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Marx Miniseries...the finale!! We're wrapping up our Marxist journey with an analysis of the clearly Marxist cartoon Bob's Burgers. We look into the Belchers' life under the tyranny of a brutal landlord and at the mercy of the free market. Thanks for joining us on this journey of misapplying Marx! See you on the other side of the dialectic, baby.Note: This episode was recorded in January 2021. Since then, Matt’s Bar, referenced in the episode, has been criticized for its public support ...

We’re getting old, baby! Episode 14, our PENULTIMATE episode in the Marx miniseries covers The Old Guard, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s 2020 graphic novel action movie. We're joined by guest Jasper Saah.Join us as we trot around the globe with a team of rogue (spoilers!) immortal assassins. Why are they so old? Why are they at war with Big Pharma? Did Dudley get cast in The Queen’s Gambit off this movie? Listen now!

This is the second part of the fourth episode in our Marx mini series where we dive into the Communist Manifesto, and it's our first ever DOUBLE EPISODE! That’s right we’re tackling Spike Lee’s 1989 movie Do the Right Thing and we had so much to say that we’re releasing it in 2 parts. We’re also joined on this episode by Langston Cotman!We’re (still) eating pizza, we’re (still) talking about the 5 boroughs, we’re (still) talking Spike Lee for crying out loud!

This is the first part of the fourth episode in our Marx mini series where we dive into the Communist Manifesto, and it's our first ever DOUBLE EPISODE! That’s right we’re tackling Spike Lee’s 1989 movie Do the Right Thing and we had so much to say that we’re releasing it in 2 parts. We’re also joined on this episode by Langston Cotman!We’re eating pizza, we’re talking about the 5 boroughs, we’re talking Spike Lee for crying out loud!

This is the third episode of our Marx miniseries, where we spend multiple episodes diving into Marx's most famous work: The Communist Manifesto. This episode we're talking about Honky Chateau, Elton John's best selling album which features hits like "Rocket Man" and "Honky Cat".We’ll be diving deep into the elements of the life of a bloke: the plight of working man, the eternal conflict of country versus city life, and of course the ~proletariat~. But really the key question here is: Are astr...

This episode is the second in our Marx miniseries, where we spend multiple episodes diving into Marx's most famous work, The Communist Manifesto. This time we address the aggressively mediocre movie, Rent (2005).Rent is based on the musical Rent which is based on the opera La Boheme. So we're talking bohemians, gentrification and who is really the proletariat. Joining us in this episode is friend and producer of the podcast, Josie Baker.