Podcast

Understanding Capital

Philosophy, Society & Culture

A podcast on Marx's Critique of Political Economy

Episodes
11
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
40 min
On air since
2026
Latest episode
2 days ago

Episodes

11 episodes, newest first

  1. 7 A - Chapter 4: The Transformation of Money into Capital [p. 121-149]

    Season 1, Episode 13

    Show notes

    Capital appears!

    41 min
  2. 4 B - Guest: Peter Hudis - Chapter 1.4: The Fetish Character of the Commodity [p. 47-59]

    Season 1, Episode 8

    Show notes

    Today, with Peter Hudis!

    51 min
  3. 6 A - Chapter 3: Money, or Commodity Circulation [p. 69-120]

    Season 1, Episode 11

    Show notes

    Find some illustrations in the show notes:

    https://understandingcapital.github.io/posts/E06A/

    53 min
  4. 3 B - Guest: Michael Sappir - Chapter 1.3 The General Value Form [p. 24-47]

    Season 1, Episode 6

    Show notes

    Recurrent guest Michael Sappir chats about chapter 1.3 with me

    44 min
  5. 5 A - Chapter 2: The Exchange Process [p. 60-69]

    Season 1, Episode 9

    Show notes

    Chapter 2 - The Exchange Process

    Pages 60-69 of the Reitter translation

    28 min
  6. 4 A - Chapter 1.4: The Fetish Character of the Commodity [p. 47-59]

    Season 1, Episode 7

    Show notes

    The Fetish Character of the Commodity!

    33 min
  7. 3 A - Chapter 1.3 [p. 24-47]

    Season 1, Episode 5

    Show notes

    Value Forms!

    39 min
  8. 2 B - Guest: Michael Sappir - Chapters 1.1 & 1.2 [p. 13-24]

    Season 1, Episode 4

    Show notes

    Chapters 1.1 & 1.2 With Michael Sappir from Chicago DSA's Capital Reading Group

    40 min
  9. 2 A - Chapters 1.1 & 1.2 [p. 13-24]

    Season 1, Episode 3

    Show notes

    The Double Nature of Human Labor, Use Value and (Exchange) Value

    40 min
  10. 1 B - Guest: Michael Sappir - Intro & Beginning of Chapter 1 [p. 5-14]

    Season 1, Episode 2

    Show notes

    Episode 1B - with my guest Michael Sappir

    36 min
  11. 1 A - Intro & Beginning of Chapter 1 [p. 5-14]

    Season 1, Episode 1

    Show notes

    Episode 1A: Pages 5-14 of the new Reitter translation

    Occasional illustrations and show notes are available on

    https://understandingcapital.github.io/posts/E01A/

    33 min