Doomscroll with Joshua Citarella
Joshua Citarella
Artist and internet culture writer. patreon.com/joshuacitarella joshuacitarella.substack.com
Episodes
[PREVIEW] DS 56.5: Naomi Klein
Josh gives some insights on Naomi’s Klein’s new book. We discuss the significance of end times theology and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. We explore the many factions now emerging on the political left.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
DS 56: Naomi Klein
My guest is Naomi Klein, an author, activist and professor of Climate Justice at the University of British Columbia. She joins me to discuss her new book, co-authored with Astra Taylor, “End Times Fascism”.We explore the ideology and factions of today’s far right: “religious, tech and ethno-nationalist endtimers”. Each group is mobilized around similarly apocalyptic themes; eschatology, singularity and climate crisis. These factions now join together as a nationalist bloc that preps the state bunker in anticipation of the end of the world.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] DS 55.5: Jreg
Greg and I dive deeper into the topic of institutions —and the biggest one of all— the catholic church. We explore the role of theology and the power of belief in secular society, trad caths and much more. Plus Greg says a bunch of things (in Minecraft) that would definitely get us banned on YouTube if the main episode isn’t blocked already.
DS 55: Jreg
My returning guest is Jreg an artist and YouTuber. We discuss extremely online politics and its influence on the recent wave of political violence and assassinations. Today, we find ourselves in an era of “hyper-politics” -- where social movements are led by hashtags and virality more than institutions or organizations. Is there no pressure valve to release the mounting crises?You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] DS 54.5: Brace Belden
We discuss NSPM-7, the socialist approach to national borders, our final victory and the lumpen mass of criminal pedophiles unleashed by the Trump administration. Some of these answers might surprise you. With all this talk of the DSA, we hear a lot about “democracy” but what about “socialism”?You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
DS 54: Brace Belden
My guest is Brace Belden, a co-host of TrueAnon. This episode marks the 2 year anniversary of Doomscroll. We explore the recent socialist wins and to look ahead toward 2028. We discuss AOC, the anti-social tendencies of Woke 1 and the new factional splits tearing apart the right. Later, we discuss Brace’s avant-garde art project. Our conversation covers the strange history of the American left. We ask: what does socialism mean today?You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Genetics & Morality: Katherine Paige Harden
Kathryn Paige Harden is a behavioral geneticist and Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. She leads the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab and acts as co-director of the Texas Twin Project. We discuss the blank slate thesis, the crisis of liberalism, morality, evolution, and theology. These taboo topics have taken on new significance in the reactionary environment of online culture.Kathryn Paige Harden is the author of “Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame and the Future of Forgiveness” (2025) and “The Genetic Lottery” (2021).X: https://x.com/kph3kYou can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] DS 53.5: Bhaskar Sunkara
An extra-long bonus episode to explore: class dealignment, the (very) early years of DSA, the rise of Swedish social democracy, and the historical differences between communism and socialism.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
DS 53: Bhaskar Sunkara
My guest is Bhaskar Sunkara, the founder of Jacobin Magazine he president of The Nation and the publisher of Catalyst: Journal. He is a former vice-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America.Bhaskar Sunkara is a co-author of “The Blueprint: How Socialism can Work in the Real World”, published by Verso Books. We discuss the history of the 20th century and the possibilities for a more egalitarian future.This program is part of the 82nd Whitney Biennial, curated by Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer, recorded live at the Whitney Museum in New York City.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] DS 52.5: David Harvey
We discuss the looming crisis of AI, the rise of China, the little known but very important work of economist Piero Sraffa and (of course) the origins of marmalade.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
DS 52: David Harvey
My guest is David Harvey, a scholar, geographer and social theorist. He is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He has served on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University and held the Halford Mackinder Chair in Geography at the University of Oxford.David Harvey has received the Vautrin Lud International Prize in Geography, the Anders Retzius Gold Medal of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography, the Patron's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society and many other awards. In 1998, he became a fellow of the British Academy and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.Harvey is perhaps most well known for his university course on Marx’s Capital. For over 50 years, he has taught and studied these foundational texts. He is considered by many to be the most influential Marxist scholar alive today. We discuss his 29th and most recent book The Story of Capital. Our conversation explores the inequality and economic crises of the 21st century. What are the defining features of this new era? What forces might intervene to correct our faltering economic systems?You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] DS 51.5: Jason Myles
We discuss Jason’s background in music and his early political experiences. Are we being radicalized by mass media? Or are we being radicalized by real life? We explore the 90s era crack epidemic, de-industrialization and PC culture.
