<![CDATA[Subjective Conditions: Exploring the Body and Mind Under Capitalism]]>https://sites.libsyn.com/subjectiveconditionsRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Sun, 08 Nov 2026 07:51:34 GMTWed, 02 Sep 2026 00:48:00 GMT60Comrade AdamSubjective Conditions looks at a wide variety of perspectives on how capitalism shapes our own experiences of our lives and senses of self in the world today. We emphasize how to bring in all sorts of different theories and practices on how to engage in collective and individual trauma healing work and community building to help listeners work through the emotional devastation under capitalism today to find a new way to be with themselves and others. With friends and guests joining us along the way, we take conversational approach to dialogues on how things like attachment theory, psychedelic healing work, spiritual and religious practices, psychoanalysis, and individual approaches to healing must be balanced with a larger critique of capitalism for them to be truly effective and radical in our daily lives.episodicComrade Adamadam@kadmoncpt.comyes<![CDATA[Ep. 2 - You, Me, and Politics Makes Three]]>The material conditions are RIGHT HERE IN THE ROOM, COMRADES.

Comrade Adam is joined by two excellent and Galaxy-Brained™ comrades, Zoya and Jeff, who also happen to be D O C T O R S and professors, to discuss some key questions for anyone on the Left today. What are politics? Institutions - how do they work? What does the academy and the activist space have in common? What is the GREEN FROG in the room? How do we confront the terror of the unknown?

This the first of a two-part series looking at the relationship between social change, utopian projects, community, the built environment, and community.

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]]>https://bc34b7d5-85df-472d-8a42-3f8772e881a5.libsyn.com/ep-2-you-me-and-politics-makes-three0d105599-3c92-4e04-83b9-9b351f89ddbcSat, 17 Sep 2022 02:22:19 GMT<p>The material conditions are RIGHT HERE IN THE ROOM, COMRADES.</p> <p>Comrade Adam is joined by two excellent and Galaxy-Brained™ comrades, Zoya and Jeff, who also happen to be D O C T O R S and professors, to discuss some key questions for anyone on the Left today. What are politics? Institutions - how do they work? What does the academy and the activist space have in common? What is the GREEN FROG in the room? How do we confront the terror of the unknown?</p> <p>This the first of a two-part series looking at the relationship between social change, utopian projects, community, the built environment, and community.</p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/subjectiveconditions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Subjective Conditions Patreon Page</a></p> <p><a href="https://capillariesblog.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Comrade Adam's blog, <em>Capillaries: Theory at The Front</em></a></p>yes01:31:07Ep. 2 - You, Me, and Politics Makes Threefull<![CDATA[Ep. 7 - Masculinity is a Prison]]>Do you want to be horny or do you want to be happy, comrades...?

Isn't it funny how masculinity resembles a school resembles a prison resembles a clinic resembles a so on and so on and so on...The long-awaited follow-up episode to Red Library's two-parter on bell hooks's The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love is finally here!

Comrade Ryan, God Empress Victoria Magna, and new comrade on the show, Danny, join The Chairman™ to talk about masculinity, loneliness, dragging Jungians, myth and gender, Avatar 2: The Way of Wa Wa, and lots more! We also get really personal on a free-ranging discussion and DP thought experiment about the nature of masculinity and its inherent contradictions.

Which way, Western Man - horniness or happiness? For the dialectical pessimist, perhaps it's the unspoken third option...both. 

