Best Monroe Doctrine Podcasts (2026)

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Whiskey Rebellion 306: The Many Faces of the Monroe Doctrine 47:05

6d ago47:05

47:05

Frank and David discuss the history of the Monroe Doctrine. Last Drops Frank: RIP Rob Reiner David: TR Presidential LibraryBy David Silkenat

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Ep237: Jim McDermott on the Digital Monroe Doctrine, Power, and Data Gravity 59:55

10d ago59:55

59:55

Jim McDermott drops a provocative idea: a Digital Monroe Doctrine to keep compute close to home while partnering with Canada and Mexico. We geek out on why moving bits beats moving electrons, power gravity, and how prosperity next door keeps everyone happier (and scorpions cooler). https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesacmcdermott/…

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Down Below the Borderline: The Monroe Doctrine 1:07:37

16d ago1:07:37

1:07:37

In 1823, US President James Monroe declared an end to European colonial ambitions in the Americas. By the end of that century, his declaration had morphed into a license for the United States to pursue unilateral political, economic and military actions across the Western Hemisphere. This week, we examine the history of the Monroe Doctrine and the …

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Monroe Doctrine 1823 To Trump Doctrine 2025 [Preview] 13:56

22d ago13:56

13:56

Donald Trump this week went on an all-out racist tirade against Somali Americans as ICE agents descend on Minneapolis, New Orleans, and other cities to carry out mass arrests of immigrant workers. People all over the United States are taking to the streets on Saturday December 6 in protest against a new US war, this time in Latin America against th…

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[BEST OF 2025] On Technofeudalism: Rent Seeking in Late Stage Monopoly Capitalism 1:16:16

25m ago1:16:16

1:16:16

Sep 10, 2025 Alyson and Breht critically engage with the concept of "technofeudalism" from a Marxist (and thus historical materialist) perspective, analyzing its origin and recent popularity, critiquing its depoloyment and the implication that it represents a "new mode of production", explaining related concepts like rent-seeking, discussing the ro…

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[BEST OF 2025] Dialectics of Nature: Engels on Dialectical Materialism as a Worldview 2:35:29

1h ago2:35:29

2:35:29

Jun 16, 2025 In this episode, Alyson and Breht explore Friedrich Engels' Dialectics of Nature, a bold and underappreciated attempt to apply dialectical materialism to the natural sciences. Often dismissed or misunderstood, this unfinished work offers a sweeping view of reality - from physics and chemistry to evolution, human consciousness, and ecol…

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How Trump Promised Peace But Ramped Up Militarism at Home and Abroad [Preview] 10:21

13h ago10:21

10:21

Brian and Layan review the year of 2025 under the Trump regime – including his lies about being a ‘peace president’ – and what to expect in 2026. This is a preview of a patrons-only episode. Subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/TheSocialistProgram to hear the full episode, get access to all our patrons-only content, and help make this show possible…

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From the Palmer Raids to COINTELPRO: The War Against American Socialism and Communism 48:58

4h ago48:58

48:58

Brian speaks with author and historian Aaron Leonard about his book "Menace of Our Time: The Long War Against American Communism.” Leonard’s book is a riveting account of the extraordinary efforts by politicians. At the moment that the Trump White House is issuing Executive orders deeming people with anti-capitalist views as domestic terrorists it …

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Whiskey Rebellion 307: Death by Lightning 53:08

4h ago53:08

53:08

Frank and David discuss "Death by Lightning," the Netflix miniseries based on Candice Millard's Destiny of the Republic. Last Drops Frank: Dickens's A Christmas Carol and Slavery David: RIP Willis WhichardBy David Silkenat

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[#289] EPSTEINPOCALYPSE 3: History of the Great American Redactions 5:15:05

4d ago5:15:05

5:15:05

Dimitri and Khalid dig through the new DOJ Epstein releases in real time.For access to full-length premium SJ episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe at https://patreon.com/subliminaljihad.By Subliminal Jihad

