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Though the United States has been heralded as a beacon of democracy, many nineteenth-century Americans viewed their nation through the prism of the Old World. What they saw was a racially stratified country that reflected not the ideals of a modern r... more

A sweeping history of the violence perpetrated by governments committed to extreme forms of secularism in the twentieth century

A popular truism derived from the Enlightenment holds that violence is somehow inherent to religion, to which political se... more

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Recent Guests

Dr. Thomas Albert Howard
Professor of Humanities and History at Valparaiso University
Valparaiso University
Episode: Thomas Albert Howard, "Broken Altars: Secularist Violence in Modern History" (Yale UP, 2025)
Thea Riofrancos
Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College, Co-Director of the Climate and Community Institute, and Fellow at the Transnational Institute.
Providence College
Episode: Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism with Thea Riofrancos
Kelsey Klotz
Lecturer of Music and the Assistant Dean for Inclusive Excellence at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Episode: Kelsey Klotz, "Dave Brubeck and the Performance of Whiteness" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Anupama Arora
Professor of English and Communication and Women's and Gender Studies at UMass Dartmouth
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Episode: Megha Anwer and Anupama Arora, "Screening Precarity: Hindi Cinema and Neoliberal Crisis in Twenty-first Century India" (U Michigan Press, 2025)
Julia Elyachar
Anthropologist and author of On the Semicivilized
Duke University Press
Episode: Julia Elyachar, "On the Semicivilized: Coloniality, Finance, and Embodied Sovereignty in Cairo" (Duke UP, 2025)
Richard Wolin
Distinguished professor of history, political science, and comparative literature at the CUNY Graduate Center.
CUNY Graduate Center
Episode: Richard Wolin, "Heidegger in Ruins: Between Philosophy and Ideology" (Yale UP, 2023)
Gillian Adler
Assistant Professor of Literature at Sarah Lawrence College and author of 'Chaucer and the Ethics of Time'
Sarah Lawrence College
Episode: Gillian Adler and Paul Strohm, "Alle Thyng Hath Tyme: Time and Medieval Life" (Reaktion, 2023)
Daniel M. Herskowitz
Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University, intellectual historian and scholar of modern Jewish thought.
Duke University
Episode: Daniel M. Herskowitz, "The Judeo-Christian Thought of Franz Rosenzweig" (Liverpool UP, 2025)
Henrike Kohpeiß
Postdoc at Lufano University, Lunenburg
Lufano University
Episode: Henrike Kohpeiß, "Bourgeois Coldness" (Divided Publishing, 2025)

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Dr. Miranda Melcher
Host and academic engaged in critical theory
Morteza Hajizadeh
Co-host and expert in critical theory
Adam Bobeck
Host and academic in related fields

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4.2 out of 5 stars from 431 ratings
  • More 2 Author Discussions

    Absolutely engaging and informative discussion between Slobodian and Stern and the kind of format change that will set the pod apart. Hope you decide to continue in this direction.

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    carterfrancis
    United States7 months ago
  • Insightful research about capitalism + whack picks

    Hit or miss episodes. The episodes hosted by Dr. Miranda Melcher recently are the best, with researchers who apply pretty diverse methodologies to building our understanding of history of labor, science / philosophy, finance, and institutions under capitalism and imperialism. Other episodes are wild, typical virtue-signaling masturbatory culture-war-fetishizing types of content that don’t seem to understand what capitalism is or that we operate within it. Gotta pick the ones worth listening to.

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    Switch inpressionalist
    United States9 months ago
  • Extremely disappointing. I thought this was a rigorous leftist podcast.

    I used to listen to this podcast regularly, but I will no longer be doing so. The episode with genocide apologist Susie Linfield was offensive, racist, unserious and smug. The usual Zionist qualities. Susie poses as a leftist, but is anything but. She attacks the real left in patronizing fashion, without any substantive critique of her own, positioning herself as an expert in the Middle East and “Terrorism” while ignoring or dismissing the real experts in the field. The host coddles her rac... more

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    vc jrr gr gh
    United States2 years ago
  • Important topics to be understood

    I really appreciate the work of this podcast on exploring topics from the academic perspective in areas of philosophy, political science, sociology and many areas usually underexplored in an intelectual way. One fascinating topic in many episodes of the podcast is the understanding of colonialist ideologies in western societies and what many people are doing to create a more equal and fair society. The work of these researches is amazing.

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    Palunargar
    United States2 years ago
  • Wide ranging, valuable scholarship

    I’m thankful for these young, inspired, articulate people, sharing ideas to improve our world

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    GrssyGrn
    United States2 years ago

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Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism with Thea Riofrancos
Q: What do you suggest for people who want to be progressive and embrace energy transition but don't want to create sacrifice zones?
Thea suggests that individuals should invite complexity into the conversation, recognizing that ethical dilemmas exist, and solutions must be nuanced that consider environmental, social, and political aspects without compromising on justice for affected communities.
Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism with Thea Riofrancos
Q: What accounts for lithium's specificity compared to other resources?
Thea discusses lithium's importance in decarbonizing transportation and energy grids, emphasizing its unique role in lithium-ion batteries, which are essential for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage.
Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism with Thea Riofrancos
Q: How did you become interested in writing this book and addressing these themes?
Thea explains that her book arose from a combination of her academic interests, advocacy for a just energy transition, and the challenges posed by resource extraction in the context of the global energy transition.
Julia Elyachar, "On the Semicivilized: Coloniality, Finance, and Embodied Sovereignty in Cairo" (Duke UP, 2025)
Q: What are you working on nowadays?
I'm working on another book about factories, challenging the conventional narrative of the Industrial Revolution and exploring the history of commercial capitalism.
Julia Elyachar, "On the Semicivilized: Coloniality, Finance, and Embodied Sovereignty in Cairo" (Duke UP, 2025)
Q: How does finance play into this story?
Finance is central to both historical and contemporary narratives of the Ottoman Empire and Egypt, challenging the idea that it's merely a Western export and illustrating the complexities of global financial relations.

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This channel offers in-depth conversations with scholars who are at the forefront of critical theory, sociology, and related fields. Episodes typically feature authors discussing their latest publications on topics such as Marxism, feminism, post-colonialism, and various socio-political issues, providing listeners with a rich understanding of contemporary academic thought and its applications in real-world contexts. The discussions are characterized by a critical and intellectual engagement with pressing societal issues, making it a valuable resource for those interested in the intersection of academia and activism. The diversity of subjects covered ensures that listeners receive a wide-ranging perspective on current debates in social scien... more

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