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]]>https://bc34b7d5-85df-472d-8a42-3f8772e881a5.libsyn.com/ep-7-masculinity-is-a-prison04a700dd-2984-4b9b-a60f-d995a83e2638Wed, 15 Mar 2023 03:49:00 GMT<p><strong>Do you want to be horny or do you want to be happy, comrades...?</strong></p> <p>Isn't it funny how masculinity resembles a school resembles a prison resembles a clinic resembles a so on and so on and so on...The long-awaited follow-up episode to Red Library's two-parter on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0KEUJ12SNLuUVDVnkBKcZr?si=Ao_-61_QQoemHnRHV8rwtw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> bell hooks's <em>The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love</em></a> is <strong>finally here</strong>!</p> <p>Comrade Ryan, God Empress Victoria Magna, and new comrade on the show, Danny, join The Chairman™ to talk about masculinity, loneliness, dragging Jungians, myth and gender, Avatar 2: The Way of Wa Wa, and lots more! We also get really personal on a free-ranging discussion and DP thought experiment about the nature of masculinity and its inherent contradictions.</p> <p>Which way, Western Man - horniness or happiness? For the dialectical pessimist, perhaps it's the unspoken third option...<strong>both</strong>. </p> <p><span>Episode Links</span></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@jencoates/i-am-a-transwoman-i-am-in-the-closet-i-am-not-coming-out-4c2dd1907e42" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> <em>I Am A Transwoman. I Am In The Closet. I Am Not Coming Out of the Closet</em> Article</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/of-minds-and-men/202302/the-first-three-instincts-of-masculinity?amp" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> <em>The Three Instincts of Masculinity </em>Article</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeGEv0YVLtw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">"Men. Abuse. Trauma." by Philosophy Tube</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-loneliness-reshapes-the-brain-20230228/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> <em>How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain</em> Article</a></li> </ul> <hr /> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/subjectiveconditions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Subjective Conditions Patreon Page</a></p> <p><a href="https://capillariesblog.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Comrade Adam's blog, <em>Capillaries: Theory at The Front</em></a></p>yes01:29:08Ep. 7 - Masculinity is a Prisonfull<![CDATA[Ep. 10 - Wally B. is a V I B E w. The Regrettable Century]]>WE ARE BACK! WE ARE ALIVE!   After more than a bit of a hiatus, SC and your fearless Galaxy-Brained host, Chairman Bane, are back in the ring with some support from our dearest podcasting Dialectical Pessimist comrades, The Regrettable Century!   We are back in the saddle with our resident Existential Clown™ extraordinaire, Comrade Jeff, to delve into one of the biggest influences of dialectical pessimism and Subjective Conditions/Red Library as a whole, Walter Benjamin! This episode is a long-time coming and we cover a number of Wally B's key concepts like the Angelus Novus, messianic time, social barbarism, and a number of other still relevant and radical ideas that exemplify the warm stream Marxist current. ----------------------------------------------------------------

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]]>https://bc34b7d5-85df-472d-8a42-3f8772e881a5.libsyn.com/ep-10-wally-b-is-a-v-i-b-e-w-the-regrettable-centuryb2c0f5ea-9fd0-48f8-83a2-410efb65265cTue, 09 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT <strong><span><span>W</span></span><span><span>E</span></span> <span><span>A</span></span><span><span>R</span></span><span><span>E</span></span> <span><span>B</span></span><span><span>A</span></span><span><span>C</span></span><span><span>K</span></span><span><span>!</span></span> <span><span>W</span></span><span><span>E</span></span> <span><span>A</span></span><span><span>R</span></span><span><span>E</span></span> <span><span>A</span></span><span><span>L</span></span><span><span>I</span></span><span><span>V</span></span><span><span>E</span></span><span><span>!</span></span></strong>   <span><span>After more than a bit of a hiatus, SC and your fearless Galaxy-Brained host, Chairman Bane, are back in the ring with some support from our dearest podcasting Dialectical Pessimist comrades, The Regrettable Century!</span></span>   <span><span>We are back in the saddle with our resident Existential Clown™ extraordinaire, Comrade Jeff, to delve into one of the biggest influences of dialectical pessimism and Subjective Conditions/Red Library as a whole, Walter Benjamin! This episode is a long-time coming and we cover a number of Wally B's key concepts like the Angelus Novus, messianic time, social barbarism, and a number of other still relevant and radical ideas that exemplify the warm stream Marxist current.</span></span> <span><span>----------------------------------------------------------------</span></span> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/subjectiveconditions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Subjective Conditions Patreon Page</a></p> <p><a href="https://capillariesblog.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Comrade Adam's blog, <em>Capillaries: Theory at The Front</em></a></p> yes01:27:27Ep. 10 - Wally B. is a V I B E w. The Regrettable Centuryfull<![CDATA[Ep. 4 - Mutual Arising, Wounded Healers, and Global Healing with Memory Reconsolidation]]>We are joined this week by our new friend and very Galaxy-Brained comrade, Adam O'Brien, to talk about how the body and unconscious relate to the conscious mind, memory reconsolidation, trauma healing, shame, addiction and dissociation, psychedelics and lots more!

