So… any of you bears wanna help me out? Thanks!!

  • HornyOnMain@hexbear.netEnglish
    43·
    10 months ago

    Trueanon and Blowback are my personal favourites cannot recommend both of them enough, they’re just so good.

    Other flavourites of hexbear are Citations Needed, The Deprogram and the Antifada. I’ve also heard that Everybody Loves Communism, RevLeft Media, Radio War Nerd, Geopolitical Economy Report and Guerrilla Media are also good.

    • Yurt_Owl@hexbear.netEnglish
      19·
      10 months ago

      I really had a hard time getting into trueanon. I listened to quite a lot of episodes and Brace is very entertaining on other people’s shows but i just couldn’t stand his pod. Every episode just feels the same and in chapo pod style i hadn’t a fucking clue what they were talking about half the time.

      • HornyOnMain@hexbear.netEnglish
        20·
        10 months ago

        I feel like it’s good to start with their the game series to kind of get a feel for the style of comedy without it being so in your face, idk with other podcasts I find the whole like, “here’s 10 minutes of random bullshit before we actually start” kind of annoying but with Brace and Liz they just have good enough chemistry that it becomes actually funny

  • President_Obama [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    32·
    10 months ago

    Ait here’s a list of a few leftist podcasts:

    1Dime Radio

    American Prestige

    Blowback

    Book Club Commune

    CENTER FOR COMMUNIST STUDIES

    Cadre Journal

    Center for Communist Studies Audio

    Citations Needed

    Cosmopod

    David Harvey’s Anti-Capitalist Chronicles

    Democracy at Work

    Foreign Languages Press - Audiobooks

    Guerrilla History

    Give The People What They Want!

    Historical Materialism Podcast

    Introduction To Marx/Marxsim

    Mass Struggle

    New Books in Critical Theory

    No Easy Answers

    People’s History of Ideas Podcast

    Peoples Dispatch

    Pod Damn America

    Politics In Command

    Proles of the Round Table

    Radical Thoughts Podcast

    Radio Free Amanda

    Reading Capital With Comrades

    Red Book Club

    Red Library

    Red Plateaus

    Red Power Hour

    Revolution and Ideology

    Revolutionary Lumpen Radio

    Revolutionary Left Radio

    Red Menace Podcast

    Socialism for All

    The Antifada

    Socialist Revolution

    The Crimson Flag Podcast

    The Lavender Menace

    The People’s Forum

    The Red Nation

    The Red Nation Podcast

    The Unequal Exchange Podcast

    The Verso Podcast

    Theory Underground

    Why Theory

    Working Class History

    Žižek And So On

  • ReadFanon [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    26·
    10 months ago

    What sort of socialism podcast are you looking for in particular? Is it something:

    • Introductory
    • Historical
    • Theory-based
    • Current affairs-focused
    • Casual
    • Pandantic@midwest.socialOPEnglish
      12·
      10 months ago

      I would like to hear some history of both US socialist movements and US action against socialist movements, as well as socialist movements in other countries. I would also like to learn about theory, and current affairs. It’s fine if it’s not all in one podcast, and I’m also open to one-off or series of podcasts focused on these historical aspects.

      • ReadFanon [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        13·
        10 months ago

        Podcasts on US social movements… that’s a tough one. You’ll hear some episodes covering this on RevLeft Radio but because most socialist movements in the US are either quite small and fragmented or they haven’t achieved a whole lot there often isn’t a huge amount to cover.

        For US actions against socialism, Blowback is really good, as others have already mentioned. Others are American Exception and some episodes of Guerilla History.

        For theory, I strongly recommend Red Menace as well as a lot of the stuff produced by Socialism For All. There’s also Marx Madness, We Read Theory, Red Book Club, Radical Reviewer (on YouTube), and a lot of the episodes of Teach Me Communism.

        For current affairs, there’s Citations Needed, Radio War Nerd (specifically about wars), Everybody Loves Communism, The Deprogram, and some of TrueAnon.

        While this next recommendation doesn’t fit any of your categories, I’d also recommend Actually Existing Socialism because they interview primarily academics on their areas of expertise in socialist movements and it’s really underrated, although it can be a bit dry so it might not be to your tastes.

        My overall recommendation would be to try out an episode or two of whatever podcasts take your fancy to see if you like the presentation style and if it’s to your preferred depth. Some of these podcasts are more conversational and entry-level while some of them go much deeper and lean towards the more academic side. There no right or wrong in this matter, it’s just about finding what suits your preference.

            • Pandantic@midwest.socialOPEnglish
              2·
              10 months ago

              The app I use (Thunder, so I can see Hexbear stickers) has a glitch where if a post is deleted, there is no checkmark to dismiss it, only a respond button. In fact, I could not even see this post by clicking on it becaus it’s in a deleted post comment chain, I had to just press the respond button. I’ve already shared the issue with the devs.

  • emizeko [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    25·
    10 months ago

    Donors to the [Heartland] institute included the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Microsoft, General Motors, Comcast, Reynolds American, Philip Morris, Amgen, Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and Eli Lilly, liquor companies, and an anonymous donor who had given $13 million over the past five years.

  • wheresmysurplusvalue [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    14·
    10 months ago

    I’m not much of a podcast enjoyer, so I’ll throw in some YouTube recs.

