Meet your hosts: David and Nathan. One of them is the foremost expert on Karl Marx in rural Missouri. The other might have had a crush on Ronald Reagan throughout college. You get to figure out who's who.  Each week, these two will break down a handful of chapters from a foundational work of Marxism. Join them as they begin to dissect Karl Marx's Capital, the book that your uncle told you was worse than the necronomicon.  Check out our podcast host, Pinecast. Start your own podcast for free with no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<p>Meet your hosts: David and Nathan. One of them is the foremost expert on Karl Marx in rural Missouri. The other might have had a crush on Ronald Reagan throughout college. You get to figure out who's who. </p> <p>Each week, these two will break down a handful of chapters from a foundational work of Marxism. Join them as they begin to dissect Karl Marx's Capital, the book that your uncle told you was worse than the necronomicon. </p> <p>Check out our podcast host, <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Start your own podcast for free with no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S1E1 - Capital: Chapters 1-2, Intro

Episode Notes Did you enjoy the length of the first episode? Too bad this is a long book!  This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>Did you enjoy the length of the first episode? Too bad this is a long book! </p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S1E2 - Capital: Chapters 3-8

Episode Notes After a brief jaunt in chapter 9 David and Nathan get to the first actually interesting parts of Capital Chapter 10 This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>After a brief jaunt in chapter 9 David and Nathan get to the first actually interesting parts of Capital Chapter 10</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S1E3 - Capital: Chapter 9-10

Episode Notes Going forward most episodes will be broken into two/three parts for hosting reasons. These will be labeled as such.  This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>Going forward most episodes will be broken into two/three parts for hosting reasons. These will be labeled as such. </p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S1E4 - Capital: Chapters 11-12 (Part 1)

Episode Notes We get away from the text towards the end of this episode but the discussion felt too relevant to cut. If you're here for strictly the text there is an audio note when we drive the car off the road. This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>We get away from the text towards the end of this episode but the discussion felt too relevant to cut. If you're here for strictly the text there is an audio note when we drive the car off the road.</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S1E5 - Capital: Chapters 11-12 (Part 2)

Episode Notes Nathan and David get back to the text after a slight detour at the end of Chapter 12 with the build up to the explosion that is chapter 15 This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>Nathan and David get back to the text after a slight detour at the end of Chapter 12 with the build up to the explosion that is chapter 15</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S1E6 - Capital: Chapters 13-14

Episode Notes Sincere apologies for the delay Nathan decided to break his ipad beyond repair and learn the hard way why backups are important we are working to catch back up but in the meantime we have an intact copy if chapter 15 that we will be releasing over the next three weeks in one hour segments thanks for bearing with us! NATHAN AND DAVID This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>Sincere apologies for the delay Nathan decided to break his ipad beyond repair and learn the hard way why backups are important we are working to catch back up but in the meantime we have an intact copy if chapter 15 that we will be releasing over the next three weeks in one hour segments thanks for bearing with us!</p> <p>NATHAN AND DAVID</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S1E7 - Capital: Chapter 15 (Part 1)

Episode Notes Part 2 of one of the biggest chapters in all of CAPITAL This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>Part 2 of one of the biggest chapters in all of CAPITAL</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S1E8 - Capital: Chapter 15 (Part 2)

Episode Notes We conclude the biggest chapter so far and get ready to jump into the back half of Capital. This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>We conclude the biggest chapter so far and get ready to jump into the back half of Capital.</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S1E9 - Capital: Chapter 15 (Part 3)

Episode Notes Having recovered from the great iPad death of 2018 we're back in the podcave and back to Capital This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>Having recovered from the great iPad death of 2018 we're back in the podcave and back to Capital</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S1E10 - Capital: Chapters 16-18

