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The Daily Dialectic
by Ted Metrakas
The Daily Dialectic is a philosophy podcast about history, politics, art, and culture, with a focus on revolution.
Episodes
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Episode 39: Talking NBA, philosophy, politics, other stuff
In this episode I start off talking about how basketball has changed from the early 80s to today, and then branch off into a lot of other stuff
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Episode 37: Elon Buys Twitter, and French Election
In this episode of the Daily Dialectic, I talk about the Boston Celtics, Elon Musk buying Twitter, and the significance of the recent French presidential election.
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Episode 36: Discussing the Fake “New Dissident Right”
In this episode I talk about a new article in Vanity Fair which promotes the idea of a “dissident populist new right.” I talk about why this movement is not dissident, new, or populist…
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Episode 35: Licorice Pizza movie review…
In this episode I talk about the new movie from Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza…and other things…
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Episode 34: Dialectics of The Slap and War and other stuff
In this episode I discuss Will Smith slapping Chris rock, the ongoing war in Europe, and some other stuff.
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Episode 33: 2021 Year in Review
I am back, talking about the year that is about to end. I talk about lots of things like Covid World, Ghislaine Maxwell, Spider-Man, Biden, Trump, VICE propaganda, love, Elvis, hopelessness, the Great Resignation, MasterClass, Amazon, strikes, and more.
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Episode 32: Anti-Revisionism with Mike Watt
I interviewed Mike Watt (the bass player of The Minutemen, among many other things) about history, revisionism, 70s culture, 90s culture; his career in music; the influence of Walt Whitman and James Joyce, and a lot more.
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Episode 31: The Dialectics of the Void with artist Tai Lee
In this episode, I am joined for a third time by artist Tai Lee. We talk about a wide range of topics: how revolutionary artists should use the void creatively; how bourgeois artists use nothingness to serve the status quo, rather than subvert it; how artists should use surfaces, rather than...
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Episode 30: The Fake Populism of AOC and more
In this episode, I cover a range of topics: the dialectics of black iced coffee; Mexican Independence Day; the ideological function of AOC's fake “populism”; and a bit about Australia and China.
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Episode 29: On the Post-9/11 World
In this episode, I start off by answering some listener questions about random topics, like the cultural and economic politics of fast food, why The Matrix movies suck, 90s nostalgia, and why car society is bad. Then I move onto a longer discussion about the significance of the 20th anniversary…
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Episode 28: The End of the Afghanistan War
In this episode I talk about the ending of America’s longest war in total failure, and how liberals seem to be the only ones who are mad about it. I talk about what the ending of the Afghanistan war can mean for the future of America and the world.
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Episode 27: NYC Requires Vaccine Passports
I talked about the news that NYC will require vaccine passports to enter businesses, have a job, or do anything really. Recorded while walking through Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY.
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Episode 26: Liberation Theology with Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa and Tai Lee
Tai Lee and I talked to Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa about liberation theology and Latin American resistance to colonialism. Leonel is the producer of the upcoming podcast “Lin Bao Power Hour” and editor of the Spanish version of Cosmonaut Magazine. Note: due to technical difficulties, the...
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Episode 25: Interview with Professor Ronald Beiner on Nietzsche and the Far Right
In this episode, I talked with Professor Ronald Beiner about his book Dangerous Minds: Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the Return of the Far Right. We talked about how his book was received by white nationalists, why he felt he had to write the book, the extent to which Nietzsche can be used by...
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Episode 24: More Dialectics with Tai Lee
In this episode, I talked with artist Tai Lee about the problems with universalism, human nature, and populism. We also talked about revolution, politics, art, basketball, and a lot more.
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Episode 23: What are Vaccines For? Why Deleuze Stinks; Israel vs Cuba; and more
In this episode, I talk about a variety of topics, including: vaccines as mitigation tactics; why Gilles Deleuze (and most French theory) is bad; the propaganda effect of how the Israeli regime is covered and how the Cuban regime is covered; mustaches; the digitalization of social life; the...
