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Dec 19, 2022 • 1h 17min

Chris of Regrettable Century on the German Conservative Revolution

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Chris is a friend of the show and co-host of Regrettable Century and No Royal Road (with me and his brother Jason).  Chris is also a doctoral student studying Weimar Germany and we discuss the German conservative revolutions.  This will likely be a series.  There are some points where the connection gets spotty.  We apologize for that.Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Branding Design: Djene Bajalan and C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Videos Design: Jason Myles, Dejene Balajan Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeDuality UnpluggedTake a journey with two guys discussing the issues of today in a flowing and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf
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Dec 12, 2022 • 2h 9min

Andrei Migunov on Math, Cybernetics, System Theory and the Left

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Andrei Migunov ( @FelixCowsdorff ) teaches computer science at Drake University. We discuss the various meanings of complexity and system theory, the left reaction to science, logic, math, computational limitations, scientific theory, and much more. Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Branding Design: Djene Bajalan and C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Videos Design: Jason Myles, Dejene Balajan Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeDuality UnpluggedTake a journey with two guys discussing the issues of today in a flowing and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf
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Dec 8, 2022 • 2h 25min

M.C. Toussaint on Green Socialism and Left Media

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.M.C. Toussaint is a producer for This Is Revolution and has worked with Jacobin and Majority Report.  We talk about her journey into socialism through environmentalism and ecology.  Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Branding Design: Djene Bajalan and C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Videos Design: Jason Myles, Dejene Balajan Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeDuality UnpluggedTake a journey with two guys discussing the issues of today in a flowing and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf
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Dec 5, 2022 • 1h 26min

Alex Hochuli Returns to Talk about Lula's Victory and the Brazilian Election

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Alex Hochuli is a co-host of Bunga Cast  and co-author of the "End of the End of History."  We discuss the situation in Brazil, anglophone left narratives about it, and why we should be happy Lula won but temper our expectations. Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Branding Design: Djene Bajalan and C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Videos Design: Jason Myles, Dejene Balajan Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeDuality UnpluggedTake a journey with two guys discussing the issues of today in a flowing and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf
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Dec 1, 2022 • 1h 35min

Beatrice Alder-Bolton On Health Communism and Disability

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Beatrice Adler-Bolton is the co-host of Death Panel podcast and the co-author of Health Communism. We talk about the limits of current left thinking around health and disability, the problems of illness and socialism, and how Marxian analysis in health care leads to some surprising conclusions.   Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Branding Design: Djene Bajalan and C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Videos Design: Jason Myles, Dejene Balajan Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeDuality UnpluggedTake a journey with two guys discussing the issues of today in a flowing and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf
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Nov 28, 2022 • 2h 19min

Daniel Tutt Interrogates Nietzsche

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Daniel Tutt is a philosopher with a focus on Lacanian psychoanalytic theory and Marxist thought. Founder of Study Groups in Psychoanalysis and Politics. He is the author of Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family: The Crisis of Initiation with the Palgrave Lacan Series and an Adjunct Professor of philosophy at George Washington University, Marymount University, and elsewhere. He is the host of Jouissance Vampires.Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Branding Design: Djene Bajalan and C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Videos Design: Jason Myles, Dejene Balajan Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeDuality UnpluggedTake a journey with two guys discussing the issues of today in a flowing and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf
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Nov 21, 2022 • 1h 25min

Tim DiMuzio on Interest Rates, Inflation, and Carbon Capital

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.This episode is part of a partnership between Varn Vlog and Strange Matters Magazine. Tim DiMuzio  is an Associate Professor in International Relations and Critical Politcial Economy at the University of Wollongong, Australia. .  Previous to this role he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Excellence in Global Governance Research at the University of Helsinki, Finland.  He has taught at a number of Universities including Oxford, York University, Trent University, and the University of Western Ontario. His recent article on Do Interest Rate Hikes Worsen Inflation? at Strange Matters is referenced in this episode.  Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Branding Design: Djene Bajalan and C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Videos Design: Jason Myles, Dejene Balajan Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeDuality UnpluggedTake a journey with two guys discussing the issues of today in a flowing and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf
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Nov 17, 2022 • 2h 43min

Conan Neutron Returns to Talk About Culture Now

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Conan Neutron (@conanneutron) of Protonic Reversal podcast, Movie Night Extravaganza,  and the band, Conan Neutron and His Secret Friends returns.  We talk about his tour; we talk about his new ep; we talk comics; we talk post covid politics. Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Branding Design: Djene Bajalan and C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Videos Design: Jason Myles, Dejene Balajan Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeDuality UnpluggedTake a journey with two guys discussing the issues of today in a flowing and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf
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Nov 14, 2022 • 2h 40min

Jason Myles of This is Revolution returns to Woodstock 99 and Nu Metal, Part 2

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.We discuss an article by Jason Myles on the legacy of Woodstock.  Jason Myles is the primary host of This Is Revolution and a musician with Bitterlake.  We discuss rock and roll and politics but veer off to talk about Jason's new show on TIR about pop culture, film, and music as well as the way politics and media culture have subordinated each other. Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Branding Design: Djene Bajalan and C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Videos Design: Jason Myles, Dejene Balajan Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeDuality UnpluggedTake a journey with two guys discussing the issues of today in a flowing and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf
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Nov 10, 2022 • 1h 53min

Colin Dodds, author of Pharoni, on his novel and post-covid literature

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Colin Dodds is a writer with several books to his name, including Ms. Never and Windfall. He grew up in Massachusetts and lived in California briefly, before finishing his education in New York City. Since then, he’s made his living as a journalist, editor, copywriter, and video producer. His work has appeared in Gothamist, The Washington Post, and more than three hundred other publications, and has been praised by luminaries such as David Berman and Norman Mailer. Colin’s short films have been selected by festivals around the world and he once built a twelve-foot-high pyramid out of PVC pipe, plywood, and zip ties. Forget This Good Thing I Just Said, a first-of-its-kind literary and philosophical experience (the book was named a finalist for the Big Other Book Award for Nonfiction) is now available as an app for the iPhone. He lives in New York City, with his wife and children. You can find his work here.We talk about the culture of art and writing, writing post-production of novels, the limitations of the publishing market, his most recent novel, and more. An Essay about how Colin wrote Pharoni.A pair of excerpts from the novel: Harry and the Hidden City, and an Excerpt from Pharoni Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeDuality UnpluggedTake a journey with two guys discussing the issues of today in a flowing and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf

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