AER 105: Are your favorite academic theorists really CIA spooks? With Gabriel Rockhill

Talking to Gabriel Rockhill, professor and director of the Critical Theory Workshop. Ever wonder why the CIA thought it was worthwhile to sponsor European left-wing academic theories? We talk about Derrida, Foucault, Arendt, and why even if you think obscure academic theory isn’t important, you might be mistaken. Author or editor of nine books, Rockhill … Continue reading "AER 105: Are your favorite academic theorists really CIA spooks? With Gabriel Rockhill"

Om Podcasten

Author and academic Justin Podur brings you a podcast about how today's Empire works and who is resisting. We're focused on the global south - Venezuela, Colombia, the DR Congo, Israel/Palestine, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Iraq. Analysis tools include geopolitics, development, political economy, environmental science, strategy, and at the base of it all, history.