Doomscroll with Joshua Citarella

We discuss Jason’s background in music and his early political experiences. Are we being radicalized by mass media? Or are we being radicalized by real life? We explore the 90s era crack epidemic, de-industrialization and PC culture.

My guest is Jason Myles, a writer, musician, and podcaster. He is the host of This is Revolution. We explore the overlapping spheres of online politics and music subcultures.

In the mid-2010s, political factions on social media replaced musical genres as the primary mode of youth subculture. But can a subculture ever scale to a mass politics? We discuss the related themes of identity formation, rebellion and revolution.
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We explore Hito Steyerl’s recent work, soviet infrastructure, bitcoin mining, civil war and the (slim) possibilities of data centers or AI for the left. We get into the details about AI energy consumption and discuss the potentials for alternative models of data and training.
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My guest is Hito Steyerl, a filmmaker, author and professor of digital media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. We explore the ideology of AI, automation, and the rise of reactionary politics across the advanced world.
Neoliberalism might be over. But whatever comes next could be worse. In this conversation, we attempt to forecast what culture and politics may look like beyond the 2020s and after the end of globalization.
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We discuss strategies of: reform vs revolution, electoralism vs internationalism, and more. Our conversation continues behind the paywall.
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