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Diet Soap - a podcast

The Diet Soap podcast began in 2009 in response to the economic crisis of 2008. Since then it has gone through many transformations, including becoming the podcast for a critical theory imprint out of the UK. Today the Diet Soap podcast is running under its original name for Sublation Media.Sublation Media includes a book publishing effort for critical theory and left politics, a magazine that covers current events and theoretical issues, youtube videos on theory and politics, and finally the

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Episode 622: Arturo Vs. Grok 3- Fact Checking Redux!

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2025/03/06

In this week's Diet Soap podcast, Arturo Desimone returns to set the record straight about the Monroe Doctrine and the character of American power while Doug fact checks him again in real time using Elon's newest wonder: Grok 3!Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

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62:44

Episode 621: Should the Democrats Cooperate with RFK Jr?

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2025/02/20

Zaid Jilani joins Douglas Lain to discuss his two recent articles for Compact: The Democrats’ RFK Dilemmahttps://www.compactmag.com/article/the-democrats-rfk-dilemma/Democrats Should Work with Trumphttps://www.compactmag.com/article/democrats-should-work-with-trump/Patrons are invited to discuss these podcasts by Zoom every week.Support Us on Patreon to join the conversation.https://patreon.com/dietsoap

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67:24

Episode 620: Information Overload and Demagoguery

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2025/02/18

This episode of the Sublation Magazine show will attempt to sort through the questions and narratives that are bombarding those of us who are trying to pay attention to the political situation, especially in America. Is Trump a dictator, after all? Is Elon any good with computers? Did Vance make a speech in support of Nazis and Fascists? Are the Democrats rebooting the resistance, and if so, what does that mean for the left? Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

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58:32

Episode 619: On Trump's Plan for Gaza

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2025/02/14

Chris Cutrone returns to discuss his recent essay for COMPACT entitled "Mar-a-Gaza." How should socialists understand Trump's proposal? How should the ethnic cleansing of Gaza be resisted now that it is uninhabitable? What went wrong with the pro-Palestinian protest movement? Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

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81:37

Episode 618: A Marxist Platypus?

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2025/02/13

Erin Hagood is the president of the Platypus Affiliated Society and in this episode she explains how this growing Marxist group is intervening on the left. Are they up to no good? Are they saving the world and our collective memory?

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62:45

Episode 617: Elon Musk and His Lost Boys Take Over...

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2025/02/11

This week's Sublaton Magazine stream will include a discussion with Benjamin Studebaker about Elon Musk's takeover of the Federal Government. Are we now entering an era of high-tech feudalism? Do we like the taste of it? We will also be discussing Rob McCleary's Short Story "Nixon in Space" https://electricliterature.com/nixon-in-space-rob-mccleary/Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

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89:02

Episode 616: On Marx's Critique of Political Economy

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2025/02/07

Following up on Reid Kane's podcast discussing the Marxist Value Critics, Spencer Leonard discusses Marx's critique of political economy and its relevance today. Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

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57:49

Episode 615: Trump, Tariffs, and Executive Orders

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2025/02/04

Douglas Lain and Benjamin Studebaker discuss the prospects for the US and Canada. Who will win the coming trade war? What is the point of blaming Canada? Story of the Week:Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" https://fullreads.com/literature/the-lottery/Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

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64:52

Episode 614: Quentin S Crisp Remembers Hamsters

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2025/01/27

Nina Power and Douglas Lain discuss Quentin S. Crisp's novel "Hamster Dam," Neo-Decadence, and the life of the writer in the 21st century. Questions asked include: Do we misremember ourselves? What is frightening today? Do the seventies live on? Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap

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68:02

Episode 613: Why Are Conservatives so WOKE for Israel?

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2025/01/23

Joseph (Jake) Klein explains the history of DEI and how riots in the 60s led to redefinitions of racism. A conservative libertarian, Klein also criticizes his colleagues for their hypocrisy. They are WOKE for Israel. Patrons are invited to a follow-up discussion on Zoom at 2:30pm Pacific.Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap

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66:28

Episode 612: Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance, and the New...

