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Ep 76: Tariffs and Trade
Bekah welcomes back SPS's resident financial guru to discuss the impact of Trump's tariffs on the state of world finances, markets, and leftist politi...
Ep 75: Immigration & the Left
Lisa sits down with Erin, Danny, and Tim to discuss recent iterations of our Immigration & the Left Panel, as well as the trajectory of immigration po...
Ep 74: The Left in the 21st Century & Interview with Doug Lain
We're back with a long episode in two parts.
In the first half, Pam, Natalie, and Ed reflect upon the closing plenary of the 2025 Platyp...
Is There a Left in the 21st Century? (2025 International Platypus Convention Teaser)
Rebekah, Ismail, and Michael introduce the upcoming Platypus International Convention, featuring Bill Ayers, Chris Cutrone, Alex Higgins, Michael Kazi...
Ep 73: On the German Elections and the Antideutsch
In this episode of Sh-t Platypus Says, we focus on the German politics in the present and since the aftermath of the New Left.
In the fir...
Ep 72: The Right for the Left
Itsï and Johannes sit down with Chris Cutrone to reflect on last year's summer reading group, The Right for the Left. They discuss the historical diff...
Ep 71: Nina Power Interview & the United Healthcare Assassination
Episode 71 comes in two parts: In the first, Pam sits down with Audrey and Itsï to discuss the assassination of United Healthcare's CEO, and what the...
Ep 70: Trump's Reelection & Interview with Carlos Garrido
In this episode, Pam sits down with Platypus members, Ethan and Gabe, to discuss Trump's reelection and the Republicans' victory in Congress, the Left...
Ep 69: Platypus Review Reader 2 Roundtable & Millennial Helplessness
This episode comes in two parts. At the beginning of this year the PAS published its second installment of the Platypus Review Reader. This volume, in...
Ep 68: Free Speech & the Left, an interview w/ Nadine Strossen
On this episode of SPS, Pamela N. and Platypus member Adrienne F. interview Nadine Strossen, an American legal scholar and civil liberties activist. S...
Ep 67: Kamala IS brat & the Pro-Palestinian Protests
On this episode of SPS, Sophia and Pam hammer out whether or not Kamala Harris IS brat. They discuss the Republican National Convention and the consol...
Ep 66: AfD & Sahra Wagenknecht in Germany, Anarchism on the West Coast
Episode 66 comes in two parts.
In our first segment, Lisa sits down with German members Jan and Henry to discuss post-neoliberal transfor...
Ep 65: The Platypus International Convention & EuroCon Reflections
Episode 65 comes in two parts: In the first segment, Andreas talks with Platypus members Clay (Chicago) and Ethan (Philadelphia) about the upcoming Pl...
Ep 64: Revolutionary Communism in Australia (Reds: RCO)
In this episode of Shit Platypus Says, we introduce the first segment of Reds, a series examining the growth of new communist organizations around the...
2024 European Conference Teaser
Andreas sits down with Berlin-based members Jakob and Tamas to discuss the upcoming sixth annual Platypus European Conference, set to take place Janua...
Ep 63: Left Perspectives on Israel & Palestine
This special holiday episode of SPS comes in three parts: (1) In order to make sense of the present, Platypus is hosting an international series of pa...
Ep. 62: On Protests in France
We discuss this year's protests in France around police brutality, pension reform, and cost of living with our members Lucas from Bretagne and Paul fr...
Ep. 61: On Russell Brand & Barbie, and an interview w/ Benjamin Studebaker
On this special back-to-school episode of SPS, Pamela & Laurie discuss the recent Russell Brand controversy. Brand has been in the news lately, under...
Ep. 60: On Szikra & Hungarian Politics
In this episode of SPS, Tamas sits down with Aram Shakkour (@ShaqArama) of the Szikra Movement (@SzikraMozgalom), an oppositional movement based aroun...
Ep. 59: On the German Platypus Review #23
In this episode, the Editor-in-Chief of the German Platypus Review, Tobias Rochlitz, sits down with Platypus members Stefan H, Jan BH, and our co-host...
Ep 58: On Trump's Indictment & 100 Years of Lukács
In this episode Pamela and Laurie discuss the Trump indictment, DeSantis, and the conservative “resolution” to the crisis of neoliberalism through the...
