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Who are the people staffing the digital economy? In The Social Codes of Tech Workers: Class Identity in Digital Capitalism (MIT Press, 2025) Robert Dorschel an Assistant Professor in Digital Sociology at the University of Cambridge, explores an occu... more

Broadway has body issues.

What is a Broadway Body? Broadway has long preserved the ideology of the "Broadway Body": the hyper-fit, exceptionally able, triple-threat performer who represents how Broadway musicals favor certain kinds of bodies. Castin... more

Climate change is devastating the planet, and globalisation is hiding it. Laurie Parsons's book Carbon Colonialism: How Rich Countries Export Climate Breakdown (Manchester UP, 2023) opens our eyes. 

Around the world, leading economies are announcing... more

Mark Christian Thompson's book, Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory (University of Chicago Press, 2022) examines the changing interdisciplinary investments of key mid-century African American writers and thinkers, showing how th... more

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Recent Guests

Laurie Parsons
Author of 'Carbon Colonialism' and academic based in London.
Royal Holloway University of London
Episode: Laurie Parsons, "Carbon Colonialism: How Rich Countries Export Climate Breakdown" (Manchester UP, 2023)
Ryan Donovan
Assistant Professor of Theater Studies at Duke University and author of Broadway Bodies, A Critical History of Conformity
Duke University
Episode: Ryan Donovan, "Broadway Bodies: A Critical History of Conformity" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Kerry Gottlich
Lecturer in International Politics
City St. George's, University of London
Episode: Kerry Gottlich, "From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Angie Hobbs
Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy Emerita at the University of Sheffield
University of Sheffield
Episode: Angie Hobbs, "Why Plato Matters Now" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Mercedes Valmisa
Professor at Gettysburg College, discussing her new book on philosophy of action.
Gettysburg College
Episode: Mercedes Valmisa, "All Things Act" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Dagmar Herzog
Professor of History at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York, expert on historical European fascism, psychoanalysis, and disability justice.
CUNY Graduate Center
Episode: Dagmar Herzog, "The New Fascist Body" (Wirklichkeit Books, 2025)
Dr. Matthijs Lok
Senior lecturer in modern European history
University of Amsterdam
Episode: Matthijs Lok, "Europe Against Revolution: Conservatism, Enlightenment, and the Making of the Past" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Dr. J. Logan Smilges
Author of Crip Negativity and assistant professor of English Language and Literature
University of British Columbia
Episode: J. Logan Smilges, "Crip Negativity" (U of Minnesota Press, 2023)
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)

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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

Reviews

4.2 out of 5 stars from 435 ratings
  • Learn to use a microphone

    Trying to listen to Wolin’s discussion of his new Heidegger book. Not sure if it’s Wolin or his interlocutor who keeps touching his microphone, but good grief. Unlistenable, even beyond Wolin’s tedious prolixity.

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    Hieronymus667
    Canada20 days ago
  • 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 States10 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

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Kerry Gottlich, "From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Q: What do you mean by From Frontiers to Borders and how colonial technicians created modern territorial reality?
The book explores the origins of modern territoriality and its implications for international politics, emphasizing the role of technical practices and expertise in boundary creation.
Kerry Gottlich, "From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself, your field of expertise, and more importantly, how the idea of this book came to you?
Dr. Gottlich describes his background in international relations and how his interest in the rise of ISIS and colonial agreements shaped his book's themes.
Mark Christian Thompson, "Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Q: How does Eldridge Cleaver's hermeneutical explanation of black life and aesthetics differ from Baraka's approaches?
Cleaver's approach to blackness is seen as more postmodern, whereas Baraka is still concerned with the work of art, which Cleaver dismisses to focus on broader cultural transformation.
Mark Christian Thompson, "Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Q: Why Baldwin is so important as a kind of transitional figure?
Thompson explains Baldwin's critical position and how his writing grapples with complex ideas about language and community, making his works difficult to categorize strictly within discussed frameworks.
Mark Christian Thompson, "Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Q: Can you tell us a bit about how that happens?
Thompson discusses the shift in expressive modes, particularly the transition from musical expressions to literary representations, emphasizing literature as a primary means of articulating Blackness.

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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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