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Jesus Christ Beyond Belief: A Mystical Reading of the Gospels 2:11:52

1d ago2:11:52

2:11:52

In this Christmas special, Alyson and Breht reinterpret Jesus through Jewish mysticism, Christian contemplative traditions, and Buddhist conceptions of Enlightenment, offering an understanding of his teachings and words as attempts to articulate the ineffable and non-dual, rather than metaphysical propositions to be believed. Drawing heavily on the…

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Jesus Christ: The Revolutionary Mystic 2:08:43

1d ago2:08:43

2:08:43

In this Christmas special, Alyson and Breht reinterpret Jesus through Jewish mysticism, Christian contemplative traditions, and Buddhist conceptions of Enlightenment, offering an understanding of his teachings and words as attempts to articulate the ineffable and non-dual, rather than metaphysical propositions to be believed. Drawing heavily on the…

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Chestnuts Listening on a Blood Work Fire w/ Thomas O’Mahony 1:53:47

1d ago1:53:47

1:53:47

For their first ever Christmas episode, Gregk and producer Thomas get together for a casual fireside chat, discussing some of the key questions animating Blood Work, reflecting on the project’s progress so far, where they’d like to take it next year, and offer some perspectives on how this thing that we call violence connects to that other thing th…

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Inside Trump's Venezuela War and Year One Failures [Preview] 13:48

3d ago13:48

13:48

Donald Trump and the Pentagon are at war, once again, this time against Venezuela, and this war is widening. As the year 2025 comes to an end, Donald Trump is taking to the airwaves to talk about his “wonderful achievements.” But what really happened in 2025? And what’s next for the Trump administration and the people’s movement for social justice?…

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Inside Trump's Venezuela War and Year One Failures [Preview] 13:47

11d ago13:47

13:47

Donald Trump and the Pentagon are at war, once again, this time against Venezuela, and this war is widening. As the year 2025 comes to an end, Donald Trump is taking to the airwaves to talk about his “wonderful achievements.” But what really happened in 2025? And what’s next for the Trump administration and the people’s movement for social justice?…

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PREVIEW [#288] WE ARE AS GODS 2: Stewart Brand Drags You to ‘Hole Earth ‘Lectronic Link in a Bucket 32:58

4d ago32:58

32:58

Dimitri and Khalid explore the later career of chief cyberculture impresario Stewart Brand from the early 1970s to today, including: Fred Turner's 2004 book "From Counterculture to Cyberculture" highlighting tensions between the New Left and the "New Communalists"; Stewart Brand running the livestream on the Mother of All Demos with SRI computer pi…

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Chinese Characteristics of Socialism: Civilizational Factors in CPC Governance 1:46:15

7d ago1:46:15

1:46:15

What does it really mean to speak of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"? Is it simply a matter of policy and political economy, or does it require grappling with thousands of years of civilizational history, philosophy, and culture? In this episode, Breht is joined by Zhao, the mind behind Goods for the People and author of Chinese Characteri…

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Venezuela to Trump’s ‘Total Blockade’: You Will Never Colonize Us 24:50

8d ago24:50

24:50

Brian Becker is joined by Manolo De Los Santos of The People’s Forum to discuss Trump’s “total blockade” against Venezuela — an “act of war” targeting oil tankers and ports, according to members of Congress as they vote on a War Powers Resolution to prevent the president’s attacks from escalating even further. De Los Santos also reviews Venezuela’s…

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Building Black Socialism, feat. Brandon Tizol 1:01:54

8d ago1:01:54

1:01:54

Brandon Tizol is back to talk about comms, growing DSA, the Chi Ossé campaign that could have been, and the importance of letting him cookBy Susan Kang, Stylianos Karolidis

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Exposing Trump’s Latin America Policy and Why It Will Fail w/ Richard Wolff 29:46

