Diego Ruzzarin, philosopher and expert in Spinoza, Marx, Benjamin, discusses materialism, religion, consciousness and ideologies in this engaging podcast. Topics include Nietzsche's perspective on values and religion, Spinoza's God and Marxism, semiotics and the dialectic inversion of Christianity, ontological incompleteness, limits of capitalism, and exploitation of individuals. Explore the interplay between social and economic circumstances on individual lives, as well as the role of corn in Latin America and epigenetics.

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Brace yourselves for two and a half hours focused on Lacan's psychoanalytic method. We are joined partway through by Director/Auteur Richard Ledes, who has brought Lacan to the silver screen in a film we're proud to hype up: ADIEU LACAN.   To watch the film, (which is pretty safely the only decent depiction of psychoanalysis we've ever seen) you can find it on Amazon and Apple in English, or go to https://www.richardledes.com/films to watch it in other langauges.   If you enjoy our content, help us keeping making it by sharing, algo-boosting, rating or joining our Patreon to get the other half of the episodes https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills @plasticpills @victorbruzzone @podpill @ledesr

We turn our attention to the ur myth of civilizational collapse... and accidentally find political philosophy. Ah well. Get the other half of our episodes and support our continued efforts at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

Diego Ruzzarin, expert on Communism in Latin America, discusses soccer economics, psychoanalysis, leftist ideologies, and challenges faced by left-leaning leaders. They explore the concept of property in leftist ideology and the contrast between utopia for the wealthy and dystopia for the 99%. The podcast also delves into human nature, communism, and the importance of property ownership. Finally, the episode touches on passing laws in Mexico and previews an upcoming live event on Ibero-fonia.

Former young conservative, Matthew Sitman, joins the podcast to discuss the intellectual right's fascination with Straussian philosophy and its connection to American right's current political projects. They explore Leo Strauss' influence on American conservatism, the seductiveness of Straussianism, and the challenges faced by intellectuals in getting funding for their work. They also delve into the extent to which the right wing will push their agenda, the frustrations with purity politics on the left, and the erosion of public goods and the common good.

We have another heated discussion on the sense and meaning of the word "communism," this time from a Heideggerian communist. Get all the goods at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

This week we read the article by Susan Buck-Morss "The Second Time as Farce... Historical Pragmatics and the Untimely Present" from, again, The Idea of Communism https://amzn.to/3xZJjMw  All of our episodes and extra content are available for an inconsequential contribution to our group project at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

This is our first in the reading series on the Idea of Communism conferences, covering Alain Badiou.   Our readings will come from The Idea of Communism I https://amzn.to/3xZJjMw, The Idea of Communism II https://amzn.to/3OkDYVd, and The Idea of Communism III https://amzn.to/3b8e3lb   Join up with us on Patreon to get all of the upcoming episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills