Joshua Citarella (Joshua Citarella)

Josh recaps: edgy tweets from left-wing media figures, kids in cages with reverse timelines, right-wing influencers in shambles & actually existing in-game socialism.

Douglas Lain, author and publisher at Zer0 Books, joins me to discuss his recent (maybe) "shadowban". Music: "Starseed Junglist Anthem" by DJ Umberto Ecco 2k

intro by @rasterbahn_punished & @donotresearch

 What is the PMC? Listener Q&A, Ella Emhoff and the crisis of counter-culture now. My computer unexpectedly tanks midstream (RIP). The conclusion (~38:00+) is my address to an MFA class at the end of last semester.

This episode is a joint release alongside New Models. We discuss: institutional failure, alt-media and the future of creator communities. New Models is a news aggregator, podcast, publisher and online community. For more: https://www.patreon.com/newmodels https://stolbun.institute/ https://donotresearch.net/

DNR community researchers Davidy, Holly & Margo join me to discuss the "Lindy Effect" and more. Follow on IG: @db00ts, @holyyyycow, @ismargohere, @do.not.research, @donotresearch DNR: Lindy meme: https://imgur.com/E2FHPCt Nassim Taleb, “Becoming Anti-fragile”: https://content.artofmanliness.com/uploads/2013/12/Anti-Fragile-2020.jpg Paul Skallas, “In Praise of the Lindy Walk”: https://paulskallas.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-the-lindy-walk
 Paul Skallas, “Why do we Work Out?” 
https://paulskallas.substack.com/p/why-do-we-work-out Raw Egg Nationalist, “Man’s World: Issue 2”: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/65613344/mans-world-issue-2-the-sea-the-sea Raw Egg Nationalist, “Draw Me a Gironda”: https://www.amazon.com/Draw-Gironda-Nationalist-Presents-Book-ebook/dp/B08PBZDGHH Josh’s Gironda (Do Not Psychoanalyze): https://imgur.com/a19AzFN

Casual episode. I share some thoughts on the current state of online radical politics: Instagram + YouTube. We catch up on the recent Lauren Southern video. And discuss the cultural war vs. electoral majority.

Dorian visits the stream to investigate gay frogs. Gay Frogs: A Deep Dive (Oki's Weird Stories) https://youtu.be/i5uSbp0YDhc

Holly, Davidy & Josh take a deep dive into milk wars, seed oils, plastics and the taint.

Choose Your Future, 2021, is part of KW Digital: Open Secret, 16 July - 31 December. joshuacitarella.com/chooseyourfuture/
 www.kw-berlin.de/en/open-secret/ In 2021, I commissioned a group of artists and memers to write short wiki-style descriptions of fantastical future scenarios. Writers were instructed to copy/paste existing wikipedia entries and “play mad libs” with the nouns and dates. Drawing on movements from the past, these short stories recombine political history to anticipate long tail ideologies and factions that may soon emerge. Choose Your Future takes the hyperbolic imaginings of young people, raised on the internet, and puts their words directly into the mouths of content creators. In this way, the project emulates the signal amplification that occurs through social media, as radical takes move from the anonymous fringe into the verified mainstream. Is this the multi-faceted analysis of the Rand Corporation? Or is it a teenage meme poster who thinks it would be cool if these political keywords combined? I’m interested in the point where those spheres overlap. This project combines the creative efforts of some of the artists, memers and content creators that have most inspired me over the past few years. Texts by: Margo Bergamini, Nick Bird, @ manletpill, David Noel, Abbey Pusz, D.Z. Rowan and Joshua Citarella. Read by: Caroline Busta, Mat Dryhurst, A.M. Gittlitz, Daniel Keller, Anna Khachiyan, Holly Herndon, Lil' Internet, Jack Wagner and Joshua Citarella. --- Open Secret is a six-month long online program exploring the role of the hidden in our apparently “open” society. Information technologies are supposed to increase our access to knowledge, making the world more legible, while undermining ignorance and superstition. But sometimes the feeling prevails that we have entered a new dark age of black boxes, projections, and paranoia. Techno-culture is obsessed with the unseen, the inaccessible, the known-unknown. Open Secret pursues things that are obscured–through artistic commissions, a suite of essays by leading thinkers, and an intensive public program dedicated to critical reappraisal of the digital infrastructures that organize civic life. With new contributions released on a monthly basis, the Open Secret website will bring together art, technology, politics, and new patterns of exchange. Curators: Nadim Samman, curator digital sphere, in collaboration with Katja Zeidler, head of education & mediation

Speaking with 3 Gen Z lefty meme posters during a live event at the New Museum in NYC. https://rhizome.org/events/after-the-end-of-history/ Micro-lectures published to the Rhizome blog: https://rhizome.org/editorial/2019/oct/04/salutations-fellow-kids/ https://rhizome.org/editorial/2019/oct/17/communism-against-civilization-or-eco-fascism/

My guest is a 20 year old communist.

