Joshua Citarella

Doomscroll: Tim Heidecker II

This is a subscribers only episode. My guest is Tim Heidecker. We discuss his background in music and DIY creative scenes as well as our shared admiration for artist and documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis.

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Doomscroll 25: Francis Fukuyama

My guest is Francis Fukuyama, a scholar and political scientist. He is the author of many books. He is most well known for his 1992 work, "The End of History & the Last Man".

Drawing on Hegel and Marx, Fukuyama explores the concept of teleology — the idea that history is a linear process where human societies progress through sequential socioeconomic forms. As Marx famously wrote, Feudalism was replaced by Capitalism and would ultimately be replaced by Socialis...

Doomscroll 24.5: Hasan Piker

We recap Hasan’s upbringing in Turkey and his early origins at The Young Turks network. Later, he talks me off the ledge as I complain about how much it sucks to be on camera lol. We discuss media strategy, online debate and class consciousness. We both admit to mirin’ Yung Chomsky’s peak physique. (This is not gay.) Finally, Hasan drops some revealing streamer drama that I did not yet know — yikes.

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Doomscroll: Aella

Welcome to Doomscroll. My guest is Aella and episode #26 is out today. We explore the emergence of AI, transhumanism and the sex industry (online and offline).

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Doomscroll: Aella II

My guest is Aella. We discuss the psychological and social origins of sexual fetishes, the dark side of internet pornography, and we bring clarity to the online debates around race and IQ. Due to TOS, some of these topics can’t be included on the YouTube episode. Other topics are better kept off of public channels.

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Doomscroll 24: Hasan Piker

My guest is Hasan Piker‬, a live streamer and political commentator. We discuss the state of the online left and the massive rightward shift of young men toward Donald Trump and the Republican party.

I sat down with Hasan during his suspension from Twitch. He reads a misleading headline published in the New York Post. Later, we discuss the strategic possibilities of a two party system and explore the paths to socialism in the 21st century.

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Fitness Program & Syllabus: 2025

This project began as an elaborate shitpost where posting gym selfies would pipeline people into reading socialist books. As stupid as that sounds — it has been wildly successful.

More seriously, there has been an endless amount of mainstream media think-pieces that desperately seek to connect weight lifting with right-wing politics. Blue check journalists have done just...

Doomscroll 23.5: Catherine Liu

My returning guest is Catherine Liu. We discuss the crisis of elite academies, the influence of Foucault, a certain Twitter controversy, Thomas Piketty’s concept of the Merchant Right, the transformation of the artworld under neoliberalism and much more.

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Doomscroll: Francis Fukuyama

Welcome to a very special episode of Doomscroll. My guest is Francis Fukuyama, a scholar and political scientist.

Francis Fukuyama is a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Mosbacher Director of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. He is a council member of the International Forum for Democrati...

Doomscroll: Francis Fukuyama II

This is a subscribers only episode. My guest is Francis Fukuyama. We discuss the research background of Doomscroll and competition between the United States vs China in the 21st century.

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Doomscroll 23: Catherine Liu

My returning guest is Catherine Liu,‬ a professor of film and media studies at UC Irvine. She is the author of "Virtue Hoarders: the Case Against the Professional Managerial Class". We explore the psychological significance of “trauma” and “care” within the liberal discourse today. Liu describes a moral panic among elites where the language of personal therapy attempts to right social and historical wrongs. These topics will be part of her forthcoming book "Traum...

Doomscroll 22.5: Jen Pan

This is a subscribers only episode. My guest is Jen Pan, the author of Selling Social Justice (2025). Jen and I breakdown these topics further and speak candidly about our frustration with elite institutions. I also share one of th...

Doomscroll: Hasan Piker

Welcome to Doomscroll. My guest is Hasan Piker. I think he plays video games or something? I’m not sure. I don’t really follow online politics tbh.

