Rocinante

Sean and Angela are joined by friend of the pod Malcom Kyeyune to discuss the favored odds on the current superposition of the war with Iran. Will Neocon Don's pressing need to rerun the battle of Thermopylae be stymied by a fleet of ancient bombers and cutting edge warships overflowing with raw sewage, or will the empire 'fuck it we ball' into World War IV/the grave?

Check out The Rise and Fall of Nuremberg Christianity by Malcom Kyeyune: https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2026/02/the-rise-and-fall-of-nuremberg-christianity/

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Was the collapse of the Soviet Union inevitable or was is destroyed from within? Was it collateral damage of the world spirit trying to birth Papa John a decade too soon? Sean and Angela discuss "Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union" By Vladislav M. Zubok. 
 
https://www.powells.com/book/collapse-the-fall-of-the-soviet-union-9780300268171

 

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On this week's episode of Rocinante, Angela is joined by László Molnárfi. Has the left abandoned its working-class roots by embracing a liberal cultural politics of moralism and identity, thereby making itself irrelevant and pushing people toward right-wing populism? How can a revitalized socialist movement reclaim popular appeal by focusing on material issues like housing and wages, while constructively engaging with questions of nationalism, migration, and sovereignty?

Check out László's work here: https://linktr.ee/lacicloud

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We're back from the Christmas break with a three hour discussion of Julian Jackson's biography of Charles De Gaulle.

https://www.powells.com/book/de-gaulle-9781913368784

We hope you enjoyed your holiday festivities because we're going on a strict diet of andouillette and unfiltered cigarettes in 2026.

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Sean and Angela dive into the provocative 1998 book The Fix. Shifting the budget to focus heavily on treatment over law enforcement dramatically reduced the heroin crisis and crime rates. Why did this successful, evidence-based strategy disappear, leading to our current exponential crisis? 

Find The Fix here:

https://www.powells.com/book/fix-9780520223356

Thanks to Jackson Duke for tracking down the 48 Hours documentary Heroin Connection, mentioned in the book:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHSna7lpYcE

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