Ep. 57: On the Crisis of DIE LINKE & interviews at the Conference on "Revolutionärer Bruch"
In the first part of this episode, Lisa is joined by our German members Jakob, Nezam and Sebastian to discuss the crisis and history of DIE LINKE. The...
SPS #56: Spencer Leonard on Marx & Engels
On this episode of SPS, Pamela & Andreas interview Spencer Leonard. Spencer is a founding member of Platypus and has recently published a two-volume s...
SPS #55: The Platypus International Convention, and Anti-imperialism & the Left
On this episode of SPS, we first focus on our Annual International Convention (March 29–April 1), which will take place in Chicago, at the University...
Ep. 54: Interview w/ Chris Cutrone on his "The end of the Gilded Age" article
This episode includes an interview with Platypus founding member Chris Cutrone, who was interviewed by Johannes K. and Lisa on his article “The end of...
Ep. 53: The Elections & the Left, and Platypus Review #152
In the first part of this episode, Lisa & Rebekah are joined by members, Laurie R. & Jasper to talk about how Platypus has captured the relationship b...
Ep. 52: Interviews at the UC Strike & 'End Fossil: Occupy' Protests
On this special holiday episode, SPS brings to you reports from protests in the USA, Germany and Austria. We include shotgun interviews with participa...
Ep. 51: On the Brazilian & US Midterm Elections
On this episode of SPS, Pamela first sits down with Platypus Brazilian members Paulo & Rosa. They comment on the election results, how the Left is res...
Ep. 50: The Cost of Living Protests, & Platypus on Sexual Liberation
Our 50th anniversary SPS episode comes in two parts. First, we cover the on-going cost of living protests organized by the Left in the U.K, Germany an...
Ep. 49: An interview w/ Emanuel Rota & the New Zealand Left Today
In the first segment, our European Correspondent, Andreas W. interviews Emanuel Rota, a leftist historian from Italy who published extensively on the...
V. Platypus European Conference (SPS Teaser)
This is a stand alone SPS segment to promote and introduce our fifth Platypus European Conference in Vienna, from 8 - 10 September, 2022. Lisa and Reb...
Ep. 48: The Great Resignation & an Interview w/ Andy Gittlitz
On this episode of SPS, our resident financial guru sits down with Pamela to discuss the so-called Great Resignation, or “Big Quit”. They take up the...
Ep 47: On Depp v. Heard, the Ukrainian War, and Platypus Summer Readings
On this episode of SPS, Pamela and Sophia discuss the Depp v. Heard and the exhaustion of #metoo. Andreas and Platypus members, Sebastian Vogel interv...
Ep 46: Roe v. Wade & the Left; Reflections on the Platypus Convention 2022
In this episode of SPS, Pamela sits down with Platypus member Tana F. to discuss the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade and the responses by the Lef...
Ep. 45: 2022 Platypus International Convention & the German Platypus Review
In the first part of the episode our co-hosts Lisa Müller und Rebekah Parlar sit down with Platypus member Clint Montgomery to talk about our annual i...
Ep. 44: After the Freedom Convoy & the Hungarian Left Today
On this two-part episode of SPS, Pamela sits with Leila Mechoi, the co-host of Red Star Radio podcast. They reflect on the Left's reaction to the late...
Ep. 43: On the Freedom Convoy, the Austrian Communist Party (KPÖ) & 2021 Platypus Highlights
On this episode, Pamela sits down with our Toronto member Cam Hardy to discuss Canada's "Freedom Convoy", and the responses by the "Left". They invest...
Ep 42: The Concept of the Left, a special Xmas edition
In this special Xmas edition of SPS, your new hosts of the "Sh-t Platypus Does" segment, Rebekah and Lisa, chat with the Platypus Review Editor-in-Chi...
Ep. 41: On Rittenhouse & Aussie Protests against the Vaccine Mandate
On this episode of SPS, Sophia and Pamela sit down with Spencer L., founding member of Platypus and historian of imperialism, to discuss the Rittenhou...
Ep 40: On Chappelle & The End of the End of History
For this episode of SPS, Sophia and Pamela take up Dave Chappelle's latest Netflix special, "The Closer," and the blowback following its release. For...