Workers' Lit

Your favorite podcast about literature for hot, cool, gay, and/or working class people. Hosted by Aysha, Lenore, Jacob, and Jen. New episodes on Mondays. Patreon: Patreon.com/workerslit Contact us at workerslit@gmail.com.

Workers' Lit is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 199 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Workers' Lit, a arts show with 199 episodes published.

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  Summer Sons: 5 years later. A Retrospective with Lee Mandelo

  Sep 27, 20261h 59m

  On September 28, 2021, Lee Mandelo released his debut novel: "Summer Sons," a southern gothic horror that wrestles with guilt, sexual repression, the long shadows of southern history, the evils of academia, and reinventing BDSM dynamics from first principles with your buddies. On September 28, 2026, Workers' Lit released an episode with Lee himself, looking back on "Summer Sons" as a book. We've had authors on to talk about their books, but never to break down their novels in a beat-by-beat way we typically review literature. We were thrilled to have Lee back on the show for this amazing topic. Want more of Workers' Lit/Lee collaboration content? You'd be crazy not to. Links to his two previous appearances and our coverage of "Woods All Black" here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5j6AH8gxlpojTjZdEiuJH9?si=0qRwbRd3Q_G8w26qW-EGhw https://open.spotify.com/episode/5M8AaWNVKHh0zuhWDVbt81?si=fl-JuDvlTiqgoojLR7ztGg https://open.spotify.com/episode/3CRYIorpGHJVC0oYvtJhLu?si=_qTz2i4OR9eWku4PjLnIzQ Want to support Workers' Lit on Patreon? Of course you do. Link here! https://patreon.com/workerslit Want more of Lee? OBVIOUSLY! Link here! https://leemandelo.com/

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  Antonio Gramsci's "Prison Notebooks," ft. Caleb of Kill the Computer

  Sep 20, 20261h 38m

  Now is the time of monsters! Caleb from Kill The Computer and 60 Minute Drill returns to the pod to discuss the legendary Italian intellectual, Antonio Gramsci. Trace the life story of this short king with us as he travels from the poor countryside of his youth to meet baddies in a Moscow sanitarium all the way to revolutionary struggle and prison in fascist Italy…and bro didn’t stop there! As soon as he hit the jail cell he started, “The Prison Notebooks.” Over 3000 pages of documents, “The Prison Notebooks” contains keys for understanding the failure of the working class to defend its own interests, the way the ruling class exerts control despite all odds, and answers the key question: is Macklemore an intellectual? Go Support Workers’ Lit on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/WorkersLit Go Check out Caleb’s podcasts! https://www.killthecomputer.com/ https://linktr.ee/60MinuteDrill

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  [Bonus Episode Preview] Article Brain: Ross Douthat and AI Apocalypse

  Sep 18, 20267 min

  This is a preview. To access the full episode please go support Workers' Lit on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/WorkersLit Once again it's time for an Article Brain, the monthly sub-series where we find the worst articles of our day and age to torment one another with. First up, we read Ross Douthat's departure from the New York Times. In typical Ross fashion, he manages to "both sides" in a way specifically designed to drive us insane. And then we get CNN's take on the AI Apocalypse. Sure, it's coming, but don't we prefer an American AI Apocalypse to a Chinese one?? Links (not recommending you read these please God don't): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/opinion/obama-trump-biden-enemy.html https://us.cnn.com/2026/09/15/tech/ai-kill-everyone-china

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  “All Systems Red,” or, We Rock With Murderbot

  Sep 13, 20261h 13m

  It’s another Patron-selection! Welcome to “All Systems Red,” a 2017 sci-fi adventure novella by Martha Wells. We talk about Wells’ life and the story, but a good chunk of this episode is dedicated to discussing robots in fiction more generally. What makes the robot who wants love such an interesting stand-in for real world alienation? Where do those parallels fall short? How does the rise of Gen AI (particularly AI slop) impact our relationship to robot narratives? Would Muderbot engage in kink at Pride discourse? All this and more will be answered! Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/workerslit

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  Anthony Bourdain’s, “Kitchen Confidential,” or: Bourdain in the Membrane

  Sep 6, 20261h 37m

  In the year 2000 a snarky chef named Anthony Bourdain published a collection of essays, rants, and observations about the food industry. The dude went on to do cool stuff, so much that our patrons voted for us to discuss this book! In this episode we discuss how restaurant culture has (and mostly hasn't) changed, how to have working class solidarity in weird situations, the beauty of loving your job and having dignity in it, and the new A24 Film, "Tony." Read the original Bourdain essay here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/04/19/dont-eat-before-reading-this Go support us on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/workerslit

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