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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 37: Reversing the Decline

    Episode 37: Reversing the Decline
    Mar 13 2026

    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 a follow-up from a previous questioner who wants more advice on what to do when your union breaks your heart--how to forgive, how to forget, and how to fix a labor movement that often doesn't take its duty of care seriously. And of course we check in about dogs, films, and life in late capitalist hell.


    Stuff We Talk About:

    Crime 101

    Disabled People and Care Workers Must Build Common Cause in the Fight for Better Conditions by Jamie Hale

    Judith Stepan-Norris and Maurice Zeitlin, Left Out: Reds and America’s Industrial Unions

    Nate Holdren, Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law in the Progressive Era

    Erik Loomis, Empire of Timber: Labor Unions and the Pacific Northwest Forests

    Les Leopold, The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi

    Death Panel Podcast


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

    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!

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 36: Being Taught Not to Feel

    Episode 36: Being Taught Not to Feel
    Feb 27 2026

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


    We're back! And we have thoughts on masculinity, heterosexuality, and capitalism. First about the Olympics, and the pleasures and misfires of watching sports through the lens of the nation, and then we answer a letter about being a "lonely male," and how to learn to be comfortable with feeling.


    Stuff We Talk About:

    Men's Freestyle Skiing Big Air Final (Highlights)

    I, Tonya

    Red Army

    Miracle

    Craig: No Crying Shame

    A.S. Hamrah on Tech Won't Save Us


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


    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!

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Episode 35: Patience is a Practice, with Kelly Hayes

    Episode 35: Patience is a Practice, with Kelly Hayes
    Jan 26 2026
    Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. This week is a special episode, so it's dropping on Monday. We're bringing you a very special guest, Menominee author, organizer, journalist, editor, podcaster, and friend of the show Kelly Hayes. Kelly is just out with a new book that she's edited, a collection of letters to comrades from comrades, for moments when the struggle feels hopeless. It's a form of advice book, and so we thought it would be a great time to get Kelly on to talk about her work, and her concept of "social deskilling," which has been so important to us here at Heart Reacts.Stuff We Talk About:Kelly Hayes, Read This When Things Fall ApartKelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba, Let This Radicalize YouKelly Hayes: Organizing my ThoughtsKelly Hayes: Movement MemosMovement Memos: We Must Burst Our Algorithmic Bubbles and Build Together Across Difference (the Social Deskilling episode)Our social deskilling episode, if you missed itIf Anyone Can Pull off a General Strike, It’s MinnesotansIs Marriage the Building Block of Society? Or Is It Neighbors?Chris Begley, The Next ApocalypseWe are Craig Gent, a writer and researcher living in Leeds, and ⁠Sarah Jaffe⁠, a journalist and author based in London.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! 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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 10 mins
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