THIS IS REVOLUTION ＞podcast

It wasn't that long ago that there were complaints that the culture industry was alarmingly white. The Oscars and Emmys were even hashtaged with #OscarsSoWhite and #EmmysSoWhite and there was an increase in Black people winning the prestigious awards.   Now, leading men and women are white again.   What gives?   We'll discuss   Peace, j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" he...

Varn and J. discuss the difference between fame and influence, a social media following and "juice". We continue some of the midterm coverage   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We...

We cover the 2026 midterms.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're crea...

Let's cap off spooky season with a spooky episode! We'll discuss   Peace, j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and...

Stefan is joined by Quinn to discuss whether there is any point arguing about one versus two state solutions, or if energy is better focused elsewhere. Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this...

Kuba is in the house. This week: Russia, Russia, Russia We'll discuss.   Peace. j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means...

GET THE CLYDE STUBBLEFIELD BOOK HERE: https://www.ugapress.org/9780820377711/clyde-stubblefield/?fbclid=IwY2xjawVPjr1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mBWJyaWQRMVRaV1hYdVV3bmlsZGxpN3hzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEf0efNGgEmxrmQ7VGfMeurtwlrcXcWvKNWmDFO9_76GfVI4HAYZMrq7tXqhHM_aem_FElUJoEN4s9yBfyvpDbIZQ During his lifetime Clyde Stubblefield changed the rhythms and sound of music. Finding his start in the...

AI technology is used in everything from banning books in schools, deciding if you get healthcare to assisting people in casting their vote at the ballot box. If you're ambivalent to the power and influence of artificial intelligence (we're never calling it "super") it is indeed here and what it's doing should frighten you.   We'll discuss   Peace,   j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The C...

Get August's book here, directly from Monthly Review: https://monthlyreview.org/in-the-public-eye-black.../   Over the last decade, Cedric Robinson’s Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition has deeply shaped debates on the place of race within capitalist societies. Perhaps these questions are now settled, but at one time they were far too controversial:   Is race subsumed by class...

Read Alex's article here: https://www.currentaffairs.org/.../johnny-cash-prison...   The late country singer had a far more clear-eyed understanding of the horrors of incarceration than some of today’s “leftists.”   We'll discuss.   Peace.   j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: http...

Read Djene's piece in Compact here: https://www.compactmag.com/article/how-saudi-arabia-overextended-itself/?fbclid=IwY2xjawVMUVpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mBWJyaWQRMWxQTmNxRmt4UlBxZXQ1NDVzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeTKX1zdZ_cjqu_Pc8kkfFvVW8coPISa1woLkKOUQc5SjeUVF821oLtZXP41c_aem_zKKLWGcmKJW05pDVUjWjZQ   Djene and Kuba are in the house. Has Saudi Arabia overextended itself?   We'll discuss.  ...

Get Shawn's book here: https://www.amazon.com/American-Socialist.../dp/1668056739   Before Bernie Sanders, before Zohran Mamdani, America’s favorite socialist was Eugene Debs. In 1912, some 1,200 Socialists held elected office across the United States. Wisconsin had a Socialist congressman in Washington, and ministers in Oklahoma preached the gospel of “Christian socialism” at revival-style gather...

J is joined by GTAA's Ben Burgis. They discuss the L.A. mayoral race and METALLICA!

Get Susanne's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/.../the-devils-castle.../   In The Devil’s Castle, Susanne Paola Antonetta weaves a haunting narrative that confronts the darkest chapters of psychiatric history while offering a bold vision for the future of mental health care. In 1939, the eugenics movement growing throughout the West did its worst in Nazi Germany. Through the Aktion T4...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says he wants to execute a man and televise it. That'll teach me a lesson right? Is this what happens when entertainment personalities run the world?   We'll discuss   Peace,   j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853...

Follow Joe Payne here: https://www.youtube.com/@politicalpayne ICE raids are intensifying in California. What can be done? We'll discuss.   Peace. j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this...

Read Eamon's piece here: https://nymag.com/.../nick-shirley-jd-vance-fraud-trump...   How did an influencer infiltrate the U.S. government and affect policy? We'll discuss. Peace. j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again...

WOW! The Vikings are undefeated? With Kyler Murray? So much football and baseball playoffs and still no soccer! We'll discuss. Peace. j. Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We apprec...

J. goes off on hero worship and Metallica outrage. 

Get Stacey's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/.../strung-up-by.../   Strung Up examines how the lynching of Black children became not an aberration, but a normalized feature of American racial violence. Drawing on meticulous archival research and vivid narrative storytelling, Strung Up traces how white supremacy trained itself socially, culturally, and psychologically to tolerate and...

Who remembers making a mixtape? We do, and we're going to tell why creating a mixtape before the era of streaming was a much more intimate process.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497 Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out...

Stefan, Quinn and Kuba discuss Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, a tool used by Eliezer Yudkowsky to promote his beliefs that AI is going to kill us all, and the influence it has had on like Sam Bankman-Fried Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collectio...

Russia and Ukraine war + the EU. How close are we to WWIII? We'll discuss Peace, j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the mean...

Read Matt's article in Current Affairs here: https://www.currentaffairs.org/.../the-classic...   You won’t find “The Spook Who Sat By the Door” on major streaming platforms, but more than 50 years after its release, it’s still relevant--we'll discuss!   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HER...

Spooky season is upon us! And at Dudes in the Cheap Seats (DITCS) we embrace this time of year. We're kicking it off with one of the most frightening movies of all time: The Hitcher.   Peace j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you...