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Why Left - Cutrone on the PCFM vs Revolutionary Subject and The Dictatorship of the Proletariat 1:55:50

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WL - Ft. Doug Lain | The Proletariat vs PCFM (Potato Class Fractured Mass) Post-Platypus Panel 1:34:55

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A post-Platypus convention panelist debrief. David McKerracher of Theory Underground and Doug Lain of Sublation Media, with Why Left co-host Benjamin Studebaker! PCFM vs dictatorship of the proletariat, how to organize today, and what we ultimately agree on. If you're serious about doing theory, making art, changing the world, or living well, we in…

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Why Left - Groking a Dugin/Haz converdiction with Benjamin Studebaker on BRICS 3:23:48

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WL - How to NOT write like A.I. | Ft. Daniel Garner 1:10:09

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WL - Monasteries and Churches as Bildungmech? | Adolescence & Structural Stultification of Timenergy 1:30:00

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WL - New Left "Radicalism" - Weather Underground THEN and Bill Ayers NOW | TU AGORA special event 3:30:48

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WL - What IS "Democracy" | Daniel Garner and Benjamin Studebaker with the TU Tour Crew 1:22:15

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Tragic Sociology VS Left QANONism - Garner, McKerracher, Studebaker & Nance - In The AGORA 2:09:18

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WL - Texting war plans with the boys + What Obama and Trump Agree On 2:30:55

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ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of critical social theory (CST). To get basically situated in this field you will have to know a handful of important figures from a bunch of areas of the humanities and social sciences. That would be a lot of work…

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WL - Nobody cares about China, Ukraine/Zelenskyy/Trump + TU Tour and Studio Update 1:41:00

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ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of critical social theory (CST). To get basically situated in this field you will have to know a handful of important figures from a bunch of areas of the humanities and social sciences. That would be a lot of work…

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WL - What is a Citizen? 1:27:57

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ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of critical social theory (CST). To get basically situated in this field you will have to know a handful of important figures from a bunch of areas of the humanities and social sciences. That would be a lot of work…

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WL - Was Obama the worst U.S. President? - Message to Democrats pt. 3 2:37:25

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ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of critical social theory (CST). To get basically situated in this field you will have to know a handful of important figures from a bunch of areas of the humanities and social sciences. That would be a lot of work…

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Why Left? - What IS Society? 1:10:45

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ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of critical social theory (CST). To get basically situated in this field you will have to know a handful of important figures from a bunch of areas of the humanities and social sciences. That would be a lot of work…

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Nov. EMSTU - Digital Warlords, Subjectivity, and Cybernetic Populism with Haz Al-Din 1:37:08

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TU Meets the First Warlord of Cyber History. If you're serious about doing theory, making art, changing the world, or living well, we invite you to join us. https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe Theory Underground exists to cultivate the conditions necessary for a working class intellectual renaissance that goes beyond old political categories or…

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Comment Section Review: WU/WR review Why Left's "Musk's "Sieg Heil" & Dog Whistles in the PCFM" 4:15:14

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That survey we put together during the last half is available here:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA... The thing we went and did in the classroom on campus is available to TU subscribers who get involved in the work of socioanalysis and alien anthropology. If you're serious about doing theory, making art, changing the world, or living well, we…

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Why Left? Musk's "Sieg Heil" & Dog Whistles in the PCFM | Why Us? Naming is Negating 2:57:40

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Why Left? with David McKerracher and Benjamin Studebaker If you're serious about doing theory, making art, changing the world, or living well, we invite you to join us. https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe Theory Underground exists to cultivate the conditions necessary for a working class intellectual renaissance that goes beyond old political c…

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Why Left? Trump's 2nd First Month - A Message To Democrats pt. 2 2:33:39

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Why Left? with David McKerracher and Benjamin Studebaker If you're serious about doing theory, making art, changing the world, or living well, we invite you to join us. https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe Theory Underground exists to cultivate the conditions necessary for a working class intellectual renaissance that goes beyond old political c…

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Why Left? AGAINST the Overton Window / Mainstreaming / Radical Flank theory + Why Us? 4:05:45

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Why Left? Radical Flank Effect and “Overton window” | Why Us - Alien Anthropology, AGORA Tour, and Classification Struggles If you're serious about doing theory, making art, changing the world, or living well, we invite you to join us. https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe Theory Underground exists to cultivate the conditions necessary for a work…

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Why Left? Trump Greenland Cutrone | What's Right? HOMESTEAD | Mikey Seminar on Therapism & Superego 3:53:54

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We've never done a stream like this! A Why Left episode followed by a What's Right episode followed by the first hour of a Mikey seminar! Only at TU. If you're serious about doing theory, making art, changing the world, or living well, we invite you to join us. https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe Theory Underground exists to cultivate the condi…

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Why Left - The Infamous Vivek Ramaswamy 1:53:03

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Why Left? The Olds 1:30:50

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Legacy politicians have a passing the torch on problem. If you're serious about doing theory, making art, changing the world, or living well, we invite you to join us. https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe Theory Underground exists to cultivate the conditions necessary for a working class intellectual renaissance that goes beyond old political ca…

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Bob Dylan's death drive - Plato and Lacan vs. Deleuze - Benjamin Studebaker and Michael Downs 2:28:27

