Varn Vlog
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Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here. Varn Vlog is the pod of C. Derick Varn. We combine the conversation on philosophy, political economy, art, history, culture, anthropology, and geopolitics from a left-wing and culturally informed perspective. We approach the world from a historical lens with an eye for hard truths and structural analysis.
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Trade Wars As Social Wars with Benjamin Studebaker
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Maoism Without The Myths with Black Red Guard
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Sep 7, 20261:32:40completed
Education, Literacy, and the Limits of Reform with Freddie deBoer
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Sep 3, 20261:43:09completed
Policing American Slavery: How the Slave Power Weaponized Society and the State...
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Aug 31, 20261:37:25pending
Rewriting Columbus From The Taino View with Andrew Rowen
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Aug 24, 20261:20:52pending
Geopolitics of the Data Economy: Tech Monopoly, Neoliberalism, Resource Wars wi...
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Brandon Lightly on the Mass LIne and New Democracy, Part 2
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Aug 13, 20261:27:42pending
Writing and Revolution: Cultural Production vs. Neoliberal Aesthetics with Sudip...
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Aug 10, 20262:25:18pending
The Cultural Marxism Myth with A.J.A. Woods
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A People’s History of the Mets: Urban Planning, Labor, and Radical Politics with...
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Cold War Cinema — History, Propaganda, and Left-Wing Film Analysis with Jason Ch...
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Jul 27, 20262:32:55pending
Gerontocracy in America: Samuel Moyn on Aging Wealth and Shifting Power
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Jul 23, 20261:19:36pending
Why Jordan Peterson is Wrong About Jung with Rob Faure Walker
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Jul 20, 20262:31:51pending
Brandon Lightly on the Mass Line and New Democracy, Part 1
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Screened Realities and the Complicit Lens: Robin Andersen on Media Complicity in...
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Real Internationalism: Inside the RAIZ International Project
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Grade Scandals, Bureaucracy, and the Truth About the Teacher Shortage with Chris...
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Solidarity or Silence?: How Leftist Politics Often Overlooks the Disabled with A...
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Karl Marx’s Ethics of Human Flourishing with Sam Badger
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The Stranger Side of Ancient Philosophy: Materialism & Metaphysics with Max Wade
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Jun 15, 20262:12:20pending
Revolutionary Strategy Today with the Angry Workers Collective
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Up vs. Down: Bypassing the Two-Party Sorting Mechanism with Travis Misurell
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Decoding the Tragedy of Noam Chomsky with Dr. Chris Knight
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The Prospects of DSA: Party Building, Power, and the Marxist Unity Group
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May 25, 20261:24:50pending
Communist Unity in Oceania: The Future of Socialist Organizing in Australia
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May 18, 20262:15:15pending
The Quest for Narrative From World Travels to Technology with Miles Spencer
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The Castaneda Con with Ru Marshall
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The Left-Wing Deadbeat with Nurse John
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The K-Shaped Decade with Matt Borka
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From Dawn To Decadence, Part 6: Aufheben's Decay
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German Romanticism and Idealism Beyond Nostalgia And Reaction
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Apr 13, 20261:38:36failed
Diving Into the Wreckage: The French Left Remains Unbowed
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Apr 10, 20261:18:59failed
Mapping The United Front Debate with Brandon Lightly
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Wall Street Went To Homeroom And Stole The Whiteboard with David I Backer
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From Catechism To Class Consciousness: How Marxism Was Taught with Edward Barrin...
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How Philosophy Lost Its Nerve And How Marx Put It Back To Work with Christoph Sc...
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Post-Liberalism’s Fade with Nicolas Villarreal
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Hellworld And The Broken Labor Map with Phil Neel
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From Mills To World-Systems: Tracing Wallerstein’s Path with Sam Chian
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Popular Or United Fronts Explained with Brandon Lightly
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Crisis As Decision In German Thought with Timothy Schatz
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From Dawn to Decadence, Part 5
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Punditry Without Memory with Sudip Bhattacharya
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Can Dignity And Science Share A Banner Without Becoming A New Elite with Daniel...
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Renaissance Without the Myth with Ada Palmer
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Inside Iran’s Impasse And Syria’s Shadow Wars with Djene Bajalan
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Socialism, Anti-Politics, And Power Today with Joseph Sciortino
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Rewriting The Chumash War with Joe Payne
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Pierre Bourdieu, Academic Power, And Class Reproduction with Daniel Tutt
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Language, Brains, And The AI Mirage with Eli Sennesh
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