{"podcast":{"title":"The Podcast for Social Research","slug":"the-podcast-for-social-research-1078639","podcast_index_feed_id":1078639,"rss_url":"https://thebrooklyninstitute.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://thebrooklyninstitute.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/b/0/8/1b08a8952871520588c4a68c3ddbc4f2/5947113344_copy_4.jpg","author":"Brooklyn Institute for Social Research","episode_count":100,"summary":"From Plato to quantum physics, Walter Benjamin to experimental poetry, Frantz Fanon to the history of political radicalism, The Podcast for Social Research is a crucial part of our mission to forge new, organic paths for intellectual work in the twenty-first century: an ongoing, interdisciplinary series featuring members of the Institute, and occasional guests, conversing about a wide variety of intellectual issues, some perennial, some newly pressing. Each episode centers on a different topic and is accompanied by a bibliography of annotations and citations that encourages further curiosity and underscores the conversation's place in a larger web of cultural conversations.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T04:20:23.099438+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-for-social-research-1078639"},"episode":{"title":"(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 17: I Have Friends Everywhere","slug":"pop-cultural-marxism-episode-17-i-have-friends-everywhere","published_at":"2025-06-27T19:51:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-for-social-research-1078639/pop-cultural-marxism-episode-17-i-have-friends-everywhere","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-for-social-research-1078639","url":"https://thebrooklyninstitute.libsyn.com/pop-cultural-marxism-episode-17-i-have-friends-everywhere","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebrooklyninstitute/AndorS2E2_PCM_BISR_06.27.25.mp3?dest-id=85319","summary":"In episode 17 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Ajay and Isi once again find themselves in the regrettable position of praising the Walt Disney Company. After chatting about recent cultural highlights ( Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 , a 40th anniversary screening of Kurosawa's Ran , and a Criterion retrospective on Johnnie To), they consider the popular and critical success of Andor 's second season, and ask what it means to describe a pop cultural text as \"politically timely.\" Their conversation turns to extratextual ecosystems (press junkets, interviews), Gilroy's deep engagement with cinematic depictions of fascism and rebellion ( Army of Shadows , The Conformist ), architecture and costume design, season 2 high points (the Ghorman Massacre, Mon Mothma's Senate speech), the politics of revolutionary alliances, and imperial bureaucracy. Finally, they consider how the show makes the transition—narratively, visually, musically—into the lore-dense timeline of Rogue One and A New Hope , and ponder its uncharacteristically fascistic final scene. (Pop) Cultural Marxism is produced by Ryan Lentini. Learn more about upcoming courses on our website . Follow Brooklyn Institute for Social Research on Twitter / Facebook / Instagram / Bluesky Shownotes: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive) Ran , dir. Akira Kurosawa (1985) Exiled , dir. Johnnie To (2006) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai , dir. Jim Jarmusch (1999) Battleship Potemkin , dir. Sergei Eisenstein (1925) The Battle of Algiers , dir. Gillo Pontecorvo (1966) Army of Shadows , dir. Jean-Pierre Melville (1969) Jean-Paul Sartre, \"The Republic of Silence\" (1944) The Conformist , dir. Bernardo Bertolucci (1970) Sergey Nechayev, \"Catechism of a Revolutionary\" (1869) Laleh Khalili, \"The Politics of Pleasure: Promenading on…","meta_description":"In episode 17 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Ajay and Isi once again find themselves in the regrettable position of praising the Walt Disney Company. After ch…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7339,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-podcast-for-social-research-1078639/episodes/pop-cultural-marxism-episode-17-i-have-friends-everywhere/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-for-social-research-1078639/pop-cultural-marxism-episode-17-i-have-friends-everywhere.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}