Helen Hester is the author of Xenofeminism (2018). She is a professor of Gender, Technology and Cultural Politics at the London School of Film, Media and Design. @ HelenHester https://twitter.com/HelenHester?s=20

Dorian visits the stream to investigate conspiracy theory & the federal reserve.

Online public vs private spaces, web 2.5, platform capitalism, saving the children from unpaid internships, pre-crisis aesthetics, edgy teens, unironic conspiracies, shadowbanning and influence https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz?s=20 https://www.instagram.com/taylorlorenz/ https://www.tiktok.com/@taylorlorenz https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/

Greg Guevara visits the pod to discuss radical ideologies, mental health, artistic expression and political speech. https://www.youtube.com/c/Jregory https://twitter.com/mc_swm https://www.instagram.com/greg.guevara/ https://www.patreon.com/jreg

One of greatest comment threads ever.

Caleb Cain discusses radical pipelines, counter-messaging, game theory and political factions. www.youtube.com/c/FaradaySpeaks/videos 
twitter.com/faradayspeaks?lang=en 
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We visited an IRL theme park of Neoliberalism.

Angela Nagle discusses Millennial values, Silicon Valley ideology, NGO’s and moral fanaticism.

I join Jacob in the editing room. https://youtu.be/BKGx5xrr5eg https://www.patreon.com/faroffsounds
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Dean Kissick is the New York editor for Spike Art Magazine. https://twitter.com/deankissick https://www.instagram.com/deankissick/ https://www.spikeartmagazine.com/?q=articles/downward-spiral-new-earth

Online content creators are now forming real world political organizations. DNR community members call in live for on the ground reports from: the Center for Political Innovation in Austin, TX and America First Political Action Conference III in Orlando, FL. https://twitter.com/nathanpemberton
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Taking the orange pill, gamer-bait, elites without institutions, the “Declaration of Monetary Independence” (lol). Sean calls into the stream to share some reflections on the recent Bitcoin Miami. https://twitter.com/8ball_sean https://www.8ball.report/

Nick Srnicek is a lecturer in Digital Economy at King’s College London. He is the author of Platform Capitalism (2016) and Inventing the Future (2015) with co-author Alex Williams. @n_srnck twitter.com/n_srnck

Nik calls in from lock-down in Shanghai to talk art, aesthetics and nutrition. Find his work at: https://www.instagram.com/nikkosmas/ https://kosmas.systems/shop 
https://twitter.com/NikKosmas

I visit NYC based artist Rachel Rossin to discuss new technologies, creative practice and keeping the light alive. follow Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachelrossin https://twitter.com/rachelrossin see her work: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/rachel-rossin-dna-nft-opensea-1234609589/ https://youtu.be/xYE-G0lB8zI

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, an estimated 24 million dollars helped to fund 20 newly established art centers throughout eastern Europe. The SCCA mission was to archive “unofficial art” (works that were previously unrecognized by the authoritarian state) and to cultivate a new form of avant garde contemporary art with curious political overtones. Follow Aaron: https://www.instagram.com/aaronkmoulton/ Blue Pill Press Release: https://www.instagram.com/p/CejWkqTJmOB/ Red Pill Press Release: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cejmhdkv-_n/ Voices of Love by Arsen Savadov & Georgy Senchenko: https://vimeo.com/349395357 https://vimeo.com/349394633 https://vimeo.com/349396581