DS 51: Jason Myles
My guest is Jason Myles, a writer, musician, and podcaster. He is the host of This is Revolution. We explore the overlapping spheres of online politics and music subcultures.In the mid-2010s, political factions on social media replaced musical genres as the primary mode of youth subculture. But can a subculture ever scale to a mass politics? We discuss the related themes of identity formation, rebellion and revolution.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] DS 50.5: Hito Steyerl
We explore Hito Steyerl’s recent work, soviet infrastructure, bitcoin mining, civil war and the (slim) possibilities of data centers or AI for the left. We get into the details about AI energy consumption and discuss the potentials for alternative models of data and training.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
DS 50: Hito Steyerl
My guest is Hito Steyerl, a filmmaker, author and professor of digital media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. We explore the ideology of AI, automation, and the rise of reactionary politics across the advanced world.Neoliberalism might be over. But whatever comes next could be worse. In this conversation, we attempt to forecast what culture and politics may look like beyond the 2020s and after the end of globalization.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 49.5: Julian Feeld
We discuss strategies of: reform vs revolution, electoralism vs internationalism, and more. Our conversation continues behind the paywall.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
Doomscroll 49: Julian Feeld
My guest is Julian Feeld, an author, journalist and co-founder of the QAA podcast. He is the host of Superstructure with comedian Jon Gabrus. Our conversation explores the impact of media, political speech and “influence” in our extremely-online society. What do we hope to accomplish through content? When does education and information impact real material forces in the world? From differing viewpoints, Julian and I explore the theory and practice of political-education.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Catherine Liu & Freddie deBoer | DD 1.5
Doomscroll Dialogues is series of round table discussions, featuring returning guests alongside new and familiar faces.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
The Online Marketplace of Ideas
➡️ follow NEW MODELSThe Online Marketplace of Ideas (2026) is an expansive survey of the present and recent history of Internet culture. Today, alt-media has become quantitatively larger than legacy publications. As a result, any consensus or “mainstream” has fragmented into a chaotic digital landscape. The cultural and political fringe is now co-mingled with the establishment. Challengers have become incumbents and vice versa.Within the exhibition, each carefully selected item has been purchased online and is shown without the knowledge of its creator or author. Contributors range from canonized artists to podcasters, influencers, bloggers, memers, musicians, and even politicians; each represents an accidental avant-garde for 21st century media.Created by Joshua Citarella & NEW MODELS (Caroline Busta & Lil Internet) with architectural design by sub, The Online Marketplace of Ideas brings together traces of the digital layer into the physical world. The installation includes more than 400 pieces of creator merch (t-shirts, hats, and other drop-ship basics), printed matter (books, journals, zines), and ephemera (nicotine pouches, Modafinil blister packs, mewing gum, etc), plus a small number of artworks. A Call Her Daddy baby doll tee sits opposite a Joe Rogan Experience shirt, draped over Charlie Kirk’s MAGA Doctrine. Fanged Noumena shares a shelf with Abundance below a Chapo Trap House hat. The bazaar includes a broad canon of accelerationist writings and maps the vast memeplex of ideas that drive attention and ideology on social media. Shown together, these objects convey the cultural and political incoherence of the present moment; infinite consumer choice with limited or no political agency.Viewed as a whole, The Online Marketplace of Ideas becomes greater than the sum of its individual parts. Similar graphic motifs emerge from disparate editorial voices. Colorways, typefaces and aesthetics flow seamlessly between opposing factions. Generic stockpiles of Gildan tee shirts or Yupoong hats are adorned with alternating logos through DTG printing or machine embroidery. These identical modes of on-demand production and just-in-time delivery evidence an unseen relay of logistics churning beneath the digital content layer. Across the political spectrum, the same physical warehouses (in Texas, Ohio and elsewhere) are linked to re-skinned e-Commerce storefronts. Within the exhibition, this wide gamut of political positions is contrasted against an underlying uniformity of material supply chains. While recent commentary has focused on the controversial opinions of online personalities, it has often overlooked the platform’s reorganization of work and materials in the world. Seen in totality, the installation points not toward a single dominant voice but toward an overarching hegemony of the market itself.In an era defined by downward mobility and the digitization of culture, millennials are left with fewer cultural artifacts than previous generations. Where Boomers might have purchased property or other physical assets, today’s home prices are unaffordable and goods are increasingly disposable. Where Gen Xers might have accumulated a valuable record collection, Millennials have streaming subscriptions to cloud-based archives. Merch is where the immaterial experience of web 2 culture touches down into our lived human space. It is the physical precipitant of “the digital” into our material world. As an analogue display technology, it works to signal identity in social contexts where the screen cannot reach. These printed objects are worn by community members to signal proof of belonging and to represent the strength of their collective belief. For many of us, it is the only precious cultural artifact we might have.The recent pole shifts between fringe and mainstream also signal a larger transformation that will soon shape the twenty-first-century; the slow emergence of new social institutions. Over the past decade, message boards have evolved into think tanks, content creators have become political actors, and platforms pioneer new forms of sovereignty. Today’s media streams serve as the organizing signals around which we are building new social formations. The content and connections we make online have become fertile ground from which new political organizations, guilds, universities or societies will soon emerge.Already, journalists and critics have dubbed 2024 the “podcast election.” In today’s digital landscape, candidates compete for prime spots on alternative programs. In certain instances, politicians have become successful content creators themselves, such as California’s Gavin Newsom, Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, and many others.Stranger still, there appears to be a structural convergence of two previously distinct social forms; media entities and political organizations. Within today’s communication networks, both forms exist as undifferentiated nodes on the same publishing infrastructure. Primarily, media channels seek to shape democratic opinion through the content that they publish. But rolling subscriptions now resemble and often outpace the cost of dues paying memberships to proper organizations. Content creators also demonstrate a greater fundraising capacity than many individual candidates. Most impactfully, when calling upon an audience to take political action (donate, vote, canvass, or protest) the conversion rates of creator communities often outperform legacy institutions.Alt-media channels have reconfigured a pseudo-party newsletter, now contorted by the affordances and utilities of web 2. Similar to the flip of legacy and alt-media, The Online Marketplace of Ideas asks if we might soon see a bizarre transformation; could online media channels and pseudo-organizations one day become more impactful than institutional incumbents? For better and worse, we may soon find out.The Online Marketplace of Ideas (2026) is part of “Strange Rules,” curated by Mat Dryhurst, Holly Herndon and Hans Ulrich Obrist with Adriana Rispoli for Palazzo Diedo at Berggruen Arts & Culture, Venice, Italy. (May 4 - Nov 22, 2026)Special thanks to sub (Bill Bellingham, Giulia Domeniconi, Christopher Blohm, Niklas Bildstein Zaar), Elena Zaghis, Maria Cecilia Belis and Elena Estratti. Thank you to the Do Not Research & NEW MODELS communities for inspiring and authoring many of these items.
Catherine Liu & Freddie deBoer | DD 1
Doomscroll Dialogues is a new format of round table discussions, featuring returning guests alongside new and familiar faces. Catherine Liu is a professor of film and media studies at UC Irvine. Freddie deBoer is a celebrated author and cultural critic.Watch the video episode for free on Patreon.This video is supported by The Palm Springs School for Social Research, an educational and research initiative dedicated to revitalizing critical theory and building new, resilient forms of intellectual and social life. PSSSR is a non-profit organization founded by Catherine Liu in 2026.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 48.5: Claire Valdez
We discuss Claire’s background in art, working at Sculpture Center, studying at SAIC and navigating the extreme inequality of American life. I share some war stories about the hazards of DIY creative life, freelancing and healthcare.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
Doomscroll 48: Claire Valdez
My guest is Claire Valdez, a union organizer, artist and democratic socialist running for congress in NY-7. Valdez has garnered an impressive list of endorsements; Bernie Sanders, Zohran Mamdani, UAW’s Shawn Fain, DSA, Mahmoud Khalil, Zephyr Teachout, and many others. We discuss the American labor movement and the power of democratic majorities. The NY primary election is on June 23rd.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 47.5: Abby Martin
Abby and I analyze the new Manosphere doc by Louis Theroux, college campus politics, elite formation, legacy vs alt media, and explore some deeper themes from her new film.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
Doomscroll 47: Abby Martin
My guest is Abby Martin, a journalist and documentarian. We explore the early years of internet culture (before big platforms and algorithms) back when Occupy Wall Street and 4chan were on the same side. This formative period gave birth to the first wave of an anti-establishment alternative media, where conspiracy theorists and radical anti-capitalists shared a similar online sphere.We discuss Martin's new film "Earth's Greatest Enemy" (2026), now available to watch online: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/earthsgreatestenemyYou can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 46.5: ContraPoints
We dive deeper into Natalie’s thinking on Anti-Zionism. Later, we discuss the decade long arc and development of her creative practice; from concept to writing to film-making. We explore the shifting role of cultural institutions in a world of platforms and user generated content, cancel culture and activist blow-back.
Doomscroll 46: ContraPoints
My guest is Natalie Wynn, aka ContraPoints, a video essayist and content creator. Our conversation is a sweeping survey of the online media landscape and recent political history. We discuss deradicalization, conspiracy, polarization, persuasion, justice, retribution, psychology, political philosophy and more. After 2024, the so-called “podcast election” cast new significance onto the role and impact of alt-media. We theorize an approach and arrive at strategic implications for how to move forward.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 45.5: John Wilson
We discuss the distinct but overlapping value systems of art and entertainment. Is an online view count more democratic than an elite institutions? Do we lose a humanistic, intangible quality of art when we begin to put quantitative metrics onto it? Should the museum become another streaming platform?You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
Doomscroll 45: John Wilson
My guest is John Wilson, a film maker and documentarian. He is the director of a new movie “The History of Concrete.” Today’s program is part of the 82nd Whitney Biennial, curated by Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer at the Whitney Museum in New York City. We discuss the urban environment, themes of material and spiritual renewal, city infrastructure and affordable housing -- alongside a cast of surreal, comedic and heart breaking characters. This is the first of several Doomscroll episodes to be recorded live during the 2026 Whitney Biennial.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 44.5: Dustin Guastella
We explore “the Democratic penalty”, new research from the Center for Working Class Politics, my weird media analysis drawn from porn and the furry community (real), the Europhile vision of socialism and the on-going crisis at the southern border. Is AOC the successor to Bernie Sanders?
Doomscroll 44: Dustin Guastella
My guest is Dustin “Dino” Guastella, the Director of Operations at Teamsters Local 623 in Philadelphia, a monthly columnist at Damage Magazine, and a board member at the Center for Working-Class Politics.We discuss woke ideology, the elite capture of the Democratic party, working class voters moving to the right, failures in left-wing messaging and the legacy of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 43.5: Gianmarco Soresi
We discuss Gianmarco’s slow start and early failures in creative life. What is the value of higher education in the US? We explore the craft and art of performance while learning about his early political influences.
Doomscroll 43: Gianmarco Soresi
My guest is Gianmarco Soresi, a comedian and host of the Downside Podcast. We discuss comedy’s right-wing pivot and the long arc of entertainment merging with real world politics.In 2026, every big talk show is hosted by a comedian and this format dominates our political discourse. How did this initially progressive project shift course? Later, we discuss online cancel culture, free speech, the attention economy and how these topics are now transforming.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 42.5: Emma Vigeland
We explore the current crisis and recent history of the Democratic party. Emma describes her background and early entry into the world of politics. Doomscroll is confirmed “best produced show” but gets a -3 penalty on all Charisma rolls by the host.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
Doomscroll 42: Emma Vigeland
My guest is Emma Vigeland, a co-host of The Majority Report. We discuss Jefferey Epstein’s sick obsession with “jerky”, nationalist affordability and the shifting media landscape. Later, we explore some of the most difficult topics on the left; popular backlash to activist rhetoric and more. What should the left bring to the table for midterms and 2028?You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 41.5: David Wengrow
We dive deeper into pseudo-archaeology’s racist classifications and implicit myth structures. Later on, we explore the concept of sortition, Greek democracy and the early Aztec parliamentary system.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
Doomscroll 41: David Wengrow
My guest is David Wengrow, an archeologist and professor at University College London. He joins me to discuss his best-selling book "The Dawn of Everything", co-authored with the late David Graeber, published in 2021. David Wengrow takes us on a powerful journey into the deep history of human societies. "The Dawn of Everything" offers a staggering historical survey and philosophical argument that reframes many of today’s assumptions about the origins of inequality.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 40.5: David Adler
We discuss online media strategies and the political movements taking place in Latin America. The region is shaped by neoliberal trade agreements, a resurgent Pink Tide and an uncanny mix of pro-US right-wing nationalism.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
Doomscroll 40: David Adler
My guest is David Adler, a general coordinator of the Progressive International. Adler was aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, which sought to bring life-saving humanitarian aid to the shores of Gaza. Forty-two nautical miles from the coast, the flotilla was intercepted by Israeli naval forces. Flotilla crew members were kidnapped, imprisoned, subjected to physical abuse and psychological torture. David joins us to tell the story of this mission and the broader international solidarity movement for a free Palestine.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 39.5: Ro Khanna
We explore World of Warcraft’s influence on crypto libertarianism, the Habermasian digital public sphere, and US private ownership of social media. Where does democratic legitimacy come from?
