This week Amy Ireland and Maya B. Kronic joined Cooper and Taylor to discuss their collaborative project, Cute Accelerationism.Amy Ireland is a theorist and experimental writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on questions of agency and technology in modernity, and she is a member of the techno-materialist trans-feminist collecti…

Desperate times call for desperate measures. The people's podcast returns to bring hope to the starving masses (starved of podcasts). We linked up with our old friend Huw to discuss the Gething affair. Here is a man who would not take it anymore. Here is a man who stood up! Here is...Huw Williams.By Desolation Radio

Andy Beckett joins PTO to talk about his new book, The Searchers: Five Rebels, Their Dream of a Different Britain, and Their Many Enemies. The five rebels in question being Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott, John McDonnell, and Ken Livingstone. We talked about the role of the global tumult of 1968 in the development of the politics of the five…

This week Coop and Taylor had the pleasure of hosting Adrian Johnston. Adrian is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque. He is the author of many books, including Time Driven: Metapsychology and the Splitting of the Drive; Irrepressible Truth: On Lacan’s “The Freudian Thing”; and A New…

This week's episode is the recording of our recent live event. Gargi Bhattacharyya, Richard Seymour, and Eleanor Penny were joined by an audience in Finsbury Park, London to discuss the fascism debate, disaster nationalism, and the relationship between fascism and racial capitalism.By Politics Theory Other

This week Cooper and Taylor spoke to Bradley McClean about his book, Deleuze, Guattari and the Machine in Early Christianity Schizoanalysis, Affect and Multiplicity.Dr. Bradley H. McLean is the Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Knox College. He is the author of seven books including Biblical Interpretation and Philosophical Herm…

This week Coop and Taylor speak with Jason Read on his recent book, The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work.Jason is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine and whose works include The Micropolitics of Capital: Marx and the Prehistory of the Present; The Politics of Transindividuality; The Production of Subj…

James Schneider joins the show to discuss Rishi Sunak's announcement that the UK general election will take place on July 4th, and to talk about his book 'Our Bloc: How We Win' in which James argues for a left bloc - a federated alliance of socialist forces comprising social movements, unions, and the residual left in parliament. In the interview w…

Cooper and Taylor speak with Ian Buchanan, who is a Professor of Critical Theory and Cultural Studies at the University of Wollongong Australia. Ian is the author and editor of many books, some of which include Deleuzism: A Metacommentary; Fredric Jameson: Live Theory; and, most recently, The Incomplete project of Schizoanalysis: Collected Essays o…

Cooper and Taylor discuss the Introduction and first chapter of Gilbert Simondon's Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information, Form and Matter.This volume was translated by our very own Taylor Adkins.https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/individuation-in-light-of-notions-of-form-andSupport us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.c…

Israeli universities have long enjoyed a reputation as liberal bastions of freedom and democracy and they enjoy warm relationships with their counterparts in north America and Europe - including the University of Columbia. However, as Maya Wind explains in today's episode, contrary to the depiction of Israeli universities as centres of pluralism an…

In this week's episode Cooper and Taylor speak with Elizabeth Grosz, who has published and edited over a dozen books and whose most recent work, The Incorporeal: Ontology, Ethics, and the Limits of Materialism, will be the topic of today’s discussion.Links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Groszhttps://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-incorporeal/97…

In today's PTO Extra! Richard Seymour responds to some more excellent listener's questions. We talked about the protests against Israel's genocidal war on Gaza taking place at American universities and the extremely repressive response from university authorities. We went on to discuss the situation regarding Iran and Israel, and Richard responded …

Join Paul and Sharly as they recount their unexpected encounter with Brandon, a man whose presence altered the course of their holiday in Key West. Set against the backdrop of swaying palms and vibrant streets, their journey begins innocently enough with a quest for relaxation and adventure. But as they traverse the sun-soaked alleyways, they stumb…

This week, Jon Repetti joined Coop and Taylor for a discussion on Lacan's Seminar 11. Jon is finishing a phd in American literature at Princeton, focusing on naturalism, radical empiricism, and psychoanalysis. Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushhBy Cooper Cherry Jr.

