Bungacast
Episodes
/448/ Foreign Agents, Quiet Oligarchs & Neverending History ft. Hans Gutbrod
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Georgia's pivotal elections and its post-Soviet history. [Full episode only for patrons] Hans Gutbrod, who has been working in the Caucasus region ...
/447/ Brunch Back Better ft. Ryan Zickgraf & Amber A'Lee Frost
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the US election, messaging and learning stupid lessons. [Full episode only at Patreon] We welcome Amber A'Lee Frost (California via Indiana and New...
/446/ The Techno-Fantasy of Perfect Freedom ft. Amber Trotter
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On egg-freezing, 'having it all', and neoliberal liberty. [Patreon Exclusive] We welcome Damage editor and practicing psychologist Amber Trotter on t...
/445/ How I Hacked the US Election ft. Alex Gourevitch
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the left-wing case for freedom. Regular contributor Alex Gourevitch is back on to talk about how the Democrats are approaching the US presidential ...
/444/ Opportunism & Revenge in the Middle East ft. Karl Sharro & Arash Azizi
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Israel's invasion of Lebanon and beyond. Karl Sharro (Lebanese-Iraqi architect and satirist @KarlreMarks) and Iranian writer and historian Arash Az...
/443/ Nations, Globalisation & De-development: Reading Club (sample)
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Nations & Nationalism since 1870. [Patreon Exclusive] We start by dealing with your questions regarding last month's RC, on Stalin, Zhukhov and...
/442/ The Unique French Capacity for Disappointment ft. Nathan Sperber (sample)
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On France's permacrisis. [Patreon Exclusive] French sociologist Nathan Sperber talks to George and Alex about his new essay in the New Left Review, "T...
/441/ Original Source End of End of History
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On liberal takes on the end of the End of History. [Patreon Exclusive] We start by discussing Yasha Mounk's dismissal of an end to the End of History....
/440/ Dear Tradmother, Why Are You Sad? ft. Amber A'Lee Frost (sample)
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On tradwives, influencers, and boys. [Patreon Exclusive] Amber is back on the pod, talking to Alex and George about her forthcoming piece on neo-tradi...
/439/ We Can Shape Our Own Environment ft. Ted Nordhaus
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On "eco-modernism". Ted Nordhaus, co-founder and executive director of the Breakthrough Institute, talks to Leigh and Alex the 20th anniversary of "Th...
/438/ You Are Being Enlisted into the Culture War ft. Andrew Hartman
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the US culture wars, then and now. Historian Andrew Hartman, author of A War for the Soul of America, talks to Alex about how US Americans have bee...
/437/ Climate Change Is Not an Information Problem ft. Holly Buck (sample)
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On disinformation, misinformation and the popular will. Holly Jean Buck, Assistant Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University at Bu...
/436/ Slovakia's Four World Directions ft. Dominik Zelinsky
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On corruption, charisma, populism & assassination in Slovakia. Slovak sociologist Dominik Zelinksy joins us to discuss Slovakia's positioning betw...
UNLOCKED: /419/ Who Owns Power ft. Fred Stafford
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the electricity grid and the institutions involved. [Episode originally released only to subscribers on 20 June 2024. Join us at patreon.com/bungac...
/435/ Reading Club: Stalin's General – Winning WWII (sample)
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Geoffrey Roberts’ 2013 biography of Field Marshal Zhukov. [Patreon Exclusive] Who was the Soviet general and architect of Soviet victory on the E...
/434/ Bodiless Bodies ft. Matthew Thompson & Jonny Gordon-Farleigh (sample)
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the NGO-isation of the state. [Patreon Exclusive] Researchers and writers Matthew Thompson and Jonny Gordon-Farleigh join us to discuss their rec...
/433/ Aufhebonus Bonus – August 2024 (sample)
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On your questions & criticisms. [Patreon Exclusive] We respond with comments on episodes 420 to 432 and various other points you wanted to us to d...
/432/ Median Left Thought and its Monsters ft. Ben Burgis (sample)
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Naomi Klein & Naomi Wolf and "political diagonalism" Episode in association with Damage magazine. Patreon Exclusive. Ben Burgis talks to Alex a...
/431/ The Myth of Monolithic China ft. Lee Jones & Shahar Hameiri
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the structure of the Chinese state and its external relations. [Patreon Exclusive: for the full episode, go to patreon.com/bungacast] We welcome ba...
/430/ Welcome to the Tourist Age ft. Marco d'Eramo
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the tourist city, the tourist industry, and its critics. Renowned Italian journalist Marco d'Eramo joins us to talk about his wide-ranging inquiry ...
/429/ Reading Club: Treason of the Intellectuals (sample)
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Julien Benda's famous 1927 work. [Patreon Exclusive] We continue on the theme of 'Intellectuals and the Public' by discussing the often cited by li...
/428/ The First Poaster (Vice) President? ft. Ryan Zickgraf
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On JD Vance, Hillbilly Elegy, and arresting decline. [For the full episode: patreon.com/bungacast] We discuss the Netflix adaptation of vice-president...
/427/ Why Do We Make Our Emotions Match the Market? ft. Eva Illouz
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On emotional capitalism + Israeli politics. Renowned sociologist Eva Illouz joins us to talk about her recent book on the emotions of populism, and he...
/426/ Expropriate the Canon ft. Catherine Liu (sample)
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the disaster of the culture wars. [Patreon Exclusive] Regular contributor Catherine Liu is back on to talk about her essay in Damage, issue 2, "Pr...
/425/ Reading Club: Russia's Imitation Democracy (sample)
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the late Dmitri Furman's account of post-Soviet Russia. Patreon Exclusive: for the Reading Club, join for $12/mo and get access to ALL Bungacast co...
/424/ Aufhebonus Bonus - July 2024 (sample)
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On your questions & criticisms about fertility, culture war, and more. [Patreon Exclusive] In our monthly mailbag episode we take points from the ...
/423/ Who Wants the 'Worst Job' in France? ft. Charles Devellennes
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On France's surprise parliamentary election. The left-wing 'New Popular Front' came a surprise first, for now putting a halt to expectations that the ...
/422/ Meat the New Prime Minister: UK Election Rundown
07 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Labour's landslide and sandcastle majority. We unpick what happened in the UK's general election, discussing: How did Labour get such a large majo...
/421/ Who Are the Wrong Ukrainians? ft. Volodymyr Ishchenko
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ukraine, from Maidan to war. [For the full episode: patreon.com/bungacast] Berlin-based Ukrainian sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko joins us to talk abo...
/420/ Fertility Freefall & Gender Strife in South Korea ft. Hyeyoung Woo (sample)
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On baby bust, feminism and male resentment. [Patreon Exclusive] Alex and regular contributor Leigh Phillips call up Korean sociologist Hyeyoung Woo, d...
/419/ Who Owns Power ft. Fred Stafford (sample)
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the electricity grid and the institutions involved. [Patreon Exclusive] Fred Stafford, a STEM professional, a writer on energy and power, and an ed...
/418/ Neoliberal Order Breakdown System, German-Style ft. Gregor Baszak (sample)
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On German political derangement. [Patreon Exclusive] Independent researcher and writer Gregor Baszak joins us to talk about German centrism being sque...
/RE-RELEASE/ Silvio Berlusconi: An Oral History
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the one-year anniversary of the death of our evil patron saint, Silvio Berlusconi, we are re-releasing our audio obituary. RIP Silvio. Former Itali...
/417/ Has India passed peak Modi? ft. Achin Vanaik
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On India's election and a blow for the BJP. Esteemed writer and social activist Achin Vanaik is back on Bungacast to unpick India's monumental, seven-...
/416/ Aufhebonus Bonus (sample)
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On your questions & criticism regarding pro-Palestine protests. [Patreon Exclusive] In this episode we focus on the discussion generated by ...
/415/ Left-Populism That Works? (II) ft. Juan David Rojas
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On MORENA and Claudia Sheinbaum's huge victory. Mexico has elected its first woman president, tasked with extending the hugely popular AMLO'S legacy. ...
/414/ Zone of Banality or the Authority of Evil?
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Zone of Interest and Holocaust film. [Patreon Exclusive] We discuss the winner of the Oscar for Best International Feature Film – one that...
/413/ Left-Populism That Works? (I) ft. Roger Lancaster
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Mexico's elections. [Full episode at patreon.com/bungacast] Mexico goes to the polls this Sunday with the ruling centre-left MORENA party hol...
/412/ No Future But Future Music ft. Simon Reynolds
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Futuromania and closing and opening of musical horizons. We talk to renowned music critic Simon Reynolds about his new book. A counterpart of s...
/411/ What Kind of American Are You?
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Alex Garland’s new film, Civil War. [Patreon Exclusive] The boys discuss a film that seems designed to say something in the context of a US...
/410/ Reading Club: Deutscher's Stalin
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Isaac Deutscher's classic Stalin: A Political Biography. [Patreon Tier III & IV Exclusive] We start off dealing with your questions from ...
/409/ Palestine, Protest, Repression: The Wider Context
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On US campus protest, the brutalisation of Gaza, and whether this is an age of war. Join us: patreon.com/bungacast Bunga boys Alex, George and P...
/408/ Was It Raining When You Fled Paris? ft. Peter Gourevitch
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the earth-shaking events of the 20th century, through a personal lens. Regular contributor Alex Gourevitch sits down with political scientist Pe...
/407/ Beyond Bare Life ft. Dustin Guastella
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On saving society from the antisocial-ists. In partnership with Damage magazine. [Patreon Exclusive] Trade unionist and researcher Dustin "Dino...
/406/ AufheBonus Bonus (sample)
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Euro censorship + your comments and criticisms. [Patreon Exclusive] We discuss censorship in Brussels and Berlin, and put it in the context o...
/405/ Size Queen Nation ft. Christie Offenbacher & Benjamin Fife (sample)
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the Big Hard Dick industry. [Patreon Exclusive] Clinicians and Damage authors & editors, Christie and Benjamin, tell us why the market fo...
/404/ Emotion Sickness: The Politics of Feelings (IV) ft. Catherine Liu (sample)
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On melodrama and the bourgeois subject. [Patreon Exclusive] We're back with the next installment of our series on the "emotional turn". Alex tal...
/402/ Revolution and Conservatism, e.g. in Mexico ft. Roger Lancaster (sample)
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On President AMLO and the rebuilding the working class. [Patreon Exclusive] We continue our discussion with anthropologist Roger Lancaster who h...
/403/ Reading Club: Habermas on Social Media (sample)
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere and Deliberative Politics [Patreon Tier III & IV Exclusive] Continuing our theme of ...
/401/ Modernity is Very Gay ft. Roger Lancaster
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Mexico, class, and sexuality. We welcome anthropologist Roger Lancaster onto the pod to talk about his new book, The Struggle to Be Gay – in...
/396/ Enough Carnations? Portugal Decides, ft. Catarina Príncipe
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Portugal's elections, 50 years since the revolution Catarina Príncipe, a long-time activist on the Portuguese left and a doctoral student of po...
/400/ The Political Oppositions of the Next Decade ft. Frost, Gourevitch, Liu, Phillips
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On what comes next: in politics, ideas, economy, subjectivity To commemorate seven years of the podcast and four-hundred episodes, we got all our n...
/399/ From ADHD to Let Me Be (Emotion Sickness, pt III) [sample]
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the withdrawal from hyperpolitics and hypermodernity. [Patreon Exclusive] What comes after a decade of populism? Alex Hochuli talks through h...
/398/ Emotion Sickness: The Politics of Feelings (II) ft. Ashley Frawley (sample)
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part II of the series: on therapy and vulnerability. [Patreon Exclusive: subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] Sociologist Ashley Frawley (an...
/397/ Reading Club: Imagined Communities (sample)
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Benedict Anderson's classic Imagined Communities. [Patreon Exclusive. Subscribe: patreon.com/bungacast] Originally published in 1983, Ande...
Big news: Bungacast is getting bigger, better
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Turbulent times, ideological confusion. Politics is back, but it's stranger than ever. All the more reason for unflinching critique of the current mom...
/395/ A Coup From Within the Computer ft. Benjamin Studebaker (excerpt)
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On media and the Millennial Left. [Patreon Exclusive: for full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] Continuing the retrospective on...
UNLOCKED /382/ Death of the Millennial Left ft. Chris Cutrone
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the missed opportunity of the 2010s. Chris Cutrone of Platypus joins us to talk about his collection of essays, The Death of the Millennial Left...
/393/ Emotion Sickness: The Politics of Feelings (I) ft. Nina Power
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the politics of emotions and emotionalism. Philosopher Nina Power (an editor and columnist at Compact Magazine) kicks off this series by talking...
/392/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About (II) ft. Michael Vann
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Indonesia's new president and the End of History. For the full episode: patreon.com/bungacast Michael Vann, Indonesia expert and history prof...
Excerpt: /391/ Aufhebonus Bonus - Feb 2024
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On our '1914 vibes'. And your questions & comments. [Patreon Exclusive] We discuss the parallels between our age (the end of globalisat...
/390/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About ft. Vedi Hadiz
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Indonesia: a country without a Left. Foremost scholar of Indonesian politics and political economy, Vedi Hadiz of the University of Melbour...
/388/ Betting on Bukele (I) ft. Nelson Rauda / Juan Rojas
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On El Salvador and mass incarceration. Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, has just been re-elected on a landslide. His trademark policy is...
/387/ Get Fungal to Save Culture ft. Lias Saoudi (Fat White Family)
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On how to respond to conformity. Lias Saoudi, frontman of the British band Fat White Family, joins us to talk about rock, popular culture and c...
Excerpt: /386/ Reading Club: Globalisation (III & IV)
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Double episode! On Giovanni Arrighi's Adam Smith in Beijing. [Patreon Tier II & III Exclusive] We wrap up the 2023 syllabus by taking on the...
/384/ Millennial Rule ft. Amber A'Lee Frost
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Dirtbag and the Millennial Left. Bungacast regular Amber A'Lee Frost is back to talk about her new book, Dirtbag — part memoir, part critic...
/383/ Stare into the Abyss with Us ft. Juliano Fiori
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On what comes after human rights. Juliano Fiori, essayist and director of Alameda Institute, joins us to talk about catastrophism and organising...
Excerpt: /382/ Death of the Millennial Left ft. Chris Cutrone
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the missed opportunity of the 2010s. [Patreon Exclusive] Chris Cutrone of Platypus joins us to talk about his collection of essays, The ...
UNLOCKED: /373/ Take a Stand: Be Neutral! ft. Lily Lynch
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On NATO expansion and the end of neutrality Previously a Patreon Exclusive. For more like this, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast Lily Lynch is...
[FROM THE VAULT] /104/ The Aristocracy of Finance ft. Alexander Zevin
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
FROM THE VAULT: ALEX'S PICK (2) On The Economist and the contradictions of global liberalism. Alexander Zevin joins us to discuss his work on the ...
[FROM THE VAULT] /44/ Neoliberal Order Breakdown Syndrome (N.O.B.S.)
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
FROM THE VAULT: ALEX'S PICK (1) In which we lay the liberal establishment down on the shrink's sofa. It's a systematic analysis of liberal derangemen...
[FROM THE VAULT] /74/ Order Not Freedom ft. Quinn Slobodian
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
FROM THE VAULT: GEORGE'S PICK (2) On the unexpected origins of neoliberalism. We talk to Quinn Slobodian, author of Globalists, about how neoliberal...
[FROM THE VAULT] /161/ Culture is Bad for You ft. Mark Taylor
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
FROM THE VAULT: GEORGE'S PICK (1) On “culture”. We discuss who produces culture and who consumes it – and what those inequalities reveal a...
[FROM THE VAULT] /46/ Exiting Capitalist Realism
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
FROM THE VAULT: PHIL'S PICK (2) The third in our Neoliberal Breakdown series. In which we discuss the late Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism, 10 ye...
[FROM THE VAULT] /136/ Banana Monarchy ft. David Edgerton
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
FROM THE VAULT: PHIL'S PICK (1) On British decline. Much ink has been spilled over the Britain’s fate since the end of its empire. Could it be...
/381/ Contemporary Art: Inane Spectacle & Pompous Discourse, ft. JJ Charlesworth
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On contemporary art. Critic and editor at Art Review, JJ Charlesworth, joins us to talk about why so much contemporary art is bad. We discuss: ...
Excerpt: /380/ Josephine’s Body Count
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Ridley Scott's Napoleon. [Patreon Exclusive] We couldn't avoid discussing the new biopic about the "world soul" himself, Napoleon Bonapa...
/379/ Sexy Pictures of Taylor Swift (Not Brexit)
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On taking control. The Netherlands has elected an anti-EU rightist, but he won't take the Netherlands out of the European Union. Britain left th...
Excerpt: /378/ Reading Club: Globalisation (II)
02 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Giovanni Arrighi's Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century [Patreon Tier II & III Exclusive] We discuss the Part 2 of th...
/377/ The Locked-Up Country ft. Shahar Hameiri & Tom Chodor
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Australia's lockdown. We welcome back Shahar Hameiri and Tom Chodor to talk about their new book, The Locked-Up Country, to try to learn some...
