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The Diet Soap podcast began in 2009 in response to the economic crisis of 2008. Since then it has gone through many transformations, including becoming the podcast for a critical theory imprint out of the UK. Today the Diet Soap podcast is running under its original name for Sublation Media.Sublation Media includes a book publishing effort for critical theory and left politics, a magazine that covers current events and theoretical issues, youtube videos on theory and politics, and finally the Diet Soap podcast. The podcast is where we continue to interrogate the left and each other while having a good time.

Diet Soap - a podcast Douglas Lain

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The Diet Soap podcast began in 2009 in response to the economic crisis of 2008. Since then it has gone through many transformations, including becoming the podcast for a critical theory imprint out of the UK. Today the Diet Soap podcast is running under its original name for Sublation Media.Sublation Media includes a book publishing effort for critical theory and left politics, a magazine that covers current events and theoretical issues, youtube videos on theory and politics, and finally the Diet Soap podcast. The podcast is where we continue to interrogate the left and each other while having a good time.

    A Human Solution for Palestine?

    A Human Solution for Palestine?

    Ron Kelch and Urszula Wislanka are members of the Marxist Humanist group News and Letters. In this episode of Diet Soap they discuss Franklin Dmitryev's essay Israel’s war and Hamas attack stoke retrogression.Essay "Israel’s war and Hamas attack stoke retrogression" by Franklin Dmitryevhttps://newsandletters.org/israels-war-and-hamas-attack-stoke-retrogression/Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

    • 51 min
    Free To Be You And Me?

    Free To Be You And Me?

    Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss the struggle for civil liberties after the WPATH (World Professional Association of Transgender Health) document leak. How do we defend our civil rights and civil liberties even as we address the revelations that "gender affirming care" is more dangerous than previously believed and may amount to medical malpractice? This podcast features Meghan Murphy and Andrew Doyle as guests.

    • 1 hr 16 min
    Trump, Presidents, and the American Revolution

    Trump, Presidents, and the American Revolution

    The Last Marxist Chris Cutrone discusses the meaning of the American Revolution, Trump remaining on the ballot, the branches of government, and the meaning of socialism. Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

    • 1 hr 12 min
    Putin's Brain and the War in Ukraine

    Putin's Brain and the War in Ukraine

    Conrad Hamilton explores the anti-imperialist quasi Fascism in Dugin's thought and the history that shaped "Putin's Brain."Support Us on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoapRead an Excerpt from Hamilton's Essayhttps://www.sublationmag.com/post/dugin-s-postmodern-denial-of-realityPurchase Conrad Hamiilton's Full Essay/Pamphlethttps://www.sublationmedia.com/product-page/research-project-pamphlet-10-the-apostate-fascism-of-alexander-dugin

    • 1 hr 12 min
    Debating Marx's Theory of History (ft Sean Sayers and Steve Paxton)

    Debating Marx's Theory of History (ft Sean Sayers and Steve Paxton)

    Originally Uploaded October 21, 2021Sean Sayers is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kent. He has written extensively on Hegelian and Marxist philosophy from a Hegelian Marxist perspective. In April of 2020, he appeared on the Zero Books channel in order to discuss his criticism of GA Cohen, an analytic philosopher, and Marxist. Since then Steve Paxton, who is the author of Unlearning Marx (a book that came out in January of 2021 from Zero Books), has made it known through Twitter that he believes Sayer’s criticisms of Cohen has some flaws.Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

    • 1 hr 3 min
    Theory Underground and Learning from Heidegger, Marx, Hegel, & Zizek

    Theory Underground and Learning from Heidegger, Marx, Hegel, & Zizek

    David McKerracher from Theory Underground describes his book "TIMEENERGY: Why You Have No Time or Energy" and discusses left philosophy with Douglas LainSupport Us on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoapTIMENERGY on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/TIMENERGY-Why-Have-Time-Energy/dp/B0CH28JL4NTIMENERGY on TheoryUndergroundhttps://theoryunderground.com/product/timenergy-bulk/

    • 1 hr 3 min

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