Crossover ep! Jamie and Jorge talk with Jake, Anders and Alex of Pod Damn America (@poddamnamerica) about the film event of the century so far.
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2023-07-29 21:30:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Lizzy Oh (@breadpipeline) and Stylianos Karolidis (@stylianos_k) from NYC-DSA (@nycDSA) join Jorge to discuss the historic passing of the Build Public Renewables Act, the first real step towards an equitable climate transition. In the episode, Lizzy and Stylianos walk through the history of the campaign, what it took to win, and how...
2023-06-15 20:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, the gang records in person for the time and discusses the most ostentatious public gathering of the Bourgeoisie: the Met Gala. We also dive into parapolitics a bit with the growing story of Jeffrey Epstein. Finally, we discuss the impending wave of labor strikes sweeping the United States. Why did the Met Gala hold their event on May Day? What do we make of Noam Chomsky being pals with Jeffrey Epstein? Are we about to enter a phase two of Hot Labor Summer? Listen to find out!
Find out more about the WGA Strike: 2023-05-10 18:45:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Fangs out! Leslie and Jamie talk about The Invitation (2022), a recent vampire flick with some fun twists and social commentary.
2023-03-28 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Aaron report back on their experiences at the recent week of action to defend the Atlanta Forest a.k.a. Weelaunee People's Park. Cop City will never be built.
Note: In this episode, Jamie refers to Community Movement Builders as a black-led organization. It is, in fact, an all-black organization.
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2023-03-20 16:09:28 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode of our series on science fiction and futurism, Aaron and Jorge are joined by Fred Scharmen (@sevensixfive) for a discussion about his book Space Forces: A Critical History of Life in Outer Space. Fred teaches Architecture and Urban Design at Morgan State University’s School of Architecture and Planning. We discuss what exactly was Russian Cosmism and how did this inspire the Soviet Union's quest to explore the stars? How did Wernher von ...
2023-03-05 06:04:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie speaks with a forest defender named Sara about the battle to keep 300 acres of publicly owned forest land in Atlanta from being turned into a Hollywood sound stage and a mock city for the cops to practice killing people in.
Jamie and Aaron frame the interview with some discussion, with Aaron lending his expertise as an Atlanta resident.
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2023-02-22 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Friend of the show Alex Gendler (@achilleselbow) joins us to discuss Adam Curtis's latest BBC docu-series, "Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone: What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy." Lacking the distinctive voiceovers and musical cues of Curtis's other films, this series relies solely on footage captured by BBC film crews as the Soviet Union collapsed and was swiftly replaced by a hyper-capitalist, authoritarian oligarchy. Did he get it r...
2023-02-01 21:49:42 +0000 UTC View Post
In this theory episode, the crew discusses Mark Fisher's most infamous essay "Exiting the Vampire Castle". We consider the arguments presented in this essay, what merits it may or may not have, and what is its legacy in the ten years since it came out. There is a diversity of opinion of the essay in this episode, with much disagreement. Tune in to know more!
Exiting the Vampire Castle: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocr...
2023-01-23 16:05:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Aaron discuss "Emily the Criminal" (2022), the new movie starring and produced by Aubrey Plaza and directed by John Patton Ford. In this gritty, low budget thriller, a 30-something art school drop-out (Plaza) with $70,000 of student loan debt and a minor criminal record breaks bad after a sexy swindler (Theo Rossi) introduces her to the lucrative world of credit card fraud. Is this an anti-capitalist film, or merely a slice of reality? Either way, we like it.
Spoiler alert for this movie, obviously, but also season two of "Wh...
2023-01-13 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Aaron and Jorge talk the new star war show Andor with Marvin González and Kumars Salehi. Marvin the President of the Campaign Workers Guild, founder and secretary of the Repatriotas non-profit, and is on the National Political Committee of DSA. Kumars is Visiting Assistant Professor at St. Lawrence University, has a PhD in German Literature and Culture from Berkely, and is co-host of the podcast Delete Your Account. Please join us in this discussion of how the mouse may have indoctrinated people in communism.
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2022-12-23 21:20:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Max Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) and Mel Buer (@mel_buer) of The Real News Network (@TheRealNews) join the crew to discuss US rail workers' struggle for paid sick days and other markers of basic dignity. In the second part of the interview, we ponder where the workers go from here? What does it mean to develop a militant labor mov...
2022-12-15 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Max Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) and Mel Buer (@mel_buer) of The Real News Network (@TheRealNews) join the crew to discuss US rail workers' struggle for paid sick days and other markers of basic dignity. How did things get so bad, and how are railroad companies fucking over not just their own workers, but the economy in general? W...
2022-12-12 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Jake Flores (@feraljokes) of Pod Damn America (@PodDamnAmerica) joins Jamie to discuss the hit Netflix series "Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" (yes, that's the real title). What lessons can we, as commies and abolitionists, take from these awful events? We also discuss true crime and why it's so popular among normie women, but also, seemingly, everyone.
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2022-12-07 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
In this collaboration with Radio Free Amanda, we discuss the third and fourth chapters of Blackshirts and Reds. The book was written by Michael Parenti, a Marxist political scientist and historian who has long been a critic of U.S. empire.
Amanda discuss the third chapter titled "Left Anticommunism", discussing many of the US Left's criticism of socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Jorge presents the fourth chapter, "Communism in Wonderland...
