Heart Reacts

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. This week, we have some exciting news! And then we answer a question about how to handle inequality within your relationships, and tackle the issue of movement burnout, rest, and responsibility.Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality: Vol 1Liza Featherstone, "The Left Needs to Stop Falling for Absurd Sex Panics"Sarah, "Worker Centers: Where Causes Cohere, and Forge Power" (Ellen Bravo quotation is here)Sarah, "Emotions on Strike"Daisy Rooks, "The Cowboy Mentality: Organizers and Occupational Commitment in the New Labor Movement"Hannah Proctor, Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political DefeatAaron Bastani, "Burn up not out; four suggested projects for UK activism," openDemocracyPaula Davis, Beating Burnout at WorkWe are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps!

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. Thanks for bearing with us while Sarah took a much-needed holiday, and we're back with more questions about organizing, wealth, power, and the State. (We miss your polyamory questions, though!)Stuff We Discuss:A James Connolly ReaderMark Fisher, Wounds of ClassRichard Seymour, "Work, Class, and Mental Health"Kelly Hayes (Forthcoming), Read This When Things Fall ApartSarah Schulman, Conflict is Not AbuseThe Free Association, Moments of Excess: Movements, Protest and Everyday LifeAlessio Lunghi and Seth Wheeler, Occupy Everything! Ruth Wilson Gilmore at Socialism conferenceJodi Dean, Crowds and PartyWill Davies, What is Neoliberalism?Will Davies, The Limits of NeoliberalismFederazione dei Comunisti Anarchici, Anarchist Communist A Question of ClassWe are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps!

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism.This week, we're tackling the question of how and when to break up--with your socialist organization, and with a partner who is prioritizing their job over your relationship.Stuff We Talk About:Sarah, Federal Workers Rise up Against Musk, Trump and Drastic CutsPaolo Gerbaudo - The Digital PartyRodrigo Nunes - Neither Vertical Nor HorizontalJohn Nichols - The S Word Olufemi O Taiwo - Elite Capture Jonathan  Matthew Smucker - Hegemony How-ToSarah - Work Won’t Love You Back Laura Kipnis - Against Love  Interview: “Fight with hope, fight without hope, but fight absolutely” with Mike DavisOlufemi O. Taiwo on BlueskyAnd if you really want to know what Rosa Luxemburg thought of the Leninist party... We are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps!

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. Apologies for the delay this week, folks--we had some technical difficulties that made editing the recording a bit of a chore, so thanks for bearing with us.This week, we're considering what to do when your family-critical friends start families of their own, and we dive back into the question of whether therapy can be radical, or even Marxist.Stuff We Talk About:Kristen Ghodsee, Everyday UtopiasHelen Hester and Nick Srnicek, After WorkGreta LaFleur at Los Angeles Review of Books, "Heterosexuality Without Women"The Red ClinicThe Psychosocial FoundationMarshall Rosenberg, Nonviolent CommunicationOrdinary Unhappiness Podcast, "On Hate and Aggression, Part 1"Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant, Health CommunismWe are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps!

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. This week, we have a follow-up from a listener who shared a story of lost friendship, and then we consider the question of political breakups, maintaining friendships, and building the broader ecology of the Left.Stuff We Talk About:Alva Gotby, They Call It LoveRodrigo Nunes, Neither Vertical Nor HorizontalJodi Dean, ComradeAbout "Platformism"ACFM Podcast: Political Commitment Sarah, "The Most Important Labor Story Right Now Is in Minnesota—It Might Be the Model We All Need"We are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps!

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. This week, we're wondering how--and whether--to try to convert your loved ones to anti-capitalism, and considering intergenerational friendships, loss, and loneliness. Thanks as always to our letter writers!Stuff We Talk About:Bull DurhamMark Fisher: K-Punk and Capitalist Realism are the classics.We are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps!