Podcasts by Sicko Mode ☭

Combabe <3 - an interview with Jodi Dean from 2021-01-17T22:43:42

We caught up with our dear comrade Jodi Dean to ask her when communism began for her, and we also chat parties, comrades,  political movements and climate Leninism.

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Happy New Year: Communist Resolutions from 2021-01-01T18:01:12

The second dose of our festive offerings is a new years episode 💉

Siyang & Joe talk about the lows and highs of 2020 - the villains and heroes -  and what the left should be doi...

Merry Christmas from Plague Island from 2020-12-25T09:47:40

Merry crimbles from the plague colony  :p

Siyang and I did one of our random last minute episodes, lots of gold in here. 

We have a feelings check, talk about air raid sh...

Taking What's Ours - Intro to ACORN from 2020-11-11T19:05:52

We talked with our new friend & comrade Jack (@_jackhy) about ACORN Manchester & ACORN Liverpool.

Jack is the newly elected communications officer for ACORN Liverpool (and Siyang ...

Marxist Economics & Coronavirus: an interview with Professor Edmund Hardy from 2020-11-07T12:15:35

We sat down for interview with 'the don' Edmund Hardy, to discuss global capitalism, marxist economics, and the unfolding Corona-crash. 

In the intro we chit chat about everyone favo...

Orgainising educators in a pandemic: an interview with teacher and NEU organiser Vik Chechi-Ribeiro from 2020-10-18T18:00:28

Siyang and I did a long form interview with Vik ChechI-Ribeiro, about his latest article in Tribune:  

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/09/how-teachers-organised-in-a-pandemic.  Listen

Confe$$ions of a sabbatical officer ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ from 2020-10-07T21:15:08

Stella della Rossa joins us to talk being a sabbatical officer - at a now deceased institution - and we chat students political generally.  

Season 2 Episode 1: The Return from 2020-09-26T09:33:45

Siyang and Joey are in isolation due to an outbreak in their Cambridge lighthouse. 

They apply their vulgar marxism and cynical delirium to the present state of things. 

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American insurrection? from 2020-06-12T16:46:33

Following the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, protests against police violence have erupted across the US and in major cities around the world. We're joined by Jihye, our US class war corres...

School's out for Summer? from 2020-05-27T09:50:39

Schools in the UK never closed - as educators have been running them  for the children of key workers and others - but now the government is trying rush schools into resuming a full service...

Last night a Vijay saved my life from a broken heart from 2020-05-20T09:53:19

We were blessed to have Vijay Prashad join us for a long-form interview. 

Animal Crossing: Communist Horizons? from 2020-05-09T10:44:53

We talk about Animal Crossing but mainly video games much more generally

 - our faves but also the industry - and  do some marxist and cultural analysis

Featuring a segme...

Episode 9: Happy Birthday, Mr Lenin! from 2020-04-29T09:14:04

Siyang, Joe and Miriam indulge in a little stan culture of dear Mr Lenin, whilst avoiding a full hagiography.  

Episode 8: Oil's Well That End's Well from 2020-04-22T10:06:58

Join as we try to understand the 2020 oil crisis, with our chief economist Edmund Hardy, and chief ecologist Chris Saltmarsh.

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/04/do-not-resuscitate-the-oil-i...

Episode 7: Live from New York - it's the Weinersance! from 2020-04-16T22:23:27

Just as David Bowie did some of his greatest work in Berlin, this is our groundbreaking New York episode - with our special guest star US class war correspondent Jihye. We talk about wha...