Stubbornly representing Marxist, Marxian, and Marx-ish ideas. I hold out hope that one day, Lain and Varn will read Rerum Novarum, Quadragesimo Anno, and Centesimus Annus and see the light.

Very eclectic and often seeming to be purposefully contrarian. Weird mix of so-called “Marxist humanism “, Moishe Postone, lots of Christopher Lasch, and being anti-woke for the sake of being anti-wokeness. There are some good episodes, like the debate over GA Cohen and analytical Marxism a few years ago, recent interview with JA Smith, and the recent discussion on afterlives of the Frankfurt School. A lot of it is just too confusing and peripatetic for me to handle. I was on oxycodone yesterday on subway after oral surgery and hearing the interview with Jack Ross made me feel like I was way more high than I’ve ever been. His responses were all about 25 minutes long and made 0 sense.

This is an entertaining view of Marxist/ Hegelian philosophy.just be aware that it comes from a questionable conservative place that place’s identity politics in opposition to Marxism, specifically often in a quite transphobic way.

Loved interview w Alenka Zupancic, thought-provoking & spirited on both sides

Absolutely loved ep 388 I’m a socialist with anarchist tendencies and have always felt weird about it. Love to hear conversations like this. Gonna binge y’all’s stuff and I look forward to more content! Thanks

Soap Zero

I absolutely love this leftist podcast ... I think Doug Lain is amazing and Varn is a brilliant mind. If I had more worker credit, I’d subscribe to their patron and devote at least ten bucks a month. Unfortunately I can’t. Pleased to enjoy their content that isn’t behind the paywall.

Doug Lain in his most recent roundup of the Peterson/slavoj debate was promising of good things to come from this podcast. C derick Varn’s most recent discussion of horror genre film was as flimsy and idiotically jargon-riddled a discussion I’ve heard since high school. His interlocutors should be prohibited from having a publicly-available podcast.

This is the podcast which I have been waiting for.

Excellent intelligent topics with superb guests and monitored delightfully by host. What a great find thank you