An Inhuman Future: Nick Land, Techno-Accelerationism, and the Dark Enlightenment
In this episode Alyson and Breht enter the strange and unsettling world of Nick Land: Marx, Nietzsche, Delueze, cybernetics, accelerationism...
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Red Menace is a podcast that explains and analyzes revolutionary theory and then applies its lessons to our contemporary conditions. Hosted by Alyson Escalante and Breht O'Shea.
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Che's "New Socialist Man" and the Bodhisattva Revolutionary
Breht reads the speech he recently gave in-person at the 2026 Socialism Conference in Chicago. In the Speech, he analyzes the role of human...
The New Red Scare: Trump's War on the American Left
In this episode, Alyson and Breht examine the Trump administration's emerging campaign against what it calls "far-left terrorism." We begin...
Socialism Conference '26: Labor Day Weekend in Chicago!
Breht gives details on his upcoming speech and Q and A at the Socialism Conference in Chicago this September, the listener meet-up afterward...
Substance, Spirit, Struggle: From Spinoza through Hegel to Marx (and Beyond)
In this unlocked patreon episode Breht traces and explains a subterranean philosophical lineage running from Spinoza through Hegel to Marx a...
Democratic Socialist Electoral Victories and the Implications for American Politics
Alyson and Breht reflect on recent Democratic Socialist electoral victories, the ongoing contradiction between the progressive left and the...
Philosophy of Mind: Marxism, Materialism, and Dialectical Monism
In this episode, Breht O'Shea and Alyson Escalante join forces for a deep philosophical conversation on Marxism, consciousness, and the mind...
Alyson and Breht Answer Your Questions
Alyson and Breht spend three hours answering your questions about politics, theory, socialist stragey and much more! Watch the video version...
The Worldwide Family of Militant Women
In this episode, Breht and Alyson sit down with Arlene Eisen to discuss her new memoir, In the Worldwide Family of Militant Women . Eisen re...
The Iran War: A Dialectical and Historical Materialist Analysis
Alyson and Breht apply dialectical and historical materialist analysis to the current war of aggression in Iran. Together they break down th...
Iran Under Attack
On this YT livestream (3/1/26) Alyson and Breht discuss the illegal war of aggression launched by the US and Israel against Iran. Throughout...
Guillotines for the Epstein Class
Alyson and Breht discuss a range of current events, including Cuba, the Epstein Files, Iran and much more. Make a donation to Socialist Nigh...
Minneapolis on Fire
Breht discusses recent events in Minneapolis... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Outro Music: Haley Hey...
Jesus Christ Beyond Belief: A Mystical Reading of the Gospels
In this Christmas special, Alyson and Breht reinterpret Jesus through Jewish mysticism, Christian contemplative traditions, and Buddhist con...
(Teaser) The Anti-Human Nihilism of the Techno-Oligarchs
This is a small snippet from a much larger patreon exclusive episode, which you can sign up for (and support the show in the process) here:...
The Years of Lead in Italy: Strategy of Tension, Operation Gladio, & the Long 1970s
Most people, even on the Left, only know fragments of Italy's "Years of Lead." This episode pulls the whole picture into focus: the mass wor...
Ceasefire in Gaza, The Monroe Doctrine Under Trump, and a US Economy on the Brink of Collapse
Alyson and Breht analyze current events, including the ceasefire in Gaza and its implications, the newest round of US imperialist aggression...
Discussing Popular Education (w/ Ultra-Red)
In this episode, Alyson joins members of the Ultra-Red collective to discuss their recent trip to Central America where they learned first h...
On Technofeudalism: Rent Seeking in Late Stage Monopoly Capitalism
Alyson and Breht critically engage with the concept of "technofeudalism" from a Marxist (and thus historical materialist) perspective, analy...
Red Star Ministry: Marxism, Theology, & The Human Condition
Alyson and Breht are guests on the Red Star Ministry Podcast , a Christian Communist outlet. Together with the host Christian, they discuss...