Audio from the live event: June 6th 2022 at New Museum in NYC. Buy the book (direct link):
 https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/9534669/716219b59180600693f98dda95d2c5ba49427e23 Thank you to Michael Conner from Rhizome. https://www.instagram.com/rhizomedotorg/ Thank you to Lauren Boyle from Dis. https://www.instagram.com/dis/ https://dis.art/ https://www.instagram.com/everythingbuttheworld/ https://youtu.be/TZOChrVFehw http://disimages.com/ follow Do Not Research: https://www.instagram.com/do.not.research/ https://donotresearch.net/posts/over-hyphenated-platform-capitalism-futures https://www.instagram.com/abbeypusz/ https://www.instagram.com/ismargohere/ https://www.instagram.com/davidy____/ https://www.instagram.com/smegmagician/ https://www.instagram.com/seedface/ https://www.instagram.com/ryanseffinger/ https://www.instagram.com/toniannfernandez/ https://www.instagram.com/bleakribbons/ https://www.instagram.com/0erik1/ https://www.instagram.com/nousfaisons/ https://www.instagram.com/tatesmithstudio/ https://www.instagram.com/vitruviangrimace/ https://www.instagram.com/orfhtiff/ https://www.instagram.com/pneumaticmaterials/ https://www.instagram.com/jc_dentun/ https://www.instagram.com/water_feature/ https://www.instagram.com/loremaxxed_and_goblinpilled_1/ Special thanks to Jacques Louis Vidal and Channel.

What will the declining middle class mean for U.S. party affiliations in the near future? I speak with YouTuber and political commentator J.J. McCullough about his recent column in The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/09/are-millennial-leftists-aging-into-right-wingers/ https://www.youtube.com/c/JJMcCullough https://twitter.com/jj_mccullough https://www.patreon.com/jjmccullough/posts https://www.instagram.com/jjmccullough/

I speak with Aidan Walker, a writer at KnowYourMeme.com, for the 67th issue of Meme Insider. Meme Insider #67
: https://memeinsider.com/releases/whitney-chewston Follow Aidan’s work: 
https://knowyourmeme.com/news/staff/aidan-walker https://wordways.us
https://vibechecks.substack.com   more: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/capitalist-realism-by-mark-fisher https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-plant-64821014

Yung Chomsky joins me to talk physical fitness and left wing politics. We discuss the strategic importance of contested spaces online and why we shouldn’t cede this valuable territory to the right. https://twitter.com/yungchomsky https://www.instagram.com/yungchomsky/ https://soundcloud.com/yung-chomsky https://twitter.com/TrueAnonPod

From Anarcho-primitivist Instagram to local hardcore vegan straight edge. My guest talks eco-extremism, anti-work, climate collapse and the nihilism of extremely online communities.

A unique look into online memetic subcultures where Gen Z teens explore radical politics like eco-extremism, neoreaction, anarcho-primitivism, transhumanism, anarcho-capitalism, the alt-right, the post-left, egoism and cyber-nihilism.

Former basement dwellers discuss the shifting landscape of today’s social media platforms. We recap the art of posting (RIP) and how politics transformed pop culture, comedy and entertainment. Check out episode 1 of Jack's brand new podcast: Otherworld Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/otherworld/id1647611444 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1w0bwmnSZQLnMbVtr2RUg1?si=28b8c88acc5046b2 Follow: https://twitter.com/jackdwagner https://www.instagram.com/versace_tamagotchi/

Crossover episode with New Models! Jump into a freestyle audit of the 2022 cultural ecosystem. We discuss how the creative economy, both on and off-platform, is evolving post-lockdown. Subscribe: https://www.patreon.com/newmodels Follow: https://www.instagram.com/newmodels_io/
 Follow: https://www.instagram.com/rachelrossin/ More: https://rossin.co/ New Models, along with Joshua Citarella and Interdependence (Mat Dryhurst & Holly Herndon), is part of the channel.xyz network.

Jen Pan, former host of the Jacobin Show, joins me to discuss YouTube political messaging, elite activist language and what social democracy can do for art. Stay tuned for her forthcoming book from Verso. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JacobinMag Read: https://jacobin.com/

Spawning.ai, 20th century bohemianism, the ‘brahmin left’ vs. the ‘merchant right’. Join us to discuss how new technologies and class interests are shaping creative practice in 21st century. This episode is part of a new series of one-on-one conversations with Channel creators. Follow: https://twitter.com/matdryhurst https://www.instagram.com/matdryhurst/ https://twitter.com/hollyherndon https://www.instagram.com/holly_herndon/ https://twitter.com/spawning_ https://twitter.com/hollyplus_ https://twitter.com/channel https://www.channel.xyz/

