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…
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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…
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…
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