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Doomscroll: Hasan Piker II

This is a subscribers only episode. We recap Hasan’s upbringing in Turkey and his early origins at The Young Turks network. Later, he talks me off the ledge as I complain about how much it sucks to be on camera lol. We discuss media strategy, online debate and class consciousness. We both admit to mirin’ Yung Chomsky’s peak physique. (This is not gay.) Finally, Hasan drops some revealing streamer drama that I did not yet know — yikes.

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Doomscroll 22: Jen Pan

My guest is Jen Pan, formerly a host of The Jacobin Show and a staff writer at the New Republic. She is the author of “Selling Social Justice” — out now from Verso Books. We discuss the DEI industry, the New Deal, American inequality and why the rich love anti-racism. Her writing has appeared in The Nation, The Atlantic, Dissent, and Damage Magazine.

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Doomscroll: Catherine Liu 2

Welcome to Doomscroll. My returning guest is Catherine Liu, a professor of film and media studies at UC Irvine. She is the author of Virtue Hoarders: the Case Against the Professional Managerial Class.

I sat down with professor Liu to discuss some of the themes of her recent lecture at MoMA PS1, an art museum in New York City. Liu explores the psychologi...

Doomscroll: Catherine Liu 2 II

My returning guest is Catherine Liu. We discuss the crisis of elite academies, the influence of Foucault, a certain Twitter controversy, Thomas Piketty’s concept of the Merchant Right, the transformation of the artworld under neoliberalism and much more.

You can watch the public episode on YouTube.

Doomscroll 21.5: Anthony Fantano

My guest is Anthony Fantano. We dive deeper into the ethics of criticism, the role of politics in “good art” and the extractive economic model of Spotify. Where did subculture go after platforms took over the internet?

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Doomscroll 21: Anthony Fantano

My guest is Anthony Fantano, a music critic and the voice behind The Needle Drop. We discuss the role of politics in art and music, his origins in the anti-war punk scene and the strange state of American counter-culture today.

Music scenes used to serve as a gateway to anti-establishment politics. It was once common to find DIY anarchist zines at the local punk show. Now these political subcultures exist almost entirely online and have dissolved into the newsfeed. 2025-05-19 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Doomscroll: Jen Pan

Welcome to Doomscroll. My guest is Jen Pan, a writer whose work has appeared in the Nation, the Atlantic, Dissent, and Damage Magazine. She was formerly a host of the Jacobin Show and a staff writer at the New Republic. She is the author of 2025-05-13 21:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Doomscroll: Jen Pan II

This is a subscribers only episode. My guest is Jen Pan, the author of Selling Social Justice (2025). Jen and I breakdown these topics further and speak candidly about our frustration with elite institutions. I also share one of th...

Doomscroll 20.5: Vivek Chibber

This is a subscriber’s only episode. Professor Chibber and I dive deep into the history of the left and explore its transformation over the course of the 20th century. After the cultural turn, the march through institutions, and our current media environment, we ask — where did things go wrong?

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Doomscroll 20: Vivek Chibber

My guest is Vivek Chibber, a professor of sociology at New York University. He is the author of Confronting Capitalism, The Class Matrix and Postcolonial Theory & the Specter of Capital. Chibber is the editor of Catalyst Journal and the host of the Confronting Capitalism podcast.

We discuss the cultural turn, the rise of identity politics and the crisis of academia. Chibber is deeply committed to a material analysis and is unflinching in his critique of class tou...

A New Pipeline

If you’re in NYC — join me next Sunday, May 11th at 3pm for the Do Not Research book launch at 161 Water Street. Event is free and open to the public.
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We just reached episode 21 of Doomscroll. I thought I might use this opportunity to speak with the core community and lay out some of the strategy that guides this project. A few people have told me that...

Doomscroll: Anthony Fantano

Welcome to Doomscroll. My guest is Anthony Fantano, the internet’s busiest music nerd. Fantano is the voice behind The Needle Drop, a YouTube channel that began in 2009. His album reviews are among the most popular and prominent music criticism that exists today.

Quick reminder that this is a listener supported project. If you like this program you...