# Spencer Leonard

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Episode 650: What is History?

Spencer Leonard discusses Walter Benjamin's "On the Concept of History" with Douglas Lain. He raises the question, "Can a Marxist be an historian?"Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Episode 656: Finkelstein, Burgis & McManus Misunderstand Marx

Spencer Leonard responds to a recent episode of Give Them an Argument. Norman Finkelstein, Matt McManus, and Ben Burgis all attempted to defend J.S. Mill from Karl Marx, and in the process demonstrated their failure to understand Marx's criticisms of Mill. Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com…

Episode 663: Spencer Leonard on Trump's Attacks on the Left

In this episode of the Spencer Leonard hour Professor Leonard discusses the new executive orders from the Trump administration, orders that specifically target "anti-capitalists" and "antifa."Support Sublation Media on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

2025 European Conference Teaser

This mini-episode is a teaser for our eighth European Conference, soon to be held in Leipzig. Lisa sits down with the organizers to discuss the program for the weekend. See you there! Details as follows: VIII. Annual Platypus European Conference What's Left of Europe? 13th-15th November 2025 Leip…

Season 1, Gen X — Episode 3 — Glory (1989) w/Spencer Leonard

This week DPP is joined by academic, podcaster, former editor of Sublation Magazine and founding member of the Platypus Affiliated Society: Spencer Leonard to talk about the 1989 Civil War flick Glory.  Leonard briefly taught Sam a course on Indian political history at the University of Virginia in…

Episode 671: C Wright Mills & Sociology's Problem With Marx

Join Spencer Leonard and Douglas Lain on "The Spencer Leonard Hour" as they engage in a systematic study of the history of sociology. They explore the intricate relation between sociological imagination and Marxist theory. This discussion offers a clear perspective on the economy through a socialis…

Episode 681: Spencer Leonard on Habermas

Spencer Leonard from the Platypus Affiliated Society discusses the politics of Habermas and how Moishe Postone's critique of Habermas both landed and missed.Support Sublation Media:https://patreon.com/dietsoap

Episode 685: Spencer Leonard on Why Rousseau Still Matters

Spencer Leonard follows up on Monday's livestream on Bonpartism with a conversation about the concept of society, the significance of modernity, and the question of Rousseau's anarchism. Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap

Episode 695: Spencer Leonard Discusses America

As we approach the Semiquincentennial of the American Revolution, Spencer Leonard reflects on why we seem to be forgetting what it means. Spencer is a collaborator on the Sublation Media film in production now: Forgetting The American Revolution. Support Sublation Media:https://patreon.com/dietsoap

Episode 701: Spencer Leonard on the Jacobins

In this episode of the Spencer Leonard Hour, the professor of Marxism discusses why commies prefer the French Revolution to the American Revolution.Support Sublation Mediahttps://patreon.com/dietsoap