Dearest @chenweihua! I've looked around extensively to see how we can get you on our podcast @TheDeprogramPod as a guest but no luck. I noticed that you liked my tweet that stated we want you on. Please reach out to us on:
Deprogrampod@gmail.com so we can plan something fun!
Chen Weihua liked Hakim’s tweet about getting him on the podcast on April 18 too:
Being bro-y isn’t a problem if your intended audience is bros. It would just be nice to also have a funny communist podcast that is more accessible to women and queer people who are put off by bro humor.
Oh, I definitely agree with you, and I apologize if that came across as combative. I was trying to say that the angle that deprogram takes works for them, and trying to remold something existing would probably go poorly. But a queer or female podcast would be really nice! Can never have enough communist podcasts!
Though it guess it also is fair to mention that a large amount of the guests that are brought on are queer and/or female, and that the humor doesn’t really come across as bro-y or chauvinistic, but like 3 guys earnestly talking like friends.
Not to be “well I like it so that makes it ok” but I’d guess a lot of deprogram listeners (of which I am one) are not cishet straight guys - I’m a transfemme lesbian for example, and I’ve never felt like it wasn’t “for me” or I wasn’t invited or something.
I actually really enjoy the dynamic between the hosts, especially the (admittedly ironic) homoerotic flirting between Hakim and Yugopnik. They honestly give the ‘guys I would like to have a beer with’ vibe in most episodes.
Having said that, it’s also totally fair if someone is put off by their dynamic/interactions and yeah, nothing wrong with there being more commie media I guess. As long as it isn’t instead of organizing.
Yeah I’m generalizing a bit and obviously people irrespective of their identities can resonate with a variety of humors. I’m mainly talking about my own personal circle which has a lot of radlib feminists who are always on the cusp of a radicalizing breakthrough. But whenever we end up talking politics and I start giving my analysis of anything their complaints to me are always that Marxism is so “white dude heavy.” I always point out that there are plenty of feminist Marxists to learn from but they’re so resistant to studying any actual theory that at this point that I’ve just chalked it up to laziness/privilege/disinterest. But still, I’m always trying to nudge them in the direction of accessible ways to learn whenever it comes up.
All I’m saying is that The Deprogram would definitely not be their show and it would be nice to find an alternative which is just as entertaining and accessible.
Being bro-y isn’t a problem if your intended audience is bros. It would just be nice to also have a funny communist podcast that is more accessible to women and queer people who are put off by bro humor.
Oh, I definitely agree with you, and I apologize if that came across as combative. I was trying to say that the angle that deprogram takes works for them, and trying to remold something existing would probably go poorly. But a queer or female podcast would be really nice! Can never have enough communist podcasts!
Though it guess it also is fair to mention that a large amount of the guests that are brought on are queer and/or female, and that the humor doesn’t really come across as bro-y or chauvinistic, but like 3 guys earnestly talking like friends.
Not to be “well I like it so that makes it ok” but I’d guess a lot of deprogram listeners (of which I am one) are not cishet straight guys - I’m a transfemme lesbian for example, and I’ve never felt like it wasn’t “for me” or I wasn’t invited or something.
I actually really enjoy the dynamic between the hosts, especially the (admittedly ironic) homoerotic flirting between Hakim and Yugopnik. They honestly give the ‘guys I would like to have a beer with’ vibe in most episodes.
Having said that, it’s also totally fair if someone is put off by their dynamic/interactions and yeah, nothing wrong with there being more commie media I guess. As long as it isn’t instead of organizing.
Yeah I’m generalizing a bit and obviously people irrespective of their identities can resonate with a variety of humors. I’m mainly talking about my own personal circle which has a lot of radlib feminists who are always on the cusp of a radicalizing breakthrough. But whenever we end up talking politics and I start giving my analysis of anything their complaints to me are always that Marxism is so “white dude heavy.” I always point out that there are plenty of feminist Marxists to learn from but they’re so resistant to studying any actual theory that at this point that I’ve just chalked it up to laziness/privilege/disinterest. But still, I’m always trying to nudge them in the direction of accessible ways to learn whenever it comes up.
All I’m saying is that The Deprogram would definitely not be their show and it would be nice to find an alternative which is just as entertaining and accessible.
It’s a matter of taste in the end