Radio Free Humanity: The Marxist-Humanist Podcast

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 160: Marx and the Circuit of Capital (Interview with Alan Freeman and Guido De Marco)” The co-hosts welcome the co-editors of Money, Value, and Marx’s Circuit of Capital to discuss the circuit of capital.

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 159: Marxism and the Philosophy of Science (Interview with David Bedford and W. Thom Workman Part 2)” The co-hosts continue their discussion with guests David Bedford and W. Thom Workman about their book Marx, Engels, and the Philosophy of Science.

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 158: Marxism and the Philosophy of Science (Interview with David Bedford and W. Thom Workman Part I)” The co-hosts welcome guests David Bedford and W. Thom Workman to discuss their book Marx, Engels, and the Philosophy of Science.

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 157: An Appeal to the Listener to Join MHI” The co-hosts welcome guest Theresa Henry to discuss her article “Why Join MHI? An Appeal to the Readers of With Sober Senses.”

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 156: Marx’s Conception of Justice and the Ought Implies Can Principle Part 2” The co-hosts continue a two-part discussion of Andrew’s work-in-progress book on Critique of the Gotha Programme.

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 155: Marx’s Conception of Justice and the “Ought Implies Can Principle,” Part 1” The co-hosts begin a two-part discussion of Andrew’s book (in progress) on Critique of the Gotha Programme.

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 154: Latin Americans vs. The Donroe Doctrine” The co-hosts welcome Latin American Marxist-Humanist Francisco to discuss reactions in the region to the abduction of Maduro. Current events segment: the Trumpist war on Iran.

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 153: The Political and Economic Scene in the UK (with Ralph Keller and Ravi Bali)” The co-hosts welcome Marxist-Humanists in the UK to consider the political and economic difficulties facing the country. Current events segment: Trump’s threat to “nationalize” elections.

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 152 Critique of the Critique of the Party Form (discussion with Aidan Beatty and Paul LeBlanc)” The co-hosts welcome Aidan Beatty and Paul Le Blanc to discuss the issue of the party form. Current events segment: DT’s polling numbers.

To help work out the dialectic of national self-determination in the face of Trump’s imperialist aggression against Venezuela, Greenland, Canada, etc., Andrew and Gabriel revisit 1914-16 writings of V.I. Lenin on Ireland’s struggle for independence from England. They discuss Lenin’s response to Rosa Luxemburg, who thought that national self-determination is impossible, and his defense of the 1916...

Radio Free Humanity celebrated its 150th episode on Jan. 12, 2026  with a two-hour Zoom chat between participants and its co-hosts. In this wide-ranging chat, the co-hosts and participants discuss a variety of political and philosophical topics. They first consider the question, “Why does the ‘left’ put so much emphasis on ‘getting organized’?  Why does this fall short of what is needed?” They the...

Gabriel Donnelly interviews Andrew Kliman, regarding Marx’s concept of “intrinsic value”—value as distinct from exchange-value. Andrew clarifies the distinction and talks about how it became increasingly important to Marx. He and Gabriel discuss the significance of the concept of intrinsic value, Andrew’s contention that Marx was proving the existence of intrinsic value at the start of “Capital,”...

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 148: Brian Leiter & Jamie Edwards on Marx’s Economic Thought: Knowing What Ain’t So.” On Andrew’s commentary. Current-events segment: Dem. lawmakers’ video on refusing illegal orders & the attack on the Venezuelan boat.

RFH 147: The Fight to Defend Free Speech at Ball State University (Interview with Sarah Vitale) by MHI

RFH 146: Live from the No Kings 2 Protest (Interviews with Protesters) by MHI

Co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly speak with guest Gavin Mueller, an assistant professor of New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam. Mueller researches the politics of digital culture and much of our discussion centers on the realities of artificial intelligence in our time. They consider the huge amount of money being spent on Large Language Models, how they work, a...

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 144: The Roots of Bolshevik Debates (interview with Erik Van Ree)” The co-hosts welcome their special guest to discuss the history of contested ideas in the socialist movement. Current events segment: updates on the resistance to Trumpism.

RFH Ep. 143: The Gerry Healy Scandal and “Democratic Centralism” (interview with Aidan Beatty) by MHI

RFH 142 Ukraine’s Resistance to Putin’s Invasion in 2025 by MHI

Radio Free Humanity: “Episode 141: Rallo’s “Negative Marginal Utility.”” The co-hosts discuss Andrew’s article “The Negative Marginal Utility of Rallo’s ‘Reply to Andrew Kliman.’” Current-events segment: Grim macroeconomic trends as a fallout of Trump’s economic chaos.

Radio Free Humanity : “Episode 140: Reading Dunayevskaya’s “Form and Plan” in 2025 (Part II).” The co-hosts continue to discuss Dunayevskaya’s 1949-50 text, “Form and Plan.” Current-events segment: on Mamdani’s unexpected victory in the New York mayoral Democratic primary.

RFH Episode 139: The Israel-Hamas War and National Self-Determination by MHI

Radio Free Humanity Ep. 138: “Episode 138: Confronting the Paranormal Fringe (with Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling).” The co-hosts welcome author Hongoltz-Hetling to discuss his latest book. Current-events segment: Xi outmaneuvers Trump. Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Gabriel Donnelly and Andrew Kliman. We in...

Co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly dive into the archives! This is the first of a two-part discussion of the text of a presentation that Raya Dunayevskaya gave in the early 1950s, titled “Form and Plan.” She argues that the alternatives are not whether or not to plan, but the “despotic” plan of capital vs. the cooperative plan of “freely associated men.” The despotic plan is a form of cap...

The co-hosts and guest discuss the need for a critique of the internet with a firm foundation. Current-events segment: the co-hosts discuss the Trump and Bukele press conference.