    • Reimagining Soviet Georgia podcast (also had an episode or two on Yugoslavia)
    • Unequal Exchange podcast
    • Also if you just want the audio format, for history maybe you could also do audiobooks. For example The Jakarta Method has a recording on youtube
    • Geopolitical Economy Report
    • Critical Theory Workshop / Atelier du Critique (on YouTube)
  • TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    9·
    10 months ago

    Do you have any preferences/topics youre interested in or looking for? I would classify socialist-adjacent podcast in two different camps: podcasts made by socialists who talk about something else, and podcasts about socialism itself. The first one tends to be more entertaining and focused while the hosts openly interpret the topic through their politics , while the latter can be fun and educational while a bit more heavy on the theory/concept side.

    For the first bunch i recommend Well There’s Your Problem, a podcast about engineering disasters (with slides), and for the latter The Deprogram, we know one or two of the hosts browses hexbear.

    • Pandantic@midwest.socialOPEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      At this point, I would like to hear about socialism since I’m somewhat at the “still learning” phase.

      • xXthrowawayXx [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        What do you already know?

        There is no wrong answer to this question.

        You could say something like “socialism is when the government does stuff” or “socialism is when they take your funco pops and give them to everyone else” or “socialism is when you don’t talk to your best friend because they’re a revisionist.”

        Two hundred years of history has wrought a mighty warp in our understanding of even simple things.

        It’s important to know where you’re at because some of the learning about socialism material is like “it’s possible not to suffer” and some of it is like “British utopian communist ideology kept American parties from escaping Trotskyism”.

        • Pandantic@midwest.socialOPEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Let’s see, I know that in socialism, the state takes over means of production from companies and removes competition. I also know that socialism is supposed to be a system run by the people. Everyone is paid by their need, basic needs are met for everyone, and classism and wealth inequality are eliminated.

          I also know that communism is the militant and authoritarian version of socialism. I think that one Soviet Russia’s problems with communism was that the some of workers weren’t incentivized and were thrown into labor camps for not doing their jobs, and also there wasn’t honesty in the government controlled supply chain because of fear of repercussions for not meeting production quotas, which meant there wasn’t enough food.

          I know a bit about the Cuban Revolution and Castro.

          • xXthrowawayXx [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            So you kinda can’t get directly to where you wanna be from where you are.

            Everybody’s got preconceived notions and grows up in propaganda and it takes a little while to get used to the They Live glasses and start really operating based on the perception you get through them.

            I would recommend citations needed, blowback and the deprogram first and foremost and once you’re through those revisit the question.

            Those three are primarily for a western audience. I assumed since you’re posting in English and on Midwest.social but if you’re from like idk India or South Africa lmk and I’ll try to dig equivalent stuff up.

            • Pandantic@midwest.socialOPEnglish
              1·
              10 months ago

              Yeah, that sounds good. I already started with the Deprogram yesterday and it seems like a pretty good start.

              • xXthrowawayXx [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
                2·
                10 months ago

                The afrika baambaata sample in blowbacks intro always gets me pumped. Probably half of getting people to recommend your shit is getting them in the mood you want em in to enjoy it from the jump.

              • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netEnglish
                1·
                10 months ago

                Honestly the Deprogram doesn’t actually do all that much deprogramming, it’s more venting and news and analysis and spotlights for people who are already into socialism.

                Historicly.net is a good podcast for laying out the scale of how various forms of oppression evolved together, and challenging the victor’s narrative of history.

    • Takatakatakatakatak@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      Where do chapo trap house and red scare fit into this matrix?

      I’ve heard about half an episode each in friend’s vehicles and didn’t really hear much socialism but I figure that’s how they get you. Pretty soon it’s not my friend’s car, it’s our car.

      • TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        10·
        10 months ago

        Next thing you know we’ll take your and your friend’s toothbrush, too.

        Both of those barely fit the 1st category. Most people here (me included) will have choice words about the hosts of either podcast, but let’s leave it at them being clueless radlibs, if not worse.

        In their current state, I wouldn’t even consider them part of a “pipeline” (i guess that’s what you meant by “that’s how they get you”). True Anon is way more funny and interesting, and the people hosting it seem to have much more coherent politics.

          • TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
            10·
            10 months ago

            Early trump chapo hit different though, then the Bernie campaign happened. Rn it’s a funny comedy podcast about American politics with hosts a bit less clueless about the ills of capitalism than your average host, but I don’t see them introducing anyone to anything else than “both parties fucking suck” as an idea.

        • OgdenTO [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          True anon is my go to listen. Early trueanon focused on Epstein, but after year 1 it shifted to be more generally about a leftwing look of historical people and events.

          And funny.

          And this year has shifted in tone again. In a good way. It seems more focused on issues that are important to the left. Organizing, unions, human rights issues, international politics, etc.

      • HornyOnMain@hexbear.netEnglish
        9·
        10 months ago

        Apparently red scare is kinda sus and reactionary but idk much about it bcs I’ve never listened to it myself, all I really know first hand is that the fans of it are completely insufferable

  • good_girl [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    Against Japanism is a good one I got into that goes into and against the image of Japan that the right tends to build up. The host, Kota, interviews and hosts historians and goes into the leftist movements in Japan both in present day and throughout history.

    I like it and I imagine many here will as well.