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Host Francesca Amiker sits down with directors Joe and Anthony Russo, producer Angela Russo-Otstot, stars Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, and more to uncover how family was the key to building the emotional core of The Electric State . From the Russos’ own experiences growing up in a large Italian family to the film’s central relationship between Michelle and her robot brother Kid Cosmo, family relationships both on and off of the set were the key to bringing The Electric State to life. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts . State Secrets: Inside the Making of The Electric State is produced by Netflix and Treefort Media.…

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How Left is Heavy Metal?: David Burke talks to Mike Watson and Bram E Gieben 1:20:56

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Revol Press present a conversation and metal and the left. They will publish a compendium entitled What's Left of Metal? in late 2025. Editors: David Burke, Mike Watson Authors: Ben Burgis, Thomas Cardwell, Tee Coles, Chris DeMarcus, Holly Royle, Lars Lindemann, Daniel Lukes, Evan Martin-Casler, Ignacio Moreno Fluxà, Jason Myles, Alessandro Rolandi, Jen Sicka, Eric Smialek, Melissa Vincent, Clara Wanning…

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Is Liberal Socialism Achievable in These Hard Times:? With Matt McManus (Theorize and be Damned: Ep. 7) 1:06:16

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Matt McManus talks to Bram E. Gieben on liberal Socialism in illiberal times. Matt's The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism is out now: https://www.routledge.com/The-Political-Theory-of-Liberal-Socialism/McManus/p/book/9781032647234 Support Revol Press at: https://www.revolpress.com/ And: https://www.patreon.com/c/revolpress…

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Is an Anti Capitalist Wellbeing Possible?: Mike Watson talks to Eliot Rosenstock (Theorize and be Damned: Ep. 6) 1:23:55

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Mike Watson talks to Eliot Rosenstock about Addiction and Capitalism. Hosted by Bram E. Gieben. Buy Mike's book here: https://www.revolpress.com/hungry-ghosts-in-the-machine Theorize and be Damned is a Podcast of Revol Press. Revol Press Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/revolpress

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Love, Magic and Capitalism with Rob Faure Walker (Theorize and be Damned: Ep. 5) 1:16:55

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Mike Watson and Bram E. Gieben talk to Rob Faure Walker, author of Love and the Market: How to Recover from the Enlightenment and Survive the Current Crisis. Buy Love and the Market from Bristol University Press here: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/love-and-the-market Pre-order Bram and Mike's books here: https://www.revolpress.com/ Follow Revol Press on Instagram: @revol_press About Rob Faure Walker Formerly a teacher in North and East London, Rob was drawn into politics as a teachers' union rep. He has since worked to oppose the Government's promotion of Islamophobia via the Prevent Counter Terrorism Strategy. A process described in his first book The Emergence of "Extremism" (Bloomsbury 2021). In recent years, he has worked at SOAS and at UCL to develop strategies to oppose the propagation of anti-intellectual faux-research by Government aligned think tanks. This has involved developing communications training for academics and designing communications strategies to deliver genuine academic research to Westminster. His latest book Love and the Market develops a post-Marxist 'loving critique' of the market economy. He now works as an ecotherapist, developing people's loving connection with nature as a way of healing us and nature from the multiple crises of modernity.…

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Adam Turl: Gothic Futurism -- Revolutionary Art and the Working Class (Theorize and be Damned: Ep.4) 1:09:05

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Mike Watson and Bram Gieben interview Adam Turl, writer of the forthcoming Gothic Futurism: And the Working Class (2025, from Revol Press). See details on that book here: https://www.revolpress.com/gothic-futurism See Locus Review here: https://www.locustreview.com Support Revol Press at our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/revolpress Adam Turl is an artist and writer living in southern Illinois in the United States. They are an editor at Locust Review, a co-host of the Locust Radio podcast, and are working on an ongoing visual and conceptual art project, the Born Again Labor Museum, with their partner Tish Turl. They are a member of the Southern Illinois Democratic Socialists of America (SIDSA). In the 2010s, they were part of the editorial collective for Red Wedge Magazine.…

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Matt McManus: Right Wing Radicalism - It's Dangerous (Theorize and be Damned: Ep. 3) 1:17:30

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We spoke to Matt McManus about the dangers of the Radical right wing, covering Trumpianism, Dostoyevsky, Nietzsche, and much more along the way. We also asked Matt about his writing process, gaining valuable insights into his approach. You can find his book The Political Right and Equality (Routledge) here: https://www.routledge.com/The-Political-Right-and-Equality-Turning-Back-the-Tide-of-Egalitarian-Modernity/McManus/p/book/9781032310831 Matt McManus is a Lecturer at the University of Michigan and the author of The Political Right and Equality (Routledge), The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism, a How Too Guide to Cosmopolitan Socialism, amongst other books. Subscribe to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/104060602 Check out our books here: www.revolpress.com…

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Theorize and be Damned: Episode 2 -- Fisher, The Limit Experience & Online Culture w/Emma Stamm 1:19:45

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We talk to Emma Stamm about Mark Fisher, the Limit Experience, Digital Capitalism, internet culture and more. Here are the links to the articles discussed: https://reallifemag.com/who-can-it-be-now/ https://social-epistemology.com/2022/04/18/curiosity-and-anti-economy-a-response-to-florian-jaton-emma-stamm/ http://www.ladeleuziana.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Stamm.pdf Subscribe to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/104060602Check out our books here: www.revolopress.com Emma Stamm is an Assistant Professor of Science and technology studies at Farmingdale State College-SUNY. Her fields are Critical Theory and Science and Technology Studies. Her research comprises integrative analyses of digitally mediated communication and psychedelic drug experience as catalysts of knowledge about human life.…

