Diet Soap - a podcast

Diet Soap - a podcast


Latest Episodes

Zero Squared #187: Critical Humanism [teaser]
February 06, 2019

Ashley Frawley is a frequent guest on Sky News and the BBC, she is the author of the Semiotics of Happiness, and she’s on the editorial team at Zero Books. This week she also the guest on the podcast as we discuss the need for a recommitment to a criti...

Alternatives: Conspiracy Theories Left and Right [teaser]
February 02, 2019

C Derick Varn and JG Michaels investigate the difference between left and right-wing conspiracy theories. Covering everything from anti-vaccination conspiracies, communist fluoride, 9/11 Truth, Peak Oil, and the social sorting that occurred in the augh...

Zero Squared #186: Made in Brooklyn
January 30, 2019

Amanda Wasielewski is an artist and Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam. She is also the author of Made In Brooklyn, a book that was published by Zero Books in June of last year, and she’s the guest on this week’s podcast This week...

Symptomatic Redness: A Regrettable Century (pt. 2)
January 26, 2019

C Derick Varn continutes his interview with the hosts of the "Regrettable Century" Podcast. The Regrettable Century podcast subscribes to what's called "revolutionary pessimism." The hosts describe themselves as both humanist and pessimist and the invi...

Zero Squared #185: Nihilists believe in NOTHING! [teaser]
January 23, 2019

Martin Frederiksen is the author of the book “An Anthropology of Nothing in Particular” which came out from Zero Books in August last year and he’s the guest this week as we discuss the group of nihilists he studied and their commitment to...well...

Symptomatic Redness: A Regrettable Century Part One [teaser]
January 19, 2019

On our Patreon feed, you can hear the full interview with the hosts of the A Regrettable Century Podcast. The Regrettable Century podcast subscribes to what's called "revolutionary pessimism." The hosts describe themselves as both humanist and pessimis...

Zero Squared #184: Heidegger, Video Games, and Control
January 16, 2019

Liam Mitchell is the author of the book “Ludopolitics: Video Games against Control” which came out from Zero Books in December and he’s the guest this week as we discuss Heidegger, universal reason, and video games such as Skyrim, Zelda,

Symptomatic Redness: Haider’s “Mistaken Identity” pt. 2
January 12, 2019

Symptomatic Redness is a podcast about political economy and historical analysis hosted by C. Derick Varn and Amogh Sahu and this week's podcast features the second half of a discussion of Asad Haider's book "Mistaken Identity.

Zero Squared #183: Hegel, Gradualism, and Revolution [Teaser]
January 10, 2019

Ben Burgis Returns this week as we discuss Hegel’s logic and his critique of gradualism, the question of revolutionary transition, and whether or not Charlie Brown is bald. If you’re a patron of the Zero Books podcast and you’re listening to the Patreo...

Symptomatic Redness: Haider’s “Mistaken Identity”
January 06, 2019

Symptomatic Redness is a podcast about political economy and historical analysis hosted by C. Derick Varn and Amogh Sahu and this week's teaser features a discussion of Assad Haider's book "Mistaken Identity.