What is the relationship between our own internal, subjective worlds and how history repeats itself? What destruction do we cause when we subordinate things to perfectionist ideals? How does the body and unconscious try to communicate to us to help us heal? Tune in to find out!

Works Cited

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Comrade Adam's blog, Capillaries: Theory at The Front

]]>https://bc34b7d5-85df-472d-8a42-3f8772e881a5.libsyn.com/ep-4-mutual-arising-wounded-healers-and-global-healing-with-memory-reconsolidationabaf5d19-5eb7-41a7-a37b-a5e7621da188Tue, 22 Nov 2022 04:52:00 GMT<p>We are joined this week by our new friend and <strong>very</strong> Galaxy-Brained comrade, <strong>Adam O'Brien</strong>, to talk about how the body and unconscious relate to the conscious mind, memory reconsolidation, trauma healing, shame, addiction and dissociation, psychedelics and lots more!</p> <p>What is the relationship between our own internal, subjective worlds and how history repeats itself? What destruction do we cause when we subordinate things to perfectionist ideals? How does the body and unconscious try to communicate to us to help us heal? Tune in to find out!</p> <p><span>Works Cited</span></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://mutualarisingcounseling.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Mutual Arising Mental Health Counseling</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.lionsroar.com/dharma-dictionary-interdependent-origination/#:~:text=Interdependent%20origination%20(Sanskrit%2C%20pratityasamutpada),he%20became%20the%20Awakened%20One." rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Independent Origination</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982213007719" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Memory Reconsolidation</a></li> </ul> <hr /> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/subjectiveconditions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Subjective Conditions Patreon Page</a></p> <p><a href="https://capillariesblog.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Comrade Adam's blog, <em>Capillaries: Theory at The Front</em></a></p>yes01:26:51Ep. 4 - Mutual Arising, Wounded Healers, and Global Healing with Memory Reconsolidationfull<![CDATA[Ep. 3 - The Dialectics of Madness]]>The Lost Horizons Sad Boi Warm Stream Gothic Marxism Band is back together.

Comrade Adam and The Regrettable Century Bois rejoin forces to get GALAXY-BRAINED™ and tackle a few articles on Hegel, Foucault, and what we may call madness if we were so inclined... We discuss the relationship between madness, freedom, THE DIALECTIC™, and more deep diving into what it is that we are all struggling with under capitalism.

Works Cited

Subjective Conditions Patreon Page

Comrade Adam's blog, Capillaries: Theory at The Front

]]>https://bc34b7d5-85df-472d-8a42-3f8772e881a5.libsyn.com/ep-3-the-dialectics-of-madnessa9ff2063-78df-46e4-a7b6-92966510d18fFri, 14 Oct 2022 05:19:00 GMT<p>The Lost Horizons Sad Boi Warm Stream Gothic Marxism Band is <strong>back together</strong>.</p> <p>Comrade Adam and The Regrettable Century Bois rejoin forces to get <strong>GALAXY-BRAINED™</strong> and tackle a few articles on Hegel, Foucault, and what we may call madness if we were so inclined... We discuss the relationship between madness, freedom, THE DIALECTIC™, and more deep diving into what it is that we are all struggling with under capitalism.</p> <p><span>Works Cited</span></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.the-pamphlet.com/articles/thegoodp1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>The Good, The Mad, and The Ugly Part 1</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.the-pamphlet.com/articles/themad2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>The Good, The Mad, and The Ugly Part 2</span></a></li> </ul> <hr /> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/subjectiveconditions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Subjective Conditions Patreon Page</a></p> <p><a href="https://capillariesblog.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Comrade Adam's blog, <em>Capillaries: Theory at The Front</em></a></p>yes01:21:32Ep. 3 - The Dialectics of Madnessfull<![CDATA[Ep. 5 - Ambiguous Ethics]]>Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity. *AIR HORNS AIR HORNS AIR HORNS*

Chairman Bane is joined by an all-star cast of comrades to discuss The Ethics of Ambiguity by the YAS KWEEN of existentialism, Simone De Beauvoir. This is an episode years in the making from the old Red Library days that needed the format and vibes of Subjective Conditions to finally come alive.

