
The Regrettable Century
The old forms of the Left are moribund and the new forms are stupid. We're making a podcast that discusses the need to organize a Dialectical Pessimism and develop a salvage project capable of sparking a new workers' movement for socialism. A clean, honest, and unsentimental melancholy is required; we are cultivating one and would like to share it with you.
“The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned. I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
-- Antonio Gramsci
Podcasting since 2018 • 299 episodes
The Regrettable Century
Latest Episodes
The Pinnacle of Spectacle: Trump, War, and Opposition in Late Spectacular Capitalism
This week Chris and Jason signed on to give an update on the status of the spectacular nature of American Capitalism. Trump's useless strikes on Iran and false declaration of victory prompted us to revisit Guy Debord's concept of the spectacle ...
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Season 7
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Episode 19
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PATREON PREVIEW -- Regrettable Geopolitics 6/28/2025
US Attacks Iran... Did It Work?, Iran Tosses out the IAEA, NATO Potemkin Summit, The Inexorable Russian Lava Flow Pushes On, Ukraine Keeps Collapsing...How to Pronounce Schadenfreudehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3_D...
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Season 7
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22:33

On Care For Our Common Home: Laudato Si and Christian Anti-Capitalism (Part I)
Real romantic anti-capitalism hours are back, and this week the boys brought in Mir and Daniel to read Laudato Si by the late Pope Francis, as published by Verso Books (you can read it on the Vatican website or in book form, but we got the free...
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Season 7
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Episode 18
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1:06:49

Patreon Preview: The Question of Nationalities & Social Democracy by Otto Bauer: (Episode XI) FINAL
This is it folks, the second half of Chapter 7 and the grand finale of the reading series.Go to the Patreon to hear the whole episode. Join the Discord to help us determine what's next… And Read Along Here: <...
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Season 7
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20:51

PATREON PREVIEW: Regrettable Geopolitics 06/09/2025
Poland No Confidence in Tusk, Saudis Support For Syria, Israel Attacks Syria, More Genocide in Gaza, Russia vs Ukraine/Al Qaeda in Africa, Walkin' in the Spiderwebs, Terrorism?, Ukraine Body Swap Debacle, Russia's Inexorable Advance Continues.....
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Season 7
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12:38
