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gradenko_2000
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GalacticAcid posted:

It's in the OP but seconding that yes, Citations Needed rules.

their takedown of Ken Burns's Vietnam was especially tasty

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gradenko_2000
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KomradeX posted:

What episode did they do that in?

this latest one

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platzapS posted:

I like communist theory and hate "fun" morning zoo poo poo, so Tampa-based Swampside Chats is my favorite. Once in a while they use a sound effect or tell a joke and I get angry until they start more dry speculation on Lenin.

E: Their news roundups are meh, but their discussions of classic Marxist texts are useful.

I tried an episode and I had no idea what they were talking about. What is "left communism"? I looked it up on wikipedia and got even more confused. Can someone dumb it down for me?

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Mecha Gojira posted:

Actually, their newest episode is about how editorial boards at the major "liberal" newspapers basically exist to perpetuate the status quo, which includes our favorite Forever War.

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I know that worker co-ops already currently exist IRL, but do they operate at a "natural" disadvantage to regular capitalist enterprise? I keep thinking that of course a sweatshop is going to produce at a lower cost via externalities and worker exploitation.

gradenko_2000
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Serf's Illenials podcast did a Star Wars episode too

gradenko_2000
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is the story of the dude that carried the ice cream maker out of Cloud City still canon?

gradenko_2000
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the X-Wing series was good

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Annual Prophet posted:

Probably the OP isn't being edited at this point but here's another plug for Revolutionary Left Radio
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/revolutionary-left-radio/id1218054701?mt=2

I appreciate this suggestion, thank you! Their latest episode on leftism vs liberalism is illuminating

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Yossarian-22 posted:

What's the best leftie podcast for normies who aren't that political? Trying to proselytize atm

Economic Update

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net work error posted:

I like listening to Zero Squared even though I'm not smart enough to really keep up with the conversations most of the time.

this, but Swampside Chats.

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Serf posted:

boy the unlocked episode of struggle session where they discuss black panther is a mess.

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I tried listening to Dead Pundits Society, because one of their hosts, Aimee Terese, was on Rev Left Podcast's episode where she did a good takedown of Sam Harris, Steven Pinker, and Jordan Peterson.

Their latest episode was on what does democratic socialism actually mean, and I kinda gave up on the ep after both their guest speaker and the host began with and ran with the assertion that democratic socialism might not work in Kentucky and the Midwest, compared to the "Brooklyn socialism" of someone like Alexandra Ocasio Cortez, while also citing Bernie Sanders's difficulty in winning over the African-American vote.

Consider:

I’ve spoken to hundreds of voters in “flyover country.” Socialism is an easy sell.

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