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Theorize and be Damned: Episode 1 -- The Darkest Timeline with Bram E. Gieben 1:24:05

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Revol Books launch their Theorize and be Damned podcast with a chat with Bram E. Gieben about his forthcoming book The Darkest Timeline. Preorder Bram's book here: https://linktr.ee/thedarkesttimeline Subscribe to the Revol Press Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/revolpress Revol's Instagram: revol_press Portrait of Bram E. Gieben in thumbnail by Lucy Cheyne…

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Breaking the Spell of Capitalist Realism w/ Locust Review: Irrealist Praxis & Art 1:25:09

il y a 3 years1:25:09

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We talk with Adam and Tish Turl from the Locust Review quarterly. We discuss the founding and purpose of Locust Review, the theory of Critical Irrealism, and their ever-growing installation in The Born Again Labor Museum. Adam and Tish are longtime friends of the acid left so this is a fun episode filled with laughs. We also speculate what a left wing response to Q might be, talk fan fiction, share fever dreams and tips for agitating at the workplace. Support The Acid Left https://www.patreon.com/acidleft https://www.instagram.com/theacidleft https://m.facebook.com/theacidleft Locust Review https://www.locustreview.com/ Call For Submissions!! https://www.locustreview.com/editorial/locust-7-missing-days-call-for-submissions Outro Music by Made in 1985 https://madein1985.bandcamp.com/…

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Frankfurt School Today: #3 Max Ryynänen - Were Benjamin and Adorno too Bourgeois? 1:14:29

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In the third in this series Mike Watson talks to Max Ryynänen asking if the Frankfurt School are too Bourgeois. Max is a tenured Professor at Aalto University in Helsinki and theorist of Aesthetics, where he focuses on excluded and outsider practices. He published On the Philosophy of Central European Art (2020), in which he proposes Nobrow art production as a response to the dichotomy between High and Low brow and the way in which the former co-opts the latter. You can preorder Mike Watson's The Memeing of Mark Fisher: How the Frankfurt School Foresaw Capitalist Realism -- https://www.waterstones.com/book/memeing-of-mark-fisher-the/mike-watson//9781789049336 Follow us: insta: @The Acid Left twitter: @acid_left patreon.com/acidleft…

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Frankfurt School Today: #4 Matt McManus - Is Existentialism Inherently Fascist? 1:03:12

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In the fourth in this series Mike Watson talks to Matt McManus asking if Adorno's criticism of Existentialism in the 'Jargon of Authenticity' was fair. Matt McManus is a Professor of Law and Society at The University of Calgary. He is also the author of... The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism (Palgrave), AND co author of What Is Post-Modern Conservatism?, Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson, both from Zero Books AND A Critical Legal Examination of Liberalism and Liberal Rights (Palgrave 2020). You can preorder Mike Watson's The Memeing of Mark Fisher: How the Frankfurt School Foresaw Capitalist Realism -- https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/memeing-mark-fisher Follow us: insta: @The Acid Left twitter: @acid_left patreon.com/acidleft…

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Rick Roderick: The Father of the Online Left, with Marshall Roderick 1:07:48

il y a 4 years1:07:48

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The Acid Left talk to Marshall Roderick, son of Rick Roderick. As well as following up our campaign to get Roderick republished, we ask what the man was like, what he would have made of Biden and Trump, Lefttube and much more ! You can read Max Roderick's text on Rick Roderick here: http://rickroderick.org/max-roderick/ Subscribe to the Acid Left's Patreon: patreon.com/acidfleft You can find more from the Acid Left here: twitter: @theacidleft insta: @theacidleft facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theacidleft…

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Frankfurt School Today: #2 Douglas Kellner - Marcuse's Great Refusal 1:01:13

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In the second in this series Mike Watson talks to Douglas Kellner, author of several books on Critical Theory including Herbert Marcuse and the Crisis of Marxism, Jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Postmodernism and Beyond, and American Nightmare Donald Trump, Media Spectacle, and Authoritarian Populism. Martin Jay is George Kneller Chair in the Philosophy of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. In September Springer publish Kellner's Technology and Democracy: Toward A Critical Theory of Digital Technologies, Technopolitics, and Technocapitalism. You can preorder Mike Watson's The Memeing of Mark Fisher: How the Frankfurt School Foresaw Capitalist Realism -- https://www.waterstones.com/book/memeing-of-mark-fisher-the/mike-watson//9781789049336 Follow us: insta: @The Acid Left twitter: @acid_left patreon.com/acidleft…

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Frankfurt School Today: #1 Martin Jay - The Splinter in Your Eye 1:12:42

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In this new series Mike Watson talks to Martin Jay, Historian of philosophy and author of several books on the Frankfurt School including the Dialectical Imagination and the recent essay collection Splinters in your Eye. Martin Jay is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Books and Essays Discussed: Martin Jay, Splinters in You Eye -- https://www.versobooks.com/books/3183-splinters-in-your-eye Martin Jay, Trump, Scorsese and the Frankfurt School's theory of the Racket Society -- https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/trump-scorsese-and-the-frankfurt-schools-theory-of-racket-society/ Mike Watson, The Memeing of Mark Fisher: How the Frankfurt School Foresaw Capitalist Realism -- https://www.waterstones.com/book/memeing-of-mark-fisher-the/mike-watson//9781789049336…

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Red Enlightenment with Graham Jones: Materialist Spirituality and Scientific Socialism 1:15:18

il y a 4 years1:15:18