Is ethics just a game to you? Maybe it should be. Inside you are 3 wolves: a beta, an alpha, and a sigma. Which one controls your life and freedom? The one you choose to feed.

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]]>https://bc34b7d5-85df-472d-8a42-3f8772e881a5.libsyn.com/ep-5-ambiguous-ethics5822cbe5-a485-45a7-b25e-f68c31db7875Tue, 20 Dec 2022 04:14:00 GMT<p><strong>Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity. *AIR HORNS AIR HORNS AIR HORNS*</strong></p> <p>Chairman Bane is joined by an all-star cast of comrades to discuss <em>The Ethics of Ambiguity</em> by the YAS KWEEN of existentialism, Simone De Beauvoir. This is an episode years in the making from the old Red Library days that needed the format and vibes of Subjective Conditions to finally come alive.</p> <p>Is ethics just a game to you? Maybe it should be. Inside you are 3 wolves: a beta, an alpha, and a sigma. Which one controls your life and freedom? The one you choose to feed.</p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/subjectiveconditions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Subjective Conditions Patreon Page</a></p> <p><a href="https://capillariesblog.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Comrade Adam's blog, <em>Capillaries: Theory at The Front</em></a></p>yes01:30:27Ep. 5 - Ambiguous Ethicsfull<![CDATA[Ep. 6 - Utopian Conditions]]>Comrades and Galaxy-Brainer™ Extraordinaires Zoya and Jeff join the show for the second installment of our now ongoing series on community, politics, and utopian dreams!

Utopia - what is it all about? Is it good? Or is it wack (i.e. unnecessary)? What are the differences between utopian visions and utopian experiments? We continue our explorations of the relationship between community and emancipatory politics by delving into the role of utopia on the Left and its role for creating another possible world. 

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]]>https://bc34b7d5-85df-472d-8a42-3f8772e881a5.libsyn.com/ep-6-the-conditions-of-utopia4d1c411d-beb8-4f52-b98c-b56cfca84c33Tue, 17 Jan 2023 03:27:00 GMT<p>Comrades and Galaxy-Brainer™ Extraordinaires Zoya and Jeff join the show for the second installment of our now ongoing series on community, politics, and utopian dreams!</p> <p>Utopia - what is it all about? Is it good? Or is it wack (i.e. unnecessary)? What are the differences between utopian visions and utopian experiments? We continue our explorations of the relationship between community and emancipatory politics by delving into the role of utopia on the Left and its role for creating another possible world. </p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/subjectiveconditions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Subjective Conditions Patreon Page</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089645013127" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Subjective Conditions Facebook Page</a></p> <p><a href="https://capillariesblog.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Comrade Adam's blog, <em>Capillaries: Theory at The Front</em></a></p>yes01:09:16Ep. 6 - Utopian Conditionsfull<![CDATA[Ep. 8 - Precarity is a Material State of Mind]]>Subjective Conditions' resident Existential Clown™, Comrade Commissar Renegade Monk Jeff, joins The Chairman to discuss the topic of precarity and its relationship to current objective and subjective conditions under capitalism.

Comrade Jeff draws upon his academic research and life to give us a wide and varied view of what precarity is and what it means for our lived conditions. And perhaps a new organizing principle we can use to bridge the gaps between various class positions and life experiences.

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]]>https://bc34b7d5-85df-472d-8a42-3f8772e881a5.libsyn.com/ep-8-precarity-is-a-material-state-of-mind76da8ecc-491d-4f4e-af74-efdad0c49c1eTue, 27 Jun 2023 19:40:00 GMT<p>Subjective Conditions' resident Existential Clown™, Comrade Commissar Renegade Monk Jeff, joins The Chairman to discuss the topic of precarity and its relationship to current objective and subjective conditions under capitalism.</p> <p>Comrade Jeff draws upon his academic research and life to give us a wide and varied view of what precarity is and what it means for our lived conditions. And perhaps a new organizing principle we can use to bridge the gaps between various class positions and life experiences.</p> <hr /> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/subjectiveconditions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Subjective Conditions Patreon Page</a></p> <p><a href="https://capillariesblog.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Comrade Adam's blog, <em>Capillaries: Theory at The Front</em></a></p>yes01:22:27Ep. 8 - Precarity is a Material State of Mindfull<![CDATA[Ep. 9 - Global Healing w. Adam O'Brien]]>SC's Galaxy-Brained comrade, Adam O'Brien, returns to the show to talk about global healing and its relationship to the healing process in general! This episode picks up where we left off in part 1 and furthers the discussion on the relationship and challenges between individual and social and communal healing.

