Chris Cutrone discusses with Doug Lain the Iran war. In the second half, they discuss pedagogy vs. punditry, writing vs. podcasting and other issues of public intellectual life.
Chris Cutrone with Michael Downs and Nance on Ends of philosophy
Chris Cutrone discusses his essay “Ends of philosophy” (2018) with Michael Downs and Nance of the Dangerous Maybe. The also discuss the Epstein saga.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on Trump remaking American capitalism and Cutrone’s video art
Chris Cutrone discusses with Doug Lain Trump’s 2nd year agenda for remaking American and world capitalism. In the 2nd half, they discuss Cutrone’s video art from the 1990s.
Chris Cutrone with Cadell Last on Marxist politics for undead Millennials
Chris Cutrone and Cadell Last discuss Cutrone’s upcoming year-long 2026 Philosophy Portal course based on his books The Death of the Millennial Left and Marxism and Politics, reviewing the various topics and themes from the essays collected in these books.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain retrospective on 2025 in politics and culture
Chris Cutrone discusses his retrospective on 2025 with Douglas Lain. In the second half, they discuss the cultural moment, through examples from film and television.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on philosophy and Marxism and U.S. National Security Strategy
Chris Cutrone discusses with Doug Lain his article, “Objectivation of Spirit” published in Sublation Magazine, further response in summation to Benjamin Studebaker on Marxism and philosophy. In the second half, they discuss the new Trump Administration National Security Strategy published in November 2025.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on Trump and Venezuela and worldly philosophy
Chris Cutrone discusses with Doug Lain Trump’s policy towards Venezuela. In the second half, they discuss worldly philosophy: ancient vs. modern, Plato vs. Rousseau, Kant, Hegel and Marx.
Chris Cutrone with Bryce Nance and Mikey Downs on Marxism, A.I. and capitalism
“Mikey and I [Bryce Nance] are joined by our friend Chris Cutrone to discuss Marxism and the world we live in today. There is a lot of hubbub going around about Artificial Intelligence and what it might do, or might be doing, or might have done already, to the economy and to political and social relations, and to the possibility of Freedom itself. We don’t answer any of these questions, that’s not really the way this works, but I think the overarching conversation can only benefit from Chris’ sober take on the situation. Come along as we interrogate notions of Labor and Value, Production and Exchange, Appropriation, Power, and many others, in a new world that includes a powerful externalized structure made of fractally abstracted Intellectual Labor that we call A.I.!”
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on Trump’s Gaza plan and the Studebaker debate
Chris Cutrone and Doug Lain discuss Trump’s Gaza plan, and, in the second half, the debate between Cutrone and Benjamin Studebaker on Platonism and Marxism.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on social relations and ideology, and ICE in Chicago and Gaza peace
Chris Cutrone discusses with Doug Lain his article “Social relations and ideology: an anti-critique” published in The Platypus Review issue 180 (October 2025), written in response to Benjamin Studebaker’s article “Beyond ideology critique” in Platypus Review 179 (September 2025). In the second half Parrot Room, Cutrone and Lain discuss Trump’s Gaza peace plan and the ICE raids and National Guard deployments to Chicago and Portland, Oregon.