Conrad Hamilton
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins talk to Conrad Hamilton about Tankies, the online left, Marx, Speculative Realism, and consent. Hamilton is co author...
In conversation with Brian Francis Culkin: Healing the Wounds of Capital
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins host Brian Francis Culkin. Brian is a writer and film director. He has written over 10 books and directed three films....
With Joshua Citarella: 'Doomer' Joe Biden, Cardi B And The Decline Of The USA
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Acid Left podcast hosts Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins talk to artist, meme producer and twitch streamer Joshua Citarella abou...
From Zizek To LSD, Examining Mental Health With Eliot Rosenstock
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Ray Adkins and Mike Watson host Eliot Rosenstock, author of ''Zizek in the Clinic' for the first 'The Acid Left' Podcast. They speak about Zizek...
Dr.James Cooke: Microdosing, Anarchism And Consciousness With A Neuroscientist
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins host Dr. James Cooke, Neuroscientist, writer & speaker, who focuses on consciousness, meditation, psychedelic states, ...
Acid Left Vs Postmodern Conservatism With Matt McManus
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Watson, Adam Ray Adkins and Terry Tapp Host Matt McManus, author of The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism (Palgrave). Matt is also co author of Wh...