Diet Soap - a podcast
Douglas Lain
Today the Diet Soap podcast is running under its original name for Sublation Media.
Sublation Media includes a book publishing effort for critical theory and left politics, a magazine that covers current events and theoretical issues, youtube videos on theory and politics, and finally the Diet Soap podcast. The podcast is where we continue to interrogate the left and each other while having a good time.
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Episode 540: Fake News, Fake Left, War, Disease, Dogs and Cats Lying Together, Hysteria
Diet Soap - a podcast
04/02/24 • 68 min
Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss how postmodernism lingers on in a political form, and how the remnants of the socialist left might find its way back to politics. Topics included: David Shields' documentary, the 2024 US election and Trump, the Strange Death of the American Creed, and can we feel good when things are this bad?
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Episode 467: Logic, Reason, Rhetoric and Chris Cutrone
Diet Soap - a podcast
03/31/23 • 68 min
Derick Varn and Douglas Lain discuss how Aristotlean reason is sublated in Hegel's ontologized logic. This is a response to Chris Cutrone's appearance on the Diet Soap episode entitled "The Last Marxist vs. 20th Century Philosophy."
Patreon Supporters will get to hear Doug and Derick apply logical rigor to Cutron'es "Why not Trump?" and Cooney's "Left-Trumpists: The Reactionary Case of Chris Cutrone."
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Episode 469: Todd McGowan, Hegel, the State, and Free Speech
Diet Soap - a podcast
04/13/23 • 59 min
Douglas Lain and Todd McGowan discuss the need to regulate or control speech during a pandemic, vaccine mandates, and the difference between State power and the power of Capital. How should we understand the role of the Department of Homeland Security in a time of political and economic crisis?
McGowan's book for Sublation, Enjoyment Right and Left, will be released as an audiobook through the Sublation Media website on May 1st.
Enjoyment Right and Left by Todd McGowan
https://www.sublationmedia.com/books/enjoyment-right-%26-left
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Episode 470: Are We In a Neofeudal Age? (featuring Jodi Dean)
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04/21/23 • 32 min
Jodi Dean is the author of the esay "Neofeudalism-The end of capitalism?" in the LA Review of Books, the essay "Same As It Ever Was?" in the New Left Review, and “Capitalism is turning itself into neofeudalism” in e-flux. She is also the author of the books, "Blog Theory," "The Communist Horizon," and "Aliens in America," amongst many others. In this episode of Diet Soap she discusses neofeudalism with Sublation's Ashley Frawley.
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Episode 471: Why Do Chinese Communists Love Titanic?
Diet Soap - a podcast
04/27/23 • 45 min
Conrad Hamilton describes his essay "The Socialism of Shipwrecks" with Douglas Lain. Hamilton's essay in Sublation describes both Cameron's "Titanic" and Östlund’s "Triangle of Sadness."
The Socialism of Shipwrecks by Conrad Hamilton
https://www.sublationmag.com/post/the-socialism-of-shipwrecks
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Episode 472: The Lacan vs Freud debate?
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05/04/23 • 104 min
Adrian Johnston is the author of "Zizek's Ontology" and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico. Chris Cutrone is the author of the upcoming Sublation Media book, "The Death of the Millennial Left," teaches Art History, Theory and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In this video they debate the relative merits of the Slovenian Lacan Left and the Freudian Frankfurt School tradition.
Preorder The Death of the Millennial Left by Chris Cutrone
https://www.sublationmedia.com/product-page/the-death-of-the-millennial-left-interventions-2006-2022
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Episode 365: Defending Bernie Sanders
Diet Soap - a podcast
07/02/21 • 65 min
Adam Proctor is the host of the "Dead Pundits Society" podcast. He took exception to the Critical Cuts video "Supporting Bernie Sanders Was a Mistake" and came on to the Zero Books podcast in order to give voice to his objections.
Episode 366: Conspiracies and the Deep State
Diet Soap - a podcast
07/08/21 • 66 min
Derick Varn talks to Dr. Djene Balajan about the history of the term of "deep state"--it's emergence from Turkish politics. Its abuse in left- and right-wing circles. WE also discuss how to parse the deep state in terms of left-wing conspiracy thinking and how this may be a problem for leftist analysis.
Episode 533: Trump, Presidents, and the American Revolution
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03/08/24 • 72 min
The Last Marxist Chris Cutrone discusses the meaning of the American Revolution, Trump remaining on the ballot, the branches of government, and the meaning of socialism.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Diet Soap - a podcast have?
Diet Soap - a podcast currently has 229 episodes available.
What topics does Diet Soap - a podcast cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, Art, Marxism, Podcasts and Philosophy.
What is the most popular episode on Diet Soap - a podcast?
The episode title 'Episode 462: Adorno and Freud in the Parrot Room' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Diet Soap - a podcast?
The average episode length on Diet Soap - a podcast is 62 minutes.
How often are episodes of Diet Soap - a podcast released?
Episodes of Diet Soap - a podcast are typically released every 5 days, 18 hours.
When was the first episode of Diet Soap - a podcast?
The first episode of Diet Soap - a podcast was released on Jun 25, 2021.
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