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The Skeptical Leftist Podcast

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Cory Johnston

Become a Paid Subscriber: [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skepticalleftist/subscribe] (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skepticalleftist/subscribe) Promoting critical thinking, social justice, and left wing politics by covering current events and talking to a variety of people. Include the Red Reviews podcast where Justin Clark talks about a book relevent to leftist theory or practice

#199

Antifascism Begins At Home with Matthew Remski

I talk with Matthew Remski about his new project Antifascist Dad and the work he has been ... more

23 Nov 2025

1 HR 32 MINS

1:32:02

23 Nov 2025

#198

Individualist Solutions Can't Solve Systemic Problems

For this episode of Solidarity Across Borders, Owen brings two stories from his week that ... more

16 Nov 2025

1 HR 19 MINS

1:19:28

16 Nov 2025

#197

Trying To Build Utopia

Stafford Taylor joins me to talk about his path from homelessness to writing The Transcend... more

09 Nov 2025

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:09

09 Nov 2025

#196

Everyone's Angry and No One's Listening

We start by reflecting on criticism from a past discussion and what it says about how peo... more

02 Nov 2025

1 HR 32 MINS

1:32:42

02 Nov 2025

#195

The Anti-Influencer's Case For Anarchism with Graham Culbertson

Graham Culbertson joins me to talk about anarchism as a lived practice, how people already... more

26 Oct 2025

1 HR 14 MINS

1:14:01

26 Oct 2025

#194

Gaza, Ecuador, and Beyond: An Anarchist Look at the War on Protest

From Gaza to Ecuador, governments are cracking down while people fight back. Nick and I ta... more

19 Oct 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:54

19 Oct 2025

#193

Power, Policy, and Privatization with Simon Enoch

Simon Enoch from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives joins me to talk about how n... more

12 Oct 2025

49 MINS

49:27

12 Oct 2025

#192

Why the Internet Just Keeps Getting Worse with Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow joins me to talk about Enshitification, his new book about the long decline ... more

07 Oct 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:44

07 Oct 2025

#191

Revolt, Propaganda, and Border Control

Revolt, propaganda, and border control, in this episode we talk about uprisings in Nepal a... more

05 Oct 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:08

05 Oct 2025

#190

Capitalism's Gospel of Greed

In this episode Owen Macdonald and I talk about capitalism’s gospel of greed. We start wit... more

28 Sep 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:01

28 Sep 2025

#189

Living in the Empire of Crisis

This week, Nick Girard joins me to dig into another week of manufactured emergencies and s... more

21 Sep 2025

1 HR 23 MINS

1:23:48

21 Sep 2025

#188

Surviving Capitalism One Paycheck at a Time with Drew Adamick

Drew Adamick walks me through what financial survival looks like when the system is built ... more

14 Sep 2025

1 HR 28 MINS

1:28:46

14 Sep 2025

#187

Power, Panic, and Sexual Freedom with Kaytlin Bailey

Kaytlin Bailey joins me to talk about the panic around sex work and pornography, how stigm... more

07 Sep 2025

55 MINS

55:41

07 Sep 2025

#186

The Authoritarianism Just Keeps Getting Worse

In this episode I dive into the rising tide of authoritarianism and the corporate overreac... more

02 Sep 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:46

02 Sep 2025

#185

The Cruel Logic of Borders

Borders divide people and enforce cruelty. In this conversation with Owen McDonald, we loo... more

31 Aug 2025

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:05

31 Aug 2025

#184

AI Lies, Capitalist Crimes, and a World on Fire

Nick Girard came back on the show to talk about everything from Russian genocide rhetoric ... more

25 Aug 2025

1 HR 14 MINS

1:14:13

25 Aug 2025

#183

Why The Democrats Keep Losing The Narrative with Osita Nwanevu

Democrats keep losing the narrative, and it’s costing them real political ground. I talk ... more

17 Aug 2025

52 MINS

52:45

17 Aug 2025

#182

God, Capitalism, and the American Lie with Tori Glass

In this episode, I talk with Tori Glass about the rise of Christian fascism in the U.S., h... more

10 Aug 2025