New Models co-hosts Carly and Julian join artist & consultant Dena Yago (formerly K-HOLE) and Josh for a real-talk-debrief post panel discussions at Bundeskunsthalle. We unpack the the knock-on effects of “anti-gatekeeping”, speculative near-future museum defense strategies, and the alt paths of young artists. This is a cross over episode with New Models. Subscribe at: https://www.patreon.com/newmodels New Models 
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 Tw: https://twitter.com/newmodels_io IG: https://www.instagram.com/newmodels_io/  Dena Yago
 “Content Industrial Complex,” e-flux #89 (2018)
 Tw: https://twitter.com/khole_dena IG: https://www.instagram.com/denyags

People's Republic of Walmart co-author Leigh Phillips joins me to discuss eco-austerity, neo-malthusianism, degrowth, socially necessary atmospheric carbon and the on going debate around economic planning vs. neoliberalism. Follow on socials: https://twitter.com/Leigh_Phillips Get the books: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2822-the-people-s-republic-of-walmart https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/austerity-ecology-collapse-porn-addicts

My guest is a 16 year old Anarcho-Communist who was an Eco-Fascist in 2019. “R” is a co-admin on a popular leftwing meme account. The week before recording this episode she attended a Black Lives Matter protest in a nearby major city. We discuss neoliberalism, classical liberalism, esotericism, schizoposting, e-boys, accelerationism and mental health. **recorded: June 9, 2020**

I wrote the unthinkable (but true) take for the new issue of Document Journal. Read the piece online alongside a beautiful series of photographs by Bobby Doherty. https://www.documentjournal.com/2022/12/raw-eggs-pink-pills-and-embodied-identity-online-communities-create-their-own-proof-in-a-vacuum-of-truth/

CB joins me to discuss how new technologies and ideologies are shaping the public sphere in the 21st century. This episode is part of a series of one-on-one conversations with Channel creators. Follow: https://www.instagram.com/cbcb2000 https://twitter.com/cbcb2000 https://www.instagram.com/newmodels_io https://twitter.com/newmodels_io https://newmodels.io/ www.channel.xyz/

My guest is a 22 year old reactionary who is "extremely-online". He was a Bernie supporter in 2016 and self educated on sites like 4chan, Instagram and Youtube. We discuss authoritarianism, libertarianism, the enlightenment, neoreactionary theory, Hindutva, vegetarianism and shitposting. **recorded: August 5, 2020**

All the "wellness" products Americans love to buy are sold on both Infowars and Goop: https://qz.com/1010684/all-the-wellness-products-american-love-to-buy-are-sold-on-both-infowars-and-goop its real folks Auto-Experiment: Hyper-Masculinity: https://www.patreon.com/posts/auto-experiment-55888347

My guest is a 20 year old Left Communist. He began by exploring 4chan, /leftypol/ and kik messenger. In 2019, he joined an IRL political organization. We discuss Bookchinites, leftcom killing fields, proletarian discontent, shitposting and animation. **recorded: July 2, 2020**

Catherine Liu, professor of film and media studies at UC Irvine, visits the podcast to discuss Phillip Guston, the PMC and cultural institutions. She is the author of Virtue Hoarders (2021). https://cliuanon.substack.com/ https://twitter.com/bureaucatliu https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/virtue-hoarders

Nadim Samman, curator at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, joins me to discuss his new book, Poetics of Encryption: Art and the Technocene. get the book: https://www.hatjecantz.de/nadim-samman-8254-1.html socials: https://www.instagram.com/nadim.samman/ https://www.instagram.com/kwinstitutefcontemporaryart/

From Myspace “Top 8” to VR glasses (less powerful than ideology), Lil Internet joins me to discuss how new technologies are shaping creative life in the 21st century. This episode is part of a series of one-on-one conversations with Channel creators. Follow: https://www.instagram.com/lilinternet/ https://twitter.com/lilinternet https://www.instagram.com/newmodels_io/ https://twitter.com/NEWMODELS_IO newmodels.io/ channel.xyz/

My guest is a 16 year old anarcho-capitalist. He is a long time user on Instagram and highly influential in niche corners of the internet. **recorded: May, 2020**

Taylor joins me to discuss the creator economy, mommy bloggers, personal brands, beauty tutorials on youtube, and gamergate. Check out her new book: Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence and Power on the Internet. Pre-order: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Extremely-Online/Taylor-Lorenz/9781982146863?fbclid=PAAabwR0m9uZEWA8QezCgGDgtvaoaANakECbyFpjQw0RtCpP1PNhPmXbTbMcU_aem_th_AZVRfoAGgDDaY6wUvMUNOEolpZ0uvZntAgBVoPf0FPCj8Wqg6HnkWXdg-okCBU2Jqe4 IG: https://www.instagram.com/taylorlorenz/

