Invent The Future

A group of Marxist-Leninists discussing history, culture, politics, and the way forward.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inventthefuture

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h47m. Bisher sind 15 Folge(n) erschienen. Alle 2 Monate erscheint eine Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 4 hours 48 minutes

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2021: A Land of Contrasts


Eilex, Taylor, and Ethan look back on the year, going through the major events of each month and going on some longer digressions about COVID-19 vaccine backlash, critical race theory, the hope of labor struggle, and how easy it was to assassinate world leaders a hundred years ago.

Outro music: "Auld Lang Syne," Alexandrov Ensemble


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 December 23, 2021  1h44m
 
 

episode 7: Episode 7 - Cowboys


In this free-ranging and discursive discussion, Alekx, Eilex, and Ethan talk about Western films (cowboy movies, not the whole capitalist cultural category) and how they portray Mexico and Mexicans, how the films launder settler Manifest Destiny and settler-colonialism, how gender is depicted and reified through the films, and US perceptions of citizenry, property, and morality are all mixed in with the ideas they contain. It goes all over the place. Yee haw...


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 March 1, 2021  1h23m
 
 

episode 8: 8 - A Brief History of Medical Racism


Savanah and Alekx cover a bit of the history of racism within the US medical field. A LOT is covered here, from medical training to prejudice in doctors to the concept of IQ and much more. This gets graphic at points, so please use caution. 

Related/Suggested Reading:

Even the Rat Was White: A Historical View of Psychology - Robert V. Guthrie
Racism and Psychiatry: Contemporary Issues and Interventions - Morgan Medlock, Derri Shtasel, Nhi-Ha T...


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 April 17, 2021  2h23m
 
 

episode 9: 10 - Happiness


ITF's first in-person episode! 

As a result, Eilex, Taylor, and Ethan have a wide-ranging and somewhat freeform discussion about happiness, what it means, how it's measured, and why capitalist ideology wants to quantify it.

Outro: "It Was A Good Day", Ice Cube


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 September 4, 2021  1h47m
 
 

episode 11: 11 - Ideology and Reaction in Horror


In this episode originally intended to be recorded and released before Halloween, we go over the social/political trends undergirding 90 years of US horror cinema decade by decade. Eilex shares a few frightening Latin American folktales and their ideological basis in colonization, and Jeremy talks about No One Gets Out Alive (2021) and the messages behind it...


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 November 8, 2021  2h21m
 
 
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