Chen Weihua liked Hakim’s tweet about getting him on the podcast on April 18 too:
He did a public speaking thing at our party once so who knows, he might be up for it? But then again he is a state official so that might be a problem.
He did a public speaking thing at our party once
Good for you
People on the r/deprogram sub were saying he’s not really a marxist so he might not want to go on there
Eh they cry worse about Hasan and he still went on. That’s just Reddit being obnoxious.
They werent hating, it’s more that chen himself wouldnt want to go on. No one was really linking anything so idk how valid it was
The only reason I could see that is maybe it wouldn’t look good for Chen, a state official, to go onto a podcast that has dick jokes and stuff, which is unfortunate, Chen is quite funny
They had Prof. Richard Wolf on before, and that was probably the only episode where they all turned down their immature jokes and played it as a completely straight podcast, they can do it again I’m sure.
Chen is not a state official but a journalist at state owned news outlet China Daily.
Good to know, lib propaganda was creeping into my brain lol
I like the Deprogram but are there any funny communist podcast that aren’t so “bro-y”? It’s hard to radicalize female friends that have trouble reading when the only podcasts I can find are dominated by men.
Yeah thats a problem, they have a couple of good episodes with ladies like Izdihar and LunaOi but definitely its very “bro-y” like you said.
Well that kind of feels unavoidable seeing as how it’s run by three men having fun. I don’t see how’s that’s a problem with it especially as it’s “good fun” bro-y, and not “misogyny” bro-y. Though a womens marxist podcast would be a great idea.
There’s never been a piece of media with 100% audience relatability.
Being bro-y isn’t a problem if your intended audience is bros. It would just be nice to also have a funny communist podcast that is more accessible to women and queer people who are put off by bro humor.
There’s a podcast that was recommended to me by someone here called Red Menace. I just started listening to the first episode, but it’s not bro-y at all. The two cohosts go through popular communist texts from people like Lenin, Engels, Marx and explain it all. They go really in-depth too.
Only thing is the podcast doesn’t seem to be funny per-se. It’s kind of dense and serious (at least judging by the first episode)
Red Menace is great! I’ve learned a ton from them. Very heady though.
At least it’s funny, 90% of the lefty podcasts I listen to, I have to go back 30 seconds every few minutes because it’s tough to stay engaged. I love Multipolarista but that being said, it’s tough to listen to an hour of it straight. Chapo Traphouse and Deprogram have comedy mixed in, it’s a net-positive imo
That would be a dream, he is the first person I thought of when I thought of deprogrammed guests
