The Boys Figure Out Which Marxist Tendency is...

This week's bonus episode is the second and last part of our close read close read of a 2021 article from Current Affairs titled What Is Fascism—And Why the Definition Matters by Abel Sterling. We found some merit in this article and decided it would form the basis of a good disc ...  Show more

This week, the boys got together to finish the discussion about what appears to be a massive shift in the way the global system is ordered. Will it be better? Likely not. Will it present opportunities for rupture? Hopefully. Why Is There No Antiwar Movement in the US? https://jac ...  Show more

We look at TV's history and its impact on politics from the beginning. One of my first episodes, perhaps the second. As we approach the 15th anniversary of My History Can Beat Up Your Politics, worth a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Now that we've completed our journey through the primary sources, it's time to reflect on all we've covered. We search for insights, not just about the umma's social evolution, but also how it remembers its own history. Thank you for listening! 

The coronavirus is on the rise again so in this episode I talk a bit about the news recently.

A short trailer to introduce a new series of talks by David Runciman. In a series of twelve podcasts, he explores some of the most important thinkers and prominent ideas lying behind modern politics – from Hobbes to Gandhi, from democracy to patriarchy, from revolution to lock do ...  Show more