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Episode 710: Sublation, Platypus, the Campaign, and COMPACT???

In this episode of the Cutrone Zone, Chris discusses the four activities he's taken up as a left public intellectual over the past 20 years, and how they contribute to th

Episode 709: Matt McManus on the Need for Utopia

Matt McManus discusses his essay in Jabobin magazine entitled "Utopia Is a Promise Worth Fighting For." This was a review of the short book "Utopia for Our Century: A Man

Episode 708: Have the Children Learned?

Chris Cutrone re-evaluates his time as a Marxist pedagogue and wonders what went wrong. He's still reeling from the death of the Millennial left.  Support Sublation Medi

Episode 707: Lukacs , Formalism and the Avant Garde

Jörg Pohl is an actor in Germany and a director of politically progressive plays. In this interview for Avant Art, Pohl discusses Lukacs and his criticisms of expressioni

Episode 706: Socialism as Defined by a Billionaire and Vivek Chibber

Chris Cutrone joins Douglas Lain to reexamine the meaning of "socialism" and how the term is misunderstood today. They explore the difference between anti-capitalism and

Episode 705: Ralph Leonard on birthright citizenship

Ralph Leonard joins Douglas Lain to discuss Ralph's recent essay for Compact entitled: "When Britain Ended Birthright Citizenship" Link to Compact: "When Britain Ended B

Episode 704: What Can We Learn From the Soviet Avant-Garde?

Jörg Pohl is an actor and director living in Germany. He has been a member of the Thalia Theatre ensemble since 2009, and in this episode of Avant Art, he leads a discuss

Episode 703: Adorno on Class Politics and Late Capitalism

In this episode of the Cutrone Zone, Chris takes on the pedagogical task of reassessing what class politics are, what they were, and what they might be. He recapitulates

Episode 702: Why Has Elite Theory Captured the Left?

Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss Cutrone's essay: "Was Lenin PMC?" In this podcast, they discuss how James Burnham's work on the managerial revolution and his conse

Episode 701: Spencer Leonard on the Jacobins

In this episode of the Spencer Leonard Hour, the professor of Marxism discusses why commies prefer the French Revolution to the American Revolution. Support Sublation Me

Episode 700: Wagner the Revolutionary

Jim Igor, aka The Perfect Wagnerite, discusses the contradictions and revolutionary potential of Wagner's operas. He argues that Wagner represents both the ambition towar

Episode 699: The New DSA and the Death of the Left

In this CutroneZone, the Last Marxist evaluates the political significance of the rise of the DSA candidates in the Democratic Party. What does this mean for the left at

Episode 698: What if Reality is Real?

Christopher Norris discusses his contribution to the 2007 collection "Adventures in Realism" entitled "Realism and Anti-Realism in Contemporary Philosophy: What's Truth G

Episode 697: Chris Cutrone on the MOU

In this episode of the CutroneZone, everyone's favorite contrarian discusses the meaning of the MOU, Israel's future decline, and the contemporary moment of post-neoliber

Episode 696: Fatal Friends: Did The US Eat Europe?

Werner Rügemer discusses his book "Fatal Friendship: First Phase: From World War I to II."  From the book jacket:  Rising US capitalism presented itself to the world wit

Episode 695: Spencer Leonard Discusses America

As we approach the Semiquincentennial of the American Revolution, Spencer Leonard reflects on why we seem to be forgetting what it means. Spencer is a collaborator on the

Episode 694: Is KITSCH All There Is?

Why must art be either avant-garde or Kitsch today? What could count as avant-garde art today? Should today's critics examine the formal techniques involved in the produc

Episode 693: Cutrone Responds to Rockhill's Fans

The Last Marxist Chris Cutrone responds to his critics and to the defenders of Gabriel Rockhill. He also argues for the necessity of individual thought and a willingness

Episode 692: Decoding Chomsky and Epstein

Chris Knight is a political activist and the author of the book "Decoding Chomsky: Science and Revolutionary Politics." In this episode of Diet Soap, Knight discusses Cho

Episode 691: Cutrone's New Film: The Last Election

Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss their new film entitled "The Last Election."  Film description:  In 1992, the dissident writer Douglas Lain ran a rubber goldfish