Shit Platypus Says

The commentary on the commentary on the Left, including articles in the latest issue of the Platypus Review.

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Ep. 31: On Social Media Censorship & Left Responses to the Terror Attacks

January 19, 2021

In the latest episode of the cancel culture saga, social media companies have taken into their...

Ep. 30: The Left After the Election 2020

January 19, 2021

On this episode Pamela and Sophia catch up with Conrad Cartmell (Class Unity caucus, DSA), Mara...

Ep 29: On the US Election 2020 & the EU's Migrant Crisis

November 4, 2020

Pamela Nogales and Sophia Freeman discuss the shaming of black celebrities who dare to question the...

Ep. 28: On Cuties, Polanksi and the "Pope of Marxism"

October 15, 2020

n this episode of SPS, Sophia and Pamela discuss the moral panic surrounding Netflix's new film,...

Ep. 21: Electioneering Blues, Labour's Defeat and Platypus in Manchester

January 29, 2020

Pamela and Sophia discuss the recent Warren-Sanders pseudo-controversy, Momentum's response to Labour's (UK) defeat, and the...

Ep. 20: On Euphoria & Gen Z, the UK General Elections, and voting Labour

December 10, 2019

Ep. 18: On Art & Political Protest at the Whitney, and Artists Today

August 6, 2019

SPS Ep. 17 - On Chernobyl, the Brexit Party, and Platypus at George Mason University

July 5, 2019

Ep. 16: On Cancel Culture and the End of the Bolivarian Revolution

May 28, 2019

Ep. 15: On the Democratic Party (US) Candidates & the Split from the Labour Party (UK)

February 28, 2019

Ep. 14: On the Yellow Vest Protests & 10 Years after the Financial Crisis

January 31, 2019

Ep. 13: On The Young Karl Marx, & the meaning of socialism

December 30, 2018

Ep. 12: On Trump and trans-people, Berlin's anti-AFD protest, and the trouble with Die Linke

November 3, 2018

Ep 11: On Kavanaugh, the American midterm election, & political strategies for socialism

October 10, 2018

Ep. 10: On Cynthia Nixon, the Brazilian elections, and Afrofuturism

September 17, 2018

Ep. 9: On trans politics, London's anti-Trump protest, and sexual emancipation

August 5, 2018

Ep. 8: On Kanye, the Democratic Socialists of America, and the Mexican elections

June 25, 2018

Ep. 7: On 50 years of 1968, Childish Gambino’s “This Is America,” and the Irish border

May 25, 2018

Ep. 6: On Marx after Moishe Postone, Gun Control & the Roseanne Reboot

April 6, 2018

Ep. 5: On "50 Years After '68: Does socialism have a future?"

February 27, 2018

Ep. 4: On #MeToo, the German Left, and the first year of Trump

February 5, 2018

Ep. 3: What do the socialists want anyway?

December 25, 2017

Ep. 2: Why should anyone care about 1919?

November 1, 2017

Ep. 1: On "Kill all Normies" and Anti-fascism today

October 1, 2017