Pop Goes Capitalism – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Sorry it's late, we're busy bees! - Let's look back to the month just gone, the spookiest month, OCTOBER! Full of spooks like Wes the "right wing lickspittle cunt" Streeting's plan to jab the obese back to work, a budget not worth writing home about and London's homeless stats paint a bleak picture.

Following the housing discussion, Jacob recommends THIS essay by the Leftist Cooks!

FREE PALESTINE: Aid isn't getting into Gaza, Operation Olive Branch has loads of details on supporting fundraisers for people trying to flee.

Other Free Palestine resources: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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It's part 2 of Jacob taking us BACK TO SCHOOL! Let's talk school, mental health, autism, trauma and capitalism!

Content warning: In this episode, we mention suicidal thoughts. UK support can be found at Samaritans or MIND

FREE PALESTINE: Aid isn't getting into Gaza, Operation Olive Branch has loads of details on supporting fundraisers for people trying to flee.

Other Free Palestine resources: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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It's almost time to POP to the polls for the UK's general election, so this month Chit Chart is all about how the election is panning out... spoilers, it's exactly how you expect it to be panning out...

FREE PALESTINE: Aid isn't getting into Gaza, Operation Olive Branch has loads of details on supporting fundraisers for people trying to flee.

Other Free Palestine resources: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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This month, Kieran is digging up the corpse of a song that had a chokehold over the charts and pop culture in 2013, Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. and examining just how blurry the lines really were...

FREE PALESTINE: Aid isn't getting into Gaza, Operation Olive Branch has loads of details on supporting fundraisers for people trying to flee.

Other Free Palestine resources: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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In this very on time episode, we look back at the calendar month of May, which included Genderless toilets being banned, a fucking general election being called in the UK, and Israel's horrific attack on Rafah.

FREE PALESTINE: Aid isn't getting into Gaza, Operation Olive Branch has loads of details on supporting fundraisers for people trying to flee.

Other Free Palestine resources: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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She's a blue haired android diva from the near future where songs are lost, but how does Hatsune Miku exist within modern capitalism? Jacob take's Kieran down into a deep discussion on ethics and peer production.

FREE PALESTINE: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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It's April's round up! Kieran & Jacob both lose their minds over a Grindr honeytrap, our final chance to remind you NOT to watch Eurovision this year, and a double rant hits the podcast after Rishi Sunak's speech about 'sick note culture' inflicted psychic damage on both hosts.

You can find the BDS WEBSITE HERE

Boycott friendly way to watch Eurovision entry songs HERE (again thanks Corner Späti for putting this together!)

Corner Späti’s Gyrovision will be live-streamed HERE

REMEMBER - FREE PALESTINE: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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An increasing number of songs sound increasingly familiar... Why is this? In this deep dive, Kieran uses his own tracks to explore the of sampling and interpolation, and the influence of capitalism upon who is allowed to sample and interpolate what.

FREE PALESTINE: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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March saw the conclusion of Israel's 'will they, won't they' when it came to attending Eurovision plus TWO WHOLE STATEMENTS hit us from UK entry Olly Alexander on the day of recording, Kieran went on a Kate (Royal Version) hunt after she went missing. PLUS Owen Jones finally left the Labour Party, but Jacob's unsure if his alternative is the best use of our resources.

How Labour treated Corbyn video

FREE PALESTINE: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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Recently, Fortnite expanded from a Battle Royale game to whatever in the metaverse it is now. Jacob takes us deeper than ever before in an exploration of this new game mode, what it is, how it works and the level of late stage capitalist hell we're now dealing with.

Also check out Folding Idea's Fortnite Video and The Jimquisition

FREE PALESTINE: Palestine Action and Medical Aid for Palestinians

Hear all the songs from The Music Room on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists by searching Pop Goes Capitalism's Playlist. Our theme music is by Sevenths!

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