My guest is a 16 year old council communist. He spent ages 12 to 14 fully immersed in conservative content on YouTube. Today his account is no longer active. **recorded: Oct 13, 2020**

Yancey joins me to discuss the “Dark Forests” of the internet. We explore new, post-platform guilds and digital native institutions for the 21st century. Browse the links below for his excellent writing on these topics: Follow: https://twitter.com/ystrickler https://twitter.com/metalabel_xyz https://www.instagram.com/metalabel_xyz/ Read: https://onezero.medium.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-7dc3e68a7cb1 https://www.metalabel.xyz/magazine/features/after-the-creator-economy-the-zine https://www.metalabel.xyz/ https://www.newcreativeera.com/ https://www.documentjournal.com/2021/01/the-internet-didnt-kill-counterculture-you-just-wont-find-it-on-instagram/

We’re at an inflection point for social media. Here’s what happens next: https://joshuacitarella.substack.com/p/the-platform-wars https://www.patreon.com/posts/platform-wars-82710977

This is an intermediate guide to weight lifting. https://open.substack.com/pub/joshuacitarella/p/fitness-program-and-syllabus-summer https://www.patreon.com/posts/fitness-program-85642009

My guest is a 19 year old left-wing Islamic nationalist from Tennessee. His account attracted lots of attention and controversy online. **recorded: Dec 12, 2020**

Dianna visits the podcasts to discuss trend cycles, faith, mythology and artistic practice. Hear about her upcoming performances: https://diannaluciadragonetti.substack.com/ Send professional inquiries: info-[at]-saras.world

If you’re just joining us, check out The Platform Wars part 1 & part 2. https://joshuacitarella.substack.com/p/platform-wars-part-3-tiktok-and-geopolitics https://www.patreon.com/posts/platform-wars-3-87023598

Welcome to StateBook. A public option for social media. Read the full essay: https://joshuacitarella.substack.com/p/platform-wars-part-4-a-public-option

My guest is a 22 year old from the Middle East. She has spent the last few years immersed in political meme culture and radical content online.

Philosopher of technology, Benjamin Bratton, joins me to discuss AI, terraforming, geopolitics and planetary scale computation. Read his work and learn more about Antikythera in the links below: https://twitter.com/bratton https://antikythera.org/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262029575/the-stack/ https://www.versobooks.com/products/2749-the-revenge-of-the-real Trust: Inhumanism Rising - Benjamin Bratton https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781913029999/machine-decision-is-not-final/ https://autocatallaxy.com/

Philosopher of technology, Benjamin Bratton, joins me to discuss AI and planetary scale computation. Read his work and learn more about Antikythera in the links below: twitter.com/bratton antikythera.org/ mitpress.mit.edu/9780262029575/the-stack/ www.versobooks.com/products/2749-t…nge-of-the-real Trust: Inhumanism Rising - Benjamin Bratton mitpress.mit.edu/9781913029999/ma…on-is-not-final/

Her new book is out now from MacMillan Press: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250269621/dirtbag Amber A'Lee Frost is a writer and co-host of Chapo Trap House. Find her writing in Jacobin Magazine, Catalyst, Damage Magazine, The Baffler, American Affairs and many others. IG: https://instagram.com/amberaleefrost

My guest ran a collaborative role-playing game that turned political meme accounts on Instagram into an MMO for fantasy nation-states.

@dnlklr joins me to discuss the For-You-Pagification of the internet, hyper polarization online, network states, AI vs. climate and building new institutions. https://twitter.com/DnlKlr 
https://www.instagram.com/dnlklr https://twitter.com/__vaporware__

My guest is a 20 year old Marxist. At age 12, he began exploring niche circles of Tumblr, YouTube and Wikipedia.

