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Jon Greenaway is a writer, critic, and co-host of the podcast Horror Vanguard. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson, along with editors Emily Topping and Alex Skopic, to discuss his new article “Zombie Simpsons and the Cultural Undead,” which appears in the upcoming print issue of Current Affairs.
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🧟 Jon Greenaway's article on Obsession: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/obsession-and-the-horror-of-treating-people-as-products
🧟 Jon Greenaway's article on Backrooms: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/backrooms-shows-the-vast-meaningless-maze-of-capitalism
0:00 Monopoly Go and the Death of Culture
6:05 How Culture Becomes Intellectual Property
12:28 “Zombie Simpsons” and Capitalist Realism
24:14 Why the Left Needs a Critique of Culture
31:39 The Pointless Harry Potter Reboot
38:09 The Hollowness of Jimmy Fallon
44:48 Horror Movies You Should Watch
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Kyle Kulinski is the host of The Kyle Kulinski Show, co-host of Krystal Kyle & Friends, and a co-founder of Justice Democrats. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss his new article on Bill Maher, which will appear in the next print issue of Current Affairs!
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0:00–4:38 Why Bill Maher Used to Matter
4:38–10:49 How Bill Maher Moved Right
10:49–16:37 “Progressive Except for Palestine”
16:37–21:20 Abdul El-Sayed
21:20–26:04 Idiocracy
26:04–27:42 When “Skepticism” Becomes Anti-Science
27:42–31:04 Apocalypse
31:04–37:18 The U.S. the World’s Biggest Terrorist
37:18–40:55 “Centrism” Isn’t Actually Moderate
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Will McCaffery is a leftist content creator focused on anti-imperialism, anti-Zionism, and anti-capitalism, and the author of a new Current Affairs article on Israel’s upcoming election.
He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss what Israel’s elections reveal about the limits of liberal democracy, the political consensus behind apartheid and occupation, and what those same dynamics can teach us about elections and empire in the United States.
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0:00–4:52 How Western Media Frames Israel’s Election
4:52–7:53 Can an Apartheid State Be a Democracy?
7:53–9:54 Why Have Arab Parties in an Ethnostate?
9:54–13:37 “Pragmatic” vs. “Evocative” Fascism
13:37–19:08 The Ethnic Supremacist Consensus in Israeli Politics
19:08–22:13 Why Israel’s Far Right Is More Honest About Zionism
22:13–29:28 Bringing the Critique Home to the American Empire
29:28–32:43 The Iran War and Whose Lives American Politics Values
32:43–37:54 The Victims of Empire Don’t Get a Vote
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Julian Andreone is a Capitol Hill reporter for Drop Site News, where he confronts lawmakers with tough questions they’re often unprepared to answer.
He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss his approach to journalism and why ordinary people can do this kind of accountability reporting too. Julian’s piece on his experiences reporting from Capitol Hill will appear in the next print issue of Current Affairs!
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0:00–7:57 What Julian Andreone Does on Capitol Hill
7:57–14:56 How He Prepares to Confront Politicians
14:56–17:48 Exposing How Little Politicians Actually Know
17:48–23:31 John Fetterman’s Hostility to Drop Site
23:31–26:21 Shri Thanedar Chooses Party Leadership Over His Voters
26:21–30:21 James Clyburn: “I Don’t Do Foreign Policy”
30:21–34:45 Shontel Brown’s Contempt for Her Constituents
34:45–40:45 Why Anyone Can Do This Kind of Journalism
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