# Political Theory 101 A podcast by Political Theory 101. A podcast about political theory. Freely available to all, but we'd love your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/politicaltheory101 Also available on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Play Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:607750389/sounds.rss ## Latest episodes - [Kojève & the End of History](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/3699f4e5e4c0) (2026-04-06, 94 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2297510474-benjamin-studebaker-kojeve-the-end-of-history.mp3 - [Murray Edelman & Symbolic Politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/e689dc763920) (2026-02-04, 94 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2260039862-benjamin-studebaker-murray-edelman-symbolic-politics.mp3 - [Clarence Streit and International Federalism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/9d2e178127fe) (2025-11-27, 102 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2220058100-benjamin-studebaker-clarence-streit-and-international-federalism.mp3 - [Friedrich List and the National System](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/7ce0e8078d10) (2025-09-08, 87 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2167007247-benjamin-studebaker-friedrich-list-and-the-national-system.mp3 - [Vico and the Concept of the Natural](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/267f90bee89f) (2025-07-06, 83 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2125296702-benjamin-studebaker-vico-and-the-concept-of-the-natural.mp3 - [Hobbes' Behemoth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/b66809a022cb) (2025-06-06, 101 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2109012363-benjamin-studebaker-hobbes-behemoth.mp3 - [Nick Land & the Politics of Acceleration (w/Michael Downs)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/c609ed9f3978) (2025-04-21, 108 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2082705120-benjamin-studebaker-nick-land-and-the-politics-of-acceleration-wmichael-downs.mp3 - [The Politics of Plato's Parmenides](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/6e8739d98fbd) (2025-03-27, 97 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2065146528-benjamin-studebaker-the-politics-of-platos-parmenides.mp3 - [John Morley & the Politics of Compromise](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/7efedb407ac8) (2025-03-05, 88 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2047346848-benjamin-studebaker-john-morley-the-politics-of-compromise.mp3 - [The Politics of Plato's Philebus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/293ffc878c4f) (2024-12-22, 118 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1992781935-benjamin-studebaker-the-politics-of-platos-philebus.mp3 - [Clausewitz (w/Elizabeth Dearden-Williams)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/57a1e405bcab) (2024-11-20, 59 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1962913703-benjamin-studebaker-clausewitz-welizabeth-dearden-williams.mp3 - [Cutrone and the Party (w/Chris Cutrone)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/191b9d536eef) (2024-10-08, 101 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1931103794-benjamin-studebaker-cutrone-and-the-party-wchris-cutrone.mp3 - [John Milton as a Political Theorist (w/Raeffe Gibson)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/5bc86f15dd3d) (2024-08-02, 69 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1887663459-benjamin-studebaker-john-milton-as-a-political-theorist-wraeffe-gibson.mp3 - [Michael Pettis as a Political Theorist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/d2b07906a995) (2024-06-16, 67 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1849462812-benjamin-studebaker-michael-pettis-as-a-political-theorist.mp3 - [Samuel Huntington](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/42056f470eca) (2024-05-25, 79 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1830135303-benjamin-studebaker-samuel-huntington.mp3 - [Frédéric Bastiat](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/f179b41ffdb8) (2024-05-02, 67 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1813030788-benjamin-studebaker-frederic-bastiat.mp3 - [Terry Eagleton](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/739a4af5988d) (2024-04-16, 65 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1801735629-benjamin-studebaker-terry-eagleton.mp3 - [Tertullian](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/b834cdfbd8f4) (2024-03-20, 78 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1780183917-benjamin-studebaker-tertullian.mp3 - [Pocock & History in Political Theory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/ed11160f449e) (2024-02-21, 71 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1753330770-benjamin-studebaker-pocock-history-in-political-theory.mp3 - [Murakami and Political Despair](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/c677222806cd) (2024-02-06, 63 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1739005932-benjamin-studebaker-murakami-and-political-despair.mp3 - [Habermas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/7eab854b5490) (2024-01-22, 75 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1724068641-benjamin-studebaker-habermas.mp3 - [Christian Wolff](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/18355910a9ad) (2024-01-09, 73 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1712951025-benjamin-studebaker-christian-wolff.mp3 - [Monks in the City](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/4bf4ee14d788) (2023-12-01, 74 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1678854039-benjamin-studebaker-monks-in-the-city.mp3 - [G.K. Chesterton & G.B. Shaw as Political Theorists](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/9a6b8fb5a9e4) (2023-11-15, 70 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1665733641-benjamin-studebaker-gk-chesterton-gb-shaw-as-political-theorists.mp3 - [Laclau](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/5f09f28e27f1) (2023-10-23, 67 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1647531549-benjamin-studebaker-laclau.mp3 - [Lyotard](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/48b2baee5299) (2023-10-06, 79 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1633962078-benjamin-studebaker-lyotard.mp3 - [Deleuze & Guattari](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/778f4a8282d8) (2023-09-19, 68 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1620133902-benjamin-studebaker-deleuze-guattari.mp3 - [Althusser & Foucault, Ideology & Power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/fe957de0cc06) (2023-08-28, 79 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1602908214-benjamin-studebaker-althusser-foucault-ideology-power.mp3 - [Free Speech with Doug Lain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/44c75ea35870) (2023-08-14, 100 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1593053658-benjamin-studebaker-free-speech-with-doug-lain.mp3 - [Nicole Oresme](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/1ede6a06f15c) (2023-07-30, 78 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1578306742-benjamin-studebaker-nicole-oresme.mp3 - [The Roman Economy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/77486ad29190) (2023-06-29, 78 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1553103520-benjamin-studebaker-the-roman-economy.mp3 - [Mou Zongsan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/7932cffa6a79) (2023-06-03, 61 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1529985040-benjamin-studebaker-mou-zongsan.mp3 - [Wang Yangming](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/8f272a0309e9) (2023-05-13, 65 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1513576639-benjamin-studebaker-wang-yangming.mp3 - [Shang Yang](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/26ae21b99cbe) (2023-05-02, 79 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1504316602-benjamin-studebaker-shang-yang.mp3 - [Voter Ethics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/1f835f6311ec) (2023-04-03, 85 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1483759444-benjamin-studebaker-voter-ethics.mp3 - [Manuel II Palaiologos and Late Byzantine Thought](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/1dd838772719) (2023-03-13, 71 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1467667672-benjamin-studebaker-manuel-ii-palaiologos-and-late-byzantine-thought.mp3 - [Aeschines, Demosthenes, and Athenian Rhetoric](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/db922c186d14) (2023-02-09, 94 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1443384883-benjamin-studebaker-aeschines-demosthenes-and-athenian-rhetoric.mp3 - [Gandhi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/f4511897394f) (2023-01-30, 70 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1435455766-benjamin-studebaker-gandhi.mp3 - [John Duns Scotus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/3b387d16a8ea) (2023-01-09, 73 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1420202926-benjamin-studebaker-john-duns-scotus.mp3 - [Chrysippus and Early Stoicism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/aaec356dc59c) (2022-12-19, 92 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1405539769-benjamin-studebaker-chrysippus.mp3 - [Frynas, Petrol States, and Oil Companies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/4088647167c3) (2022-11-25, 86 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1390468930-benjamin-studebaker-frynas-petrol-states-and-oil-companies.mp3 - [Bartolus and Roman Law in the Middle Ages](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/a1d476bb201f) (2022-10-17, 63 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1364913847-benjamin-studebaker-bartolus-and-roman-law-in-the-middle-ages.mp3 - [The Arthashastra](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/170f6d65ce4b) (2022-10-02, 80 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1355466607-benjamin-studebaker-the-arthashastra.mp3 - [John Maynard Keynes as a Political Theorist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/13d198c4b4ee) (2022-09-14, 83 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1343566927-benjamin-studebaker-john-maynard-keynes-as-a-political-theorist.mp3 - [Nizam al-Mulk and Persian Political Thought](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/e44ba147e57f) (2022-09-06, 66 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1338997669-benjamin-studebaker-nizam-al-mulk-and-persian-political-thought.mp3 - [Confucius and the Role of Ritual in Chinese Political Thought](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/b6acc8f6e7ef) (2022-08-25, 66 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1331383783-benjamin-studebaker-confucius-and-the-role-of-ritual-in-chinese-political-thought.mp3 - [Žižek and the Politics of Ideology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/92213ca39696) (2022-07-30, 64 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1314841387-benjamin-studebaker-zizek-and-the-politics-of-ideology.mp3 - [Michael Psellos and Byzantine Political Thought](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/c28b775a4301) (2022-07-21, 63 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1309553998-benjamin-studebaker-michael-psellos-and-byzantine-political-thought.mp3 - [Pyrrho and the Politics of Skepticism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/5e91a731417f) (2022-07-08, 75 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1302051022-benjamin-studebaker-pyrrho-and-the-politics-of-skepticism.mp3 - [John Locke & Piracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1499271317/130bbb04afbc) (2022-06-18, 73 min): audio https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1290104086-benjamin-studebaker-john-locke-piracy.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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