What is the relationship between addiction as a social phenomena and capitalism? What is dissociation and how does it relate to addiction? How do psychedelics help bring about profound transformation? How does the body and unconscious try to communicate to us to help us heal? Tune in to find out!

Works Cited

Subjective Conditions Patreon Page

Comrade Adam's blog, Capillaries: Theory at The Front

]]>https://bc34b7d5-85df-472d-8a42-3f8772e881a5.libsyn.com/ep-9-global-healing-w-adam-obrienaadf1211-a43c-49c3-93cc-395d4311dc57Thu, 24 Aug 2023 01:56:00 GMT<p>SC's Galaxy-Brained comrade, <strong>Adam O'Brien</strong>, returns to the show to talk about global healing and its relationship to the healing process in general! This episode picks up where we left off in part 1 and furthers the discussion on the relationship and challenges between individual and social and communal healing.</p> <p>What is the relationship between addiction as a social phenomena and capitalism? What is dissociation and how does it relate to addiction? How do psychedelics help bring about profound transformation? How does the body and unconscious try to communicate to us to help us heal? Tune in to find out!</p> <p>Works Cited</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://mutualarisingcounseling.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Mutual Arising Mental Health Counseling</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.lionsroar.com/dharma-dictionary-interdependent-origination/#:~:text=Interdependent%20origination%20(Sanskrit%2C%20pratityasamutpada),he%20became%20the%20Awakened%20One." rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Interdependent Origination</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982213007719" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Memory Reconsolidation</a></li> </ul> <hr /> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/subjectiveconditions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Subjective Conditions Patreon Page</a></p> <p><a href="https://capillariesblog.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Comrade Adam's blog, <em>Capillaries: Theory at The Front</em></a></p>yes01:29:14Ep. 9 - Global Healing w. Adam O'Brienfull<![CDATA[Ep. 1 - We Are The Break]]>Welcome....to Subjective Conditions: Exploring the Mind and Body Under Capitalism! Comrade Adam/Chairman Bane is joined by The Comrade That Cannot Be Perceived, Courtney, and Jess for our inaugural episode. 

LET'S GET GALAXY-BRAINED, COMRADES.

Show References

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]]>https://bc34b7d5-85df-472d-8a42-3f8772e881a5.libsyn.com/we-are-the-break9be354cb-a334-43fa-9aa0-cd75093f7ff1Tue, 30 Aug 2022 04:15:09 GMT<p>Welcome....to Subjective Conditions: Exploring the Mind and Body Under Capitalism! Comrade Adam/Chairman Bane is joined by The Comrade That Cannot Be Perceived, Courtney, and Jess for our inaugural episode. </p> <p>LET'S GET GALAXY-BRAINED, COMRADES.</p> <p><span><strong>Show References</strong></span></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Psychedelic-White-Trance-Viscosity-Race/dp/0816649944/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AUW33OTULLAP&amp;keywords=psychedelic+white+goa+trance+and+the+viscosity+of+race&amp;qid=1661821247&amp;sprefix=psycehdelic+white%2Caps%2C177&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Psychedelic White</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/internal-family-systems-therapy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Internal Family Systems (IFS)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-and-complex-ptsd/complex-ptsd/#:~:text=Complex%20post%2Dtraumatic%20stress%20disorder%20(complex%20PTSD%2C%20sometimes%20abbreviated,or%20distrustful%20towards%20the%20world" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)</a></li> </ul> <hr /> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/subjectiveconditions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Subjective Conditions Patreon Page</a></p>yes01:35:04Ep. 1 - We Are The Breakfull