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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Jamie Merchant on the Many, Many Current Crises
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Rent-Seeking, Platforms, And The Myth Of Techno-Feudalism with Alex Hochuli
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Liberalism At The Brink with Dillion From Untrodden Podcast
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Why Capitalism’s “Mute Compulsion” Isn’t The Whole Story with Nicolas D. Villarr...
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America’s Battle Over The Intellectual with Daniel Tutt
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Why Easy Answers Fail: From Riots To Reproduction And What Comes Next with Heatw...
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Ross Wolfe Contra Domenico Losurdo
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Boundless and Bottomless (Special): Jay Rogers on Dugin's Fourth Political The...
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Iranian Diaspora and Political Identity with Keanu Heydari
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How Zoran Mamdani Surfed Anti-Politics To Beat A Party Machine with the Rapple R...
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The Subject Unbound: Structuralism, Psychoanalysis, and Revolutionary Consciousn...
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The Marxist Unity Group: Navigating DSA's Political Landscape
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The Spectacle Society: When Nothing Means Anything with Dave Stockdale
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The People's Era: How France Unbowed Reimagines Leftist Politics
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(From the Patreon Archives) From Operaismo to Autonomy: Italian Radical Thought...
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How Technology Could Transform Our Failed Economic Models with Victor Vernissage...
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Impossible Things: A Poet's Journey Through Loss and Translation with Miller Wol...
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Flowers for Marx Symposium, Part 2: Daniel Tutt and Matt McManus
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Flowers for Marx Symposium, Part 1: Ben Burgis, Conrad Hamilton, and Ernesto Var...
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Why Your Stories Matter More Than Technology Ever Will with William "Bill" Welse...
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Gothic Capitalism and the Fate of Radical Art with Adam Turl
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Financial Literacy: The Missing Piece in Social Justice with Courtney Teasley
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Buddha Didn't Want You to Quit Thinking with W. Tom Pepper
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Rereading Lenin: Context, Chronology, and Revolutionary Change with Alexander He...
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Signs, Symbols, and Silicon: How AI Changes Our Understanding of Thought with Ni...
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Evolution's Grip on American Politics with Dr. Melvyn Lurie
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The Rise of Caudillo Politics in America with Calixto Lopez
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The Revolution in Democracy: Marxist Unity Group's Vision for DSA
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Dollar Dominance in a Fragile World with Emmanuel Daniel
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Taming the Wild: The Complex Story of Animal Domestication with Joy
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Liberal Socialism and the Challenge of Right-Wing Politics with Matt McManus
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From Dawn To Decadence, part 4: Aufheben's Decline of Theory
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The Poetry of Diasporic Memory with Ben Meyerson
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End of Liberal Dreams with Nicolas Villarreal
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Marx's American Journey with Andrew Hartman
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The Angels and the Poets: Rilke, Celan, and DA Levy with Alexander Benedict
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The Fascist Foundations of Heideggerian Thought: A Marxist Critique with Colin B...
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The Echoes of General Boulanger: When Leftists Flirt With Right-Wing Populism wi...
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Ethics Unbound: Marx's Revolutionary Framework with Vanessa Wills
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Breaking Constitutional Boundaries with Elijah Emery
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The Dark Side of Jimmy Carter with Robert Buzzanco
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The Journey of Freedom: Unpacking Hegel's Philosophy with Borna Radnik
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From Cold War Legacies to Modern Political Challenges with Daniel Bessner
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Navigating Socialist Strategy and Tensions in the Post-Trump Era with Sudip Bhat...
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From Dawn to Decadence, Part 3: Is Samir Amin's Challenge to Eurocentric Narrati...
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Doomscolling Through Fandom to Politics: Unraveling the Digital Influence on Ide...
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Cultural Shifts in the Age of Social Media from Art Bell to TikTok with Katherin...
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Liberalism Meets Socialism: Unpacking Their Surprising Connections with Matt McM...
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The Paradoxical Paths of Noam Chomsky with Dr. Chris Knight
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Constitutional Crossroads: Examining Trump's Impact on American Democracy with E...
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