Best Douglas Lain Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 548: Was Adorno a Leninist? 1:39:17

1h ago1:39:17

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Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss the essay "Do We Need Adorno?" The essay was published in Nonsite in 2012 and is included in Cutrone's upcoming book "Marxism and Politics." Support Sublation Media on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap

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Episode 547: Breadtube and Woke/Anti-Woke Politics 35:39

22h ago35:39

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Peter Coffin joins Douglas Lain to discuss his book "Woke Ouroboros: Segregation and Essentialism" and the Breadtube controversy regarding plagiarism. Peter's Book "Woke Ouroboros" on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Woke-Ouroboros-Essentialism-Peter-Coffin-ebook/dp/B0BQ3XR447 Support Sublation Media on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap…

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Episode 546: Highlights After 15 Years: Ben Burgis's Appearance and Beyond 1:17:29

2d ago1:17:29

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In this episode of the Sublation Magazine Show Ashley and Doug will discuss the 15 hour anniversary stream that we ran last week, tell you how you can still get access to the whole stream, and go over some of the highlights from those 15 hours including the argument Doug had with Ben Burgis.

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Episode 545: Blackrock's Lockdown and the Conformist Left 1:20:16

14d ago1:20:16

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Fabio Vighi joins the Malinformation channel as Sublation Media prepares to publish his next book: Emergency Capitalism: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy this year. In this episode Fabio critiques Slavoj Zizek's Capitalist Realism and describes how Blackrock is controlling and destroying the economy. Support Sublation Media on Patreon https://patreon.com…

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Episode 544: Why Your Stalinism is a Mistake 46:04

15d ago46:04

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Jack Ross, author of "The Strange Death of American Exceptionalism," discusses the ideas in his book with Ashley Frawley. Jack goes slowly through the history and his own influences and antecdents as he explains how he's dropped the idea that "before their can be a decent left we need a decent right" and has instead embraced the more pessimistic no…

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Episode 543: Responding to Midwestern Marxism's Anti-Frankfurt School Rant 1:11:50

17d ago1:11:50

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Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain respond to Midwestern Marxism's criticisms of the Frankfurt School and discuss Briahna Joy Gray's misstatements regarding the Twitter Files. Join us for a Second Hour on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/102008116 Support Us on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap

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Episode 542: Why Not Trump, Again? 1:46:31

21d ago1:46:31

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Chris Cutrone discusses the third essay in his "Why Not Trump" series in the context of a US election wherein all sides are abandoning the constitutional order. Lawfare, the power of the executive, impeachments, and a many other topics are discussed in this episode of the Cutronezone. Buy The Death of the Millennial Left https://sublationmedia.com/…

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Episode 541: Did Late Capitalism End Already? 42:32

22d ago42:32

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Kyle Baasch is a doctoral candidate in comparative literature at the University of Minnesota and the author of the essay “Too Late for ‘Late Capitalism’” for Compact Magazine. In this episode of Diet Soap we discuss how the idea of "Late Capitalism" has changed and perhaps been emptied out of content over time. Too Late for Late Capitalism by Kyle …

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Episode 540: Fake News, Fake Left, War, Disease, Dogs and Cats Lying Together, Hysteria 1:08:26

24d ago1:08:26

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Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss how postmodernism lingers on in a political form, and how the remnants of the socialist left might find its way back to politics. Topics included: David Shields' documentary, the 2024 US election and Trump, the Strange Death of the American Creed, and can we feel good when things are this bad? Join Us for a S…

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Episode 539: Emergency Capitalism-Full Show from Rumble 1:03:41

28d ago1:03:41

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Fabio Vighi joins the Sublation channel as we are publishing his next book: Emergency Capitalism: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy this year. In this new series Fabio will help viewers keep track of the underlying economic conditions that are shaping our world in a time of emergency. Given the nature of these conversations only the first half of these sh…

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Episode 538: The Failure of the European Left 46:43

29d ago46:43

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Arturo Desimone writings on politics and culture has appeared in CounterPunch, Compact, openDemocracy, the Fortnightly Review, and Sublation Magazine. From 2018 to 2021 he was a co-founding member of the "Peace and International Policy" a subdivision of the "Democracy in Europe Movement" which concerned itself with the movement's critiques of EU fo…

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Episode 537: Ukraine from Maidan to War 46:39

1M ago46:39

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This interview with Volodymyr Ishchenko explores the fate of the left in Ukraine. Ishchenko was born in Ukraine in 1982. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, Jacobin and the New Left Review. His book "Towards the Abyss: Ukraine from Maidan to War" was published by Verso in February of 2024. Support Sublation Media on Patreon https:…

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Episode 536: A TikTok Ban & Gender Affirming Care Reconsidered 1:04:08

1M ago1:04:08

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Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss criticisms of the WPATH files and the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the TikTok ban). Join us for a Second Hour in the Parrot Room on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/more-on-tik-tok-100665450 Support Sublation Media on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap…

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The Revolutionary Subject with Benjamin Studebaker 1:49:51

