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Doomscroll with Joshua Citarella

Joshua Citarella
Neoliberalism
Social Media
Social Democracy
Donald Trump
Capitalism
Democratic Party
Climate Change
Online Communities
Republican Party
Youtube
Dark Forest Theory
Marxism
Artificial Intelligence
Bernie Sanders
Globalization
United States
Gateway Tapes
Professional Managerial Class
Covid-19
Gaza

Artist and internet culture writer. patreon.com/joshuacitarella joshuacitarella.substack.com

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We discuss NSPM-7, the socialist approach to national borders, our final victory and the lumpen mass of criminal pedophiles unleashed by the Trump administration. Some of these answers might surprise you. With all this talk of the DSA, we hear a lot ... more

My guest is Brace Belden, a co-host of TrueAnon. This episode marks the 2 year anniversary of Doomscroll. We explore the recent socialist wins and to look ahead toward 2028. We discuss AOC, the anti-social tendencies of Woke 1 and the new factional s... more

Kathryn Paige Harden is a behavioral geneticist and Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. She leads the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab and acts as co-director of the Texas Twin Project. We discuss the blank slate thesis, ... more

An extra-long bonus episode to explore: class dealignment, the (very) early years of DSA, the rise of Swedish social democracy, and the historical differences between communism and socialism.

You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and... more

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Recent Guests

Katherine Paige Harden
Genetics researcher and professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Episode: [PREVIEW] Genetics & Morality: Katherine Paige Harden
Bhaskar Sunkara
Editor and writer (Jacobin), expert on socialist history
Jacobin Magazine
Episode: [PREVIEW] DS 53.5: Bhaskar Sunkara
David Harvey
Marxist economist and author discussed in the episode
Episode: [PREVIEW] DS 52.5: David Harvey
Jason Myles
Writer, musician, podcaster
This Is Revolution
Episode: DS 51: Jason Myles
Hito Steyerl
Filmmaker, author, professor of digital media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich
Academy of Fine Arts Munich
Episode: DS 50: Hito Steyerl
Julian Feeld
Author, journalist, co-founder of the QAA Podcast, host of Superstructure
Episode: Doomscroll 49: Julian Feeld
Adriana Rispoli
From the Berggruen Institute, involved in Palazzo Diedo program
Berggruen Institute
Episode: The Online Marketplace of Ideas
Catherine Liu
Writer/academic focused on disability studies and media
Independent/academic writer
Episode: Catherine Liu & Freddie deBoer | DD 1
Freddie deBoer
Author and commentator on politics and culture
Independent writer/academic
Episode: Catherine Liu & Freddie deBoer | DD 1

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Joshua Citrella
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Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 969 ratings
  • Fancy brain rot

    This is an excellent show with interesting guests that fail to recognize how flattened and detached their positions are to anything other than the online discourses they talk about. So it sadly winds up in circular lefty corners without the imagination or courage to challenge the hypocritical orthodoxies (demanding the end of an apartheid state on principle while living in one) right in front of them.

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    Whatisit097
    United States4 months ago
  • Dopey interviewer

    His lack of energy is exhausting.

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    No hippychick
    United States4 months ago
  • Always informative

    Well researched and excellent interview questions!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Acyl
    United States7 months ago
  • Love the pod

    Great conversations.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Raadi.R
    United States8 months ago
  • Fascinating and Smart

    I really enjoy almost every episode of this podcast. So hip and I feel like I always get a new insight into media, the internet, and political possibilities.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Yehaawww!
    United States8 months ago

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Show is consistently well-researched with sharp questions that pull guests into thoughtful exploration.
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The host is valued for challenging elite narratives while showcasing diverse perspectives.
Some listeners wish for broader topic balance and less reliance on a single ideological frame.

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[PREVIEW] DS 53.5: Bhaskar Sunkara
Q: What pace and context shaped the industrialization and political development in these Nordic countries?
Industrialization happened later and came with delayed universal suffrage, which allowed workers to organize within a political system that gradually granted rights, contrasting with earlier American patterns of labor movement and political alignment.
[PREVIEW] DS 53.5: Bhaskar Sunkara
Q: Is there something about 50 years of uninterrupted social democratic rule in Sweden that might tell us otherwise?
The guest notes that while concessions occurred due to broader geopolitical pressures, the Swedish experience was not solely due to external forces; domestic labor organizing and gradual democratic reforms were central, and one should avoid overemphasizing external drivers.
[PREVIEW] DS 53.5: Bhaskar Sunkara
Q: How do you understand the narrative that the American middle class was a historical anomaly due to the Cold War?
The guest suggests that while external pressures and Cold War dynamics played a role, they are only a part of the equation; the deeper thread is the internal dynamics of class struggle and the timing of democracy and rights, with a nuanced view that other factors were also decisive.
DS 52: David Harvey
Q: What does common prosperity look like in practice, and how does China's approach fit into the broader Marxian analysis of capital and crisis?
Harvey discusses how China's common prosperity program aims to provide education, healthcare, and housing for all, illustrating how a state-centered strategy attempts to redirect accumulation and reduce inequality within capitalist development, a point used to argue for the necessity of non-market interventions in a capitalist economy.
DS 52: David Harvey
Q: And I'm wondering what Marx can tell us about the crisis of one, the 1930s, but also the 2008 subprime crisis. What can Marx tell us that mainstream economics can't see?
Harvey explains that Marx analyzes crises through contradictions within capital—like the tension between the drive for technological progress and the diminishing demand for labor—and shows how policy and state interventions become essential to stabilize capitalism and manage its contradictions, something mainstream economics often glosses over.

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2. Bhaskar Sunkara
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