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From December. Benjamin's piece: https://substack.com/home/post/p-153650327 ABOUT / GET INVOLVED Looking to accelerate your way into a fresh understanding of our current situation? That’s what Theory Underground is all about. We are a seminar, lecture, and book publishing organism for workers with earbuds and professionals who see no hope in existi…

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Why Left? Ep. 13 pt. 3 (Marxist?) Monasteries 1:49:17

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Why Left? Ep. 13 pt. 2. Symptomatic Luige Mangione 1:08:42

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Why Left Ep. 13 pt. 1 - Lily Phillips 1:15:15

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Why Left? e12 - Message To A Young Theorist: What's Your Hurry? 9:39:48

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Why Left? e12 - Message To A Young Theorist - Three Principles of Study As A Way of Life 8:14:35

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Theory Underground exists to create the conditions necessary for rigorous thinking about the problems we face as humans. If you're serious about doing theory, making art, and living well, we invite you to join us. https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe If you subscribe at theoryunderground.com, you'll get access to a package of courses, including:…

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Why Left? e11b - Escaping wage labor and the university 8:08:14

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Why Left? e11 - Luigi Mangione and the Hope Industry 8:14:35

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Why Left? Ep.10 - How racism was used to fragment anti-globalization 8:14:35

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Why Left? David Pakman & Sam Seder lost TONS of subscribers because they're OUT OF TOUCH?! 2:09:14

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Theory Underground exists to create the conditions necessary for rigorous thinking about the problems we face as humans. If you're serious about doing theory, making art, and living well, we invite you to join us. https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe If you subscribe at theoryunderground.com, you'll get access to a package of courses, including:…

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Why Left? How the Left STOLE Christmas (And the philosophy of LOVE) 1:37:15

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A Christmas Special http://theoryunderground.com/ This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theoryunderground.substack.com/subscribeBy Theory Underground, Benjamin Studebaker, and David McKerracher

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Why Left? Ep. 8 Pt.2 - Matt Goodwin and Mass Immigration 1:10:24

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We talk about Matt Goodwin and Christopher F. Rufo a little bit. Hey everyone, Dave here. Super behind on getting these uploaded. Because we aren’t paywalling WL at all anymore just an FYI if you ever want the full streams via the playlist here you go: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TJhV6mGYbhTNlXKlYA7K8sp We just did a whole seri…

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Why Left? Ep.8 Pt. 1 Dugin x Zizek and The Triangle of Essentialism 1:14:22

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Hey everyone, Dave here. Super behind on getting these uploaded. Because we aren’t paywalling WL at all anymore just an FYI if you ever want the full streams via the playlist here you go: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TJhV6mGYbhTNlXKlYA7K8sp We just did a whole series of episodes that won’t be up on Spotify for a while. To get in…

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Why Left? Ep. 7B What CAN Trump do? 1:19:21

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This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theoryunderground.substack.com/subscribeBy Theory Underground, Benjamin Studebaker, and David McKerracher

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Why Left? Episode 7 - Slavoj Žižek said Biden was ”the most Leftist president since FDR” and More 1:26:53

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We’ve fallen a little behind with reposting these here since we discovered an issue with Substack’s paywall integration with Spotify. But we’ve found a workaround. Will be posting several episodes over the next week! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theoryundergrou…

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Racist Democrats. Racist Republicans. - Why Left? Episode 6 1:03:44

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Let’s gooooo This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theoryunderground.substack.com/subscribeBy Theory Underground, David McKerracher, and Benjamin Studebaker

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Why Left? A Message to Democrats In Our Lives Part. 2: Bonus Episode with Guests: Nina Power, Michael Downs, Ann, Nance, Swol, Daniel Garner of O.G. R... 2:13:27

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Nina Power Nance Ann Snelgrove-McKerracher O.G. Rose This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theoryunderground.substack.com/subscribeBy Theory Underground, Benjamin Studebaker, David McKerracher, and Nance

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A Message to Democrats In Our Lives - Why Left? Episode 5 2:15:00

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This episode is about how growth and change only come from giving up on false hope and learning from mistakes. Democrats have been making mistakes. The question is, will they ever learn? The B-Side includes a theory-monologue by McKerracher at the end when Benjamin gets dropped by his internet provider. This is a public episode. If you’d like to di…

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Why Left? Ep. 4 - The Left As A [Cope] Hope Industry and Post-Marxism 2:13:11

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This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theoryunderground.substack.com/subscribeBy Theory Underground, Benjamin Studebaker, and David McKerracher

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Why Left? Ep. 3 - Why Vote for Kamala Harris? 1:40:47

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It’s Dave’s father in law! He’s voting for Harris, and Dave and Benjamin want to hear him out. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theoryunderground.substack.com/subscribeBy Theory Underground, David McKerracher, and Benjamin Studebaker

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Why Left? Ep. 2 - Why Vote for Donald Trump? 1:45:51

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It’s Dave’s dad! He’s voting for Trump, and Dave and Benjamin want to hear him out. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theoryunderground.substack.com/subscribeBy Theory Underground and Benjamin Studebaker

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Why Left? Episode 1 58:39

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How this podcast is a logical continuation from something that started with the What’s Left? podcast and Platypus Affiliated Society. To find out more you can read the post McKerracher wrote about the serendipity of Studebaker’s ties to What’s Left? or just listen to this episode! Welcome to Why Left?! This is a public episode. If you’d like to dis…

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