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Max Read

Explaining the weird new future, one podcast at a time. Subscribe for internet culture, mega-platform grotesquerie, crypto conspiracies, deep forum lore, fringe politics, and other artifacts of what's to come. maxread.substack.com

  1. What is "Muskism"?

    23 apr

    What is "Muskism"?

    Greetings from Read Max HQ! For this week’s edition of my intermittment podcast with John Ganz (author of When the Clock Broke and proprietor of the Unpopular Front Substack) we were pleased to host Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff, authors of the new book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, an exploration of Elon Musk’s ideology (such as it is) and power through the system of production and accumulation he seems intent on inaugurating. I highly recommend the book, which you can purchase here; we also discussed, among other things: * this excellent essay on Muskism and Fordism from Quinn and Ben at the Law and Political Economy blog; * Musk’s relationship to apartheid South Africa; * some interesting objections to the Muskism thesis; * how Neon Genesis: Evangelion can help us explain and understand Elon Musk. This one is free for all to listen--enjoy!--but if you find it enlightening or entertaining, please consider paying to subscribe. Only with the support of paying subscribers can I put in all the work it takes to be an independent critic and journalist--to read, research, write, edit, record, etc. etc. If you value that work, consider paying about the price of one beer a month ($5) to help it continue. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit maxread.substack.com

    1h 9m
  2. Talking the 'Dark Enlightenment' with John Ganz and Maya Vinokour

    7 apr

    Talking the 'Dark Enlightenment' with John Ganz and Maya Vinokour

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit maxread.substack.com Greetings from Read Max HQ! Every other week, John Ganz (author of When the Clock Broke and proprietor of the Unpopular Front Substack) and I try to host a live chat for subscribers about politics, tech, culture, and the pieces we’ve been working on. Last week, we were thrilled to do our live chat at the Villa Albertine in New York City, on the occasion …

    20 min
  3. Talking Iran and taking questions with John Ganz

    19 mar

    Talking Iran and taking questions with John Ganz

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit maxread.substack.com Greetings from Read Max HQ! Every other Wednesday at 2 p.m., or, really, whenever it’s convenient, John Ganz (author of When the Clock Broke and proprietor of the Unpopular Front Substack) and I host a Substack Live chat about politics, tech, culture, and the pieces we’ve been working on.

    10 sec
  4. Talking Anthropic, Iran, and the Department of Defense with John Ganz

    5 mar

    Talking Anthropic, Iran, and the Department of Defense with John Ganz

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit maxread.substack.com Greetings from Read Max HQ! Every other Wednesday at 2 p.m., or, really, whenever it’s convenient, John Ganz (author of When the Clock Broke and proprietor of the Unpopular Front Substack) and I host a Substack Live chat about politics, tech, culture, and the pieces we’ve been working on. While the chat is free when live, and a short preview is available…

    15 min
  5. Is the left "behind" on A.I.?

    19 feb

    Is the left "behind" on A.I.?

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit maxread.substack.com Greetings from Read Max HQ! Every other Wednesday at 2 p.m., and sometimes on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m., or, really, whenever it’s convenient, John Ganz (author of When the Clock Broke and proprietor of the Unpopular Front Substack) and I host a Substack Live chat about politics, tech, culture, and the pieces we’ve been working on. While the chat is free whe…

    21 min
  6. Talking fascism and the suicide right with John Ganz

    4 feb

    Talking fascism and the suicide right with John Ganz

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit maxread.substack.com Greetings from Read Max HQ! Every other Wednesday at 2 p.m., and sometimes on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m., or, really, whenever it’s convenient. John Ganz (author of When the Clock Broke and proprietor of the Unpopular Front Substack) and I host a Substack Live chat about politics, tech, culture, and the pieces we’ve been working on. While the chat is free whe…

    30 min

  7. 15 gen

    Talking Minneapolis, Venezuela, Elon Musk, and speaking 'Trumpanese'

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit maxread.substack.com Greetings from Read Max HQ! Every other Wednesday at 2 p.m. John Ganz (author of When the Clock Broke and proprietor of the Unpopular Front Substack) and I host a Substack Live chat about politics, tech, culture, and the pieces we’ve been working on. This week, we were lucky enough to be joined by the great Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker staff writer, host of the “Critics…

    25 min
  8. Talking Trump's Reiner comments, Brown shooting misinformation, and white men in media with John Ganz and Jay Kang

    18/12/2025

    Talking Trump's Reiner comments, Brown shooting misinformation, and white men in media with John Ganz and Jay Kang

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit maxread.substack.com In this conversation--joined by Jay Caspian Kang of The New Yorker and Time To Say Goodbye, and about 7,000 confused viewers expecting discussion of Venezuela--we talked: Trump’s comments on Rob Reiner (covered by Ganz here) The fever-dream of rumor and conspiracy emerging on Twitter/X in the wake of the mass shooting at Brown University (and what’s changed from the panic that set in after the Boston Marathon bombing) Jacob Savage’s Compact magazine piece about white men in Hollywood and the media Charlotte Klein’s New York magazine piece about Bari Weiss. We also fought with a number of commenters on the livestream who arrived via a misleading Substack app push notification. Enjoy!

    20 min
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Explaining the weird new future, one podcast at a time. Subscribe for internet culture, mega-platform grotesquerie, crypto conspiracies, deep forum lore, fringe politics, and other artifacts of what's to come. maxread.substack.com

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  • Creatore
    Max Read
  • Anni di attività
    2023 - 2026
  • Puntate
    29
  • Classificazione
    Contenuti espliciti
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    © Max Read
  • Sito web del podcast
    Read Max

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