Artist Paige K.B. calls into the stream to discuss three major exhibitions: “Cute” at Somerset House in London, “Poetics of Encryption” at KW Institute of Contemporary Art in Berlin, and Simon Denny’s shows in New York. Follow: https://www.instagram.com/guiltgroupe/ Exhibitions: https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/cute https://poeticsofencryption.kw-berlin.de/src/html/Exibition.html https://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/simon-denny5 https://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/multi-user-dungeon-mud https://dunkunsthalle.substack.com/p/simon-denny-exhibition-read-write

Simon Denny's Metaverse Landscapes unpack historical resonances between territory, abstraction and financialization. Links: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/arts/design/simon-denny-art-computers-gaming-review-musk-grimes.html https://www.instagram.com/sden023/ https://www.instagram.com/juliaxgulia/ https://www.instagram.com/joshuacitarella/ https://www.instagram.com/dunkunsthalle/ https://www.instagram.com/petzelgallery/ https://www.instagram.com/sorry_press/ https://www.sorry-press.com/landscapes https://dunkunsthalle.substack.com/p/simon-denny-exhibition-read-write https://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/simon-denny5 https://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/multi-user-dungeon-mud

Exploring the political arc of the social media decade. Get the books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/vincent-bevins/if-we-burn/9781541788985/?lens=publicaffairs https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374610326/doppelganger Links: https://youtu.be/6FCYcfiVqYQ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/05/leftwing-vulkan-group-claim-responsibility-tesla-factory-pylon-arson-attack-berlin https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/the-anarcho-liberal/ https://www.youtube.com/live/cI7iyo2wv18?si=ilEl4ylOge0bJ8kf

Get the game: https://joshuacitarella.metalabel.com/class-fantasy Class Fantasy is an action RPG card game that pairs fantasy character classes with political ideologies. Your goal is to defeat other players in battle and achieve utopia. Inspired by games like Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering and World of Warcraft, Class Fantasy explores the essential role playing and world building process that links the game space and the real world. Finally, a game that unites the whole political spectrum (and family) by forcing them into irreconcilable conflict.

Austin Robey, co-founder of Metalabel, joins me to discuss alternative models for the internet. We explore “Ampled”, a cooperative platform for musicians that existed from 2018-2023 and theorize about the next generation of platforms. Follow: https://twitter.com/austinrobey_
https://www.instagram.com/michaelcoors/ https://twitter.com/metalabel_ https://www.instagram.com/metalabel__/ Read: https://austinrobey.xyz/

Get the book: https://darkforest.metalabel.com/dfa2 Yancey and I visit Montez Press Radio in downtown NYC to discuss The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet. Follow: https://www.instagram.com/montezpressradio https://www.instagram.com/ystrickler https://twitter.com/ystrickler https://www.instagram.com/metalabel__/ https://twitter.com/metalabel_

Towards a Philosophy of Photography by Vilem Flusser (1984) https://dis.art/obama-baroque https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007785730/facebook-news-feed-zuckerberg.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liLGhXv76dg

My guest is a Post-Marxist. We explore political subcultures such as Post-left Anarchy, Unconditional Accelerationism, Anarcho-Primitivism and more.

Ruby Thelot is a designer, cyber-ethnographer and artist. He is a professor of Design and Media Theory at NYU. We discuss his new book: A Cyber Archeology of Checkpoints (2024) a poignant tribute to a vanished online community. Get the book: https://www.irrelevantpress.com/store/pre-sale-a-cyberarchaeology-of-checkpoints-ruby-thelot Follow: https://www.instagram.com/being_on_line/?hl=en https://x.com/being_on_line?lang=en

I sat down with Catherine Liu, author of Virtue Hoarders (2021), professor of Film & Media Studies at UC Irvine, for her new series at Montez Press Radio. Catherine writes, “This series, Workers of the Culture Industry Unite! (LOL) tries to address the problems of artists' work in the age of finance capitalism… At a time when the corporations and institutions that support artists are suffering from endless crises of legitimacy, how can we have better conversations about what artistic and aesthetic freedom really look like.” Follow: https://cliuanon.substack.com/ https://www.instagram.com/montezpressradio

Otherworld presents Deep Research. This week, we’re covering “Tartaria”. Tartaria is a conspiracy theory that suggests the existence of a vast, advanced civilization that supposedly existed in ancient times but has been intentionally erased from historical records. Proponents of this theory often claim that Tartaria was a highly developed and technologically advanced empire with a global influence, surpassing the conventional understanding of history. They argue that evidence of Tartaria's existence is hidden or manipulated by a secretive global elite. The conspiracy theory often incorporates a variety of historical events, architectural anomalies, and symbols to support its narrative.Research links: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tartaria/comments/wggxfa/itsmorganfr_on_tiktok_explaining_tartaria/ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp78-02771r000200090002-6 https://www.youtube.com/@jonlevichannel https://www.youtube.com/@MindUnveiled https://www.reddit.com/r/tartarianarchitecture/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Tartaria/ https://www.tiktok.com/@watch_the_rabbit_hole/video/7197053113310661890?lang=en https://www.tiktok.com/@auntytateana2/video/7161746777069145350?lang=en https://youtu.be/4N-GDmlDMts?si=LH4ot7FLSsgzdd3Y https://www.tiktok.com/@zacharydenman/video/7193705054363258117?lang=en https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-04-27/inside-architecture-s-wildest-conspiracy-theory https://youtu.be/dtU_M0Sjd9Y?si=LOds3f6Nj-KXktMQ&t=332 Follow: https://www.instagram.com/otherworldpod/?hl=enhttps://www.patreon.com/Otherworld