8d ago29:46

29:46

Economist Richard Wolff joins Brian Becker to discuss President Trump’s resurrection of the Monroe Doctrine and pivot to Latin America, aimed squarely at pushing China out of the Western hemisphere — and why the strategy will fail.Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwol…

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"What Does The Forest Say?” w/ Dr. Florin Poenaru 1:29:01

9d ago1:29:01

1:29:01

This week, Gregk speaks to Anthropologist Florin Poenaru about his essay for North South Notes, published on the one-year anniversary of Romania’s cancelled Presidential elections, in which ‘outsider’ candidate Călin Georgescu was alleged to have benefitted from a Russian-coordinated TikTok interference campaign. In their conversation, they discuss…

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[#287] WOUND BECOMES PORTAL 2: The Bleeding EDGE of Psychedelic Fascism with Dr. Neşe Devenot 3:50:23

9d ago3:50:23

3:50:23

Dimitri and Khalid speak with Dr. Neşe Devenot about Psymposia’s new report “The Psychedelic Syndicate”, Bryan Johnson’s recent livestreamed psilocybin trip featuring Hamilton Morris and Genevieve Jurvetson, the not-so-crypto-transhumanism abounding in the Esalen/MAPS milieu, Steve Jurvetson hob-nobbing with Ghislaine Maxwell’s sister in the dot-co…

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‘A+++++’ for Whom? Trump's Week of Delusions [Preview] 14:11

21d ago14:11

14:11

The Trump White House engages in straight out piracy by seizing a Venezuelan oil tanker on its way to Cuba. Donald Trump says he’s giving the economy an “A+++++” grade under his administration. Millions of people are about to lose healthcare, and Trump’s approval rating is headed towards the basement. Brian Becker is joined by Layan Fuleihan to dis…

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Eric Mann on Revolutionary Struggle Part 2: Labor Organizing, The Working Class, and Proletarian Internationalism 2:07:39

13d ago2:07:39

2:07:39

Breht speaks with veteran organizer, revolutionary strategist, Elder of the movement, and author Eric Mann. Together they discuss Eric's life and work, including his book on George Jackson, the Hard Hat riot against Vietnam protesters, how to organize effectively in the work place, Eric's personal relationship with Howard Zinn, the importance of re…

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Ep236: Steve Altizer—From Big Boxes to Smart Modules: The New Data Center Frontier 1:16:15

18d ago1:16:15

1:16:15

Steve Altizer—mechanical legend and self-proclaimed closet architect—offers a fresh way to look at the modern data center. From the rise of prefabricated white space to liquid cooling’s growing pains, he lays out where the industry is headed and why the old concrete box might finally be ready for an upgrade. It’s smart, honest, and unexpectedly fun…

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Eric Mann on Revolutionary Struggle: The Weather Underground, the Long 1960s, and the Fight for Liberation Today (Part 1) 2:19:14

13d ago2:19:14

2:19:14

Breht speaks with veteran organizer, revolutionary strategist, and author Eric Mann. In this wide-ranging conversation, Mann reflects on his decades of struggle; from his early work with SNCC and SDS, through his involvement with the Weather Underground and his time as a political prisoner, to his rank-and-file organizing as a UAW autoworker. Along…

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Trump Seizes Oil Tanker — ‘No War on Venezuela!’ [Preview] 10:22

16d ago10:22

10:22

In the wake of the powerful Nationwide Day of Action for "No War on Venezuela" where over 65 cities mobilized to demand an end to the US war drive on Venezuela, we gather again to assess the current moment and chart the path forward.This is a podcast version of last night's webinar, providing a space to evaluate the impact of our mobilizations agai…

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PREVIEW [#286] WE ARE AS GODS, Part 1: Stewart Brand, Epstein, & the Long Now of Cyberfascism 23:39

16d ago23:39

23:39

Dimitri and Khalid finally take spiritual aim at one of the most pivotal "countercultural" suslords of modern American culture: Whole Earth Catalog creator and consummate Silicon Valley hippie connector Stewart Brand.For access to full-length premium SJ episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe at h…

