After the ‘End of History’

Epizodes

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  Literary Realism 2: Alejo Carpentier - "El Siglo de las Luces" 27.06.2026 1h 29min

  Welcome back to our jaunt through Alejo Carpentier’s “El siglo de las luces”, a maritime escapade in the Americas at the time of the French Revolution. With some of the literary theory covered already in episode 1, where we made the case for why this is a unique example of historical realism, we finally enjoy retelling the arc of the story and reading sections of its lurid prose. A deserted island boar feast, a guillotine being rowed into Guadalupe’s bay by starlight, former revolutionaries r...
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  The Long Arc of History Bends Toward Realism: A Conversation with Christopher Mott 27.06.2026 1h 33min

  [Recorded on 29 July 2025.] We sat down with the always insightful Christopher Mott of the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy to talk about the patterns of American culture and their effects on foreign policy. His distinctive blend of cultural criticism, global history, and strategic thinking were on full display. Listeners will enjoy our discussion of the deep history of Eurasia in his 2015 book The Formless Empire: A Short History of Warfare and Diplomacy in Central Asia. We asked him ...
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  Marx's "Herr Vogt" - Ep. 2, Part 2 - Spies in the Workers' Movement 27.06.2026 37min

  [Recorded 31 January 2025] A continuation of our discussion on Marx's "forgotten text," Herr Vogt: A Spy in the Workers' Movement. Support the show
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  Mario Vargas Llosa: The Realist as Neo-Liberal 11.06.2026 1h 5min

  Welcome back to our mini-series on realism and the Latin American novel. In this episode, we provide a thorough engagement with the late Peruvian master, Mario Vargas Llosa, an author of major works from all the way back in the 1950s to the current decade. Pat speaks with Neil Larsen, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, about his seminal essay, “Mario Vargas Llosa: The Realist as Neo-Liberal.” What makes Vargas Llosa revolutionary as a storyteller, but a reactionary ideologue? We ca...
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  Literary Realism Part 1: Alejo Carpentier - Realism, Revolution, and the Totality 16.05.2026 56min

  [Recorded on 15 December 2025] In this opening installment of our series on literary realism, we focus on Alejo Carpentier’s El siglo de las luces (Explosion in a Cathedral). This work holds particular significance for the show, as host Pat dedicated a substantial portion of his dissertation to Carpentier's life and literature. We approach the novel as a primary example of how literature can map the "grand epochal changes" of history. After a brief biographical sketch of Carpentier, we presen...
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  The House of War - Neocons and the Attack on Iran 16.05.2026 1h 59min

  We sat down with Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt, Associate Professor of History at California State University Stanislaus. He specializes in the history of the modern Middle East, American foreign policy, and the political economy of oil and natural gas. His previous book The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq was the subject of one of our first interviews at After the End of History. The book details a number of historical transitions: the shifting of American bu...
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  Geoeconomics and the Future of Sanctions: Interview with Nicholas Mulder 12.02.2026 1h 19min

  Nicholas Mulder is an Assistant Professor of Modern European History at Cornell University. His previous book is The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War and he is currently close to completion on a book entitled The Age of Confiscation: Making and Taking Property in the Creation of the Modern World. He also started a Substack last year which contains some of the best commentary on the geo-economic conflicts unfolding before our eyes, often with very useful historica...
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  ATEOH Interviews: Andrew Hartman on Karl Marx in America 10.11.2025 1h 25min

  Interest in Karl Marx is surging amidst current debates on economic inequality. Join us as we sit down with historian Andrew Hartman to discuss his fascinating new book, Karl Marx in America, a comprehensive account of how Marx's writings have been used and interpreted in the United States from the late 19th century through the modern era. Professor Hartman explores the century-plus evolution of Marxism in America, including how early socialists navigated the unique social and cultural condit...
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  ATEOH Interviews: Nathan Pinkoski on "Actually Existing Postliberalism" 31.10.2025 1h 10min

