Why Left? Podcast with Benjamin Studebaker and David McKerracher

About Why Left? Podcast with Benjamin Studebaker and David McKerracher

What IS Left? What IS Political? What’s a worthy goal to struggle towards? McKerracher is not convinced that the Left is worth ”reconstituting” for fighting for, whereas Studebaker thinks it might be. WL is an imprint of TU, where Dave and Benjamin teach. You can get involved with our courses and seminars here: https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe

Publisher

A genuine contradiction conversation between a political scientist and a critical social theorist - an imprint of Theory Underground

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Nov 2024

Latest episode

15 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

51 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Dec 2025

   What happened?

   and where it's going! After no new episodes for 10 months... Dave's back, by himself, to speak to the podcast audience and share about what has happened and where things are going. https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe

2. 

   10 Jul 2025

   WL - Lord of the Rings and the danger of nerdmaxxing

   If you're serious about doing theory, making art, changing the world, or living well, we invite you to join us. https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe Theory Underground exists to cultivate the conditions necessary for a working class intellectual renaissance that goes beyond old political categories or other identitarian niches. At TU, autodidact workers with earbuds and professionals who see no future in existing institutions or movements are able to challenge their doxa and develop an understanding of the situation we are in. The aim of this work is to change the coordinates of thought, action, and organizing in American culture, so as to make possible large scale structural change for the sake of timenergy for all. If you subscribe at https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe you'll get access to a package of courses, including: 12 Core Concepts with social theorist David McKerracher12 Essential Political Theorists with political theorist Benjamin StudebakerThe Philosophy of Nature with philosopher Nina Power Past courses include Intro to Marxism with Chris Cutrone, The Clinical Structures of Psychoanalysis with Leon Brenner, Intro to Lacan with Todd McGowan, and The Fault-Line Theory (Intro to Nick Land and Intro to Slavoj Zizek) with Michael Downs, as well as many more! The way these all get woven together at a deeper and more meta level is through the ongoing research seminars led by David McKerracher and Benjamin Studebaker, where they engage with one another’s work by sharing developments from their own perspectives, theory, and research. If you subscribe at higher levels and support our work, we'll support your development with bespoke teaching. Alone and unaided, we struggle to grasp our situation in its fullness and formulate a meaningful response. By working together and pooling our energies, we can do better. Join us at theoryunderground.com/subscribe MUSIC CREDITS Logo sequence music by https://olliebeanz.com/music https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Mike Chino, Demigods    • Mike Chino – Demigods [Hip Hop] 🎵 from Roy...  TU owns the rights to use the “What's Left” theme, thanks to its creator, Adam Leher. Thanks!

3. 

   20 Jun 2025

   WL/WR "No Kings" Protest and Israel-Iran/WW3?

   If you're serious about doing theory, making art, changing the world, or living well, we invite you to join us. https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe Theory Underground exists to cultivate the conditions necessary for a working class intellectual renaissance that goes beyond old political categories or other identitarian niches. At TU, autodidact workers with earbuds and professionals who see no future in existing institutions or movements are able to challenge their doxa and develop an understanding of the situation we are in. The aim of this work is to change the coordinates of thought, action, and organizing in American culture, so as to make possible large scale structural change for the sake of timenergy for all. If you subscribe at https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe you'll get access to a package of courses, including: 12 Core Concepts with social theorist David McKerracher12 Essential Political Theorists with political theorist Benjamin StudebakerThe Philosophy of Nature with philosopher Nina Power Past courses include Intro to Marxism with Chris Cutrone, The Clinical Structures of Psychoanalysis with Leon Brenner, Intro to Lacan with Todd McGowan, and The Fault-Line Theory (Intro to Nick Land and Intro to Slavoj Zizek) with Michael Downs, as well as many more! The way these all get woven together at a deeper and more meta level is through the ongoing research seminars led by David McKerracher and Benjamin Studebaker, where they engage with one another’s work by sharing developments from their own perspectives, theory, and research. If you subscribe at higher levels and support our work, we'll support your development with bespoke teaching. Alone and unaided, we struggle to grasp our situation in its fullness and formulate a meaningful response. By working together and pooling our energies, we can do better. Join us at theoryunderground.com/subscribe MUSIC CREDITS Logo sequence music by https://olliebeanz.com/music https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Mike Chino, Demigods    • Mike Chino – Demigods [Hip Hop] 🎵 from Roy...  TU owns the rights to use the “What's Left” theme, thanks to its creator, Adam Leher. Thanks!

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