Pop the Left #7: Breaking Marx




Zero Squared show

Summary: This month's Pop the Left features a conversation about C Derick Varn's feelings and thoughts on and against what he calls political Marxism. The conversation wanders in a process that is a bit like free association, and then again nothing like it. You'll hear clips from my daughter's favorite author John Green on the question of the Renaissance, clips from Philip K Dick and Big Time TV on the Black Iron Prison, and a discussion of the repetition compulsion and psychoanalysis. I want to thank listeners who have supported my Kickstarter campaign for the Think the Impossible tour. As most of you know, I'm Douglas Lain and I'm the co-host of Pop the Left and the host of a podcast called Diet Soap. I'm also a novelist and my book for MacMillan called Billy Moon tells the story of Christopher Robin Milne's entirely fictional involvement with the student/worker strikes of May 1968. When I go on the Think the Impossible Tour I will take both my novel and my podcast to San Francisco, Chicago, and New York. In the last week there were seven backers and I want to thank: Chris L, Shauna R, Tom W, Charlotte K, Claire M, Damian K, and the cyberpunk author Rudy Rucker. If you like Pop the Left backing Think the Impossible is a great way to show it.