Paul Rogers returns to PTO to talk about Iran's attack on Israel on the 13th of April - the first such direct operation carried out by Iran. We discussed whether the operation was a failure or a qualified success, and the role of the United States, Britain, France, and Jordan in the downing of Iranian missiles and drones. We also talked about the p…

Since October 7th Israeli politicians, spokespeople, and Israel's supporters have mobilised feminist narratives in defence of the state's genocidal actions in Gaza and sought to portray Palestinian resistance to Israel as suffused with religiously inspired misogyny. In a recent article in Salvage, Sophie Lewis wrote about the way in which Zionist f…

Coop and Taylor speak with Jon Greenaway, aka The LitCritGuy. Writer, podcaster, and content creator from the North of England. Host of the Horror Vanguard Podcast. He writes about horror, contemporary capitalism, and cultural theory. Today we’ll be discussing his book, A Primer on Utopian Philosophy; An Introduction to the Work of Ernst Bloch.Jon'…

In part one of a two-part episode Richard returns to give his thoughts on an apparent turn against Israel on parts of the American right, the significance of the protests against Netanyahu within Israel, the role of students in the Palestine solidarity movement, and his view of post-Marxist thought.To get access to the full episode become a £5 PTO …

Rocco Gangle joined Coop and Taylor to discuss a piece titled Autopoiesis and Eigenform by Louis H. Kauffman. Article Link:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3197/11/12/247Rocco's first appearance:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/eric-schmid-rocco-gangle-on-mathematical-structuralism?si=26acc817ecf44e9d8f20a3b4c8330d06&utm_source=clipboard&utm…

Yanis Varoufakis joins PTO to discuss his book, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism. We discussed why Yanis believes capitalism is no longer the appropriate term to describe contemporary economic and social relations. We also talked about the financial crisis, the Covid19 pandemic, and how central bank responses to both crises served to build t…

This week Coop and Taylor discuss Freud's Totem and Taboo. Ambivalence, Anti-Oedipus, repetition, sacrifice, cannibalism and more. Freud Playlist:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/sets/freud?si=7394d554bb4f4915ac9d731243e347f4&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingSupport us on Patreon:www.patreon.com/muhhTwit…

In this episode of unexpected connections, transformative moments, and the power of perseverance in the face of adversity, Paul recalls his teenage years in 1972, marked by the untimely death of his band director and his pursuit of drumming dreams. Enter Mr. McCabe, an enigmatic drum teacher with a manicured comb over and an abrasive demeanor. Thei…

If you'd like to hear the rest of this episode of PTO Extra! Please consider becoming a £5 supporter at patreon.com/poltheoryotherRichard Seymour returns to discuss the likelihood of Israel launching its assault on Rafah (in the context of Israel's deliberate starvation of the Gazan population). We talked about the position of the United States and…

This week, Charles Stivale and Dan Smith returned to the podcast to discuss a series of lectures Deleuze delivered titled "Painting and the Question of Concepts". They also shared a bit about their experience with the Deleuze Seminars project hosted by Purdue University.Quick recapThe team discussed the introduction of a new feature on Zoom that ca…

Brian Massumi joined Cooper and Taylor for a discussion on his forthcoming book: The Personality of Power: A Theory of Fascism for Anti-Fascist Life.Massumi was instrumental in introducing the work of French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari to the English-speaking world through his translation of their key collaborative work A Thousan…

The 1970s is often depicted straightforwardly as the moment when the radical movements of the 1960s fractured, failed, and radicalised in ways that were self-destructive. In The Subversive Seventies Michael Hardt argues that not only is that a much too simplistic understanding of the decade, but that it serves to prevent us from drawing important l…

Jeffrey Bell joined us to speak about his recently published book, An Inquiry into Analytic-Continental Metaphysics.Jeffrey A. Bell is Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University. He has recently been a Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor in Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London, during which time much of this book was…

Thirteen years have passed since the Arab Spring and the great hopes aroused in 2011 have been overwhelmed by counter-revolution and civil war. And yet, the region is anything but restabilised: Instead of the events of 2011 heralding a brief period of democratic transition akin to earlier developments in East Asia and Eastern Europe they instead, G…

Cristóbal Escobar joined Coop and Taylor to discuss his new book, The Intensive-Image in Deleuze’s Film-Philosophy.Cristóbal is a Lecturer in Screen Studies at the University of Melbourne and Film Programmer at the Santiago International Documentary Film Festival (FIDOCS). His publications include The Intensive-Image in Deleuze’s Film-Philosophy (2…

Michael Hardt returned to discuss his most recent book, The Subversive Seventies.Hardt argues that the 1970s offers an inspiring and useful guide for contemporary radical political thought and action. Although we can still learn much from the movements of the sixties, that decade's struggles for peace, justice, and freedom fundamentally marked the …

