Rocinante

Recorded on day 26 of the 3 day special military operation, Sean and Angela are joined by Cassandra of the Pod Malcom Kyeyune to discuss how the Zionist War of Aggression is proceeding.   --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

While the American empire blows its brains out against the wailing wall, Angela is joined by Peter Ryan to discuss his article "Economics of Empire". Empire brutally subjugates the periphery but it deploys more nuanced tactics to exploit the core. Beset on all sides by rightoid slaves, leftoid hustlers, and vile third positionist demons dancing to the tune the imperial elites have selected, can we build a durable anti-imperialism for the masses using the occluded Fourth Position of Scientific Connllyism-De Gaullism-Dengism?   Read "Economics of Empire" here:  https://ryanresearch.substack.com/p/economics-of-empire-elites-win-everyone   --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Recorded on Day 14 of the Zionist War of Aggression Against the Iranian People, Angela and Sean discuss the immediate and short term consequences of the war, the Spanish clothing themselves in glory, and delay any discussion of Doing Something About All Of This until we fall back to a secure location in Barcelona. Read Sean's substack post "Towards a New U.S. Antiwar Movement" here: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/p/towards-a-new-antiwar-movement-in --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Sean and Angela are joined by friend of the pod Malcom Kyeyune to discuss the favored odds on the current superposition of the war with Iran. Will Neocon Don's pressing need to rerun the battle of Thermopylae be stymied by a fleet of ancient bombers and cutting edge warships overflowing with raw sewage, or will the empire 'fuck it we ball' into World War IV/the grave? Check out The Rise and Fall of Nuremberg Christianity by Malcom Kyeyune: https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2026/02/the-rise-and-fall-of-nuremberg-christianity/ --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod  

Was the collapse of the Soviet Union inevitable or was is destroyed from within? Was it collateral damage of the world spirit trying to birth Papa John a decade too soon? Sean and Angela discuss "Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union" By Vladislav M. Zubok.    https://www.powells.com/book/collapse-the-fall-of-the-soviet-union-9780300268171   --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

On this week's episode of Rocinante, Angela is joined by László Molnárfi. Has the left abandoned its working-class roots by embracing a liberal cultural politics of moralism and identity, thereby making itself irrelevant and pushing people toward right-wing populism? How can a revitalized socialist movement reclaim popular appeal by focusing on material issues like housing and wages, while constructively engaging with questions of nationalism, migration, and sovereignty? Check out László's work here: https://linktr.ee/lacicloud --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

We're back from the Christmas break with a three hour discussion of Julian Jackson's biography of Charles De Gaulle. https://www.powells.com/book/de-gaulle-9781913368784 We hope you enjoyed your holiday festivities because we're going on a strict diet of andouillette and unfiltered cigarettes in 2026. --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Sean and Angela dive into the provocative 1998 book The Fix. Shifting the budget to focus heavily on treatment over law enforcement dramatically reduced the heroin crisis and crime rates. Why did this successful, evidence-based strategy disappear, leading to our current exponential crisis?  Find The Fix here: https://www.powells.com/book/fix-9780520223356 Thanks to Jackson Duke for tracking down the 48 Hours documentary Heroin Connection, mentioned in the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHSna7lpYcE --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

This week Angela and Sean are joined by comrade Malcom Kyeyune to discuss the triumph of mild social democracy with Twelver characteristics, the importance of packing the security services with loyalists, the peril of cutting food aid to the working poor, and more! --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

This week we take a slight detour to celebrate the Irish holiday of Halloween. We establish the Rocinante 'anti-being scared' doctrine, discuss food safety and naval power as seen in season one of The Terror, dutch on dutch violence in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, biosecurity totalitarianism in Masque of the Red Death, and more!   --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Angela and Sean discuss the central role of Great Britain in of the horrors of the past and the present through two books: Roger Casement's "The Crime Against Europe" https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14728 John Newsinger's "The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire" https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22826312867 --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Angela is joined by Toby Shandy to discuss Don Quixote Part 1, the first half of the first modern novel. The invention of the comedic duo and the unreliable narrator reach into the present from the 1600s to teach us the importance of the highest virtue: never allowing anything or anyone to make you less insane. You can find Toby on Substack: https://tobyshandy.substack.com/ --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

