The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class with Catherine Liu
Traditionally within Marxist thought, there are two major classes, the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, or workers and capitalists. Within these two classes, however, there are many strata — and in th...
2 Aug 20221h 14min
How Degrowth Will Save the World with Jason Hickel
It may not come as a surprise to most of you to hear that capitalism is the root cause of climate change. But if we unpack this a little bit, we see that it's a specific component of capitalism that's...
19 Juli 202258min
The Problem with Economic Thinking with Jonathan Aldred and Elizabeth Popp Berman
The logic of orthodox economic thinking has come to dominate and permeate every aspect of our lives, from the deeply internalized capitalism which shapes our thoughts and hopes and dreams, to policy d...
5 Juli 20221h 18min
A Socialist Perspective on Abortion with Diana Moreno & Jenny Brown
The US Supreme Court has just overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion rights which had set the precedent for almost 50 years, throwing authority over abortion down to the states to deci...
29 Juni 20221h 5min
The Limitations of Black Capitalism with Francisco Perez
There's a broad conflation within our present day capitalist society between the success of individual members of certain oppressed and marginalized groups and their collective success and liberation....
20 Juni 202251min
Decolonizing Conservation with Prakash Kashwan
What if what we thought we knew about environmental conservation is wrong and it's not the ethical and regenerative movement we thought it was? Turns out the philosophy and practices of conservation —...
7 Juni 20221h 5min
Fully Automated Luxury Communism with Zarinah Agnew and Eric Wycoff Rogers
Fully automated luxury communism. Fully automated luxury gay space communism..? Fully automated, queer, neo-decadent, meta-modern communism? Okay so, what does all of that mean? You've probably heard ...
24 Maj 202259min
When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley with Carolyn Chen
More than just a region, Silicon Valley has also become a concept — and what that concept represents means a lot of different things to different people. Some might think of it as a techno-utopian dre...
12 Maj 20221h 9min