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Episode Notes If you want to help us the best thing you can do is review us on iTunes so we can reach more people If you want to talk to us we are @marxmadnesspod on twitter and marxmadnesspod@gmail.com Logo by @commissartist on twitter go look them up if you need any sweet commissions or artwork by comrades for comrades reach out to them at commissartist@gmail.com! Find out more at https://marxmadness.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>If you want to help us the best thing you can do is review us on iTunes so we can reach more people</p> <p>If you want to talk to us we are @marxmadnesspod on twitter and marxmadnesspod@gmail.com</p> <p>Logo by @commissartist on twitter go look them up if you need any sweet commissions or artwork by comrades for comrades reach out to them at commissartist@gmail.com!</p> <p>Find out more at <a href="https://marxmadness.pinecast.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://marxmadness.pinecast.co</a></p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>.</p>

S5E1 - The Life and Times of W.E.B DuBois

Episode Notes We dive in to State and Rev where we find Lenin rather unhappy with the current state of Marxism in 1917, more specifically Lenin is rather unhappy with a Mr. Kautsky. This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>We dive in to State and Rev where we find Lenin rather unhappy with the current state of Marxism in 1917, more specifically Lenin is rather unhappy with a Mr. Kautsky.</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S2E2 - State and Revolution: Chapter 1

S5E2 - History of Reconstruction: Part 1

Episode Notes The crossover event Nathan really thought was an elaborate hoax right up until it happened. A huge thanks to both Breht and Alyson for coming on discussing our first bit of Mao! This was incredibly fun to record so hopefully you all enjoy it as well! This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>The crossover event Nathan really thought was an elaborate hoax right up until it happened. A huge thanks to both Breht and Alyson for coming on discussing our first bit of Mao! This was incredibly fun to record so hopefully you all enjoy it as well!</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S4E1 - Marx Madness/Red Menace Crossover: Mao On Practice

Episode Notes Notes go here This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>Notes go here</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S3E1 - Intro to Imperialism/WWI

Episode Notes We are always trying to improve the podcast both in audio quality as well as more content. If there is a book or work you would like to see covered let us know @marxmadnesspod on twitter. Also any donations that are made to the tip jar are going towards purchasing new audio equipment to get us to professional quality sound. We do this because we love it and we're excited you all seem to enjoy it as well. -Nathan and David This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>We are always trying to improve the podcast both in audio quality as well as more content. If there is a book or work you would like to see covered let us know @marxmadnesspod on twitter. Also any donations that are made to the tip jar are going towards purchasing new audio equipment to get us to professional quality sound. We do this because we love it and we're excited you all seem to enjoy it as well.</p> <p>-Nathan and David</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S2E1 - State and Revolution: Introduction & Background

S5E3 - History of Reconstruction: Part 2

Episode Notes We’re getting into the text of Imperialism this week where Lenin uses current events to show how right Marx was about how capitalism would develop. The end of this episode is cut abruptly short and being released as a separate episode because it is fairly content warning heavy and we wanted to make sure that didn’t sneak up on anyone you should see that short addendum in the feed the same day you see this. This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>We’re getting into the text of Imperialism this week where Lenin uses current events to show how right Marx was about how capitalism would develop.</p> <p>The end of this episode is cut abruptly short and being released as a separate episode because it is fairly content warning heavy and we wanted to make sure that didn’t sneak up on anyone you should see that short addendum in the feed the same day you see this.</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S3E2 - Imperialism: Chapter 1

Episode Notes We start the long march into Wretched of the Earth proper, to set your expectations properly there will be at least 6 episodes on chapter 1 but we are reading all text so we think it’s worth the wait This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>We start the long march into Wretched of the Earth proper, to set your expectations properly there will be at least 6 episodes on chapter 1 but we are reading all text so we think it’s worth the wait</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S4E5 - Wretched of the Earth: Chapter 1.1

Episode Notes Apologies for this episode not being up to our usual audio quality standards, as usual it's Nathan's fault and he just feels awful about it.  Anyway enjoy chapter 2 of state and revolution  This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>Apologies for this episode not being up to our usual audio quality standards, as usual it's Nathan's fault and he just feels awful about it. </p> <p>Anyway enjoy chapter 2 of state and revolution </p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S2E3 - State and Revolution: Chapter 2

