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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 15h

This is horrifying language of course, but don't forget it's undergirded by ICE's tremendous defeat at the hands of the people of the Twin City. Trump wants fascist mobs to rise up because his own militia got their asses handed to them.

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 16h

"Orwellian" is out, "Atwoodian" is in.

A picture of Big Brother with the caption "Literally 1984." However, "1984" has been crossed out and replaced with "Oryx and Crake," and the eyes from the cover of that book are edited over Big Brother's eyes

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A teaser at an announcement soon to come.

Dark Souls III victory font that says, "Endocrinologist Visited"

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Clip from our episode with @feraljokes.bsky.social on "Health Communism," which you can listen to now wherever you get your podcasts!

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's here! Capitalism is not up to the task of solving our healthcare crisis! @jakeflores.bsky.social of "Pod Damn America" joins us to talk about this crisis through the lens of "Health Communism" a book from the hosts of the @deathpanel.bsky.social podcast. It's a great conversation. Go listen!

Workers' lit episode art for Health Communism ft. Jake Flores, October 5 2026

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Coming Monday, October 5th: Workers' Lit is joined by comedian and podcaster @feraljokes.bsky.social of Pod Damn America to discuss "Health Communism," a look into the desperate failures of healthcare under capitalism and the alternatives that a liberatory future might bring. Don't miss it!

Episode art, Workers' Lit, October 5, 2026, Health Communism ft. Jake Flores of Pod Damn America

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Clip from our "Summers Sons: A Five Year Retrospective" episode with @leemandelo.bsky.social . Listen to the full thing wherever you get your pods. Note: The Workers' Lit Podcast does not endorse drinking and driving. We do endorse having a beer belly though.

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's so cool they made a game about my relationship to my student loans

Bravely Default the video game cover art

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

5 years ago today, @leemandelo.bsky.social released "Summer Sons." On today's episode of Workers' Lit, Lee joined us for a retrospective of the book. Ghosts, sweaty summer heat, reinventing BDSM from first principles, the dark legacy of the south, car races, this book's got it all. Don't miss it!

Workers' Lit September 28, 2026 episode art, Summer Sons: Five years later. A Retrospective with Lee Mandelo

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sep 28: The Workers' Lit Podcast and brilliant horror author @leemandelo.bsky.social discuss Lee's debut novel, "Summer Sons," now 5 years after its release. Ghosts, humidity, gays, car races, gay ghosts, mystery, REALLY gay ghosts, this book has it all. Join us Monday, you won't want to miss it.

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Before we judge whether or not the barking pilot was behaving poorly we need to see what the other pilot looked like, it may have well justified a little barking.

Senator Tommy Tuberville claims furries are out of control and pilots are meowing and barking over the airline radios

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Guys I'm legitimately concerned you're not bowing before the power of Morg right now.

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This quote from Jean-Paul Sartre was about antisemites, but good God does it also apply to the anti-trans witch hunt crowd.

Jean-Paul Sartre quote: "Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tonight we're letting the Longbottom Leaf talk

Hobbit Day is a name used for September 22nd in reference to its being the birthday of the hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, two fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's popular set of books The Hobbit (first published on September 21, 1937) and The Lord of the Rings. According to the fictional setting, Bilbo was born in the year of 2890 and Frodo in the year of 2968 in the Third Age (1290 and 1368 respectively in Shire-Reckoning.)

Tolkien Week is the week containing Hobbit Day.

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@birdrespecter.bsky.social on Workers' Lit discussing media capture and how it relates to Gramsci's theory of hegemony/intellectuals. It sounds complicated, and it is, but we do our best to make it easy to understand! Listen now wherever you get your pods.

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The age of the stroker is at an end. The age of the Stoeker has just begun.

evangelical anti-sex author Fred Stoeker

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

MFW you say you didn't listen to the Workers' Lit Gramsci episode yet (it's been out a whole 12 hours)

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The time of monsters IS AT HAND!! @birdrespecter.bsky.social of @killthecomputer.com and @60minutedrill.com joins us to discuss Antonio Gramsci, the great Italian philosopher whose work can be boiled down to the question of: "Why do so many normal people keep falling for rich people's bullshit?"

Workers' Lit September 21, 2026 episode art: Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks ft. Caleb of Kill The Computer

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's Gramsci Time On Monday, September 21, the Workers' Lit Podcast is once again joined by Caleb (@birdrespecter.bsky.social) of @killthecomputer.com and @60minutedrill.com, this time to discuss the life and writings of Antonio Gramsci. This is one Italian with NO brainrot!!

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Once again it's time for an Article Brain, the monthly Patreon sub-series where we find the worst articles ever to torment one another with. First up, we read Ross Douthat's departure from the NYT, then we get CNN's insane take on the AI Apocalypse...mostly about how it's good actually.

Workers' Lit September 18 Patreon exclusive, Article Brain: Ross Douthat and AI apocalypse

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Haters don't understand how cool this is to an 8 year old Christian child

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's time to vote! Poll closes Monday, September 21st. Which book do you want included in October's listener-selected episode? www.patreon.com/WorkersLit/p...

Which book do you want included in October's listener-selected episode?

"If On A Winter's Night A Traveler" by Italo Calvino

"The Stars My Destination" by Alfred Bester

"The Overseer Class" by Dr. Steven Thrasher

"Strange People on the Hill" by Michael Edison Hayden

"Kindred" by Octavia Butler

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

On AI, human empathy, and "All Systems Red." @ayshaufarah.bsky.social is cooking with this one. From our "All Systems Red" episode, which you can listen to now wherever you get your podcasts!

