Varn Vlog

Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here. Varn Vlog is the pod of C. Derick Varn. We combine the conversation on philosophy, political economy, art, history, culture, anthropology, and geopolitics from a left-wing and culturally informed perspective. We approach the world from a historical lens with an eye for hard truths and structural analysis.

Podcasting since 2021 • 356 episodes

Varn Vlog

Latest Episodes

(From the Patreon Archives) From Operaismo to Autonomy: Italian Radical Thought with P.H. Higgins

This episode was released patreon's only in 2021. Mario Tronti and Antonio Negri stand as towering figures in the forgotten history of Italian radical Marxism. Their theoretical frameworks - operaismo and autonomia - emerged from the uniq...

October 13, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 35 • 1:44:28

How Technology Could Transform Our Failed Economic Models with Victor Vernissage rom Humanode

What if blockchain technology could emancipate us rather than just enrich speculators? In this wide-ranging conversation with Victor Vernissage, researcher, economist, and founder of Humanode.io, we explore how emerging technologies might trans...

October 06, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 34 • 1:28:21

Impossible Things: A Poet's Journey Through Loss and Translation with Miller Wolf Oberman

What happens when grief becomes inheritance? When poet Miller Oberman became a father himself, he suddenly understood something that had shaped his entire life: he had been parented by someone traumatized by the loss of a child. This revelation...

September 29, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 33 • 1:29:13

Flowers for Marx Symposium, Part 2: Daniel Tutt and Matt McManus

From theoretical battles to publishing controversies, this episode dives deep into the fault lines dividing today's left through the lens of "Flowers for Marx," a new collection exploring Marxist humanism and scientism. Contributors Daniel Tutt...

September 22, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 32 • 2:01:45

Flowers for Marx Symposium, Part 1: Ben Burgis, Conrad Hamilton, and Ernesto Vargas

What makes a book of Marxist theory so controversial that publishers back out after initially accepting it? The answer takes us deep into the heart of leftist intellectual debates that have shaped revolutionary movements for generations.

September 15, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 31 • 1:35:39

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Hey there human-I-assume-is-on-the-other-side-of-this, I'm listening in from West Virginia and while I get a good doompilling when I listen in about the wider world, I'm wondering if there's a focus on the periphery i.e. in the rural areas or the rust belt specifically especially regarding farming in any past or upcoming episode. Passing references have been made to a "rural strategy" that should be adopted by either a movement or current political entity so it isn't left to rot like it currently is. Anything in the works that shines a light on my little corner of the world?

Wheeling, West Virginia