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I had to stop listening to the Deprogram and Chapo for the same reasons. Chapo is especially ableist.

Though I used to use those as 'comfort' podcasts too, if I'm listening to a podcast I usually want to hear some political analysis. So, in that case, as far as politics and theory heavy podcasts go, here is the list of podcasts that my community education group put together for people to check out.

PODCASTS

• THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA PODCAST
  • The Electronic Intifada is an independent online news publication and educational resource focusing on Palestine, its people, politics, culture and place in the world.
  • The Electronic Intifada has a highly recommended and informative podcast hosted on YouTube that creates regular videos/podcasts that cover aspects and stories of Palestine and Palestinians from perspectives not covered anywhere else. Topics include art and poetry, international politics, activism, history, weekly battlefield reports with information and footage gained directly from National Liberation Fighters actively resisting against the zionist entity, and more.
• THE RED NATION PODCAST
  • The Red Nation Podcast features discussions on Indigenous history, politics, and culture from a left perspective. Hosted by Nick Estes and Jen Marley with help from our friend and comrade Sina. The Red Nation Podcast is also the home of Red Power Hour, hosted by Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz.
  • YouTube Source
• THE BLACK MYTHS PODCAST
  • The Black Myth Podcast is an informative conversational show analyzing popular myths about Black culture of a sociopolitical nature. Translation: We debunk the bs said about Black People. Host - Too Black. Co-hosts - Shelle, Terrell, Kam, and Ryan.
  • YouTube Source
• BLOWBACK PODCAST
  • Blowback is a podcast about American empire and U.S. interventions hosted by journalist and activist Noah Kulwin and Brendan James.
  • Blowback has 6 seasons that cover US imperialist aggression in: Iraq, Cuba, Korea, Afghanistan, Cambodia, and Angola.
  • Free YouTube Source
• REV LEFT RADIO
  • An online audio format project/podcast that covers a wide swathe of topics from contemporary news, dialectical philosophy, proletarian history, and revolutionary politics.
  • Rev Left Radio is one of the most principled yet completely down to earth and understandable Marxist-Leninist podcast out there. In addition to covering news, theory, and politics, they also delve into other topics such as Buddhism, spirituality, culture, etc. and their intersection with Marxism. This is also a personal favorite.
  • YouTube Source
• ADNAN HUSAIN
  • Professor Adnan Husain, historian and scholar of religion, hosts a show spanning history, politics, global affairs, intellectual culture, as well as religion and spirituality. The format ranges from scholarly guest interviews, panel discussions, recorded lectures, and his own readings and commentary.
• THE MALCOLM EFFECT
  • A show covering the topics of Black Liberation and Anti-Imperialism.
• PROLES POD
  • Your bi-weekly dose of history, politics, and culture... without the liberalism
  • YouTube Source
• THE EAST IS A PODCAST
  • A podcast about anti-imperialism through a Marxist lens.

There's also a new podcast called Half the Sky about Marxist feminism. I've only checked out episode 1 so far so let me know if you think it's good

Honestly, I tried listening and I never found them particularly insightful. Maybe I've been listening to wrong episodes.

I also had to abandon Chapo for some time (and I'm saying "for some time" because I know I'm coming back to the slop trough). Their current arc is nauseating. There are elections happening in the US and they are doing the same thing they fell for a 100 times before - oh, look at this "progressive" running for the hitler-crats, let's praise them now and learn no lesson from their inevitable failure! Shouldn't you be more cynical by now? Also it's not the same without Matt.

Same. I've grown pretty tired of the "life advice from three dudes" as it tends to be pretty normative and toxic. Hakims body related brainworms especially really rub me the wrong way, but it also feels like they are getting a bit too high on their own awesomeness and it has kind of made it not fun. I also get tired of the drunk uncle rants yogo tends to do, so much yelling.

The latest had a big rant on how electroralism is good actually and I just kind of closed it and went to listen to the soviet history podcast instead.

