Is Politics Impossible if Everyone is a Narcissist?
Benjamin Studebaker discusses his essay for the Platypus Review entitled: "Beyond Bonapartism: Breaking statephobic thought taboos." Doug was triggere…
Author: Doug Lain
Christopher Lasch and the Capitalist Realism of the Progressives
Originally Published, November 13, 2020:
In Christopher Lasch's book "The Agony of the American Left" he claimed that early 20th-century "progressivi…
Was Adorno a Leninist?
Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss the essay "Do We Need Adorno?" The essay was published in Nonsite in 2012 and is included in Cutrone's upcomin…
Sohrab Ahmari of Compact in NYC
This interview with Sohrab Ahmari was filmed in NYC on April 15th, 2024. It is a snapshot capturing a moment in the process of transformation from neo…
Cutrone on Destiny Vs. Finkelstein
Chris Cutrone discusses the Norman Finkelstein vs. Destiny debate on the Lex Fridman show. How did the framing of this debate accept the very conditio…
Ukraine from Maidan to War
This interview with Volodymyr Ishchenko explores the fate of the left in Ukraine. Ishchenko was born in Ukraine in 1982. His writing has appeared in t…