In the latest PTO Extra! Richard Seymour returns to answer your questions on the impact of the Gaza protest movement, Israel's eroding international support, what a Trump presidency might lead to in US domestic politics, and where the late Christopher Hitchens' would have positioned himself in the current conjuncture.To listen to this episode becom…

Henry Somers-Hall joined us to discuss a chapter from a book he's currently writing on A Thousand Plateaus. This discussion focuses on a chapter from the book, Treatise on Nomadology: The War Machine.Henry's Links:https://henrysomershall.net/about/https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/henry-somershall(9b215915-fcd6-4567-8463-c0c39f5aed…

Naomi Klein joins PTO to talk about her book, 'Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World'. In the first part of our conversation we talked about why at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, parts of the anti-vaccine movement started to adopt the garb and the language of participants in struggles against racism and the historic crimes of settler col…

Thomas Nail returned to discuss his new book, Matter and MotionA Brief History of Kinetic Materialism. From the Minoans to Virginia Woolf and a hint of chaos. Thomas's Links:The book we discuss: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-matter-and-motion.htmlThomas's previous appearance:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/thomas-nail-mar…

This week Graham Harman returned to discuss his first book, Tool Being, and share some great stories from his career.Graham's first appearance:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/graham-harman-object-oriented-ontology?si=d162f30106dc42088c8379e1df7ce67b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharinghttps://en.wikipedia.…

In today's episode of PTO Extra! Sai Englert, author of Settler Colonialism: An Introduction returns to the show to answer listeners' questions. We talked about whether Zionism is distinct from other forms of settler colonialism, how struggles against settler colonial projects can tie together with socialist demands for the democratisation of the e…

This week we read and discuss two pieces: Freud’s Mystic Writing Pad and Derrida’s Freud and the Scene of Writing.Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushhBy Cooper Cherry Jr.

Palestinian-American legal scholar Noura Erakat joins PTO to discuss South Africa's case at the International Court of Justice and the utility of international law in struggles for global justice. With its roots in providing justification for European settler colonialism in the Americas, can International law ever serve the cause of liberatory move…

This week Gil Morejon joined us to discuss his book, The Unconscious of Thought in Leibniz, Spinoza, and Hume. Book Links: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/gil-morejonKant's Prolegomena Episode:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/gil-morejon-kants-prolegomena-to-any-future-metaphysics?si=6e79819c620342dfb23546a21c45bbb6&utm_source=cl…

Richard Seymour returns to answer listeners' questions on the history of Yemen and the emergence of the Houthi militia, comparisons made between Israel's actions in Gaza and the Nazi Holocaust, and on the way in which the Trump presidency has influenced the current situation in the Middle East.Listen to the full episode by becoming a £5 patron at h…

This week Grant Maxwell returned to discuss the mythic dialectic in the work of Spinoza, Nietzsche, and Deleuze. The discussion focuses on these 3 central figures in Grant's book, Integration and Difference: Constructing a Mythical Dialectic. Previously, we spoke with Grant on the whole book and so it was nice to narrow the focus a bit and center t…

Richard Seymour on the possibility of Israel's assault on Gaza leading to broader escalation in the Middle East. We talked about the strategic calculations of Iran, Hezbollah, the Houthi militia, and Israel, the possibility of the United States increasing its involvement on Israel's side, and whether the attack on Gaza might destabilise Egypt. And …

This week Coop and Taylor investigate Martin Heidegger's The Question Concerning Technology.Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushhBy Cooper Cherry Jr.

Israel's assault on Gaza has led to a huge upsurge in discussion of settler colonialism and the extent to which the term accurately describes the Zionist project in Palestine. In Settler Colonialism: An Introduction, Sai Englert provides an authoritative overview of the history of settler colonialism and resistance to it, from the South African ant…

This week, Jon Repetti joined Coop and Taylor for a discussion on Deleuze's monograph, Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation.Jon is finishing a phd in American literature at Princeton, focusing on naturalism, radical empiricism, and psychoanalysis. Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushh…

Around 2010 I became somewhat obsessed with Japanese pop and ambient music of the 1980s - in particular the Yellow Magic Orchestra, the solo records of the members of the group: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi and music by Akiko Yano, Yasuaki Shimizu and Hiroshi Yoshimura amongst many others. Last year I discovered that this…

Step into a time machine and journey back to 1948, where a gripping tale unfolds in Coal Township, PA. Meet eight-year-old Clay, whose story is a riveting testament to resilience and determination. As he and his family embark on a new chapter, you'll witness Clay's initiation into the world of coal bootlegging, the hardships of fitting into rustic …