

The Skeptical Leftist Podcast
Cory Johnston
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Promoting critical thinking, social justice, and left wing politics by covering current events and talking to a variety of people. Include the Red Reviews podcast where Justin Clark talks about a book relevent to leftist theory or practice
Promoting critical thinking, social justice, and left wing politics by covering current events and talking to a variety of people. Include the Red Reviews podcast where Justin Clark talks about a book relevent to leftist theory or practice
Episodes
Mentioned books

Jan 6, 2022 • 1h 1min
Interview #43 - He Was Our Man in Washington with Owen Symes
Hey everyone, welcome to another great interview on The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist. This time around I talk to author Owen Symes about his book, He Was Our Man In Washington: A History of the Obama Years. It was a great chat and I’m gonna tell you now that you should go out and buy the book, it’s available at Zero Books and I will make sure to put a link in the show notes.
Buy the book here - https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/he-was-our-man-in-washington
You can get the full show notes here - https://skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com/?p=484
You can become a patron and get longer unedited versions of the show at patreon.com/skepticalleftist
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Jan 4, 2022 • 1h 4min
Interview #42 - China Unraveled with Jason Szeftel
Hey folks, welcome to another great interview on The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist. This time around I talked to Jason Szeftel about China and some of the misunderstandings that people seem to have about the country and its history.
You can find the full shownotes here - https://skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com/?p=473
You can become a patron and get longer unedited versions of the show at patreon.com/skepticalleftist
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Dec 26, 2021 • 1h 4min
Red Reviews #17 - The Minimal Self
Justin and Cory talk about the book The Minimal Self by Christopher Lasch
You can find it here - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393302639
Check the shownotes for Justin's links and links to Cory's other projects. They're available at https://skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com/

Dec 20, 2021 • 42min
Interview #41 - Anarcho-Airsoftism with Bubble
In this episode Cory talks to Bubble, an activist from Dallas, Texas, about the state of the world, being an activist, and training for self defense.
Show notes can be found at https://skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com/
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Nov 25, 2021 • 1h 2min
Red Reviews #16 - Stolen
This time around Justin and Cory discuss the book Stolen by Grace Blakely
You can find that book here
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/606759/stolen-by-grace-blakeley/
Check out the shownotes here - https://skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com/?p=425

Nov 24, 2021 • 1h 18min
Covid Conspiracies and the Far Right w/ Dr. Edwin Hodge
This episode I talked to Dr. Edwin Hodge about the crossover between extremists on the far right and the anti-mask/antivax covid conspiracies.
You can find more from Edwin here
https://www.twitch.tv/sociocalypse
https://sociologyoftheweird.wordpress.com/
Past interviewsI’ve done with Edwin
https://youtu.be/fREcygZKrqY
https://youtu.be/BPpNyb5hdqM
You can find the full show notes here - https://skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com/?p=414

Nov 11, 2021 • 1h 2min
Red Reviews #15 - Two Books on the Russian Revolution
This time around Justin and Cory talk about October by China Mieville and Lenin on the Train by Catherine Merridale and the history of the Russian revolution
You can find the show notes here: https://skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com/?p=391

Nov 8, 2021 • 50min
A Marxist in Kazakhstan with Peace Labor May
In this episode I talk a little bit about an article I saw from the New York Times before talking to May from the Youtube Channel, Peace Labor May. It was a fun chat and I hope you enjoy it
You can find the rest of the shownotes here: https://skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com/?p=383

Oct 27, 2021 • 1h 13min
Red Reviews #14 - The State and Revolution
This time around Justin and Cory talk about The State and Revolution by Vladmir Lenin
You can find the show notes here - https://skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com/?p=355

Oct 25, 2021 • 44min
Examining Jair Bolsonaro with Yanis Iqbal
In this interview Cory talks to Yanis Iqbal about the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro
Shownotes can be found here - https://skepticalleftistpod.wordpress.com/?p=349