283. Nerds of the Lowest Order (ft. Quinn Slobodian)
We are joined by Quinn Slobodian — author of Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy — to discuss the libertarian extremism that forms the intellectual foundati...
14 Sep 20231h 22min
Patreon – 282. TMK BC5: Mute Compulsion, Ch. 2
We discuss chapter two – Power and Marxism – which offers a survey of how Marxist theories of power have largely been caught between the two poles of violence and ideology. With power-as-violence, the...
12 Sep 202310min
281. The Smoking Gun of Techno-Capitalism (ft. Meredith Whittaker)
We are joined by one of our favorite friends — Meredith Whittaker — for a giant discussion that bridges her two latest articles. First a historical analysis of Charles Babbage and the smoking gun that...
7 Sep 20231h 40min
Preview – 280. Step into the Saudi Zone
We start with news about the latest attempt to build a smart city from scratch as a collection of venture capitalists have been secretly buying huge amounts of land near San Francisco to finally reali...
4 Sep 20237min
279. The Power of Wellness Capitalism (ft. Tamara Nopper, Eve Zelickson)
We are joined by Tamara Nopper and Eve Zelickson —— from the Data & Society Research Institute —— to discuss their excellent primer on Wellness Capitalism. This is the pure ideal of TMK crossovers as ...
31 Aug 20231h 40min
Preview – 278. TMK BC5: Mute Compulsion, Ch. 1
We discuss chapter one – Conceptualising Power and Capital – which lays the groundwork for analyzing these two fundamental concepts and their relation. Mau goes through mainstream social and political...
29 Aug 20237min
*Unlocked* – 275. TMK BC5: Mute Compulsion, Introduction
[We are unlocking the intro episode for the new book club. The first taste is free, find the rest on the premium feed.] We kick off the TMK book club with the excellent new book – Mute Compulsion by ...
24 Aug 20231h 15min
Patreon Preview – 277. All the World’s a Casino / And All the People Merely Gamblers
In another instalment of What the Fuck is Happening in America, we talk about how sports betting has totally saturated society since the Supreme Court overturned a ban in 2018, then we discuss the nex...
22 Aug 20239min
