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Dec 11, 2024 • 1h 26min

Episode 601: Spencer Leonard asks "Is Capitalism Ending Itself?"

The Sublation Magazine Show will be moving to Mondays starting on the 16th of December as we transition from the era of Ashley Frawley and welcome Benjamin Studebaker as the new co-host. In this Tuesday transition episode, Spencer Leonard and Doug will discuss the ideas of Henryk Grossman, the Marxist radical who believed that capitalism would eventually lead to a terminal crisis. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
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Dec 6, 2024 • 1h 37min

Episode 600: Chris Cutrone on Chris Cutrone

In this episode of the Cutrone Zone Chris discusses how he came to be a target on the left. Why was he pre-canceled in 2013? What is it about him that drives people so crazy? Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap
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Dec 5, 2024 • 1h 40min

Episode 599: Daniel Tutt, Anti-Imperialism, and the Frankfurt School (Horkheimer vs. Losurdo)

Daniel Tutt and Douglas Lain discuss Losurdo's Western Marxism and Postpone's critique of "Anti-Imperialism" in this special edition of Diet Soap. What is the substance of the new "anti-Imperialists"? What is cherry-picking? Was Losurdo charitable enough in his reading of the Frankfurt school?Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap
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Nov 30, 2024 • 1h 4min

Episode 598: Leaving the Left to Find God?

Mir Bal is a former socialist podcaster from Sweden, a former social worker, and a Jesuit. This episode of Diet Soap is from the unpublished archive, and in it, Doug and Mir discuss just why he's left secular life and, with it, the left. Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.con/dietsoap
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Nov 26, 2024 • 1h 4min

Episode 597: The Penultimate Ashley Frawley Episode

In this next to last Ashley Frawley episode of the Sublation Magazine Show we'll discuss Compact Magazine, my recent debate with Ashley's next co-host Geoff Shullenberger, the escalation in Ukraine, and what's next for the Campaign for a Socialist Party.Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap
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Nov 22, 2024 • 1h 1min

Episode 596: The Mass Psychology of Capitalist Politics

Chris Cutrone discusses his essay from Marxism and Politics entitled "The mass psychology of capitalist politics" as well as his essay "Critical authoritarianism." We are all living with the fear of freedom and this leads us to embrace authoritarian solutions to political and social problems. Buy Chris's Book:https://sublationmedia.com/product/marxism-and-politics-essays-on-critical-theory-and-the-party-2006-2024/Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
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Nov 21, 2024 • 1h 1min

Episode 595: Is There a Censorship Industrial Complex?

Compact editor Geoff Shullenberger debates Douglas Lain about what Michael Shellenberger calls "The Censorship Industrial Complex." How bad was it and will it continue (along with the surveillance state) under Trump. Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap
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Nov 14, 2024 • 1h 37min

Episode 594: Trump Won (What now?)

Chris Cutrone discusses the meaning of the Trump victory, how politics really works, and what is coming for the Campaign for the Socialist Party.Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap
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Nov 12, 2024 • 59min

Episode 593: Will There Be A Trumptastic Censorship Industrial Complex?

Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain evaluate the chances for a rollback of the censorship apparatus and point to a few major threats that are flying under the radar. We'll also discuss how to create independent thinking and independent media in a statist society. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
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Oct 29, 2024 • 1h 15min

Episode 592: Avoiding Hysteria in These Final Days

In seven days, America will choose between Fascism and Joy, but how do we know which is which? David Shields joins Douglas Lain and Ashley Frawley to discuss how the Democrats are making their closing arguments against Trump. (And we introduce the return of Sublation Magazine on its own website.)Watch the second hour on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/parroting-chaos-114941879Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

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