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"There's a lot of rot." Ashley Frawley on Sociology, James Lindsay, Trucker Protests, and Freedom

Dr. Ashley Frawley joins Dave and Nance at Theory Underground to talk about her work. You can follow her on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@AshleyAFrawley This conversation with  @AshleyAFrawley  is from one of the Epic Marathon Streams at Theory Underground in 2024 - you can see the whole thing here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TKEqbXCNsSO9kj9G4vtsW-P
 
 
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Slavoj Zizek on The Event and the Metacrisis - accepts Nick Land debate challenge!

From the first time Slavoj Žižek visited Theory Underground, to commemorate our 1 year anniversary! Now being released as a stand-alone video and podcast episode. In the previous visit to TU we introduced Slavoj to the ideas of Nick Land, who he then wrote an article about. In this interview, we talk about the philosophical concept of The Event, Slavoj calls Underground Theory (our first collaborative volume) "my bible," he says nice things about the concept of timenergy (which he then fleshes out in the foreword to McKerracher's book Timenergy: Why You Have No Time or Energy. Finally, Slavoj agrees to debate Nick Land. We are still waiting to hear back from Land, as he has been on vacation for a few months. He DID say he would get back to us after vacation, so stay tuned!
 
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Theory Underground's AMERICAN IDIOTS - EU TOUR organizer/participant call-in

We're going to Europe next week! We met with some of the participants and organizers for varios stops along the way, including Nina Power, Cadell Last, Carl Hayden Smith, and Lukasz. The official final version of the EU Tour gets revealed, we talk about it, and you can look at the stops and even RSVP using this link here: http://theoryunderground.com/eu-tour-2024/
 
 
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Announcing the Intro to Ivan Illich course at Theory Underground - June 2024!

THIS ONE IS AN AMAZING VIDEO SO PLEASE WATCH ON YT: https://youtu.be/d-FhCfjTPDk
Ivan Illich is the most important thinker of institutions, technology, tools, and the human condition who got overhyped while simultaneously misunderstood and then eclipsed by Foucault and Habermas on the one side, and Freire, hooks, and Giroux on the other. We're calling for a critical, sincere, and earnest return to Ivan Illich. Bryan Weeks, one of the core TU instructors (who co-taught The Idea of the University course) has put this together and will be leading lectures and discussions around the texts he considers to be most essential to understanding Illich on his own terms but for our times.
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James Ellis of Hermitix on Nick Land, Philosophy and The Occult, and Zero Accelerationism

 
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Doug Lain on "the Left" and why Russel Brand, Matt Taibbi, and Glenn Greenwald matter

Douglas (Doug) Lain of Sublation Media was here before there was an online theory scene to speak of, much less one that was considered "Left." Dave and Nance bring him on to talk about the Left, what he means by this term, his time in the scene, and his vision for a way forward. This includes a critical defense of anti-establishment (or "populist") liberals like Russel Brand, Matt Tiabbi, and Glenn Greenwald. (Something Dave and Nance appreciate Doug for to no end!)
 
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Universal vs. "Class" politics + What IS "conservative"? with Christine Louis-Dit-Sully

What is the difference between "class" politics and "universal" politics? Why does it matter? What goals ought we to have when thinking about the future? We get into all these questions and more on a special episode with Dr. Christine Louis-Dit-Sully.
 
Dr. Christine Louis-Dit-Sully is the author of Transcending Racial Divisions: Will You Stand By Me? she has two PhDs and a very low tolerance for identity politics, whether those be left OR right.
You can follow her here: https://x.com/cricri42
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Original CCRU member's new media theory - Anna Greenspan on Wave Theory, Megacities, and China!

As the headliner of an Epic Marathon Livestream at Theory Underground, we got to talk to Anna Greenspan about her work. I'm still mind blown by the possibilities her work opens.
 
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What we're all about | M-C-M^ vs C-M-C^ | Timenergy vs Energy-time | Schedules vs. Free-binging

Coming to a city near you? Or are you coming to visit us in OUR spot, from afar!? A digital oasis for niche consumer BS, or an actual center for lectures, research, art, and publishing!? Come find out what's all about. This is part 1.
Also, from the brainstorm for this description, Nance was like: "Busking at the end of history | What is really going on | Plans for the future | "I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.""
 
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Sahil lecture 2 on Das Kapital - Volume One - Chapter 1/2| M-C-M^ vs. C-M-T3^

Sahil is back to lecture on the rest of Chapter 1 of Volume 1 of Das Kapital, the section on fetishization, followed by a speed run of chapter 2!!! You won't want to miss this one.
 
A very special episode - let's goooo
 
 
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