In this episode, we are joined by Ajay Chaudhary to discuss his book The Exhausted of the Earth: Politics in... more

In this episode, we are joined by Matt McManus to discuss his research into the history and philosophy of right-wing... more

In this episode we delve into Judith Butler’s Giving an Account of Oneself, an illuminating book from 2005 that examines... more

In this episode, we talk with Manon Garcia about the problem of women’s submissiveness in feminist philosophy.  Then we discuss... more

In this episode, we return to the work of Ernst Bloch and his theory concerning “aesthetic genius” and the possibility... more

In this episode, we dig into the Doctrine of Right in Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals to see what he has... more

In this episode, we talk about David Harvey’s analysis of the urbanization process as a form of accumulated surplus capital... more

In this nonstandard episode, Gil and Owen are joined by Michael Peterson to talk about how dreadful utilitarianism is, consider... more

In this episode, we are joined by George Washington University Associate Professor Vanessa Wills to discuss her article “What Could... more

In this episode we get the Perry Anderson treatment and ask if we philosophers are the problem with how Western... more

In this inaugural episode of our new series on ecosocialism, we discuss some writings by ecological Marxist thinker John Bellamy... more

In this patron-requested episode, we discuss the proposals for participatory planning and economics developed by Robin Hahnel and Michael Albert.... more

In this episode, we discuss the social theory of the Kantian critical theorist Rainer Forst in his book Normativity and... more

In this episode, we discuss E.P. Thompson’s amazing article “Time, Work Discipline, and Industrial Capitalism.” E.P. Thompson is the legendary... more

In this episode, we are joined by researcher and video essayist John Duncan (@Johntheduncan) to talk about the Effective Altruism... more

In this episode we talk English Revolutionary politics in the mid-17th century, and specifically the philosophy and practice of legendary... more

No episode this week BUT we've got some big news: that's right, at long last, a What's Left of Philosophy... more

In this episode, we dive into Philip Pettit’s Republicanism from 1997, which argued that republicanism and liberalism are not the... more

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Megan Hyska to discuss her work on propaganda. She takes us through... more

On this episode we are joined by Dr. Søren Mau to discuss his new book, Mute Compulsion: A Marxist Theory... more

In this episode, we discuss the ideas of economist and political philosopher F.A. Hayek as they appear in his 1944... more

In this episode we finally get down and dirty with the big dog of Anglophone political philosophy, John Rawls. We... more

In this episode, we unpack tensions between theories of equality that emphasize opportunity and outcomes in a discussion based upon... more

In this episode we talk about Antonio Gramsci’s book The Modern Prince. Written while imprisoned by the fascists in Mussolini’s... more

In this episode, we are joined by Michael Thomas to talk about Black aesthetics and hip hop in particular. We... more

In this patrons-only episode we discuss Vladimir Lenin’s 1917 The State and Revolution. When he’s not snarkily dragging his political... more

In this inaugural episode of our new series on aesthetics, we discuss Friedrich Schiller’s 1795 Letters on the Aesthetic Education... more

In this episode, we take a deep dive into Frantz Fanon’s first book Black Skin, White Masks. We discuss his... more

In this episode we are joined by Devin Zane Shaw to talk about his book Philosophy of Antifascism: Punching Nazis... more

Feeling alienated? In this episode, we are here for you. We dig into three periods of Herbert Marcuse’s thought. Marcuse... more