left; unread
Two leftists exploring the question, ”what is to be done?” as they navigate life in a late-stage capitalist hellscape.
Episodes

Aug 18, 2025
Aug 18, 2025
1 hr 10 min
In the penultimate Capital episode, Will and Aaron continue reading Dr. Karl Marx's seminal work, Capital, Volume One, covering chapters 15-22 and discussing the magnitude of surplus value, piece wages vs. time wages, and why Marx hated Bentham so damn much.

Jul 28, 2025
Jul 28, 2025
1 hr 14 min
Patria o Muerte!
In celebration of the anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, Will and Aaron read Che Guevara's Guerrilla Warfare, discussing the applicability of guerrilla warfare in the modern age, "the role of the woman" in revolutionary politics, and why tractor repair may just be the next wave of revolutionary organization.
All music by Sisyphus Happy, with the exception of the closing song: "Para Nosotros Siempre Es 26" by Carlos Puebla.

Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
1 hr 33 min
Will and Aaron continue the long journey of reading Dr. Karl Marx's Capital, discussing AI and mechanization, "luxury" goods and class antagonism, and how Door Dashers are the real heroes.
Music by Sisyphus Happy.

Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025
1 hr 36 min
Will and Aaron return to Joseph Stalin through his essay "The Foundations of Leninism", discussing socialism in one country, bottom-up recall vs. top-down purges, and why Lenin was a boss husband.
All music by Sisyphus Happy.

Jun 2, 2025
Jun 2, 2025
51 min
Will and Aaron read chapters 10 and 11 from Dr. Karl Marx's Capital, Volume One and discuss productivity, the distinction between historical and capitalist modes of cooperation, and why The Golden Bachelor is cool.
Music by Sisyphus Happy.

May 19, 2025
May 19, 2025
1 hr 58 min
Will and Aaron read Marco Maurizi's Beyond Nature and discuss animal liberation, veganism as an extension of Marxism, and why calling cops pigs is an insult to pigs everywhere.
All music by Sisyphus Happpy.

May 5, 2025
May 5, 2025
1 hr 23 min
Will and Aaron continue reading Dr. Karl Marx's seminal work, Capital, discussing surplus value, lunch breaks, and journeying into the vast abstract of Marx's mindscape.
Happy (belated) May Day!
All music by Sisyphus Happy.

Apr 21, 2025
Apr 21, 2025
1 hr 46 min
Will and Aaron read 8 anarchist essays and discuss individualism, anarchist criticisms of Lenin's state model, and anarchism's ultimate person.
The essays explored in this episode are:
-Ecology and Revolutionary Thought - Murray Bookchin -An Anarchist Programme - Errico Malatesta -Are We Good Enough? - Peter Kropotkin-Our Revolution - Carlo Cafiero-The Capitalist System - Mikhail Bakunin-The Soviet System or the Dictatorship of the Proletariat? - Rudolf Rocker-The Principles of Anarchism - Lucy Parsons
All music by Sisyphus Happy.

Apr 7, 2025
Apr 7, 2025
1 hr 43 min
Will and Aaron continue their journey of reading Dr. Karl Marx's Capital, discussing chapters 3-6 to define exchange circuits, characterize valorization, and inadvertently intimate a repressed foot fetish.
All music by Sisyphus Happy.
Also, something a little different: next episode's reading list for our "Anarchist Primer" episode:
Ecology and Revolutionary Thought - Murray Bookchin
An Anarchist Programme - Errico Malatesta
Are We Good Enough? - Peter Kropotkin
Our Revolution - Carlo Cafiero
The Capitalist System - Mikhail Bakunin
The Soviet System or the Dictatorship of the Proletariat? - Rudolf Rocker
The Principles of Anarchism - Lucy Parsons

Mar 24, 2025
Mar 24, 2025
1 hr 23 min
Happy Women's History Month!
Will and Aaron read Angela Davis' Women, Race, and Class and discuss the necessity for an intersectional liberation politic, the need for a new guard of radical revolutionaries, and how fathers can't be babysitters.
All music by Sisyphus Happy.
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