Zero Squared

Douglas Lain

a philosophy podcast from zero books

  • 1 hour 33 seconds
    Episode 595: Is There a Censorship Industrial Complex?

    Compact editor Geoff Shullenberger debates Douglas Lain about what Michael Shellenberger calls "The Censorship Industrial Complex." How bad was it and will it continue (along with the surveillance state) under Trump. 

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    21 November 2024, 5:41 pm
  • 1 hour 36 minutes
    Episode 594: Trump Won (What now?)

    Chris Cutrone discusses the meaning of the Trump victory, how politics really works, and what is coming for the Campaign for the Socialist Party.

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    14 November 2024, 2:55 pm
  • 58 minutes 57 seconds
    Episode 593: Will There Be A Trumptastic Censorship Industrial Complex?

    Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain evaluate the chances for a rollback of the censorship apparatus and point to a few major threats that are flying under the radar. We'll also discuss how to create independent thinking and independent media in a statist society. 

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    12 November 2024, 11:55 pm
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    Episode 592: Avoiding Hysteria in These Final Days

    In seven days, America will choose between Fascism and Joy, but how do we know which is which? David Shields joins Douglas Lain and Ashley Frawley to discuss how the Democrats are making their closing arguments against Trump. (And we introduce the return of Sublation Magazine on its own website.)

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    29 October 2024, 8:18 pm
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Episode 591: The SECRET Meaning of the 2024 Election

    Chris Cutrone explains the post-neoliberal era and the meaning of Trump as America approaches the conclusion of the 2024 election. Would a second Trump term indicate that the Obama era will finally be tossed into the dustbin of history? 

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    24 October 2024, 6:35 pm
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    Episode 590: Elon Musk: How Oligarchs are Controlling America

    Doug and Ashley discuss the meaning of Elon Musk in the context of the American empire and consider going to PA in order to register to vote and win a million dollars.

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    23 October 2024, 1:44 am
  • 45 minutes 59 seconds
    Episode 589: Do We NEED A PARANOID Politics?

    Fabio Vighi is a professor of Italian and Critical Theory at Cardiff University and the author of the upcoming book "Emergency Capitalism" coming from Sublation in December. In this episode of Emergency Capitalism, Fabio discusses when and why paranoia can be rational, why de-dollarization is on the horizon, and how the mass production of wealth leads to poverty under capitalism.

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    18 October 2024, 7:18 pm
  • 57 minutes 9 seconds
    Episode 588: Can we ESCAPE the Society of the SPECTACLE?

    Douglas Lain will present a series of clips this week as Ashley Frawley is at the Battle of Ideas in London and unavailable. He'll be asking the question: How can we escape from the spectacle of petite bourgeois ideology and really "touch grass." 

    15 October 2024, 9:31 pm
  • 1 hour 21 minutes
    Episode 587: Rethinking the Millennial COMMUNIST Moment

    Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss an essay from Cutrone's book "Marxism and Politics." The article is entitled "Chinoiserie: A Critique of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA’s 'New Synthesis.'" In this episode of the Cutrone Zone Chris explains just why the 2010 "communist turn" was a repeat of the failure of the New Left even as it was a regression from the New Left into counterrevolutionary reaction.

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    11 October 2024, 10:50 pm
  • 1 hour 17 minutes
    Episode 586: Where is there HOPE for Socialism?

    KJ Noh and Douglas Lain discuss the prospects for socialism. Is the Chinese state leading the way? Can there be any prospect for socialism without an independent working class movement? 
    This week's Patreon content is a short Critical Cuts video entitled: The USA is Beyond Brainwashing

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    10 October 2024, 8:03 pm
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    Episode 585: The Pro-Palestinian Movement is Dead

    Ashley Frawley and Douglas Lain discuss the notion of "radical rest" and ask whether, given the recent defeats of the pro-Palestinian movement, it's time that the kids in the street take a nap. 

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    8 October 2024, 11:33 pm
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