web01.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:55:08 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/tags/elite%20overproduction Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:00:00 -0500 Outsider Theory is an interview-based podcast exploring the mutations of theories outside of the authorized spaces of intellectual life as well as theories of that ever-alluring figure, the outsider, and related subjects. en-us episodic Theory on the outside, theory of the outside, outside of the theory Geoff Shullenberger Outsider Theory is an interview-based podcast exploring the mutations of theories outside of the authorized spaces of intellectual life as well as theories of that ever-alluring figure, the outsider, and related subjects. no critical theory, conspiracy theory, outsider intellectuals, outsiders, the outside Geoff Shullenberger gshullenb@gmail.com https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/hr-karenism 7e8904ef-f9e2-421a-a2eb-06158352c445 Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:00:00 -0500 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Malcolm Kyeyune joins me to map out the contours of class conflict today. 2:31:16 no Malcolm Kyeyune (@tinkzorg) joins me to map out the contours of class conflict today. Beginning with a discussion of the Canadian trucker convoy and other recent challenges to biomedical authoritarianism, we explore the managerial class's demand for ever-expanding intermediation (diversity consultants, localized public health bureaucracy, etc) in response to the spectral threats it confronts, from "fascism" to "misinformation." We also examine elite overproduction theory, the crisis of meritocratic ideology, the questionable prospects of the populist right, and much more. class conflict, Canadian trucker convoy, covid-19, vaccine mandates, professional-managerial class, populism, misinformation, meritocracy, elite overproduction Malcolm Kyeyune (@tinkzorg) joins me to map out the contours of class conflict today. Beginning with a discussion of the Canadian trucker convoy and other recent challenges to biomedical authoritarianism, we explore the managerial class's demand for ever-expanding intermediation (diversity consultants, localized public health bureaucracy, etc) in response to the spectral threats it confronts, from "fascism" to "misinformation." We also examine elite overproduction theory, the crisis of meritocratic ideology, the questionable prospects of the populist right, and much more.

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