Fabio Vighi joins the Malinformation channel as Sublation Media prepares to publish his next book: Emergency Capitalism: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy this year. In this episode Fabio critiques Slavoj Zizek's Capitalist Realism and describes how Blackrock is controlling and destroying the economy. Support Sublation Media on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap ..read more

Jack Ross, author of "The Strange Death of American Exceptionalism," discusses the ideas in his book with Ashley Frawley. Jack goes slowly through the history and his own influences and antecdents as he explains how he's dropped the idea that "before their can be a decent left we need a decent right" and has instead embraced the more pessimistic notion that we have to start by rebuilding the "concept of the left."  Preorder the Death of American Exceptionslism https://sublationmedia.com/product/the-strange-death-of-american-exceptionalism/ Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/diet ..read more

Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain respond to Midwestern Marxism's criticisms of the Frankfurt School and discuss Briahna Joy Gray's misstatements regarding the Twitter Files. Join us for a Second Hour on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/102008116 Support Us on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap ..read more

Chris Cutrone discusses the third essay in his "Why Not Trump" series in the context of a US election wherein all sides are abandoning the constitutional order. Lawfare, the power of the executive, impeachments, and a many other topics are discussed in this episode of the Cutronezone.  Buy The Death of the Millennial Left https://sublationmedia.com/product/the-death-of-the-millennial-left-interventions-2006-2022/ Support Sublation Media on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap ..read more

Kyle Baasch is a doctoral candidate in comparative literature at the University of Minnesota and the author of the essay “Too Late for ‘Late Capitalism’” for Compact Magazine. In this episode of Diet Soap we discuss how the idea of "Late Capitalism" has changed and perhaps been emptied out of content over time.  Too Late for Late Capitalism by Kyle Baasch https://www.compactmag.com/article/too-late-for-late-capitalism/ Support Sublation Media on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap ..read more

Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss how postmodernism lingers on in a political form, and how the remnants of the socialist left might find its way back to politics. Topics included: David Shields' documentary, the 2024 US election and Trump, the Strange Death of the American Creed, and can we feel good when things are this bad?  Join Us for a Second Hour on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/more-fake-101568924 Support Us on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap ..read more

Fabio Vighi joins the Sublation channel as we are publishing his next book: Emergency Capitalism: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy this year. In this new series Fabio will help viewers keep track of the underlying economic conditions that are shaping our world in a time of emergency. Given the nature of these conversations only the first half of these shows will be available on YouTube. This podcast version of the show includes the entire conversation ..read more

Arturo Desimone writings on politics and culture has appeared in CounterPunch, Compact, openDemocracy, the Fortnightly Review, and Sublation Magazine. From 2018 to 2021 he was a co-founding member of the "Peace and International Policy" a subdivision of the "Democracy in Europe Movement" which concerned itself with the movement's critiques of EU foreign policy and security issues. In this episode of Diet Soap Arturo discusses the meaning of Yanis Varoufakis.  ..read more

This interview with Volodymyr Ishchenko explores the fate of the left in Ukraine. Ishchenko was born in Ukraine in 1982. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, Jacobin and the New Left Review. His book "Towards the Abyss: Ukraine from Maidan to War" was published by Verso in February of 2024.  Support Sublation Media on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap ..read more

Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss criticisms of the WPATH files and the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the TikTok ban).  Join us for a Second Hour in the Parrot Room on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/more-on-tik-tok-100665450 Support Sublation Media on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap ..read more