
140 episodes

What's Left? What's Left?
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3.7 • 362 Ratings
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What's Left? is a podcast hosted by Aimee Terese and Oliver Bateman, discussing political theory, philosophy, and current affairs from a critical perspective.
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PREVIEW: The Work of Sex Negativity (w/ Katherine Dee)
Oliver and Katherine Dee talk about incels, truecels, volcels, sex, dating, and much more in this wide-ranging episode. To listen to the full 2-hour episode, become a patron at patreon.com/whatsleft
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PREVIEW: The Work of Abercrombie & Fitch (w/ Moe Tkacik)
Former Wall Street Journal reporter/Jezebel writer/&c. Moe Tkacik joins Oliver to discuss the cultural legacy of Abercrombie & Fitch. Topics include the recent Netflix documentary (in which Moe appears/Oliver declined to appear), Gen-X culture, the rise of the mall, billionaire sex cults, Dinosaur Jr., Reality Bites, the rise of the "corny," Abercrombie's approach to the presentation of the male body, and more. To listen to the full 2-hour episode, become a patron at patreon.com/whatsleft
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PREVIEW: The Work of Law Enforcement (w/ T.A. Frank)
Aimee and Oliver talked to writer T.A. Frank about his recent reporting on the post-CHOP/CHAZ state of policing in Seattle, his reporting on the early days of COVID, and his early-career work in China. To listen to the full episode, become a patron at patreon.com/whatsleft
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The Work of the Internet (w/ Justin E.H. Smith)
In this wide-ranging discussion, Oliver talks to philosophy and history professor Justin E.H. Smith about his new book The Internet is Not What You Think It Is.
Suggested Reading
Smith, "It's All Over," https://thepointmag.com/examined-life/its-all-over/
"It's All Just Beginning," https://thepointmag.com/examined-life/its-all-just-beginning/
"The Internet Is Not as New as You Think," https://www.wired.com/story/the-internet-is-not-as-new-as-you-think/
"Working Arrangement," https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/family/working-arrangement
"Meritocracy and the Future of Work," https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2021/04/meritocracy-and-future-work
Justin E.H. Smith's substack: https://justinehsmith.substack.com/ -
PREVIEW: The Work of Brand Differentation
Oliver discusses the future of the marketplace of ideas. To listen to the full episode, become a patron at patreon.com/whatsleft.
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PREVIEW: The Work of U.S. Tech Workers (w/ Kevin Lynn)
Aimee talked with U.S. Tech Workers founder Kevin Lynn (this link goes to the Tech Workers website) about the state of organized labor, "organization" more broadly, and the future of labor advocacy.
To listen to the full episode, become a patron and patreon.com/whatsleft
Customer Reviews
Pretty good podcast for a bunch of neoliberals
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Incoherent
Can’t understand what that Australian goblin is going on about and why she’s obsessed with America
Basil Approves
The report between the two hosts is much better. very refreshing to have a true materialist marxist analysis when the left™ is lost in the woods of performative identitarianism and constantly being led astray by lumpenPMC anaracho-radlibs.