Frantz Fanon

Episode Notes Mmmmm don’t you just love that new book smell? You know we do! Even if it means diving headlong into content neither of us have ever worked with before. Come along on our journey through Fanon! This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>Mmmmm don’t you just love that new book smell? You know we do! Even if it means diving headlong into content neither of us have ever worked with before. Come along on our journey through Fanon!</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S4E2 - Frantz Fanon Intro and Background

Episode Notes If you’d like to watch/listen to a bunch of socialists try and make communism work in a video game check out the twitch stream Nathan did with Dumb and Awful https://www.twitch.tv/brett_dumbandawful/video/496978181 Find out more at https://marxmadness.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>If you’d like to watch/listen to a bunch of socialists try and make communism work in a video game check out the twitch stream Nathan did with Dumb and Awful <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/brett_dumbandawful/video/496978181" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitch.tv/brett_dumbandawful/video/496978181</a></p> <p>Find out more at <a href="https://marxmadness.pinecast.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://marxmadness.pinecast.co</a></p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>.</p>

S4E13 - Wretched of the Earth: Chapter 2.2

Episode Notes Bit of a Frankenstein episode David goes from hungover to not hungover through the magic of podcasting Nathan points out David has good takes and David is uncomfortable with that.  Link to the episode Nathan did with Dumb &amp; Awfulhttps://dumbandawful.fireside.fm/51 Find out more at https://marxmadness.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>Bit of a Frankenstein episode David goes from hungover to not hungover through the magic of podcasting Nathan points out David has good takes and David is uncomfortable with that. </p> <p>Link to the episode Nathan did with Dumb &amp; Awful<br><a href="https://dumbandawful.fireside.fm/51" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://dumbandawful.fireside.fm/51</a></p> <p>Find out more at <a href="https://marxmadness.pinecast.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://marxmadness.pinecast.co</a></p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>.</p>

S4E12 - Wretched Of The Earth: Chapter 2.1

Episode Notes The meat of the book gets started as we begin discussing banks and their roles within capitalism and imperialism This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>The meat of the book gets started as we begin discussing banks and their roles within capitalism and imperialism</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S3E4 - Imperialism: Chapter 2

Episode Notes http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/298.html If you want to help us the best thing you can do is review us on iTunes so we can reach more people If you want to talk to us we are @marxmadnesspod on twitter and marxmadnesspod@gmail.com Logo by @commissartist on twitter go look them up if you need any sweet commissions or artwork by comrades for comrades reach out to them at commissartist@gmail.com! Find out more at https://marxmadness.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p><a href="http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/298.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/298.html</a></p> <p>If you want to help us the best thing you can do is review us on iTunes so we can reach more people</p> <p>If you want to talk to us we are @marxmadnesspod on twitter and marxmadnesspod@gmail.com</p> <p>Logo by @commissartist on twitter go look them up if you need any sweet commissions or artwork by comrades for comrades reach out to them at commissartist@gmail.com!</p> <p>Find out more at <a href="https://marxmadness.pinecast.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://marxmadness.pinecast.co</a></p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>.</p>

Mini Madness: I Won’t Vote

Episode Notes Sartre writes a preface long enough to be a short work unto itself so naturally we read the whole dang thing, this is going to be a two parter so the rest will come next week. Also Nathan has a mental breakdown and Wikipedia is dumb. This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b8b8a7 for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>Sartre writes a preface long enough to be a short work unto itself so naturally we read the whole dang thing, this is going to be a two parter so the rest will come next week.</p> <p>Also Nathan has a mental breakdown and Wikipedia is dumb.</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code <strong>r-b8b8a7</strong> for 40% off for 4 months, and support Marx Madness.</p>

S4E3 - Wretched of the Earth: Sartre Preface

Episode Notes Apologies for dropping later in the day for those commuter listeners we yelled at the podcast gods and they should have everything fixed  Find out more at https://marxmadness.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>Apologies for dropping later in the day for those commuter listeners we yelled at the podcast gods and they should have everything fixed </p> <p>Find out more at <a href="https://marxmadness.pinecast.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://marxmadness.pinecast.co</a></p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinecast</a>.</p>

S4E14 - Wretched of the Earth: Chapter 2.3

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