{"podcast":{"title":"Theory Underground","slug":"theory-underground-579866","podcast_index_feed_id":579866,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/theoryunderground/feed.xml","website_url":"https://theoryunderground.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18121040/TU_NEW_LOGO6yh1d.png","author":"theory underground","episode_count":33,"summary":"Theory Underground is a lecture course and publishing platform for working class autodidacts and intellectual malcontents of various and diverse stripes. Most of what happens at TU is in relatively small and focused lecture-driven courses, however, there are a lot of public-facing dialogues with colleagues, fellow travelers, co-instructors, and ultimately whatever I want to do. Hi, I’m David McKerracher, and the reason this podcast exists is because I want the stuff I’m putting out there to be more widely accessible for people who don’t wanna pay for YT premium. I assume an audience of workers with earbuds, even though most of them are, at this point, post grads from Europe who have given up on existing movements, parties, ideologies, and who, ultimately, want to understand the situation we are in. THE CONTENT YOU WILL FIND HERE IS GOING TO BE WEIRD in a few important ways: 1st. Though I do want to be reachable by the kinds of workers, like me, who want this content, it is extremely niche and not very algorithm friendly. Which results in, 2nd, these episodes are ALL variable -length and unedited. This is because, 3, we are using the medium against its intended purposes. That is wh…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T04:19:08.859802+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/theory-underground-579866"},"episode":{"title":"The Breakup Liturgy","slug":"the-breakup-liturgy","published_at":"2026-05-02T18:05:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/theory-underground-579866/the-breakup-liturgy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/theory-underground-579866","url":"https://theoryunderground.podbean.com/e/the-breakup-liturgy/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/sk8djk9jzjcdd6z3/The_Breakup_Liturgy9h9d9.mp3","summary":"Thanks for listening! Thanks even more for liking, sharing, and commenting—whether it be something thoughtful or just for the algorithm. It definitely makes a difference. Theory Underground: Thoughts At Work From David McKerracher, a worker with earbuds, theorizing the future of learning. I research the future of education and work, bridging manual labor and the life of the mind at the foundations of life. Theory Underground runs on two things: my effort and your attention. Show up, listen, engage, share, and keep me on task so that the work can grow out of a community. Membership is how my work is made possible. Become a member: https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe David McKerracher is the author of Timenergy: Why You Have No Time or Energy (Foreword by Slavoj Žižek) and he's the founder of Theory Underground. Office hours: First Monday of every month, 10 a.m. Pacific. https://theoryunderground.com/subscribe My lectures, seminars, and guest lectures from friends, happen when they do and only members get most of what happens there. If you'd prefer to wait for the free version, it all trickles down into my writing eventually. Just make sure to subscribe or follow so you don't miss all the epic free content.","meta_description":"Thanks for listening! Thanks even more for liking, sharing, and commenting—whether it be something thoughtful or just for the algorithm. It definitely mak…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7652,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/theory-underground-579866/episodes/the-breakup-liturgy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/theory-underground-579866/the-breakup-liturgy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}