I never liked the podcast. I pretty much only watch an episode when they interview someone I want to hear from. The entire podcast is just dudes being dudes (derogatory).

I listened a long time ago and found it to be another male-dominated "dirtbag left" type podcast. They're all very well read, but they want the podcast to be accessible to people who aren't communists, so there's only so much they can get into.

I was already an ML by the time The Deprogram started so only caught a few episodes. Seemed like a fine introduction for newer leftists, and the cishet male homogeneity was at least partially offset by the international perspectives.

I'm stuck in a similar position as I am with Hasan where I think they're a net positive but since I'm not the target demo it's not worth dozens of hours of my time to really engage with and critique them. But I still feel the urge to critically support and defend people putting in the work to normalize socialism and educate the masses, especially since they're all always under attack from liberal and zionist psyops (one of the boys being dismissive of Israeli atrocity propaganda getting them kicked off Nebula was very revealing, for example)

No investigation no right to speak, though, so I'll just sorta sit back and hope they're a net positive influence lol

i got really bored of trueanon and just completely stopped listening one day. this was a good year before the Liz hiatus

I couldn't watch/listen to them because it felt more like breadtube+

Also Yogos other podcast "Reaction Cast" was also a dud.

A lot of the podcasts linked by others are much much better.

This was me with Chapotraphouse shortly after 2020

I feel that, I stopped listening to them a long time ago even before I stopped moderating their subreddit lol.

My current favorites are Boonta Vista, Pod Damn America, and Trillbilly Workers Party

Yes. I was never fully into it, it just wasn't that grabby to me, but it has seemingly gotten worse. JTs videos were my entry point into it, and I also feel my perspective on those/him shifting, especially regarding the types of orgs and activities he suggests to baby leftists. I don't think a youtuber telling people to join frso or psl is really capable of making a dent

I've been feeling a similar way about it, but I wasn't sure if it was getting worse or if I had simply outgrown it.

I haven't bothered to listen back to old episodes again to compare.

I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing though. For me, I would say it served its purpose as a low-barrier entry point for a lot of info early on.

I kind of meh'd out on the brosocialism a while back

I resent that podcast because they never post any episode descriptions and their titles are super vague. Like why should I listen to this?

I've listen to almost every publically available episode of the podcast save for the most recent 6ish ones, I understand the sentiment, I feel like it's in a bit of a decline, maybe it's because all three of the hosts are stretching themselves thin between irl obligations and slopcreating. We've been getting a lot of shorter episodes recently, maybe they're just trying to promote the Patreon more, yapping about communism on YT hardly pays the bills.

I gotta admit I only ever liked listening to Hakim.

ProlesPod is wonderful, can't recommend it enough.

There's something relevant, to put it in contrast of a more serious socialist establishment, quoting Xi: "The victory of the Long March teaches us that: with faith in our hearts, we have strength in our steps; without unbreakable ideals and beliefs, and without the strong support of lofty ideals and beliefs, it would be unimaginable to achieve the victory of the Long March."

The Deprograms collective ambition is to be poster boys, for westerners and western influenced audiences. There is basically 0 revolutionary potential in the west. Outside of isolated and largely abandoned inner groups, at least that's what the facts tell me. I suppose I used to be rather naive myself and years ago I would think people would have my back, but in retrospect I was extremely gullible, in truth majority of Westerners don't care about any of us. They largely agree with me and know they can't change it, so there's nothing lofty to grasp upon. I can guarantee you come economic hardship a large part of these people will disappear at best or turn on you at the worst. You can never trust a petite bourgeoisie. Collaborate with them when you can squeeze something out of them, but it's all transactional and reversable.

Yep, just hit that point with both The Last Podcast on the Left (coverage of the My Lai massacre, general pro-capitalism with no connection to the frequently-mentioned problems it causes without connecting the two) and Behind the Bastards (for neoliberal apologia). I know I'm late to the game. Onwards and upwards.

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