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Art After Liberalism (Columbia UP, 2022) is an account of creative practice at a moment of converging political and social rifts – a moment that could be described as a crisis of liberalism. The apparent failures of liberal thinking are a starting po... more

Policing is a source of perennial conflict and philosophical disagreement. Current political developments in the United States have only increased the urgency of this topic. Today we welcome philosopher Jake Monaghan to discuss his book, Just Policin... more

An important critic of modern culture, American economist Thorstein Veblen is best known for the concept of “conspicuous consumption,” the ostentatious display of goods in the service of social status. In the field of architectural history, scholars ... more

Who gets involved in politics? In Capital, Privilege and Political Participation (Liverpool UP, 2025) Joe Greenwood-Hau a Lecturer in the John Smith Centre at the University of Glasgow, examines the dynamics of who participates, who is excluded and... more

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Recent Guests

Jake Monaghan
Philosophy professor at University of Southern California focusing on political philosophy, particularly policing
University of Southern California
Episode: Jake Monaghan, "Just Policing" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Joanna Merwood-Salisbury
Architectural historian and author
Episode: Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, "Barbarian Architecture: Thorstein Veblen’s Chicago" (MIT Press, 2024)
Elizabeth Anne Davis
Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University
Princeton University
Episode: Elizabeth Anne Davis, "The Time of the Cannibals: On Conspiracy Theory and Context" (Fordham UP, 2024)
Dr. Amy Hughes
Professor of theater and drama in the School of Music, Theatre and Dance at University of Michigan
University of Michigan
Episode: Amy Hughes, "An Actor's Tale: Theater, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States" (U Michigan Press, 2025)
Sebastian Truskolaski
Assistant Professor in German Cultural Studies at the University of Manchester, author of 'Adorno and the Ban on Images'
University of Manchester
Episode: Sebastian Truskolaski, "Adorno and the Ban on Images" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
Mary Edwards
Philosophy lecturer at Cardiff University
Cardiff University
Episode: Mary Edwards, "Sartre’s Existential Psychoanalysis: Knowing Others" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
Minna Salami
Writer, social critic, and thought leader on feminism
Episode: Can Feminism be African?: A Conversation with Minna Salami
Professor Yehuda Halper
Professor in the Department of Jewish Philosophy at Bar Ilan University, and currently visiting professor at UChicago Divinity School
Bar Ilan University / UChicago Divinity School
Episode: Yehudah Halper, "Averroes on Pathways to Divine Knowledge" (Academic Studies Press, 2025)
Hélène Landemore
Professor of Political Science at Yale University and author of Open Democracy.
Yale University
Episode: On Democracy and Bullshit with Hélène Landemore

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Morteza Hajizadeh
Host of New Books Network, Critical Theory Channel
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4.2 out of 5 stars from 426 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 States6 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 States8 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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Q: How do you connect this idea to your concept of Petro Time?
Davis explains how plastic raises issues of temporality, emphasizing both immediate consumer culture and long-term environmental consequences.
Heather Davis, "Plastic Matter" (Duke UP, 2022)
Q: What is the symbolic logic of the child in politics?
She delves into how the concept of 'saving the world for children' often perpetuates existing power structures rather than advocating for real change.
Heather Davis, "Plastic Matter" (Duke UP, 2022)
Q: Can you speak to the Queer Agency of Plastic?
Davis explores the weirdness of plastic and how it connects to queerness through its capacity to create new ecological relationships.
Heather Davis, "Plastic Matter" (Duke UP, 2022)
Q: What is plastic matter?
It describes the recursive relationship we have with plastic as a material and how it shapes our understanding of matter itself.
Heather Davis, "Plastic Matter" (Duke UP, 2022)
Q: Could you talk about your personal relationship to plastic?
Davis shares her insights on the ubiquity of plastic, connecting it to industrial practices and her grandfather's role in developing plastic products.

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