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2025/01/20

Benjamin Studebaker and Douglas Lain discuss the meaning of the "left's" fear of a Yarvinized America. Will Trump realize "neo-feudalism?" Is this the dawning of the Dark Enlightenment? Were the Democrats correct when they argued that Trump was going to be a DICTATOR? Support Sublation Media and Join the Conversationhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

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99:12

Episode 611: Did Chris Cutrone Jump the Shark?

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2025/01/18

Amid renewed calls for his cancellation, Chris Cutrone addresses his critics about an essay that was to be entitled "Why Not Greenland?" Also discussed: How can we understand this moment without tailing any capitalist party? What about the Labor Theory of Value? And did Fonzie even "jump the shark" in the sense the phrase is usually meant? Support Sublation Media on Patreon https://patreon.com/dietsoap

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61:41

Episode 610: Jacob Shell talks Geography and Trump

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2025/01/16

Jacob Shell is a professor of geography and urban studies at Temple University. He is also addicted to X (Twitter) and a critic of the left and the Democrats. Shell insists he's not a leftist, but if the left were alive, I believe he would be. Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

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Episode 609: Greenland, Canada, Panama and the MAGA...

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2025/01/13

In this episode of Sublation Magazine, we discuss Trump's intention to expand America. Is he trolling? Is he serious? How seriously should we take Chris Cutrone's defense of Trump's plans? Is there a chance for an "Empire of Liberty?" What does it take to be a Marxist (first or last) in the age of Trump? Also, what is the meaning of a Vanishing Elephant?Story of the Week: The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakamihttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1991/11/18/the-elephant-vanishesChris

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75:16

Episode 608: What is "Bonapartism"?

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2025/01/10

Spencer Leonard joins Douglas Lain for the first "Spencer Leonard Hour." Spencer will be appearing on the channel monthly going forward in order to educate us about the misunderstood and neglected history of Marxism. Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

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Episode 607: Reid Kane on Marx and the followers of...

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2025/01/09

Reid Kane and Douglas Lain discuss the Wertkritik or "value critics" of contemporary Marxism in this episode of the Diet Soap podcast.Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

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Episode 606: Recapping 2024 with Derick Varn

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2024/12/31

Doug's old co-host joins him to think over the last year and the prospects for a new new left in 2025. Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

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Episode 605: Leaving Woke, Finding Peace

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2024/12/25

Umut Özkýrýmlý reveals how the Left has been sucked into a spiral of toxic hatred and outrage-mongering, retreating from the democratic ideals of freedom and pluralism that it purports to represent. Exploring the similarities between right-wing populism and radical identity politics, he sets out an alternative vision. It is only by focusing on our common humanity and working across differences that the Left will find a constructive and consensual way back from "woke".Support Sublation

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Episode 604: Lukács, Literature, and Cutrone

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2024/12/20

Douglas Lain and Chris Cutrone discuss György Lukács' "The Theory of the Novel: A Historico-philosophical Essay on the Forms of Great Epic Literature," which provides Doug an opportunity to reminisce on his long-lost vocation as a novelist. Link to Lukacs' Theory of the Novelhttps://analepsis.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/georg-lukacs-the-theory-of-the-novel.pdfSupport Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

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Episode 603: Drones, Assassins, and Pseudo-Events

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2024/12/16

Benjamin Studebaker takes on the co-host role in this first of the new Sublation Magazine streams. In this episode, we'll discuss the idea of the pseudo-event, the assassination of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, and the meaning of the East Coast drone invasion while also covering Toby Green and Thomas Fazi's essay for Sublation Magazine entitled: "A Victory for the Covid Policy Skeptics?" Is Neofeudalism ending, or is it merely rebranding? We will also discuss Donald Barthleme's short story,

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