A Marxist Podcast about Politics, Philosophy, and the Human Condition

Season 1

Aug. 1, 2021

Episode 36 - Craig from Acid Horizon

Jules speaks with Craig from Acid Horizon and the Deleuze & Guattari Quarantine Collective about music and theory. Acid Horizon Twitter , Podcast , Patreon Additional links below… Deleuze and Guattari Quarantine Collective Po...

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July 23, 2021

Episode 35 - Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, an…

In this special episode, Jules speaks with Professor Nate Holdren about his book Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law in the Progressive Era . Professor Holdren's book recently received an honorable m...

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July 17, 2021

Episode 34 - Pt. 6 Dangerous Minds, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the Ret…

Jules speaks with Professor Ronald Beiner about his book Dangerous Minds: Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the Return of the Far Right . Ronald Beiner is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Contemporary far-...

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July 7, 2021

Episode 33 - Pt. 5 Fascism, Anti-Communism, the CIA and French Theory…

In the final episode in our series about Fascism, Jules speaks with Professor Gabriel Rockhill about a series of articles he wrote called "Fascism - A Counter-History". Professor Rockhill speaks to the conjunctural, structura...

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June 17, 2021

Episode 32 - Pt. 4 Carl Schmitt, States of Exception, and Political T…

Jules speaks with Matthew Lowery, one of the cohosts of the Acid Horizon Podcast , about the political works of Carl Schmitt. This conversation is part 4 in the arch of this show, and would naturally follow after our previous...

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May 30, 2021

Episode 31 - Pt. 3 Time and Trauma: Thinking Through Heidegger in the…

Jules speaks with Professor Richard Polt about the philosopher Martin Heidegger. Richard Polt is a Professor of Philosophy at Xavier University, and he is the author of several books on philosophy, including his most recent b...

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May 28, 2021

Episode 30 - Pt. 2 War for Eternity with Benjamin Teitelbaum

In this episode, Jules speaks with Benjamin Teitelbaum about his book War for Eternity . Professor Teitelbaum has conducted hours of in-person interviews with members of the far-right and Traditionalists who have positioned t...

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May 28, 2021

Episode 29 - Pt. 1 Apostasy, Spiritual but not Religious, Traditional…

In this monologue episode, Jules talks about the ways a secular society relocates the sacred to objects of liberal worship. Along the way, he speaks to the volatility of spirituality, in that vague senses of spirituality can ...

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April 12, 2021

Episode 28 - Decoding the Alt-Right with Laura Jedeed

The fabulous Laura Jedeed joins Jules for a conversation about the alt-right. In an effort to decode the alt-right, and examine their psychological workings, Jules and Laura flex their empathy muscles (but not too much) - bec...

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April 4, 2021

Episode 27 - The Xinjiang Atrocity Propaganda Blitz with Roderic Day

Jules speaks with Roderic Day about his article "The Xinjiang Atrocity Propaganda Blitz". This interview is preceded by a monologue about the Afghan Trap Doctrine. Follow Roderic Day on Twitter , and visit his website "The Xi...

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March 25, 2021

Episode 26 - Uyghurs in Xinjiang and Anti-Asian Hate in the US with D…

Jules speaks with Dr. Asatar Bair about the Uyghur population in Xinjiang, China. Dr. Bair is a professor of economics and statistics at Riverside City College. Additional Links Below… Follow Dr. Asatar Bair on Twitter and Yo...

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March 20, 2021

Episode 25 - Tools for New Revolutionaries with Comrade Gomer

Jules speaks with Comrade Gomer about 'baby leftists' and how to best guide and direct new revolutionaries in their radical development. This episode is preceded by a monologue about capitalist spiritualism and the internaliz...

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March 16, 2021

Episode 24 - Coffee with Comrades with Pearson Bolt

Jules joins Pearson on Coffee with Comrades to reflect on one year’s time living in the age of COVID-19. Along the way, they discuss how the coronavirus has impacted society, emerging conspiracy theories, and the way capital...

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March 13, 2021

Episode 23 - Destructive Cults and Capitalist Spiritualism with Rick …

Jules speaks with cult deprogrammer Rick Alan Ross about destructive cults, and their methods of indoctrinating their members. This interview is preceded by a monologue about destructive cults, and their links to capitalist s...

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Feb. 28, 2021

Episode 22 - This American Psychosis with an Anonymous Therapist

Jules speaks with an anonymous therapist about QAnon, and how to reach out to people in our lives who are (to varying degrees) believers in conspiracy theories. Additional links QAnon believer has a meltdown afterJoe Biden is...

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Feb. 20, 2021

Episode 21 - Fight for a Better World with Kristen Chapman Gibbons

Jules speaks with writer, artist, performer, and storyteller Kristen Chapman Gibbons about her journey from preacher's daughter to community cultivator. Kristen Chapman Gibbons on Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , and YouTube ...

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Feb. 5, 2021

Episode 20 - Waiting for the Truth with Dr. Grover Furr

Dr. Furr is the author of several books and articles on Soviet History, specifically the Stalin era of 1930 to 1953. I wanted to talk with him because every single one of his publications stands in contradiction to the genera...

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Feb. 2, 2021

Episode 19 - Is Psychology a Pseudoscience? With Daniel Barker

Jules speaks with a practicing psychotherapist named Daniel Barker. For reasons pertaining to confidentiality, that's about all the info we can disclose about him. Daniel and Jules agreed to not disclose his location, his pra...

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Jan. 11, 2021

Episode 17 - Rainer Shea (The Capitol Riots, Social Media Censorship,…

Following the capitol riots, social media platforms are cracking down on subversive accounts. With the threat of the surveillance state amplifying, and the Patriot Act 2.0 on the horizon, Rainer Shea joins us to talk about th...

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Jan. 4, 2021

Episode 15 - On Death Part III (The Plague, The Civil War, and the Ar…

Jules takes a broader look at death from a social perspective by comparing the plague of 14th century Europe and the American Civil War. These time periods are seemingly incommensurate, but they're worth comparing to gain a ...

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Dec. 19, 2020

Episode 14 - On Death Part II with Jo-Anne Haun and Karen Hendrickson

In a follow up to Episode 13 - "On Death", Jules' research leads him to a conversation with two End of Life facilitators from British Colombia. Jo-Anne Huan and Karen Hendrickson are cofounders of the Death Doula Network of B...

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Dec. 5, 2020

Episode 13 - On Death Part I

Jules ruminates on the topic of death, existential philosophy, and the afterlife. Intro / Outro Music by Samuel Thomas (Self-Taut) --- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon --- Join the discussion: https:...

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Nov. 21, 2020

Episode 12 - Introducing: Dr. Maximillian Alvarez and Working People

Introducing: Dr. Maximillian Alvarez and Working People This is a crossover / collaborative episode between No Easy Answers and Working People. Follow Working People on Twitter: @WorkingPod Follow Dr. Maximillian Alvarez on ...

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Oct. 31, 2020

Episode 10 - Every waking moment I had booze in me with Brandon Villa…

Today on the show is another longtime friend of mine, Brandon Villarreal. He's a guy I met while I was still too young to legally drink or buy my own smokes. This is the guy who took me to my …

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