  One of the most striking developments in recent intellectual life has been the convergence of critics from both the conservative and Marxist traditions, united in their skepticism toward the excesses of progressive liberalism. Few outlets embody this shift as much as Compact magazine, where unlikely allies have found common ground in challenging America’s domestic administrative state, its global reach, and the pressures of cultural conformity. The intellectual touchstones of this post-libera...
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  Greg Grandin's "America, América": Catholic Traditions and Republican Futures 26.09.2025 1h 8min

  In this episode, we sit down with historian Greg Grandin to discuss his new book America, América, which reimagines the hemisphere’s intertwined republican traditions and confronts the United States’ monopolization of the very idea of “America.” Known for landmark works such as The Empire of Necessity and The End of the Myth, Grandin has long illuminated Latin America’s central role in the making of the modern world. We explore how Latin American thinkers used immanent critique to measure U.S...
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  ATEOH Interviews: Aaron Good (American Exception) 11.09.2025 55min

  On this episode, we're excited to present an interview Pat recorded on July 10th with the author and researcher Aaron Good. As with other upcoming interviews, this was a great opportunity to break out of the inherent insolation of social media and inform our positions on the interstate order by engaging with one of the brightest perspectives in the political science discipline. In addition to offering an invaluable backstory to the phenomenon of 'the deep state' and its progeny like Jeffrey E...
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  Ecuador Updates 18.07.2025 1h 4min

  [Recorded on 26 April 2025] After the End of History discusses The Grayzone's interview with Andres Duran. Support the show
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  Wordplay to Doomsday: A Discussion on "The Secret History of the War in Ukraine" 30.04.2025 44min

  [Recorded on 14 April 2025] In this week's discussion, ATEOH take a look at the New York Times long read, "The Secret History of the War in Ukraine." What "revelations" has the article surfaced, and how does this all bode for the broader implications of the war? Is NATO headed for collapse? What are the strategic lessons for future conflicts, particularly with China? Our conversation concludes with reflections on the US's declining global influence and the limitations of proxy wars. Support...
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  Marx's "Herr Vogt" - Ep. 2, Part 1 - The Politics of 1848 17.03.2025 33min

  [Recorded 31 January 2025] A continuation of our discussion on Marx's "forgotten text," Herr Vogt: A Spy in the Workers' Movement. Support the show
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  Marx and Latin America 01.03.2025 1h 7min

  We sat down to discuss Karl Marx's scattered writings on Latin America, where he considers the Incan communitarian societies, the War of Independence, and the modern states' 'weak' geopolitical stature. Pat helps unpack the controversy touched off by Marx's attack on Simón Bolívar, putting it into context alongside writings on the American Civil War and the anthropological turn in the Late Marx. Along the way, we gloss major figures in Latin American Marxism from the last two centuries, such ...
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  Decline of the West? Part II on Emmanuel Todd 01.02.2025 1h 20min

  [Recorded on 6 September 2024] ATEOH's second discussion on Emmanuel Todd: A Review of the Most Interesting Cultural Analyses of the West. Support the show
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  Decline of the West? 25.01.2025 1h 1min

  [Recorded on 8/28/2024] In episode 6 of this season, ATEOH conducts a review of the most interesting cultural analyses of the West. Texts: Niall Ferguson - “We’re All Soviets Now” - Niall Ferguson: We’re All Soviets Now | The Free Press (thefp.com)“Could Dementia in National Security Workforce Create Security Threat” RAND Corporation Study. Could Dementia in the National Security Workforce Create a Security Threat? | RANDTanner Greer - “American Nightmares: Wang Huning and Alexis de T...
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  Karl Marx's "Herr Vogt" - Episode 1 - A Discussion on Espionage and Propaganda 15.08.2024 40min

  Karl Marx's Herr Vogt - Episode 1: This episode is related to our recent concentration on Debord and our interest in recuperating a tradition of how the Left has historically responded to the problem of state intelligence infiltration and propaganda. Support the show
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  War War, Jaw Jaw - A Discussion on Samuel Charap, Propaganda, and the Failure of Diplomacy in Ukraine 01.08.2024 1h 15min

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  ATEOH Interviews: A Discussion on the Situationist International with Bill Brown 15.07.2024 1h 33min

  Recorded on 4 May, 2024: a wide-ranging discussion with Bill Brown (of notbored.org) on the Situationist International. Support the show