In this episode, we talk about the late, great Charles Mills and his landmark book The Racial Contract. Forcefully arguing... more

In this episode, we discuss Robert Nozick’s libertarian political philosophy as presented in his 1974 book Anarchy, State, and Utopia.... more

In this episode, we tackle the concept of violence as it appears in the revolutionary and anticolonial work of Frantz... more

In this episode, we are joined by Jeff Diamanti to discuss what it looks like to watch the climate change.... more

In this episode, we discuss essays from throughout G.A. Cohen’s philosophical career. Cohen is known as one of the founders... more

In this episode, we are joined by Alberto Toscano to talk about his analysis of contemporary far-right movement and ideology.... more

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... 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