have a friend who has become at least somewhat interested in the marxist perspective of things, I’ve gotten him to read a few marxist essays that he’s agreed with and got him to read principles of communism too and now he’s told me he wants to read all 3 volumes of capital and follow along with the “reading capital with comrades” podcast (big jump I know but he’s big into philosophy books already so not too surprising). has anyone here ever listened to it, are the breakdowns of each chapter accurate? very excited because I could finally have a close friend of mine who’s a marxist (or marxist sympathizer, at least) and I don’t want him to get turned off by some dogshit podcast or something lol
I thought it was good. The podcast only covers volume 1 though
The only thing I didn’t really like was that the person doing it sites quotes from 3 different versions of the text and does it every quote.
The podcast is pretty top notch otherwise.
It’s well produced, I thought, and very helpful as a supplement to reading Vol 1 (The place I listened only had Vol. 1 material, I may have missed something). I guess it can seem a bit ‘tacky’ depending on how you like exuberant hosts being effusive and excited about some pretty dry, dense economic theory, but I think it’s a great resource. Worst case your friend doesn’t need it and decides not to keep up with it.
ah nice thanks, it is possible that he only meant volume 1 he told me he wanted to read “it” which could have been volume 1 or all 3 with the context of the situation
