Art for the End Times
Hosted by writer Lyta Gold, Art for the End Times is a podcast addressing how we think and talk about art and culture, especially when it feels like the world is ending.
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Panic! At the bibilotheque: A history of literary controversies
In the season finale of ‘Art for the End Times,’ host Lyta Gold discusses her forthcoming book, ‘Dangerous Fictions.’
Recent episodes
Halloween for the End Times
The Real News staff discuss their favorite Spooky Season Cinema in this special episode of “Art for the End Times.”
The medieval pop culture renaissance
From ‘House of the Dragon’ to ‘The Northman,’ the meanings ye make of the past doth tell much about the present state of art and politics.
Utopian enclaves and the history of the Jewish Labor Bund with Molly Crabapple
The Bund’s struggle for socialism and national cultural autonomy for Eastern European Jews has left a wide-ranging legacy that spans from Poland to New York.
Torq Campbell: How capitalism wrecked the music industry
The socialist musician and co-lead singer of Stars explains how new technology and capitalist greed have saturated the culture and made it nearly impossible for artists to make a living.
Does the new Star Trek betray the socialist principles of the original series?
The original franchise boldly took us ‘where no man has gone before’—automated luxury space communism. But there are critical ways in which the new shows—including the fairly good ‘Strange New Worlds’—depart from the politics and creative power of the original iterations.
‘Why leftists should read Marilynne Robinson—despite her sins’
The author of the Gilead series has taken some indefensible positions since the Obama era. Her novels are still masterworks.
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