On October 14, 2025, Platypus Affiliated Society member Jonny Black interviewed Humphrey McQueen, an Australian historian and writer whose work was shaped by his participation in the New Left. He has had a lasting influence on debates about nationalism, labor history, and the fate of radical politics in Australia. He is the author of A New Britannia: An Argument Concerning the Social Origins of Australian Radicalism and Nationalism (1970) Gallipoli to Petrov: Arguing with Australian HistoryWe Built This Country: Builders’ Labourers and Their Unions, 1770 to the Futureem> (2011) and more. An edited transcript follows.
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On October 12, 2024, at the Platypus Affiliated Society’s 2024 East Coast Conference at Boston College, Platypus member Noah Rogers interviewed Matei Alexandriu of the Congress of Workers’ Organizations, New Hampshire. An edited transcript follows.
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On November 2, 2024, Platypus Affiliated Society members Lucy Sparling and W. Xiao interviewed the cultural critic and social theorist Nina Power, author of One Dimensional Woman (2009) and What Do Men Want? (2022). An edited recording of this interview appeared on the Sh*t Platypus Says podcast. An edited transcript follows.
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On April 4, 2024, as part of its 16th annual International Convention, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a workshop at the University of Chicago in which Platypus member Ed Remus interviewed Sean KB, a member of the NYC District Council of Carpenters and a co-host of the podcast The Antifada. An edited transcript follows.
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On May 17, 2024, Platypus New Zealand members Jamie Adam and Michael McClelland interviewed Helen Hindpere, lead writer on the video game Disco Elysium (2019). Set in the fantastic realist world of Elysium, the role-playing game includes skill checks and dialogue trees that allow the player to determine their political ideology while exploring the aftermath of a defeated revolution. Disco Elysium was created by ZA/UM, an Estonian studio with socialist art collective origins.
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