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The "All Systems Red" episode is now available wherever you get your podcasts! Join Jacob and Aysha as we discuss this novella and embark on a broader conversation around robots/AI in media, how they succeed (and fail) as the stand-in for the marginalized, and how AI slop ruins cool robot stories.

Workers' Lit episode art, All Systems Red

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Example: this is the GOP nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner. The replies are full of hundreds of people enthusiastically agreeing. When Talarico condemned the post, Ken Paxton called him an "anti-white racist."

Bo French posting the above image with the caption, "I hear UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn't believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined."

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If you ever get annoyed at Bluesky, just know over on X they've spent 48 hours breaking down over a video of some of the UT Austin crowd having a lot of brown students celebrating. Literally post after post, many elected GOP officials, furious at this image of young adults who love their school.

UT Austin fans celebrating a win. The people in this particular image are mostly of Asian descent

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hey! It's our Patreon-exclusive September video episode!! We kick off with some talk about yellow filters, Murderbot, and piss, then we make our way into the news (Kirkiversary, the conservative psycho-sexual obsession with Hasan, etc.) Following that we answer some of your questions!

Workers' Lit Patreon exclusive, September video episode: piss jobs, uprisings, and the Republican Midterm Convention

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If you didn't guess it from my cryptic-posting, Monday's episode is "All Systems Red" by Martha Wells! Get ready for an emotionally soft and physically deadly robot and a discussion about how the rise of AI slop has changed how we interact with fictional AI narratives.

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

One day we're going to have to unpack the horrifying effects Gru's ideology has had on our politics, but y'all aren't ready for that conversation

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

On Anthony Bourdain's deep relationship to food and the restaurant industry + how nasty that industry can be. This is from our episode on Bourdain's book "Kitchen Confidential." Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It's the Bourdain episode. Workers' Lit discusses "Kitchen Confidential," Anthony Bourdain's gross, compelling, edgy, probably hyperbolic but definitely charming memoir/essay collection about the culinary underbelly of his world. Thanks to our Patrons who selected this episode! Listen now!

Workers' Lit episode art September 7th, 2026. Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

@jonnysims.bsky.social is BACK on Workers' Lit for a Patreon-exclusive episode with @ayshaufarah.bsky.social. That's right, it's more Aysha's Author Corner! Discussion includes Jonny's new novel, "The Burn Line," (go buy it!), trains, oppressive heat, the fun ins and outs of horror, and more!

Aysha's Author Corner podcast episode art, Jonathan Sims interview episode

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I am EXTREMELY NORMAL about old Anthony Bourdain but good God if anyone has a time machine please please please

Old Anthony Bourdain looking absurdly hot

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I am normal about middle aged Anthony Bourdain. But once again, time machine havers, call me.

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I am normal about young Anthony Bourdain (if anyone has a time machine I'll give anything.)

Young Anthony Bourdain on the cover of Kitchen Confidential

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A clip from the Workers' Lit's episode on "The King in Yellow" by Robert W. Chambers, ft. @jonnysims.bsky.social, who frankly we'd gladly listen to even if he were just reading the phone book. Listen now on the Workers' Lit feed wherever you get your podcasts!

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"Listen to Workers' Lit Podcast. Do it. Tim Apple."

With 9 short words on his last day as apple's ceo, tim cook just taught a brilliant leadership lesson

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's about to get really spooky. Perhaps even eldritch. Cosmically terrifying if you will. Our newest episode explores Robert W. Chambers' iconic 1895 short story collection, "The King In Yellow." Joining us is @jonnysims.bsky.social, author, voice actor, and void-staring-expert. This one rules.

Workers' Lit episode art The King in Yellow ft. Jonny Sims

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Robert W. Chambers made some really good points here

An edited King in Yellow quote to say, "I cannot forget Workers' Lit where good posts hang in the podcast apps, where the shadows of women's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon, when the twin bits sink into the RSS feed and my mind will bear for ever the memory of the intro music. I pray Aysha will curse the Jacob as the Jacob has cursed the Lenore with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth, a world which now trembles before the Workers' Lit Podcast."

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This guy keeps showing up at my house and talking about my sins and playing pipe organ music or whatever, should I be worried? Workers' Lit discusses Robert W. Chambers' "The King in Yellow." Episode coming on Monday, August 31st with special guest, @jonnysims.bsky.social Don't miss it!

Cover art, Robert W Chambers the king in yellow

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Patrons and future patrons! It's time for another installment of Aysha's Author Corner! @mariawrites.bsky.social returns to the pod to discuss their work, YA fiction, market research, shadow daddies, and much, much more! Go listen, and make sure you get a copy of Maria's book, "A Wild Radiance!"

Episode art for Workers' Lit Patreon Exclusive, August 28, 2026. Aysha's Author Corner: Maria Ingrande Mora

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Tim LaHaye is so annoying. Look at this quote from his sermon on building parallel Christian institutions (want to guess whether he defines these terms fairly or not? Lmao.)

The one that has taken over philosophically all of the media in the Western world. I call it atheistic humanism. I'd like to show you where it came from and just a few of the tenets of this line of reasoning.

Atheistic humanism is the philosophy or the foundation of this philosophy. Now, since it's my lecture, I can define atheism and humanism any way I like. This is my definition.

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Workers’ Lit Podcast @workerslit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hey guys I made a meme do you like it. It's my first time making a meme please be nice. #justsayin #bluewave

Extreme poorly edited meme parodying conservative comics. Reads "Rememebr when joe brandon was president? we had lindsey grahamn. we had mitch mcconnell. Think about where we are today/ We have got president cheeto. But we have no grahamand we have no mcconnell"

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