Podcasts

This page lists various online leftist podcast-style programs alongside short descriptions of their aims. Please add any additional podcasts you find.

Title and Link	Status	Host(s)	Description
Chapo Trap House	Active	Will Menaker, Felix Biederman. Also Matt Christman (on hiatus); formerly including Amber A'Lee Frost and Virgil Texas.	Satirical takes on the news from the "dirtbag left".
Cum Town	Concluded	Nick Mullen, Adam Friedland, Stavros Halkias	Vulgar humor on various topics, sometimes with a left-wing slant. Associated with Chapo Trap House.
Zero Squared	Active	Douglas Lain, Zero Books publisher	Deals with various left-wing topics covered by their authors.
From Alpha to Omega	Active	Tom O'Brien	Various leftist topics.
Revolutionary Left Radio	Active	[various]	A variety of podcasts on "Communist Philosophy, Proletarian History, Critical Theory, & Revolutionary Politics."
The Jimmy Dore Show	Active	Jimmy Dore	Commentary on the news; very critical of mainstream media and the democratic party.
The Michael Brooks Show	Active	Michael Brooks	News commentary with some discussion of leftist theory and history.
Citations Needed	Active	Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson	Podcast going deep in the analysis of bullshit peddled by the American media.
The Discourse Collective	Inactive	various	Irregular podcasts on various topics.
General Intellect Unit	Concluded		Discussions of books covering the relationship between leftism and technology.
Swampside Chats	Active		Bong rip takes on Marxist theory as well as "enemy camp" stuff.
Emancipation Network	Active		Marxist podcast network and research collective.
Proles of the Round Table	Active		Podcast about leftist (socialist) history.
Novara Media Podcast	Active		Podcast by the radical-leftist media organisation Novara Media.
This is Hell	Active		This is Hell is a weekly longform political interview program broadcast across Chicago on WNUR since 1996.
Total Liberation	Concluded	YouTubers Mariane (A Privileged Vegan) and Mexie.	Holistic theory of leftist veganism and anti-imperialism. Known as "Vegan Vanguard" until November 2021.
Blowback	Active	Brendan James, Noah Kulwin	Nonfiction history podcast concerned with one American foreign intervention per season. The four existing seasons cover the 2003 Iraq War, the Cuban Revolution, the Korean War, and the decades-long Afghan conflict, respectively. The fifth season, announced 2024, will concern Cambodia during the US intervention in Southeast Asia (the "Vietnam War").

See also

• YouTube channels
• Online courses