Political Theory 101

A podcast about political theory. Freely available to all, but we'd love your support on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/politicaltheory101Also available on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Play

Nick Land & the Politics of Acceleration (w/Michael Downs)
Apr 21, 2025 – 01:47:41
The Politics of Plato's Parmenides
Mar 27, 2025 – 01:36:32
John Morley & the Politics of Compromise
Mar 5, 2025 – 01:27:03
The Politics of Plato's Philebus
Dec 22, 2024 – 01:57:41
Clausewitz (w/Elizabeth Dearden-Williams)
Nov 20, 2024 – 00:58:09
Cutrone and the Party (w/Chris Cutrone)
Oct 8, 2024 – 01:40:07
John Milton as a Political Theorist (w/Raeffe Gibson)
Aug 2, 2024 – 01:08:04
Michael Pettis as a Political Theorist
Jun 16, 2024 – 01:06:05
Samuel Huntington
May 25, 2024 – 01:18:38
Frédéric Bastiat
May 2, 2024 – 01:06:13
Terry Eagleton
Apr 16, 2024 – 01:04:12
Tertullian
Mar 20, 2024 – 01:17:33
Pocock & History in Political Theory
Feb 21, 2024 – 01:10:40
Murakami and Political Despair
Feb 6, 2024 – 01:02:52
Habermas
Jan 22, 2024 – 01:14:18
Christian Wolff
Jan 9, 2024 – 01:12:04
Monks in the City
Dec 1, 2023 – 01:13:38
G.K. Chesterton & G.B. Shaw as Political Theorists
Nov 15, 2023 – 01:09:29
Laclau
Oct 23, 2023 – 01:06:50
Lyotard
Oct 6, 2023 – 01:18:10
Deleuze & Guattari
Sep 19, 2023 – 01:07:15
Althusser & Foucault, Ideology & Power
Aug 28, 2023 – 01:18:46
Free Speech with Doug Lain
Aug 14, 2023 – 01:39:40
Nicole Oresme
Jul 30, 2023 – 01:17:01
The Roman Economy
Jun 29, 2023 – 01:17:03
Mou Zongsan
Jun 3, 2023 – 01:00:21
Wang Yangming
May 13, 2023 – 01:04:26
Shang Yang
May 2, 2023 – 01:18:17
Voter Ethics
Apr 3, 2023 – 01:24:29
Manuel II Palaiologos and Late Byzantine Thought
Mar 13, 2023 – 01:10:21
Aeschines, Demosthenes, and Athenian Rhetoric
Feb 9, 2023 – 01:33:50
Gandhi
Jan 30, 2023 – 01:09:30
John Duns Scotus
Jan 9, 2023 – 01:12:12
Chrysippus and Early Stoicism
Dec 19, 2022 – 01:31:03
Frynas, Petrol States, and Oil Companies
Nov 25, 2022 – 01:25:08
Bartolus and Roman Law in the Middle Ages
Oct 17, 2022 – 01:02:42
The Arthashastra
Oct 2, 2022 – 01:19:35
John Maynard Keynes as a Political Theorist
Sep 14, 2022 – 01:22:42
Nizam al-Mulk and Persian Political Thought
Sep 6, 2022 – 01:05:20
Confucius and the Role of Ritual in Chinese Political Thought
Aug 25, 2022 – 01:05:07
Žižek and the Politics of Ideology
Jul 30, 2022 – 01:03:09
Michael Psellos and Byzantine Political Thought
Jul 21, 2022 – 01:02:32
Pyrrho and the Politics of Skepticism
Jul 8, 2022 – 01:14:56
John Locke & Piracy
Jun 18, 2022 – 01:12:32
Aquinas and De Regno
May 17, 2022 – 01:00:27
Iamblichus and the Politics of Theurgy
Apr 24, 2022 – 01:12:13
James Harrington with Edmund Wilson
Apr 10, 2022 – 01:24:51
Marsilius of Padua
Mar 27, 2022 – 01:11:34
Skinner and the State
Feb 27, 2022 – 01:18:50
Dante's De Monarchia
Feb 3, 2022 – 01:18:19

Recent Reviews

Nostalgikos aner

Clarity and depth

Every exposition by Studebaker coupled with conversations with his students is a model of clarity that provides an initial outline for understanding followed by intelligent and thoughtful give and take between the participants. I’ve binged the whole series and will listen to many of them again.
yeloFELO3

Amazing content

Really stimulates thinking in the realm of political philosophy
Damian_J

Brilliant and accessible

Erudite and clear. Best political theory that I have found. Some very complex and dense ideas that are interpreted and explained in a very accessible way.
RudolftheRedNosedRocker

Great Podcast!

Studebaker is always insightful!