44 episodes

Radical Thoughts is an attempt to read through as many texts in the Verso Radical Thinkers series as possible in order to come to a better understanding of radical theory and its tendencies. Our goal is to find the problems and frameworks worth addressing in order to move beyond radical thought into radical practice. Radical Thoughts is an independent project and not associated with Verso Books in any way.

Radical Thoughts Podcast Patrick

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.9 • 11 Ratings

Radical Thoughts is an attempt to read through as many texts in the Verso Radical Thinkers series as possible in order to come to a better understanding of radical theory and its tendencies. Our goal is to find the problems and frameworks worth addressing in order to move beyond radical thought into radical practice. Radical Thoughts is an independent project and not associated with Verso Books in any way.

    Backlog: Amogh Sahu on Lukacs

    Backlog: Amogh Sahu on Lukacs

    As the Radical Thoughts Podcast is no longer active, I am making these old bonus episodes from Patreon publicly available so that listeners don't have to pay for an inactive podcast. - Patrick



    Amogh, the cohost of the old Symptomatic Redness podcast, sits down with Patrick to discuss the Marxist obsession with method and totality, interrogating what this implies about the unanswered questions of the communist project.

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    Rob Lucas on "Feeding the Infant": https://soundcloud.com/swampsidechats/150-error-and-feeding-the-infant 

    • 1 hr 40 min
    Backlog: Søren Mau on Economic Power

    Backlog: Søren Mau on Economic Power

    As the Radical Thoughts Podcast is no longer active, I am making these old bonus episodes from Patreon publicly available so that listeners don't have to pay for an inactive podcast. - Patrick



    Patrick sits down with communist theorist Søren Mau to discuss his book Mute Compulsion, forthcoming in English through Verso Books, and his theory of the impersonal economic power of capital. We discuss Value Form Theory, Foucault, and some future prospects for Marxist research.



    Order the book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2759-mute-compulsion?_pos=1&_psq=mute+compulsion&_ss=e&_v=1.0

    • 41 min
    Backlog: Seth Wheeler on Cycles of Struggle

    Backlog: Seth Wheeler on Cycles of Struggle

    As the Radical Thoughts Podcast is no longer active, I am making these old bonus episodes from Patreon publicly available so that listeners don't have to pay for an inactive podcast. - Patrick



    Patrick sits down with Seth Wheeler to discuss cycles of struggle after the Corbyn and Sanders moments, the UK Left, and the new edition of In and Against the State.In and Against the State through Pluto Press: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341811/in-and-against-the-state/ 

    Seth Wheeler on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sethnotes 

    • 59 min
    Backlog: Djene Bajalan on International Politics

    Backlog: Djene Bajalan on International Politics

    As the Radical Thoughts Podcast is no longer active, I am making these old bonus episodes from Patreon publicly available so that listeners don't have to pay for an inactive podcast. - Patrick



    Djene  Bajalan joins the show in a discussion concerning the state, international politics, and the destructive effects of Left-wing navel-gazing

    • 55 min
    Backlog: John Merrick on Verso and Publishing

    Backlog: John Merrick on Verso and Publishing

    As the Radical Thoughts Podcast is no longer active, I am making these old bonus episodes from Patreon publicly available so that listeners don't have to pay for an inactive podcast. - Patrick



    Independent writer and editor for Verso Books John Merrick joins Patricknin a discussion about the history of Verso, the Radical Thinkers series, and the cultural project of publishing

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Backlog: Crossover Episode - Jean Luc Nancy and Community

    Backlog: Crossover Episode - Jean Luc Nancy and Community

    As the Radical Thoughts Podcast is no longer active, I am making these old bonus episodes from Patreon publicly available so that listeners don't have to pay for an inactive podcast. - Patrick

    In this special crossover episode, Patrick talks with C Derick Varn of Varn Vlog about the legacy of Jean-Luc Nancy. While both bemoan the more frivolous stylings of French theory, the discussion appreciates the serious questions that Nancy raised about the nature of community and the assumptions that underpin the concept.This episode was released as a crossover episode also available to Varn Vlog Patreon supporters.



    Varn Vlog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/varnvlog/

    Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy page for Nancy: https://iep.utm.edu/nancy/ 

    Verso Interview: https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/5150-jean-luc-nancy-communism-means-conceiving-being-in-common

    • 1 hr 4 min

Customer Reviews

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11 Ratings

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Exceptional content and great idea for a show! Keep doing the dark lord’s work!

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Highly recommended

Smart people reading important and breaking them down for all of us. This is a wonderful public service.

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