1M ago1:49:51

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Benjamin Studebaker joins us again to talk about one of my favorite topics and the title of his new book, “Four Essays on the Revolutionary Subject”. Studebaker is a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Cambridge. He is a political theorist who teaches and publishes in both contemporary political theory and the history o…

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Episode 535: A Human Solution for Palestine? 51:09

1M ago51:09

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Ron Kelch and Urszula Wislanka are members of the Marxist Humanist group News and Letters. In this episode of Diet Soap they discuss Franklin Dmitryev's essay Israel’s war and Hamas attack stoke retrogression. Essay "Israel’s war and Hamas attack stoke retrogression" by Franklin Dmitryev https://newsandletters.org/israels-war-and-hamas-attack-stoke…

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Episode 534: Free To Be You And Me? 1:16:40

2M ago1:16:40

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Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss the struggle for civil liberties after the WPATH (World Professional Association of Transgender Health) document leak. How do we defend our civil rights and civil liberties even as we address the revelations that "gender affirming care" is more dangerous than previously believed and may amount to medical malp…

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Episode 533: Trump, Presidents, and the American Revolution 1:12:05

2M ago1:12:05

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The Last Marxist Chris Cutrone discusses the meaning of the American Revolution, Trump remaining on the ballot, the branches of government, and the meaning of socialism. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap

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Episode 532: Putin's Brain and the War in Ukraine 1:12:01

2M ago1:12:01

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Conrad Hamilton explores the anti-imperialist quasi Fascism in Dugin's thought and the history that shaped "Putin's Brain." Support Us on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap Read an Excerpt from Hamilton's Essay https://www.sublationmag.com/post/dugin-s-postmodern-denial-of-reality Purchase Conrad Hamiilton's Full Essay/Pamphlet https://www.sublat…

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Episode 531: Debating Marx's Theory of History (ft Sean Sayers and Steve Paxton) 1:03:37

2M ago1:03:37

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Originally Uploaded October 21, 2021 Sean Sayers is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kent. He has written extensively on Hegelian and Marxist philosophy from a Hegelian Marxist perspective. In April of 2020, he appeared on the Zero Books channel in order to discuss his criticism of GA Cohen, an analytic philosopher, and Marx…

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Episode 530: Theory Underground and Learning from Heidegger, Marx, Hegel, & Zizek 1:03:30

2M ago1:03:30

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David McKerracher from Theory Underground describes his book "TIMEENERGY: Why You Have No Time or Energy" and discusses left philosophy with Douglas Lain Support Us on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap TIMENERGY on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/TIMENERGY-Why-Have-Time-Energy/dp/B0CH28JL4N TIMENERGY on TheoryUnderground https://theoryunderground.…

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Worker Uprisings Today in Rojava, France, and United States 1:47:44

2M ago1:47:44

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On this episode I have brought back two guests who have been here before, along with a third guest that we are all excited to meet. Speaking to things more familiar to those of us in the United States, David Van Deusen - former president of the Vermont AFL-CIO - has joined us and will help to get things going. Next, René Berthier - CGT member and a…

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Episode 529: Living In the Imperialist World 1:12:48

2M ago1:12:48

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Chris Cutrone returns for another Cutronezone, this time to explain what it means to live through the highest stage of capitalism. Support Us on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap

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Episode 528: How Zizek and Columbo Can Help 12:56

2M ago12:56

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David Shields's upcoming book "How We Got Here" explores how we've lost sight of the concept of the truth. It walks the reader through the history of Western Epistemology. This video offers up Columbo as one of remaining cultural icons that still stands for truth, even after the postmodern turn. Support Sublation Media on Patreon? https://patreon.c…

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Episode 527: What does Caleb Maupin Really Think? 1:27:41

2M ago1:27:41

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In this week's Sublation Magazine Show Doug presents a pre-recorded conversation between Ashley Frawley and Caleb Maupin. In the second hour the patrons will join the conversation to discuss what was said. Join the Second "Parrot Room" Stream On Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/98831338 Support Sublation Media on Patreon https://patreon.com/di…

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Knowledge Production and Pedagogy with Derek R. Ford 1:21:04

2M ago1:21:04

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Issues of intellectual property, teacher and student strikes, the Occupy movements origins in campus occupations, and ongoing focus on student debt, big data and the digital age in general… these are all indications of something much deeper and much more enduring at the intersection of knowledge production and capital. To explore this all, I sit do…

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Episode 526: Putin vs. Biden (What Next for Ukraine?) 1:08:26

2M ago1:08:26

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Douglas Lain and Reid Kane Kotlas discuss Tucker Carlson's interview with Putin and the revelations from Special Prosecutor Rober Hur's report on Biden's classified documents scandal. The question for this channel is "how should the left think through this moment of crisis for the democratic party?" Join Us for the Second Hour in the Parrot Room ht…

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Episode 525: Why Regular Workers Should Rule 1:05:04

3M ago1:05:04

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Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss the old Marxist idea of "The Dictatorship of the Proletariat" in this episode of the Cutrone Zone. Is it a scary phrase? Can we trust everyday people to self-govern? What is socialism anyhow? Support Sublation Media on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap

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