This week Angela and Sean discuss John Mearsheimer's 'The Tragedy of Great Power Politics'. Are we trapped in an endless struggle between regional powers? Is true global hegemony a mirage? Can China peacefully ascend and become the Certified Big Dog of the 21st century? --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Surveying the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's killing at Utah Valley University this month, Angela and Sean discuss making sense of political killings without coherent politics, guarding your humanity when every app on your phone is Liveleak, right wing Wokeismo, the Tel Aviv connection, and pitch a potentially lucrative X-Files reboot. --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Sean is joined by New York Times best-selling author Seth Harp to discuss titular cabal of pipe-hitters, 40 years of the opioid crisis, the drug trade and American foreign policy, and the merits of afghan-style rehab.    Buy the book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730414/the-fort-bragg-cartel-by-seth-harp/   --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

This week Sean and Angela discuss cultural decay inside the Imperial Information Technology particle accelerator of the present, and Eddington.   On Weird America by Anton Cebalo https://novum.substack.com/p/on-weird-america   Why American Society Is Incredibly Stable by Toby Shandy https://tobyshandy.substack.com/p/american-society-is-incredibly-stable   "Eddington" Conspiracy Cork Board: An AmerIsraeli Years of Lead Western Yarn by Parapower Mapping https://substack.com/home/post/p-171013029   --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod    

Angela and Sean discuss Michael Hudson's The Destiny of Civilization. As the triumph of parasitic finance accelerates the decline of the American host organism, can China avoid the same fate? Is this humble podcast up to the task of formalizing the theory and practice of Marxist-Connollyist-Leninist-Maoist-Kaypakkayaist-Hudsonist thought?    You can purchase a copy of The Destiny of Civilization here: https://michael-hudson.com/2022/05/the-destiny-of-civilization/   --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Angela is joined by Philip Cunliffe to discuss his forthcoming book "The National Interest".   Preorder The National Interest here: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-national-interest-politics-after-globalization--9781509561100   --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Sean has returned from the Chinese Present with thoughts on our American Future.   --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

While Sean is abroad continuing his study of socialism with Chinese characteristics, Angela is joined by Peter Ryan to discuss “Money by Vile Means”, his piece in Compact published today (07/25/2025).   Read Money by Vile Means here: https://www.compactmag.com/article/money-by-vile-means/ --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Ep 20 - Marco Polo Summer Before Sean heads to God’s Country to study the Immortal Science for a week, we answer two late breaking questions from the monthly Q&A solicitation, discuss the still unfolding Epstein heel turn, and talk early Angela Nagle Thought.  --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

Good morning, Sunday morning, you have asked and Sean and Angela have answered. If you would like to submit questions of your own, become a paid subscriber and join the conversation! --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

This week Juan David Rojas joins Angela and Sean to discuss Mexico's National Regeneration Movement (Morena).   https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/what-democrats-can-learn-from-morena juandarojasro.substack.com https://x.com/rojasrjuand --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our links here: https://linktr.ee/rocinantepod

After the "12 Day War" concludes with a series of frantic tweets and the first round victory of mild social democracy over the forces of corporate Clintonism in the New York City mayoral primary, Angela and Sean survey the wreckage. --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/  

Sean and Angela are joined by returning guest Malcom Kyeyune to discuss the Israeli-American war of aggression against Iran. Can the Trump administration walk away from this or the off ramp in the rearview mirror? Can America survive another million soul human sacrifice in the Middle East? What will the 'Donald the Dove' voters do with all of these Fell For It Again awards?  Malcom Kyeyune: https://unherd.com/author/malcom-kyeyune/ --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/

This week, Angela and Sean read The Anatomy of Power By John Kenneth Galbraith. Are we moving backwards into a more brutal age of pure coercion? Does Galbraith's framework make sense three decades after the end of Cold War? Should we find and post the names and home addresses of twitter users who have the incorrect interpretation of Errico Malatesta's Between Peasants: A Dialogue on Anarchy? --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/

Sean and Angela answer questions asked by our beloved Patreon and Substack subscribers. If you would like to submit questions of your own, become a paid subscriber and join the conversation! --- To hear the rest of this episode and recieve an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/

Fellas, is it gay to expose the monstrous crimes of the Belgians? Sean and Angela are joined by Donal Fallon to discuss the life of Roger Casement: the Casement Report, cruising diaries, his participation in the republican struggle for a free Ireland, and more. Donal Fallon: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-castles-burning/id1488547315 --- To hear an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/

This week, Angela is joined by Louis (/ˈluː.i/) Elton to discuss fashion slop, the decline of craft in modern aesthetics, the effects of machine generated content on the human spirit, and a retvrn to artisanal tradition.   Louis Elton: https://nationofartisans.substack.com   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_(TV_series) https://www.thomasdenny.co.uk/gallery --- To hear an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/