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Episode 22: Baseball, Neoliberalism, Dialectics and more with @notbenfish
In this episode, I talk to Ben (@notbenfish on Twitter), who takes a dialectical, unique approach to his critique of sports, neoliberalism, culture, politics, and everything else.
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Episode 21: Dialectics with Tai Lee
In this episode I talk to artist Tai Lee about dialectics, revolution, Maoism, art, and many other things.
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Episode 20: On Social Democracy
In this episode I talk about why Larry Bird is a very dialectical basketball player. I also talk about what Social Democracy is and why it should be viewed as the enemy. And I briefly mention Jordan Peterson versus Elvis, Lana Del Rey versus Katy Perry, and the actor John Cazale.
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Episode 19: Elvis and the Dialectic of Love
I discuss why Elvis is one of the most dialectical and materialist figures in American cultural history. I talk about how he represents the antidote to neoliberal subjectivity, and why we need him now more than ever. I also bring in the philosophers Soren Kierkegaard and Alexander Garcia…
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Episode 18: Thus Spoke Jesusthustra
In this episode I expand on my thoughts about how Jesus can be seen as a materialist, misanthrope, and a revolutionary, by comparing him to Nietzsche’s Jesus figure: Zarathustra. Through contempt, and worldliness, Jesus and Zarathustra show how men become gods—how men already are gods.
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Episode 17 with guest Nathanael Haun: How to Farm Revolutionary Consciousness
On this episode of the Daily Dialectic, I talk to Nathanael Haun, who is a communist and a farmer in rural Indiana. We talk about how revolutionary agriculture must be hostile to the status quo, Indiana history, dialectics, and a lot more.
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Episode 16: Jesus Wept, Socrates Smirked
Why Jesus was a misanthropic materialist, the revolting power of silence, and how Jesus is the opposite of Socrates (and more interesting).
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Episode 15: Socrates
In this episode of the Daily Dialectic, I give a materialist case for why Socrates deserved to die
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Episode 14: Is Wokeness A Religion?
What is wokeness? Is it a new state religion? Why are people saying it is? What might be behind all this?
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Episode 13: Louis Althusser
In this episode, I talk about how the French Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser shows how to separate idealism from materialism.
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Episode 4: Populism, Liberal Hegemony, and the 1970s are Back
In this episode, I talk a bit about populism, why the 1970s are back, and liberal hegemony.
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Episode 5: What is Neoliberalism?
In this episode, I discuss ways to understand neoliberalism.
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Episode 6: Defunding the Police
In this episode, I go over some of my favorite memories of the Trump era; I talk about a good movie I saw recently; and I talk about what Defunding the Police means.
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Episode 7: The Wokeness/Anti-Wokeness Dialectic
On this episode, I discuss why Robert Musil's novel The Man without Qualities sheds light on the modern Democratic Party; I talk about the dialectics of wokeness and anti-wokeness; and I talk about why poetry is mostly bad.
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Episode 8: The Trot to Neocon Pipeline
In this episode, I discuss the appeal of Greek Orthodox Christianity as opposed to other religions. I discuss Marjorie Taylor Greene and how she represents the future of the Republican Party. Then I talk about the professional managerial class (PMCs) and the Trotskyite to Neoconservative pipeline.
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Episode 9: Neoliberalism and Fascism
I discuss the rising trend of Left Catholics and the trad lifestyle, and the relationship between neoliberalism and fascism.
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Episode 12: Right Wing Brain
In this episode, I discuss why AOC is bad, and why everyone is so focused on her. I also talk about how the right wing, conservative brain works, and the Zack Snyder cut of his bad 2017 Justice League movie that is coming out soon.
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Episode 10: The Class Character of the Capitol Rioters; Discussion of Populism
In this episode, I talk about the petty bourgeois character of the Capitol rioters, and talk about populism in contrast to democracy.
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Episode 11: Style vs Identity; Patriotism vs Materialism
In this episode of the Daily Dialectic, I discuss why style and identity are often opposed, and the differences between a patriotic and materialist politics.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Daily Dialectic is a philosophy podcast about history, politics, art, and culture, with a focus on revolution.
HOSTED BY
Ted Metrakas
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