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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.
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Jörg Pohl is an actor in Germany and a director of politically progressive plays. In this interview for Avant Art, Pohl discusses Lukacs and his criticisms of expressionism. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Chris Cutrone joins Douglas Lain to reexamine the meaning of "socialism" and how the term is misunderstood today. They explore the difference between anti-capitalism and socialism. Support Sublation Media: https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Ralph Leonard joins Douglas Lain to discuss Ralph's recent essay for Compact entitled: "When Britain Ended Birthright Citizenship" Link to Compact: "When Britain Ended Birthright Citizenship" by Ralph Leonard https://www.compactmag.com/article/when-britain-ended-birthright-citizenship/ Support Sublation Media: https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Jörg Pohl is an actor and director living in Germany. He has been a member of the Thalia Theatre ensemble since 2009, and in this episode of Avant Art, he leads a discussion on the work of the Russian director Vsevolod Meyerhold. Support Sublation Media: https://patreon.com/dietsoap
In this episode of the Cutrone Zone, Chris takes on the pedagogical task of reassessing what class politics are, what they were, and what they might be. He recapitulates two essays by Theodor Adorno: Imaginative Excesses: https://platypus1917.org/wp-content/uploads/readings/adorno_imaginativeexcesses.pdf Late Capitalism or Industrial Society? https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/adorno/1968/late-capitalism.htm Support Sublation Media: https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss Cutrone's essay: "Was Lenin PMC?" In this podcast, they discuss how James Burnham's work on the managerial revolution and his conservatism infected and directed left discourse. Was Lenin PMC? by Chris Cutrone https://www.sublationmag.com/post/was-lenin-pmc-how-elite-theory-doesn-t-fit-the-movement-for-socialism Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
In this episode of the Spencer Leonard Hour, the professor of Marxism discusses why commies prefer the French Revolution to the American Revolution. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Jim Igor, aka The Perfect Wagnerite, discusses the contradictions and revolutionary potential of Wagner's operas. He argues that Wagner represents both the ambition towards freedom and the self-defeat of the bourgeois revolution. Support Sublation Media: https://patreon.com/dietsoap
In this CutroneZone, the Last Marxist evaluates the political significance of the rise of the DSA candidates in the Democratic Party. What does this mean for the left at it's future? Support Sublation Media: https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Christopher Norris discusses his contribution to the 2007 collection "Adventures in Realism" entitled "Realism and Anti-Realism in Contemporary Philosophy: What's Truth Got to Do With It?" Rather than rehearse the philosophical arguments in the paper, Doug discusses the political import of analytic philosophy and realism. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
In this episode of the CutroneZone, everyone's favorite contrarian discusses the meaning of the MOU, Israel's future decline, and the contemporary moment of post-neoliberalism. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Werner Rügemer discusses his book "Fatal Friendship: First Phase: From World War I to II." From the book jacket: Rising US capitalism presented itself to the world with freedom, democracy, and prosperity. However, the practices of America First-genocide, labor exploitation, and warlike plunder of foreign property-were merely modernized. The First World War became the first major global business venture, making allies dependent. After the war, US corporations invested in Western Europe. Mussolini was showered with loans. US corporations supplied Franco and equipped the German Wehrmacht for a war against Russia. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
As we approach the Semiquincentennial of the American Revolution, Spencer Leonard reflects on why we seem to be forgetting what it means. Spencer is a collaborator on the Sublation Media film in production now: Forgetting The American Revolution. Support Sublation Media: https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Why must art be either avant-garde or Kitsch today? What could count as avant-garde art today? Should today's critics examine the formal techniques involved in the production of Kitsch? Is that all there is? Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
The Last Marxist Chris Cutrone responds to his critics and to the defenders of Gabriel Rockhill. He also argues for the necessity of individual thought and a willingness to critique and oppose the majority. Support Sublation Media https:patreon.com/dietsoap
Chris Knight is a political activist and the author of the book "Decoding Chomsky: Science and Revolutionary Politics." In this episode of Diet Soap, Knight discusses Chomsky's legacy, his role within the military industrial complex, and the meaning of the Epstein scandal. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss their new film entitled "The Last Election." Film description: In 1992, the dissident writer Douglas Lain ran a rubber goldfish for president and declared himself a surrealist. In 2024, he took a group of young Marxists to both the RNC and the DNC. This film is the result. Purchase the Film: The Last Election: https://www.patreon.com/posts/last-election-158717862 Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Rudi Greiser and Douglas Lain discuss the various approaches to acting that have developed in the West. How should a new Avant Garde, a new Expansivist Realist theatre, understand the history of and techniques deployed by actors. Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Chris Cutrone discusses how China fits into the Global Capitalist order and how we should understand the way the world works today. Support Sublation Media: https://patreon.com/dietsoap
Ethiopia’s Pentay are among the largest evangelical communities in the world, having grown from about 5% of the population in the 1980s to roughly a quarter today. M Rowton's essay "White Fields" in Sublation Magazine presents an expansive realist understanding of the Pentay movement. White Fields by M. Rowton https://www.sublationmag.com/post/white-fields Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap
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