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
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Podcasting since 2018 • 331 episodes
The Regrettable Century
Latest Episodes
Patreon Preview: La démocratie dans l'Amérique de Trump (Matthew from Unbreakable Union) *re-upload*
*re-uploaded* This week we sat down with Matthew from the Unbreakable Union podcast and talked about the changing state of the world, what it's been like to be on the left throughout the years, the situation in France, and why...
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Season 8
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20:30
Toward a Materialist Conception of Music History: With Stephan Hammel (Part II of II)
This week, Jason and Ben continued their conversation with Stephan Hammel of The Measures Taken Podcast about his new book Toward a Materialist Conception of Music History.From the publisher:"This book argues for the re...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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53:36
PATREON PREVIEW -- Regrettable Geopolitics 11/27/2025
Trump Wants to Talk to Maduro, Israel is Still Murdering Children, Zelensky Has Lost Touch With Reality, Ukraine Is Losing and Being Forced Into an Unfavorable Peace Deal...
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Season 8
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21:47
Toward a Materialist Conception of Music History: With Stephan Hammel (Part I of II)
This week, Jason and Ben got together with friend and comrade Stephan Hammel of The Measures Taken Podcast to talk about his new book Toward a Materialist Conception of Music History. From the publisher:"This book argue...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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1:07:13
Patreon Preview: Regrettable Book Club -- Disaster Nationalism by Richard Seymour (Part II)
It's once again time for 'Disaster Nationalism' by Richard Seymour. The gang dives into chapters one and two, which means there is still time to become part of the group. If you would like to join in, go to the Discord!
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Season 7
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14:48