How Left is Heavy Metal?: David Burke talks to Mike Watson and Bram E Gieben
Revol Press present a conversation and metal and the left. They will publish a compendium entitled What's Left of Metal? in late 2025. Edito...
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Is Liberal Socialism Achievable in These Hard Times:? With Matt McManus (Theorize and be Damned: Ep. 7)
Matt McManus talks to Bram E. Gieben on liberal Socialism in illiberal times. Matt's The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism is out now: h...
Is an Anti Capitalist Wellbeing Possible?: Mike Watson talks to Eliot Rosenstock (Theorize and be Damned: Ep. 6)
Mike Watson talks to Eliot Rosenstock about Addiction and Capitalism. Hosted by Bram E. Gieben. Buy Mike's book here: https://www.revolpress...
Love, Magic and Capitalism with Rob Faure Walker (Theorize and be Damned: Ep. 5)
Mike Watson and Bram E. Gieben talk to Rob Faure Walker, author of Love and the Market: How to Recover from the Enlightenment and Survive th...
Adam Turl: Gothic Futurism -- Revolutionary Art and the Working Class (Theorize and be Damned: Ep.4)
Mike Watson and Bram Gieben interview Adam Turl, writer of the forthcoming Gothic Futurism: And the Working Class (2025, from Revol Press)....
Matt McManus: Right Wing Radicalism - It's Dangerous (Theorize and be Damned: Ep. 3)
We spoke to Matt McManus about the dangers of the Radical right wing, covering Trumpianism, Dostoyevsky, Nietzsche, and much more along the...
Theorize and be Damned: Episode 2 -- Fisher, The Limit Experience & Online Culture w/Emma Stamm
We talk to Emma Stamm about Mark Fisher, the Limit Experience, Digital Capitalism, internet culture and more. Here are the links to the arti...
Theorize and be Damned: Episode 1 -- The Darkest Timeline with Bram E. Gieben
Revol Books launch their Theorize and be Damned podcast with a chat with Bram E. Gieben about his forthcoming book The Darkest Timeline. Pre...
Breaking the Spell of Capitalist Realism w/ Locust Review: Irrealist Praxis & Art
We talk with Adam and Tish Turl from the Locust Review quarterly. We discuss the founding and purpose of Locust Review, the theory of Critic...
Frankfurt School Today: #3 Max Ryynänen - Were Benjamin and Adorno too Bourgeois?
In the third in this series Mike Watson talks to Max Ryynänen asking if the Frankfurt School are too Bourgeois. Max is a tenured Professor a...
Frankfurt School Today: #4 Matt McManus - Is Existentialism Inherently Fascist?
In the fourth in this series Mike Watson talks to Matt McManus asking if Adorno's criticism of Existentialism in the 'Jargon of Authenticity...
Rick Roderick: The Father of the Online Left, with Marshall Roderick
The Acid Left talk to Marshall Roderick, son of Rick Roderick. As well as following up our campaign to get Roderick republished, we ask what...
Frankfurt School Today: #2 Douglas Kellner - Marcuse's Great Refusal
In the second in this series Mike Watson talks to Douglas Kellner, author of several books on Critical Theory including Herbert Marcuse and...
Frankfurt School Today: #1 Martin Jay - The Splinter in Your Eye
In this new series Mike Watson talks to Martin Jay, Historian of philosophy and author of several books on the Frankfurt School including th...
Red Enlightenment with Graham Jones: Materialist Spirituality and Scientific Socialism
We talk to Graham Jones about his podcast Red Enlightenment hosted on Repeater Radio. Red Enlightenment is an 8 part series about science, s...
Seizing The Memes w/ Teenage Stepdad: Dropping Out of Art School, Pesky Algorithms, & Media Critique
The Acid Left talk to artist and meme maker Teenage Stepdad about his new show on Means TV called Seizing the Memes, his working process, po...
Clandestine Unit For Imaginary Research: Crisis in Colombia and The Molecular Revolution.
The Acid Left talk to Admin1 of the theory collective Clandestine Unit for Imaginary Research and curated meme page @cu_media_funhouse.exe....
Artin Salimi on Mark Fisher, Hip Hop, and Islamic Philosophy
Adam Ray Adkins talks to musician and YouTuber Artin Salimi on Mark Fisher, Marxism, Hip Hop, and Islamic Philosophy Sub to Artin Salimi: ht...
Art House Politics: Art vs. Content, Breadtube, Advertising, and Grassroots Organisation
The Acid Left's Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins speak to Art House Politics, artist and 'content' creator about memes, art, content, breatdu...
Memestetica: a Conversation on Memes and Contemporary Art with Valentina Tanni
The Acid Left's Mike Watson speaks to Valentina Tanni, author of Memestetica, a book on meme culture and contemporary art and society, publi...