Excerpt: /376/ AufheBonus Bonus - Nov 2023
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On your criticisms. [Patreon Exclusive - subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] We respond to your points made in the comments on Patreon over...
Excerpt: /375/ From Hyperliberalism to the Grayzone
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On John Gray's The New Leviathans. [Patreon Exclusive - for the full episode, follow the link] We discuss the British post-liberal philosopher's...
/374/ You’re Gonna Need Representation ft. Vincent Bevins
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On a decade of protest around the world. Journalist Vincent Bevins is back on the podcast to talk about his new book, If We Burn: The Mass Prot...
Excerpt: /373/ Take a Stand: Be Neutral! ft. Lily Lynch
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On NATO expansion and the end of neutrality [Patreon Exclusive - for the full episode, sign up @ patreon.com/bungacast] Lily Lynch is back...
Excerpt: /372/ Reading Club: Globalisation (I)
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Giovanni Arrighi's Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century [Patreon Tier II & III Exclusive] We discuss the Introductio...
/371/ The Milei Massacre Didn’t Happen ft. Ernesto Seman
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Argentina's historic election. Historian of populism and anti-populism Ernesto Seman tells us what is happening in Argentina amidst severe ec...
/370/ Dead Ends in Israel & Palestine ft. Alex Gourevitch
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On violence and the lack of political resolution. Regular guest Alex Gourevitch joins us to discuss why the Israel/Palestine conflict is so intra...
/369/ Information-War and War-Politics ft. Jacob Siegel
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the war on disinformation and the war in Gaza. Jacob Siegel, senior editor at Tablet, joins us to talk about Hamas's attack on Israel and Isra...
/367/ Don’t Pay Them Back ft. Jerome Roos
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On sovereign debt and taking back control. The leading candidate in Argentina's election this month wants to avoid defaulting on the country's debt...
/366/ Reading Club: Legitimacy (IV)
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On polycrisis. [Patreon Tier II and III Exclusive - subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] We reflect back on Jurgen Habermas' Legitimation Cr...
/365/ It’s So Over (Again) ft. Ryan Zickgraf
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the end of politics. Is the craziness of the past years, since 2016, ebbing away? Is the establishment back in charge? Journalist Ryan Zickgraf ...
UNLOCKED: /361/ A Nightmare on the Brains of the Living ft. Benjamin Studebaker
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On US politics being stuck. [This was originally a subscriber exclusive. Sign up now at patreon.com/bungacast] We talk to political theorist Be...
Excerpt: /364/ The Eternal Sunshine of the Bourgeoisie
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On satire of the bourgeoisie. [Patreon Exclusive. Sign up at patreon.com/bungacast] We discuss Luis Buñuel's "deranged masterpiece" from ...
UNLOCKED: /351/ Eating the Left’s Lunch? ft. Cecilia Lero & Tamás Gerőcs
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the radical right in the global periphery. [This was originally a Patreon Exclusive] Erdogan, Modi, Orban, Bolsonaro, Duterte. Though t...
Excerpt: /363/ Outsourcing the State
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the politics of consultancy [Patreon Exclusive. Sign up @ patreon.com/bungacast] The past 40 years have seen a whole range of things the s...
/362/ Life Doesn’t Have to Zuck ft. Cory Doctorow
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the internet being sh*t. Tech critic, author and blogger Cory Doctorow joins us to talk about his new book, The Internet Con. He tells us his ON...
Excerpt: /361/ A Nightmare on the Brains of the Living ft. Benjamin Studebaker
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On US politics being stuck. [Patreon Exclusive] We talk to political theorist Benjamin Studebaker about his new book, The Chronic Crisis of Amer...
Excerpt: /360/ Reading Club: Legitimacy (III)
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the 3rd and final part of Jurgen Habermas' Legitimation Crisis. [Patreon Tier II & III Exclusive] We wrap up this challenging book by deb...
/359/ Apollo Gets High ft. Benjamin Fong
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the American drug binge. Forget all the stereotypes – drug use is no longer confined to particular subcultures. US Americans are taking world-...
/357/ Lucky, Meaty Nations ft. Shahar Hameiri & Tom Chodor
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Australian and New Zealand at the End of History. Antipodean political scientists Shahar Hameiri and Tom Chodor join us to discuss the history a...