2022-12-02 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, Jorge and Aaron are joined by Amauri Gonzo (@amaurigonzo), a journalist from Brazil, to discuss the historic election of Lula to the Presidency of the largest country in Latin America. The last in a three part episode, Amauri tells us why Bolsonaro's support collapsed during COVID, how Lula managed to form a winning coalition in the election, and how the Bolsonaro camp lost their minds when Lula won. Tune in to hear about what led to this incredibly impo...
2022-12-01 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, the gang is joined by America's most trusted newsman, Sam Sacks (@SamSacks) from Means TV and the District Sentinel, to talk about the midterm elections. Did Republicans lean too hard into the so-called "culture war" for cruelty's sake to their detriment? Which progressive ballot initiatives passed? What the hell is going on in Georgia? And what does all this liberal bourgeois electoralism mean for the working class and the Left? Listen to find out!
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2022-11-17 13:40:41 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, Jorge and Aaron are joined by Amauri Gonzo (@amaurigonzo), a journalist from Brazil, to discuss the historic election of Lula to the Presidency of the largest country in Latin America. The second in a three part episode, Amauri tells us about how the Worker's Party coalition came undone after so much progress in power, how Bolsonaro became such a powerful force in Brazil, and why Lula went to prison. Tune in to hear about what led to this incredibly impo...
2022-11-16 19:19:11 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, Jorge and Aaron are joined by Amauri Gonzo (@amaurigonzo), a journalist from Brazil, to discuss the historic election of Lula to the Presidency of the largest country in Latin America. The first in a three part episode (yes very long!), Amauri tells us about the history of Brazil from its founding as a Kingdom and Empire, through its military dictatorships, and Lula's rise to power the first time. Tune in to hear about what led to this incredibly importa...
2022-11-11 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Jorge are joined in this discussion of the film classic Nosferatu (1922) by Travis Mushett, who is a teacher of film and media history at Fordham University and Marymount Manhattan College. He is also the host of the new The Haunted Screen podcast, a narrative podcast about film, history, and film history. Please join us in this discussion of how the original vampire movie was emblematic of the culture in Weimar Germany at the time.
The Haunted Screen Podcast: 2022-11-03 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello spooky friends! Jamie and Leslie Lee III (@leslieleeiii) are back to talk vamps. On this edition of Vampire Castle, we sink our fangs into the the bloody, sexy, and surprisingly great "Interview with the Vampire" TV series. Lestat, Louis, and Claudia are back in prestige TV form, and it slays.
Tune: cumgirl8 - Pluck Me
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Hello spooky friends! Jamie and Leslie Lee III (@leslieleeiii) are back to talk vamps. On this edition of Vampire Castle, we sink our fangs into the the bloody, sexy, and surprisingly great "Interview with the Vampire" TV series. Lestat, Louis, and Claudia are back in prestige TV form, and it slays.
Tune: cumgirl8 - Pluck Me
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Alex Edward (@flieldy) and Tony Boswell (@wordisbond) of the delightful Minion Death Cult podcast (@miniondeathcult) stop by to discuss some festive seasonal topics, like the rainbow fentanyl scare and Bernie Sanders' thoughts on candy prices. Also: the working class she-ro who sicced her bees on the cops. Happy Halloween!
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2022-10-27 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
In this collaboration with Radio Free Amanda, we discuss the first two chapters of Blackshirts and Reds. The book was written by Michael Parenti, a Marxist political scientist and historian who has long been a critic of U.S. empire.
Jorge discuss the first chapter on Parenti's introduction to the history of the rise of fascism in interwar Italy and Germany, who were the people that supported, and what the fascists did when they were in power. Amanda pre...
2022-10-21 18:06:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Jorge and Aaron are joined by guests Liv (@Liv_Agar) and Juniper (@JUNlPER) to discuss the cinematic masterpiece and cultural phenomenon "Morbius."
Check out Liv's podcast QAnon Anonymous:
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2022-10-19 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Aaron read an article about the most cursed tendency yet, "MAGA Communism." What is it? What does it want? Is it in the room with us right now? Includes a primer on Prussian military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz and his influence on Lenin, because the guy who wrote the article decided to throw that in and we needed to see if he knew what he was talking about (spoiler alert: no).
"Lenin and Clausewitz: The Militarization of Marxism, 1914-1921" by Jacob W. Kipp:
Jamie and Aaron talk about the news of the past week, mainly Biden's announcement on weed reform (and how it falls short), Ye's conspiracy-filled interview with Tucker Carlson and social media meltdown, Black conservatives, and appropriate vibes for the end of the world. Stay tuned for the upcoming Patreon-only bonus where we read a dumb article about MAGAcommunism (so you don't have to).
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2022-10-13 12:38:58 +0000 UTC View PostJamie and Jorge continue their interview with author, educator, and activist Jarrod Shanahan about his book, "Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage," out now on Verso. After wrapping up their discussion of the history of Rikers, they move into modern day territory: what came out of the great uprising of 2020, the current state of the abolitionist/communist movement, and...
2022-10-07 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Jorge speak with author, educator, and activist Jarrod Shanahan about his book, "Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage," out now on Verso. In part 1 of this interview, Jarrod explains how the now-infamous prison at Rikers Island began as a reform, and why he chose to focus on the tenure of the progressive Anna M. Kross, who served as New York City's Commission...
2022-10-05 17:53:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie, Aaron and Tarence discuss the family-friendly trend of taking MDMA in Brie cheese at dinner parties. Don't try this at home!
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2022-10-03 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
