The Acid Left

We speak to author Matt McManus and Tuomas Kuusniemi on Nordic and Western welfare models, 'dignity', agency, gaming and art! Matt McManus a Professor of Politics, from Canada, is a Professor of Politics at Whitman College in the USA and has written several books including The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism (Palgrave), What Is Postmodern Conservatism? from Zero Books and A Critical Legal Examination of Liberalism and Liberal Rights also from Palgrave. See recent text here on Jacobin: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/12/ni...​ Tuomas Kuusniemi is a candidate for Vasemmisto, a left of center party in Finland in the upcoming municipal elections in Oulu, in northern Finland. He is involved in YouTubing and twitch streaming on board gaming channels, and in a podcast called Punatulkut which offers ‘left perspectives on the world’. Tuomas's channels: Punatulkut: https://www.youtube.com/punatulkut​ My Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/muadmouse​ Support the Acid Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidleft​ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theacidleft/​ insta: @theacidleft Twitch: twitch.tv/theacidleft

We speak to author Ben Burgis on the importance of narratives from medicare for all, to Q Anon, to Vaush's so called 'Super Capitalism', and the Capitol protest. Ben Burgis is a philosophy professor at Georgia State University Perimeter College and the author of the best-selling "Give Them An Argument: Logic for the Left." MAY 2019 He's a weekly contributor to Jacobin Magazine and hosts the YouTube channel Ben Burgis: Give them an argument He was co author of Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist critique of Jordan Peterson that came out in April 2020 and 'Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left' out on April 30th this year. Bens says buy his books here if you are in the US: https://redemmas.org/books This podcast is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VmKiqdBh9ak Support the Acid Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidleft facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theacidleft/ insta: @theacidleft Twitch: twitch.tv/theacidleft

Post election special with David Blacker, Professor of Philosophy of Education and Legal Studies at the University of Delaware and author of 'What’s Left of the World' AND 'The Falling Rate of Learning and the Neoliberal Endgame' and YouTuber Big Bread Brain, who is a Cultural theorist, multimedia artist, and writer. David Blacker: https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/authors/david-blacker BigBreadBrainz: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrhf3KPOvS4KPLcytvOAGiQ This podcast is now available on Soundcloud, where all future Acid Left podcasts will be found. Support the Acid Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidleft facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theacidleft/ insta: @theacidleft

In this episode we are joined by John Duncan to discuss the anti-woke brigade in particular the UK actor turned right wing politician and bad singer Laurence Fox, whether it’s possible to address one’s own white privilege, celebrity politicians, human rights and neoliberalism, and the role of Scotland in the age of European Empire. John Duncan is studying a PhD at the School of Advanced Study at the University of London. His thesis is on the usefulness of human rights as a tool to mobilise collective action to challenge the neoliberal state. He also has a YouTube channel at JohntheDuncan where he makes videos covering leftist political issues. Born in Scotland, Duncan lives in London but has spent most of the covid lockdown in Scotland.

Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins talk to Conrad Hamilton about Tankies, the online left, Marx, Speculative Realism, and consent. Hamilton is co author of the books Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Petserson and What is PostModern Conservatism. He recently finished writing his PhD thesis entitled Marx Contra Subjectivity under the supervision of Catherine Malabou at Paris VIII. You can find the Kapital Komrades facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/613646239225280 Support the Acid Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidleft facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theacidleft/ insta: @theacidleft

Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins host Brian Francis Culkin. Brian is a writer and film director. He has written over 10 books and directed three films. His books include “On Heroin,” “Postscript on Boxing,” and “The Ayahuasca Dialogues”. He lives and works in the city of Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon where he is involved in plant based diet healing throughhis center, The Way of the Twelve Plants: https://www.12plants.org/ Support the Acid Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidleft facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theacidleft/ insta: @theacidleft

In this episode of The Acid Left podcast hosts Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins talk to artist, meme producer and twitch streamer Joshua Citarella about memes, Cardi B's WAP, Ben Shapiro, Doomer Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. You can read more about Joshua Citarella here: http://joshuacitarella.com/ He streams here: https://www.twitch.tv/joshuacitarella His insta is: @Joshua Citarella Support the Acid Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidleft facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theacidleft/ insta: @theacidleft

Adam Ray Adkins and Mike Watson host Eliot Rosenstock, author of ''Zizek in the Clinic' for the first 'The Acid Left' Podcast. They speak about Zizek, LSD, Lacanian and Freudian analysis, Mark Fisher, mental health, and sobriety. Support the Acid Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidleft facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theacidleft/ insta: @theacidleft

Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins host Dr. James Cooke, Neuroscientist, writer & speaker, who focuses on consciousness, meditation, psychedelic states, science and spirituality. You can see more about Dr. James Cooke's work here: https://www.drjamescooke.com/ Support the Acid Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidleft facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theacidleft/ insta: @theacidleft

Mike Watson, Adam Ray Adkins and Terry Tapp Host Matt McManus, author of The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism (Palgrave). Matt is also co author of What Is Post-Modern Conservatism?, and Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson, both from Zero Books. Support the Acid Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidleft facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theacidleft/ insta: @theacidleft