Chen Weihua liked Hakim’s tweet about getting him on the podcast on April 18 too:

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    He did a public speaking thing at our party once so who knows, he might be up for it? But then again he is a state official so that might be a problem.

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    People on the r/deprogram sub were saying he’s not really a marxist so he might not want to go on there

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      Eh they cry worse about Hasan and he still went on. That’s just Reddit being obnoxious.

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        They werent hating, it’s more that chen himself wouldnt want to go on. No one was really linking anything so idk how valid it was

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          The only reason I could see that is maybe it wouldn’t look good for Chen, a state official, to go onto a podcast that has dick jokes and stuff, which is unfortunate, Chen is quite funny

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            They had Prof. Richard Wolf on before, and that was probably the only episode where they all turned down their immature jokes and played it as a completely straight podcast, they can do it again I’m sure.

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            Chen is not a state official but a journalist at state owned news outlet China Daily.

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            I like the Deprogram but are there any funny communist podcast that aren’t so “bro-y”? It’s hard to radicalize female friends that have trouble reading when the only podcasts I can find are dominated by men.

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              Yeah thats a problem, they have a couple of good episodes with ladies like Izdihar and LunaOi but definitely its very “bro-y” like you said.

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                Well that kind of feels unavoidable seeing as how it’s run by three men having fun. I don’t see how’s that’s a problem with it especially as it’s “good fun” bro-y, and not “misogyny” bro-y. Though a womens marxist podcast would be a great idea.

                There’s never been a piece of media with 100% audience relatability.

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                  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.

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              There’s a podcast that was recommended to me by someone here called Red Menace. I just started listening to the first episode, but it’s not bro-y at all. The two cohosts go through popular communist texts from people like Lenin, Engels, Marx and explain it all. They go really in-depth too.

              Only thing is the podcast doesn’t seem to be funny per-se. It’s kind of dense and serious (at least judging by the first episode)

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                Red Menace is great! I’ve learned a ton from them. Very heady though.

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              At least it’s funny, 90% of the lefty podcasts I listen to, I have to go back 30 seconds every few minutes because it’s tough to stay engaged. I love Multipolarista but that being said, it’s tough to listen to an hour of it straight. Chapo Traphouse and Deprogram have comedy mixed in, it’s a net-positive imo