Ben Burgis

Ben Burgis

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29 Interviews

Ben Burgis's Interviews

In the first half of the main show, Political Science prof and Jacobin contributor Matt McManus joins Ben Burgis to discuss his new article about another, much more unpleasant Matt--Matt Walsh. In the second half, we replay Ben's dialogue at a Boston Review event last week with socialist philosopher Christine Sypnowich

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The main event is fan-favorite recurring guest Matt McManus doing a deep dive on the philosophy and politics of Martin Heidegger. Before that, Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew talk about Ben's pilgrimage to New Jersey to walk the picket line in the Rutgers strike (just before that strike ended with massive concessions by m

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Philosopher, psychologist, and commentator Slavoj Žižek comes back to the show to talk with Ben Burgis about....well....everything. The conversation hits on everything from the relationship between Hegelianism and Marxism to political correctness to Ukraine to how to think about what comes after capitalism. Before we p

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Ben Burgis & Matt Bruenig 15 Oct 2022 • EN

Season 4 Episode 14: Talking Socialism w/Matt Bruenig

Matt Bruenig joins Ben Burgis to talk about what a viable fully socialist society might look like and how we could get there. Before that, Naomi Karavani comes on to talk about Bolsonaro's openness to consuming human flesh, Biden's hollow pardon announcement, and  a clip of a comedian having a full beer can thrown at h

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Douglas Lain & Ben Burgis 31 Aug 2022 • EN

The Left at an Impasse? (ft. Ben Burgis)

 In this episode of Diet Soap, the author and youtube star Ben Burgis joins Douglas Lain to discuss the impasse that the left faces today. Has the left been absorbed by the democratic party for good? Can the left figure out how to intervene and stop an existential catastrophe in Ukraine? Is there any prospect for an in

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Richard (RJ) Eskow & Ben Burgis 20 Aug 2022 • EN

Ben Burgis on Salman Rushdie and Free Speech

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