Alex Hochuli is a co-host of the Aufhebunga Bunga podcast and a co-author of "The End of the End of History: Politics in the 21st Century". He joins me to discuss universalisms, organization and the difficult way forward. Follow: https://x.com/bungacast https://x.com/Alex__1789

Max Read joins me to discuss "the Zynternet", a newly emergent youth subculture online. We explore the For-You-Pagification of social media, the revenge of the normies and the future of online subcultures. Follow: https://maxread.substack.com/

This week’s guest is a 17 year old Left Communist from the Bay Area. He was a right-wing troll at age 13. We explore niche political subcultures, generational posting styles and the value of electoral politics.

My guest is Brace Belden, an organizer, an infamous shitposter and co-host of the TrueAnon podcast. I’ve spent the last few years interviewing young people who make radical posts online and later find their way into real world politics. Irony and humor play a huge role in this process. For the first episode, I wanted to talk to one of my favorite posters who has also lived his politics in the real world. https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella

My guest is Catherine Liu, professor of film and media studies at UC Irvine. She is the author of 'Virtue Hoarders: the Case Against the Professional Managerial Class'. We discuss the origin of trauma studies, self branding on social media and the ideology of the professional class. Liu has an unwavering commitment to historical materialism and a fierce critique of elitist academies. She explores the intense moralism of our times as it relates to the Freudian super-ego.

My guest is Jreg or Greg Guevara as he is known offline. Jreg is a popular YouTube creator who explores online radical politics. He joins me to discuss our shared fascination with incredibly niche ideologies that only exist online. We explore social atomization as a political project and agree that taking the friend pill is the best advice you can find.

My guest is ‪JJ McCullough a YouTuber who was previously a TV political commentator and columnist at the Washington Post. We discuss generational shifts from the political left to right, explore the state of alternative media and debate the origins of right-wing populism. While we disagree on some core issues, we always grant each other the space to fully argue an idea. My analysis and understanding is strengthened through our on-going dialogues.

My guest is artist and geographer Trevor Paglen. His groundbreaking work links new technological developments to larger political issues that are often secret or unseen. We discuss the emerging paradigm of "psyops capitalism", the history of the CIA's MK Ultra psychological operations and how magic shapes our perception of reality. These technologies culminate to form a new economic order of private surveillance, manipulation and financial extraction.

My guest is comedian Peter James Fowler. He joins me to discuss his political meme account that he ran at age 11. I’ve spent the last few years interviewing young people who make radical posts online. Peter shares his journey from growing up in evangelical Christianity, to new atheism, and from Trump to Bernie.

mini Chart of Truth (do not research), long tail politics, 5th position, @jonrafmancellectuals, platform capitalist realism, the Trotskyist to Neocon pipeline (real)

Utah monolith = McCrakenist Posadism, post-election dis-info deep dive, Laura Loomer walked so Marjorie Taylor Greene could run, the two conspiracies in American society & forecasting realignment.

Welcome to season 2 of Memes as Politics.

Part of the extended program for "Left Futures" hosted by Bas Fisher Invitational, Jan. 28th - Mar. 12 of 2021, in Miami, FL. "After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair and Restoration" by Holly Jean Buck. Verso, 2019 Music by: "Starseed Junglist Anthem" by DJ Umberto Ecco 2k Left Futures is a part of WATERPROOF MIAMI in partnership with the Bridge Initiative, check basfisherinvitational.com, waterproofMIA.com or bridgeinitiative.org for more info. The exhibition and conversation is generously supported in part by a Knight Arts Challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and with the support of the Andy Warhol Foundation, the Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council of Arts and Culture and the State of Florida, The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and the Cowles Charitable Trust. Our exhibition space has been made possible with the generous support of Miami Design District.