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Communist podcast exploring political economy, history and the class struggle with AP Andy, Sean KB and guests. Become a patron to enjoy bonus content, access to our Discord community and more at: https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckage

Podcast · By Sean KB and AP Andy · American English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
18
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Sep 23, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 23, 2026

    Pacing the F-tier (opens the original)

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    NEWS EP! AI apocalypse and regulation scenarios. Global shipping disrupted big time. Xi winning. Flights are grounded; nature is healing. AFD surge in Germany. All hail the Great and Powerful Theil! SUPPORT THE SHOW AT HTTP://PATREON.COM/THISWRECKAGE Show notes: Riley on AI vs market capitalism: https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/blind-guesses China's AI Great leap forward: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/business/china-ai-economy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share Global shipping in crisis: ht

  2. Episode · Sep 18, 2026

    Real Gen X Hours 1 w/ Rax King (opens the original)

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    In this bonus episode Andy and Sean are joined by roving media correspondent, Rax King , to get into some of the 80s/90s urtexts that created 21st century American culture: spoken word and standup comedy by Generation X luminaries Jello Biafra, Henry Rollins and Denis Leary. What do these cultural artifacts from a bygone era tell us about how all the highlights of organized American political life in this millennium - from Bush to Obama to Trump - came into being? Which aspects of what they crit

  3. Episode · Sep 14, 2026

    The Menace of Prosperity w/ Daniel Wortel-London (opens the original)

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    Sean and Andy are joined by historian Daniel Wortel-London to discuss his recent book The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development 1865-1981 out now from University of Chicago Press. Without the taxes and jobs generated by wealthy firms and households, we are told, our communities cannot survive. But what if the costs of elite-driven growth outweighed its benefits? What if the wealthy were not the fiscal saviors of American cities, but their assassins? What i

  4. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

    &merica Deserves a 9/11 Podcast w/ PD&&& (opens the original)

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    &y, &ers Lee & a special SECRET guest (Jake Flores) compare some Zoomer 9/11 takes (via the Daily Wire) and the post-9/11 hot takes that got Susan Sontag, Amiri Baraka in some trouble. For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage

  5. Episode · Sep 2, 2026

    Was Dolly Parton America A or America B? w/ Liam & Jackson (opens the original)

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    Brooklyn vs. Dallas. Brownstones vs McMansions. Jelly Roll Morton vs. Jelly Roll. The Braves vs. The Savannah Bananas. The authors of "Alphabet America" ( Liam and Jackson ) claim that their theory of a cosmopolitan America A and a psuedo-rural America B is "the most explanatory method of understanding the cultural divide," and that " the vast majority of people, whether they can name it or not, experience life in America this way more than they do under any other schema of social categorization

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