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Always Already Podcast, a critical theory podcast

Tune in to the Always Already Podcast for indulgent conversations about critical theory (in the broadest read of the term!). Our podcast consists of two episode streams. The first is a discussion of t... Read more

Ranked #1

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Ep. 43 – Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks

Ep. 43 – Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks

In our first text-discussion episode in a while (sorry podcast fam!), John is joined by two special guest hosts, his Bel... Read more

4 Oct 2016

Ranked #2

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Ep. 53 – Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society

Ep. 53 – Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society

In this episode of AAP, Rachel, Emily, and John tackle a special request from Patreon supporter Alex. We discuss Byung-C... Read more

27 Dec 2017

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Ep. 57 – Sylvia Wynter, “Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom”

Ep. 57 – Sylvia Wynter, “Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom”

In this episode, James, Shadee, and John settle into unsettling the ongoing colonial project with Sylvia Wynter’s “Unset... Read more

28 Jun 2018

Ranked #4

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Ep. 46 – Martijn Konings, The Emotional Logic of Capitalism

Ep. 46 – Martijn Konings, The Emotional Logic of Capitalism

Join us for Rachel’s triumphant return to the podcast as she, Emily, and John discuss a few chapters from Martijn Koning... Read more

10 Jan 2017

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Ep. 44 – Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick on theory, paranoid reading, and reparative reading

Ep. 44 – Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick on theory, paranoid reading, and reparative reading

Join Emily, John, and B as they celebrate a reunion: John’s brief return to New York in this exciting episode on Eve Kos... Read more

25 Oct 2016

Ranked #6

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Interview: Charles Mills on Racial Liberalism

Interview: Charles Mills on Racial Liberalism

In this very special episode, John talks with Charles W. Mills (Philosophy, The Graduate Center, CUNY) about his new boo... Read more

1 Aug 2017

Ranked #7

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Ep. 56 – Donna Haraway, When Species Meet

Ep. 56 – Donna Haraway, When Species Meet

In this episode Emily, James, and John discuss Donna Haraway‘s When Species Meet (2008), a personal and at times intimat... Read more

23 May 2018

Ranked #8

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Ep. 41 – Achille Mbembe, On the Postcolony

Ep. 41 – Achille Mbembe, On the Postcolony

On this week’s episode we read Achille Mbembe’s On the Postcolony, focusing in particular on the Introduction and Chapte... Read more

28 Jun 2016

Ranked #9

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Ep. 54 – Alexis Pauline Gumbs, M Archive

Ep. 54 – Alexis Pauline Gumbs, M Archive

In this episode, James is joined by AAP Fanon correspondent M. Shadee Malaklou as they welcome a new guest, Derrais Cart... Read more

Ranked #10

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Ep. 49 – Eric L. Santner on Sovereignty, Flesh, and Biopolitics

Ep. 49 – Eric L. Santner on Sovereignty, Flesh, and Biopolitics

Join B, John, and Emily for a patron-suggested discussion of Eric L. Santner‘s book The Royal Remains: The People’s Two ... Read more

13 Jun 2017

Ranked #11

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Ep. 51 – Anna L. Tsing on Capitalism, Mushrooms, and the End of the World

Ep. 51 – Anna L. Tsing on Capitalism, Mushrooms, and the End of the World

In this episode, Emily and John are joined by a new guest and friend of the podcast Joseph Bookman for a lively discussi... Read more

12 Oct 2017

Ranked #12

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Psychoanalysis, Liberalism, and Trump – AAP After Dark 3

Psychoanalysis, Liberalism, and Trump – AAP After Dark 3

Join James, John, and Emily for another installment of Always Already After Dark. In this episode we (accidentally?) dis... Read more

26 Jun 2017

Ranked #13

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Ep. 59 – Rosa Luxemburg, The Accumulation of Capital Part I

Ep. 59 – Rosa Luxemburg, The Accumulation of Capital Part I

Join Rachel, John, and newly-appointed co-host Sid for the first entry in the first ever AAP podcast series, a multi-par... Read more

4 Dec 2018

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Interview: Mark Padoongpatt on neoliberalism and the (under)commons – Epistemic Unruliness 20

Interview: Mark Padoongpatt on neoliberalism and the (under)commons – Epistemic Unruliness 20

In this episode James is joined by Dr. Mark Padoongpatt, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic St... Read more

15 May 2017

Ranked #15

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Interview: Kyla Schuller on Race Science and the Biopolitics of Feeling – Epistemic Unruliness 22

Interview: Kyla Schuller on Race Science and the Biopolitics of Feeling – Epistemic Unruliness 22

Join John as he interviews Kyla Schuller (Women’s and Gender Studies, Rutgers) about her new book The Biopolitics of Fee... Read more

19 Mar 2018

Ranked #16

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Teaching the Political Theory Canon – AAP Pedagogy Hour

Teaching the Political Theory Canon – AAP Pedagogy Hour

Join us for this special episode of the AAP – special because all of your hosts are actually in the same place, and spec... Read more

29 Aug 2017

Ranked #17

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Neoliberal imaginaries and electoral failures: or, what the hell happened last week?- AAP After Dark 2

Neoliberal imaginaries and electoral failures: or, what the hell happened last week?- AAP After Dark 2

In a new installment of our occasional series, Always Already Podcast After Dark, James, Emily, John, and B tackle the e... Read more

16 Nov 2016

Ranked #18

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Ep. 45 – Rebecca Jordan Young, Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences

Ep. 45 – Rebecca Jordan Young, Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences

In this special crossover episode, James, John, and Emily are joined by Conor, Grace, and Josh from the Unsupervised Thi... Read more

20 Dec 2016

Ranked #19

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Roundtable on the Movement for Black Lives – Epistemic Unruliness 15

Roundtable on the Movement for Black Lives – Epistemic Unruliness 15

In this special round-table discussion on Black Lives Matter, James is joined by Travis Harris, Shana Haines, and Tyrell... Read more

16 Aug 2016

Ranked #20

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Interview: Banu Bargu on the Weaponization of Life

Interview: Banu Bargu on the Weaponization of Life

Over at New Books in Global Ethics and Politics, John interviewed Banu Bargu on her recent book. Thanks to the NBN, we a... Read more

14 Dec 2016

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