Reclaiming The Narrative

In this episode, I’m joined by Patrick Brock, a science fiction scholar and cultural critic based in Brazil, to explore how stories shape politics and how the Left might reclaim its narrative power. We talk about abundance, the culture wars, Gramsci, and the worldbuilding work needed to move beyond despair toward collective imagination and democratic futures.

References and Links

Latinx Visions

Abundance – Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson

Neither Vertical nor Horizontal – Rodrigo Nunes

The Prison Notebooks and Antonio Gramsci

Critical Theory of Technology – Andrew Feenberg

The Powell Memorandum (1971)

Look­ing Backward: 2000–1887 – Edward Bellamy

Alexander Bogdanov – Proletkult and “The Surplus of Life”

Design Justice

Cory Doctorow’s On Enshittification