Doomscroll 39: Ro Khanna
My guest is Ro Khanna, a congressional representative from California’s 17th district. We discuss Khanna's political and philosophical vision for American democracy, the crisis of runaway inequality and tech’s fair share in the social contract.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
David Adler on the Pink Tide & Financial Colonialism
David Adler, co-general director of the Progressive International, joins me to unpack the complex history of corporate colonialism in Latin America.The United States has a long history of intervention into the affairs of Latin American countries. After the recent abduction of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, Trump openly invoked the Monroe Doctrine, or as he calls it “the Donroe Doctrine”, to signal further hostility to other nations in the region.In this episode we focus on the strange case of Prospera — a libertarian city-state that promises to create a free market utopia. Beginning in 2017, Prospera Inc purchased land within the sovereign territory of Honduras. At the time, Honduras was under the narco-dictatorship of Juan Orlando Hernandez. (In a stroke of poetic injustice, JOH was convicted of drug trafficking in 2024 and pardoned by Donald Trump in 2025.) After the dictatorship, the Honduran congress overturned this unconstitutional decision with a unanimous vote across all parties. In retaliation, Prospera Inc is now suing the state of Honduras for a staggering 10.8 billion dollars, nearly 100x their investment and roughly 2/3rds of the annual state budget. Unsurprisingly, Prospera Inc is funded by Pronomos Capital whose investors include familiar characters such as Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen and Balaji Srinivasan.
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 38.5: Liz Franzcak
Liz and I discuss the early accelerationist blogosphere that overlapped with certain music scenes of the 2000s - 2010s. We touch on the work of Simon Reynolds, Mark Fisher, Nick Srnicek and an uncertain meth addicted psychopath who spends too much time on Twitter.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
Doomscroll 38: Liz Franzcak
My guest is Liz Franzcak, a co-host of TrueAnon. We discuss conspiracy theory, Lacan’s psychoanalytic insights and the influence of the early blogosphere. Is techno-capitalism a rogue AI retroactively assembling itself from the future? No, this will not be explained later.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 37.5: Vivek Chibber
Vivek and I get in the weeds about strategy and economy. We discuss how the Marxist theory of declining rates of profit will impact the 21st century struggle for social democracy. Our conversation touches upon voucher systems, nationalization and state-led investment programs. Most importantly, we compare the right and left populist visions to tackle American inequality and explore why only one of them can work. You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
Doomscroll 37: Vivek Chibber
My returning guest is Vivek Chibber, a professor of sociology at New York University. He is the author of several books including Confronting Capitalism. What do we mean by the word “socialism” in 2025? Vivek Chibber answers foundational questions for political struggle in the 21st century.Unlock the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 36.5: Felix Biederman
We discuss the legacy of the Gravel Institute, the “Felix Biederman to Marc Andreessen pipeline” and the “Bernie to New Right” culture of Dimes Square (RIP). Later, we explore Felix’s background in internet culture and online politics. I laugh so hard I spit.
Doomscroll 36: Felix Biederman
My guest is Felix Biederman, a co-host of Chapo Trap House. We discuss Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in NYC. After the 2024 presidential election, progressive media focused on the rightward swing of young men. However, in 2025, Zohran carried young men (ages 18 - 29) with an overwhelming +40 margin. These historic outcomes shatter many previous interpretations and force us to reframe certain narratives. Can the center of the US political establishment hold?You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 35.5: Grimes
Grimes and I map the possible future horizons for a politics beyond western-style liberal democracy and explore the deep philosophical impacts of AI. We discuss post-enlightenment thinking, the crisis of digital art, artist compensation and the aesthetic stagnation of creative work today.
Doomscroll 35: Grimes
My guest is Grimes, an artist and musician. We discuss the profound impacts of social media and AI, her new album and the role of art during periods of political transformation. In the 20th century, artists served as an avant-garde. Movements on both the left and right, such as the Bauhaus or Italian Futurism, offered radical new visions for a modernizing society. In the 21st century, we see a similar dynamic emerge through online folk art such as memes and other digital content. Later, we explore the complex references and symbolism throughout the Artificial Angels music video and official album artwork.You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 34.5: Mike Israetel
Dr. Mike joins me to explore the “enhanced games”, a Peter Thiel backed Olympic-style competition that allows athletes to use performance enhancing drugs. We discuss tariffs, US competition with China and Dr. Mike’s philosophical background and influences.