Episode 561 - Pedagogy of the Suppressed (w/ Chris Alfonso)
Bad Faith
Bad Faith
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 109 minutes
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Summary
As leftists, the algorithm isn't our friend. With billionaires buying platforms to quash pro-Palestine content and suppress left views, it's wonderful to see the community expanding with figures like the TikTok Communist & pedological superstar known as Jean Paul Fartre, who has been going viral with Marxist breakdowns and explainers of current events. On this episode, we cover the right's reaction to the Cuba flotilla, harm reduction discourse, Chomsky's (alleged?) role as a member of the "compatible left," love on the left, whether one should identify as a Communist, how the left can beat the "will you condemn x?" trap, the limits of Zohran & electoralism, & more.
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Produced by Armand Aviram.
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| 0:11.0 | I'm very I'm very excited. I'm very excited to be interviewing for the first time on Bad Faith podcast. Chris Alfonso, you might know him by his IG name, Jean-Paul Fartre. |
| 0:54.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:54.9 | And you might have seen this, because I know that I've reposted a bunch of them where he gives |
| 0:59.5 | a sort of popular, populist, political, philosophical education. |
| 1:05.1 | Welcome to Bad Faith Pod, Chris. |
| 1:07.8 | Brianna, thank you for having me. |
| 1:09.8 | Yeah, that's a wonderful introduction. |
| 1:11.5 | I think you said it's smarter than me. |
| 1:13.5 | That's the only thing I'm going to be saying smarter than you because I got to say, Chris, |
| 1:16.6 | I have been watching your videos because they are entertaining, because they're educational, |
| 1:21.8 | and because as listeners to this podcast, no, I'm woefully deficient in terms of actually |
| 1:26.7 | having any sort of philosophical |
| 1:28.6 | background by Bonafide as someone who has read all of the left texts is very, very thin and very |
| 1:35.6 | embarrassing. I disclaim this all the time because I don't want to be seen as holding out any |
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