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Heart Reacts

Heart Reacts

By: Craig Gent and Sarah Jaffe
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“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the feels.”


We are HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for everyone trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. We’re here to answer all of the questions about love, friendship, family, and even work that you might want to ask two people who have spent adulthood trying to apply their radical political analysis, more or less successfully, to their personal lives.


We are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.


You can send us your questions at www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts.

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Episodes
  • Episode 20: Socialism is Not the Salvation Army

    Episode 20: Socialism is Not the Salvation Army
    Apr 23 2025

    Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism.


    Sorry once again for the delay--the world happened. Thank you for bearing with us!

    This week we talk about the family and its discontents: about a messy mother-in-law relationship, and about what happens when someone bails on the nuclear family–and replaces it with a new one.


    Stuff We Talk About:

    Melinda Cooper, Counterrevolution

    Melinda Cooper, Family Values

    Sophie Lewis, Abolish the Family

    M.E. O’Brien, Family Abolition

    Alva Gotby, They Call It Love

    Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Socialism conference, Lenin and the Politics of Rehearsal

    Aaron Benanav, Automation and the Future of Work


    We are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.

    Buy Craig's Book: Cyberboss

    Buy Sarah's Book: From the Ashes

    You can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.

    This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps!

    Get bonus content on Patreon

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Episode 19: The Power Dance

    Episode 19: The Power Dance
    Mar 28 2025

    Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism.


    This week, we have some exciting news! And then we answer a question about how to handle inequality within your relationships, and tackle the issue of movement burnout, rest, and responsibility.


    Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality: Vol 1

    Liza Featherstone, "The Left Needs to Stop Falling for Absurd Sex Panics"

    Sarah, "Worker Centers: Where Causes Cohere, and Forge Power" (Ellen Bravo quotation is here)

    Sarah, "Emotions on Strike"

    Daisy Rooks, "The Cowboy Mentality: Organizers and Occupational Commitment in the New Labor Movement"

    Hannah Proctor, Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat

    Aaron Bastani, "Burn up not out; four suggested projects for UK activism," openDemocracy

    Paula Davis, Beating Burnout at Work


    We are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.

    Buy Craig's Book: Cyberboss

    Buy Sarah's Book: From the Ashes

    You can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.

    This episode was produced by, well, us! We apologize for any inconsistencies in audio quality. If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps!

    Get bonus content on Patreon

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Episode 18: Champagne of Beers Socialist

    Episode 18: Champagne of Beers Socialist
    Mar 13 2025
    Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. Thanks for bearing with us while Sarah took a much-needed holiday, and we're back with more questions about organizing, wealth, power, and the State. (We miss your polyamory questions, though!)Stuff We Discuss:A James Connolly ReaderMark Fisher, Wounds of ClassRichard Seymour, "Work, Class, and Mental Health"Kelly Hayes (Forthcoming), Read This When Things Fall ApartSarah Schulman, Conflict is Not AbuseThe Free Association, Moments of Excess: Movements, Protest and Everyday LifeAlessio Lunghi and Seth Wheeler, Occupy Everything! Ruth Wilson Gilmore at Socialism conferenceJodi Dean, Crowds and PartyWill Davies, What is Neoliberalism?Will Davies, The Limits of NeoliberalismFederazione dei Comunisti Anarchici, Anarchist Communist A Question of ClassWe are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in New Orleans.Buy Craig's Book: CyberbossBuy Sarah's Book: From the AshesYou can send us your questions at ⁠www.askmeanything.cc/heartreacts⁠.This episode was produced by, well, us! If you liked it and want to help keep us going, and help us improve our recording process, you can support us at ⁠patreon.com/HeartReacts⁠. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get podcasts, and please do rate us on those podcast apps! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 19 mins
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