Sean and Angela continue the conversation: Free Speech on the continent, slop mongers imagine EU heads of state hitting the afters on rails, Sir Keir on the shoulders of Irish-American giants, and the hope that the US/Israel relationship can be reshaped by a 747 (with fewer dancing Israelis this time).   --- To hear the rest of this episode and receive an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod   Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/

This week Angela and Sean ponder freedom of speech: is it an inalienable human right, a bourgeois mental illness, a relic of Pax Americana, thin veneer over the color revolution machine, or is a measured approach required for the present age of near-peer competition?   --- To hear an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/  

Sean and Angela continue the discussion of Isabella M. Weber’s “How China Escaped Shock Therapy”, CCP's responsiveness to public pressure, the virtues of a little bit of corruption, and an American Revolution of the Carnations. How China Escaped Shock Therapy: https://www.powells.com/book/how-china-escaped-shock-therapy-the-market-reform-debate-9781032008493 --- To hear the rest of this episode and recieve an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/  

Sean and Angela discuss Isabella M. Weber’s “How China Escaped Shock Therapy”, Dengist Reforms, the importance of heavy industry, price controls, and more in a two part episode. 你介意白人男孩说一点中文吗？ How China Escaped Shock Therapy: https://www.powells.com/book/how-china-escaped-shock-therapy-the-market-reform-debate-9781032008493 Godfather of the Kremlin: https://www.powells.com/book/godfather-of-the-kremlin-boris-berezovssky-the-looting-of-russia-9780151006212 --- To hear the second hour of this conversation and an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/

Sean and Angela answer questions submitted by our treasured Patreon and Substack subscribers. If you would like to submit questions of your own, become a paid subscriber and join the conversation! --- To hear the rest of this episode and recieve an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/

Angela and Sean consider the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, Tucker’s induction into Grand Lodge of Ireland, audience capture, the parasocial impulse to milk the lolcow dry, and the rise of center right globe emoji drillers. --- To hear the rest of this episode and recieve an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/

Sean and Angela discuss Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, if art can survive the universal solvent of the internet, the dull managers of hard power guiding the antisocial artisan/conduits of soft power, and the rewards (getting paid by the Knights of Malta) and risks (dying of malaria in Tuscany) of Doing the Race. Caravaggio ~ Robert Hughes Full Documentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paintings_by_Caravaggio https://open.substack.com/pub/angelanagle/p/can-you-fight-the-illiterate-future --- For an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/

Behind the paywall the conversation with Peter continues: the agony and the ecstasy of controlling the global reserve currency, Chinese economics and Carey thought, state development, economic protectionism, cryptocurrency, Il Duce on the small screen, and more. https://x.com/_PeterRyan https://www.ryanresearch.co/ https://substack.com/@ryanresearch Read John Hely Hutchinson's The Commercial Restraints of Ireland: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38841/38841-h/38841-h.htm --- To hear the rest of this episode and recieve an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/

Sean and Angela are joined by Peter Ryan of Ryan Research to discuss industrialization and manufacturing as a tool of national liberation and colonial domination, anarchocapitalist elite enclosure past and present, the tariff situation (as it existed at time of recording), Matthew and Henry Carey, and walking the shining path of Hibernian Excellence.   https://x.com/_PeterRyan https://www.ryanresearch.co/ https://substack.com/@ryanresearch --- For an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/

*PREVIEW* In our first bonus episode Sean and Angela try to make sense of the ever-changing tariff situation, consider reproductive technology as the next frontier in the new Cold War, and review this weeks atrocities from the ongoing genocide in Gaza. --- To hear the rest of this episode and recieve an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/

Sean and Angela debut Rocinante with a discussion of Gore Vidal's Inventing a Nation. Inventing a Nation: https://www.powells.com/book/inventing-a-nation-washington-adams-jefferson-9780300101713 --- For an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod We would love to hear your feedback. Send any comments and questions to: [email protected] Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/  

  This episode was recorded last month before we ironed out all of the details of the show, the first post-christening episodes will release this week. There are several other episodes you can find on Sean and Angela's substacks, linked below. We get Malcom's take on what is really going on with DOGE, discuss his trip to Washington and compare US versus Chinese military capacities. You can read his piece in American Affairs here: https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2025/02/americas-national-security-wonderland/ --- For an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Angela Nagle: https://angelanagle.substack.com/ Sean P. McCarthy: https://seanpmccarthy.substack.com/