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The Regrettable Century

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Jun 5, 2025 • 13min

Patreon Preview -- Boundless and Bottomless Bonus: Updates On Pessimism

The dudes are back, although Sean couldn't join for this episode. Jason and Varn talk about some of the logic here, the limits of trying to pin down conservatism right now, and why politics is so frustrating. No, we didn't speak much about Dugin... but we are doing this to remind everyone that we will.Send us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show
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May 28, 2025 • 22min

Patreon Preview -- The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy by Otto Bauer: Regrettable Book Club (Episode X)

The gang takes on the first half of Chapter 7 of Bauer's analysis of the concept of the nation...Follow Along Here:https://libcom.org/article/question-nationalities-and-social-democracy-otto-bauer Send us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show
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May 26, 2025 • 2h 5min

From Dawn to Decadence (Part IV) With Varn Vlog

The boys and Varn Vlog are back again, for the long-awaited return to our series talking about "Decadence Theory." This week, the boys respond to a response to the ICC's pamphlet on decadence theory. The article we read and discussed was published by Aufheben and is titled The Theory of Decline or the Decline of Theory. Decadence: The Theory of Decline or the Decline of Theory? Part Varn VlogSend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show
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May 20, 2025 • 1h 27min

Trump's America and the Working Class Fightback (Crossposted From the For a New Republic podcast)

We recently went on the For a New Republic podcast to talk about Trump, fascism, and rebuilding the workers' movement in the United States. For a New Republic is the official podcast of Éirígí For A New Republic, an Irish socialist republican party that seeks the reunification of Ireland and the establishment of a workers' republic. Éirígí For A New RepublicFor a New Republic PodcastSend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show
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May 19, 2025 • 11min

PATREON PREVIEW: Regrettable Geopolitics 05/17/2025

Hungary vs Ukraine, Iran Nuke Proposal, Why Trump Declared Victory Over the Houthis, Chinese Jets Better than Euro's?, Istanbul Clown Show, Ukraine's Lost War of Attrition Continues...Send us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show
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May 12, 2025 • 1h 14min

The Ever Present Present: The Long Now and the Cancellation of the Future

This week we return to an always prescient question: What happened to the future? What Lies Ahead?https://jacobin.com/2023/01/slavoj-zizek-time-future-history-catastrophe-emancipation  Mark Fisher’s Specters of Scarcityhttps://jacobin.com/2025/01/mark-fisher-neoliberalism-acid-communism ‘Culture has lost the ability to grasp the present’https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/mark-fisher-ghosts-retromania/How the pandemic messed with our perception of timehttps://www.vox.com/science/23823507/pandemic-memory-time-perception-lockdown Send us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show
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May 11, 2025 • 10min

PATREON PREVIEW: Regrettable Geopolitics 05/09/2025

Habemus Papam, Al Qaeda 🤝France, Trump Owned by Xi, Trump Owned by Houthis, Trump Owned by Bibi, Pakistan vs India, China 🤝 Russia, Ukraine's Very Bleak Strategic Assessment...Send us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show
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May 5, 2025 • 12min

PATREON PREVIEW: Regrettable Geopolitics 05/02/2025

Trump/Zelensky Meeting, Minerals Deal, US Arms Sales to Ukraine, Superhornet Down!, North Korean Troops in Kursk, Russian Gains in AprilSend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show
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Apr 30, 2025 • 1h 30min

The Stumbling God Emperor (or the 100 Days of Gomorrah)

The boys got together to take a look at the first 100 days of Trump's presidency. We talk about inept bumbling, cruelty, misery, war, and how it's still not fascism. Jacobin: This Is America by Daniel Bessner The Nation: The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals by Jeet HeerSend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show
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Apr 28, 2025 • 10min

PATREON PREVIEW: Regrettable Geopolitics 04/24/2025

Trump Talks Truce, Iran Nuclear Deal, What's the Point of the EU?, Don't Bluff China, Sumy Missile Strike, Russia Rolls OnSend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show

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