The Deprogram

Isaac Zale, the political YouTuber behind Overzealots and co-host of No Politik Here, joins a sharp conversation on Zionist propaganda, online Israel defenders, and the myths surrounding the two-state solution. They examine Israel as a settler-colonial project, debate-bro talking points, Islamophobia, preemptive strikes, and competing visions for Palestine’s future.

A historical deep dive into Kim Il-sung’s early life, his family’s anti-Japanese activism, and Korea’s brutal colonial occupation. The discussion follows the March 1st Movement, the spread of Marxism, underground organizing, and the rise of armed resistance. It also examines enduring Western myths portraying Kim Il-sung as an impostor or puppet.

Radhika Desai, a University of Manitoba political studies professor and Marxist scholar, explores geopolitical economy, imperialism, and capitalism. She examines America’s deindustrialization and political crisis, neoliberalism’s symbolic politics, China’s development, AI and platform polarization, and the limits of Western military power. The conversation closes on monopoly capitalism, socialist transformation, and the prospects of a multipolar world.

A gripping look at the 1831 Southampton County uprising led by Nat Turner. The discussion explores life under chattel slavery, the systems of patrols and terror that enforced it, Turner’s early life and religious visions, and the clandestine planning behind the revolt. It also examines the rebellion’s geography, logistics, collective resistance, and the many unnamed people who helped make it possible.

A new media critique series begins by investigating who owns, funds, and shapes the modern press. The discussion examines Visegrad 24’s conservative networks, viral content strategy, and evolution from Central European nationalism to outspoken support for Ukraine and Israel. It also explores how civilizational rhetoric links migration, empire, geopolitics, and class into one sweeping worldview.

A lively pre-show chat about food, Poland, technology, and screen time leads into Lenin’s final years. The discussion traces his relentless work ethic, assassination injuries, recurring strokes, neurological decline, and the detailed autopsy that followed his death. It also examines theories about his illness, the preservation of his body and brain, and what modern medicine might have changed.

Breht O’Shea, a Marxist educator and creator of Revolutionary Left Radio, discusses his forthcoming book and a bold synthesis of Marxism, Buddhism, existentialism, and virtue ethics. They explore political burnout, mortality, inner transformation, non-attachment, revolutionary discipline, sectarianism, socialist organizing, electoral momentum, and the connection between personal liberation and collective struggle.

Armed coal miners, company towns, private strike police, and a deadly courthouse assassination set the stage for Appalachia’s largest labor uprising. The story follows Matewan, the miners’ march, and the Battle of Blair Mountain, where trenches, machine guns, and aircraft turned a strike into open warfare against American workers. It also explores class solidarity, union resistance, and the struggle over who controls productive power.

Explore Grenada’s journey from Indigenous communal societies to colonial conquest, plantation slavery, and enduring class divisions. The discussion follows Fedon’s Rebellion, emancipation’s limits, the rise and decline of sugar, and the island’s revolutionary tradition, framing Grenada as a powerful cautionary tale of colonialism and socialist change.

They define scientific Marxism and historical materialism for the 21st century. Discussion covers imperialism as capitalism's highest stage and why revolutions often arise in the global periphery. They debate disciplined revolutionary organization, democratic centralism, and limits of electoralism. The conversation ends with recommended readings and a call to build organized, theory-driven movements.