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Same Empire, New Rhetoric: Inside Trump's Security Strategy [Preview] 10:04

25d ago10:04

10:04

Every four years, the U.S. government releases something called a ‘National Security Strategy’ (NSS). The Trump administration released its NSS in the last few days, and the media in the U.S. and all over the world is buzzing about what this strategy means. Today, we will talk about some of its key positions and answer the question: do they constit…

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Monroe Doctrine 1823 To Trump Doctrine 2025 [Preview] 13:55

28d ago13:55

13:55

Donald Trump this week went on an all-out racist tirade against Somali Americans as ICE agents descend on Minneapolis, New Orleans, and other cities to carry out mass arrests of immigrant workers. People all over the United States are taking to the streets on Saturday December 6 in protest against a new US war, this time in Latin America against th…

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[#285] DIALECTICS OF IMPERIAL COLLAPSE, Part One: Ancient Greece w/ The Return of the Repressed 2:55:24

25d ago2:55:24

2:55:24

Dimitri and Khalid speak with Marcus (@Marcus_TROTR) from The Return of the Repressed podcast about class conflict, the slave mode of production, and dynamics of expansion and collapse in 1st millennia BC Greece.Topics include: the rise of maritime city states out of the rubble of the Bronze Age Collapse, iron-forging as disruptive technology, ques…

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Ep235: Santiago Suinaga – From Mexico City Gamer Kid to Data Center Titan 57:32

23d ago57:32

57:32

Santiago Suinaga grew up in Mexico City with a Macintosh and a dad obsessed with tech. 19 years later, he sold his data center empire and now runs Infrastructure Masons full-time. We talk power, community drama, AI boom, and why the industry needs to stop working in silos. Guest LinkedIn: (33) Santiago Suinaga | LinkedIn Infrastructure Masons: http…

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‘You DON’T Want Lower Prices’? Economist Richard Wolff Rips WaPo Propaganda 26:05

1M ago26:05

26:05

Billionaire Jeff Bezo’s Washington Post published a jaw-dropping article this week with the headline: ‘Why you may not want lower prices as much as you think you do.’ Economist Richard Wolff joins Brian Becker to debunk this claim. Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwo…

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PREVIEW [#284] I SEE SATAN: René Girard, Peter Thiel, and the Antichrist 27:54

26d ago27:54

27:54

Dimitri and Khalid examine the philosophical oeuvre of Peter Thiel’s favorite Stanford professor, the French Catholic academic René Girard, including: Girard’s core theories of mimetic rivalry and the scapegoat mechanism, his hot takes about why Christianity is different from every other religion, pagan gods-as-sacralized victims of communal violen…

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They Kiss Horses, Don’t They? / Four Fascist Concepts 1:12:36

23d ago1:12:36

1:12:36

What are ‘libidinal politics’? What the fuck is a ‘machinic assemblage’? Why are these men all terrified of women? This week, we explore four key ideas in the fascist imaginary and head down to the stables to look at some freaks. If you enjoyed this episode: – Support Blood Work via Patreon – Leave a rating or review on your podcast app – Follow us…

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Monroe Doctrine 2.0 & NYC Council 49:37

25d ago49:37

49:37

By Susan Kang, Stylianos Karolidis

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Trump Escalates Lies and War Threats On Venezuela [Preview] 12:55

1M ago12:55

12:55

Following the targeted shooting of two National Guard members in Washington DC, Donald Trump pledges to end all immigration from the so-called “third world.” Trump has also declared Venezuela’s airspace to be off-limits to all airlines as the US threatens a new war, this time, in Latin America. Brian Becker is joined by Layan Fuleihan to discuss.Th…

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[TEASER] The Anti-Human Nihilism of the Techno-Oligarchs 15:32

25d ago15:32

15:32

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