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#65 West winging it w/ Corey Robin
02 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Corey Robin joins me to discuss his recent article in Dissent magazine on the memoirs of Barack Obama's White House staffers, the legacy of the Obama ...
Election Special: Can Labour win? w/ Eleanor Penny
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eleanor Penny joins me to reflect on the coming General election campaign. We talked about whether this will be the Brexit election we were promised i...
#64 Teaching empire and migration w/ Kimberley McIntosh
25 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this month, and to coincide with Black History Month Jeremy Corbyn called for schoolchildren to be taught about the British Empire and the his...
#63 Acid Communism, Labour, and the counterculture w/ Jeremy Gilbert
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Gilbert joins me to discuss the concepts of Acid Communism and Acid Corbynism and why transforming human subjectivity through practices of coll...
#62 Land for the Many w/ Beth Stratford
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Beth Stratford joins me to discuss the crisis of UK land ownership and housing and the solutions outlined in the Land for the Many report, co-written ...
Teaser - PTO Extra! Tory Brexit strategy w/ Richard Seymour
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Seymour joins me to discuss Brexit and the machinations of the Johnson administration, the electoral strategy of the Labour Party, and whether...
#61 Double government and the neoliberal world w/ Quinn Slobodian
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Quinn Slobodian joins me to talk about neoliberalism as a project of institutional design, the significance of the Hapsburg Empire to the neoliberal c...
#RedHacks - Live @ TWT w/ Owen Jones, Kimberly McIntosh, and Simon Childs
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the first #RedHacks live event Joana Ramiro chats with Owen Jones, Kimberly McIntosh, and Simon Childs at The World Transformed festival in Brighto...
#60 Racism and the global war on drugs w/ Kojo Koram
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kojo Koram joins me to discuss the history of the war on drugs, the role of drug prohibition in the production of racism after the end of formal imper...
#59 Has Labour Lost the North? w/ Alex Niven
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Niven joins me to talk about the erosion of support for the Labour Party in the north of England, the causes of that decline and how the Labour P...
#58 (Pro)rogue nation w/ James Meadway
31 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
James Meadway, former economics advisor to John McDonnell joins me to discuss whether the Johnson government's move to prorogue parliament is really p...
#57 Chelsea Manning and outsider truth-telling w/ Lida Maxwell
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lida Maxwell joins me to discuss her new book, Insurgent Truth: Chelsea Manning and the Politics of Outsider Truth-Telling. We discussed the contrasti...
#56 The nightmare of social media w/ Richard Seymour
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Seymour joins me to discuss his new book, The Twittering Machine. The title is taken from Paul Klee's 1922 painting in which the the bird-song...
#55 On non-fascist life w/ Natasha Lennard
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Natasha Lennard joins me to discuss her book, 'Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life'. We spoke about whether or not Donald Trump and the movemen...
#54 Conservatism's last hurrah? w/ Andy Beckett
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Beckett joins me to explain why he believes, despite being in power on both sides of the Atlantic, conservatism is in decline and how conservativ...
#53 Neoliberalism with Chinese characteristics w/Christopher Connery
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Connery joins me to talk about the nature of the Chinese economy following the initiation of market reforms from the late 1970s, the compa...
#RedHacks - Riley Quinn on comedy as the new political frontier
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the season finale of #RedHacks Joana Ramiro talks to Trashfuture podcast host Riley Quinn.
#52 Austerity and the demonization of disabled people w/ Frances Ryan
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Frances Ryan joins me to discuss her new book, 'Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People'. We spoke about the impact of austerity o...
#51 Ralph Miliband and The State in Capitalist Society w/ Leo Panitch
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Leo Panitch joins me to discuss his recent article in Tribune Magazine on Ralph Miliband's classic work, The State in Capitalist Society. We discuss M...
#RedHacks - Juliet Jacques on punditry, pigeonholing and transphobia
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of #RedHacks, Joana Ramiro talks to writer and filmmaker Juliet Jacques. Sound by @japinto Listen to other episodes in the ser...
#50 The Thatcherite Offensive w/ Alexander Gallas
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alexander Gallas, author of 'The Thatcherite Offensive: A Neo-Poulantzasian Analysis' joins me to discussed the degree of popular support for the poli...
#49 Roger Hallam on Extinction Rebellion
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Extinction Rebellion co-founder Roger Hallam joins me to discuss the organisational model of XR. We also chatted about the booklet Roger has written o...
#48 Christine Berry on preparing for a Corbyn government
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Berry discusses 'People Get Ready: Preparing for a Corbyn Government' a new book authored by Christine together with Joe Guinan. We spoke ab...
#47 Adom Getachew on 'Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination'
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Adom Getachew joins me to discuss the liberation struggles of anti-colonial movements in Africa and the Caribbean in the twentieth century and the way...
#46 Owen Hatherley on Scott Walker's strange musical journey
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Owen Hatherley joins me to discuss the music and life of the late Scott Walker. We spoke about his journey from teen heartthrob with the Walker Brothe...
#45 Hilary Aked on Islamophobia and the ‘counter-jihad’ movement
27 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hilary Aked on Islamophobia and the European counter-jihad movement, its entwinement with state run counter extremism programmes, and its relationship...
#44 Love thy Neighbour? Dawn Foster on religion and the left
21 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn Foster joins PTO to discuss her Tribune article on religion and socialism. We spoke about the relationship between Marxism and religion, how secu...
#43 Ash Sarkar on understanding Brexit
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ash Sarkar joins me to discuss the causes of the Brexit vote, the case for Lexit, the strategy of the People's Vote campaign and the prospects for Cha...
#42½ PTO First Annual Report
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On the epochal, world-historic occasion that is PTO's first birthday...
#42 Corey Robin on understanding conservatism - from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Corey Robin joins me to discuss the history of conservative thought, the significance of Donald Trump's presidency, and Ayn Rand's contribution to con...
#41 Bridget Anderson on the case against borders
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget Anderson joins me to talk about how the idea of the migrant is mediated through race and class, the case for No Borders, and the way in which ...
#RedHacks - George Eaton on the end of politics as usual and the rise of a new left media
23 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of #RedHacks, Joana Ramiro talks to New Statesman deputy editor George Eaton. Sound by @japinto Listen to other episodes in th...
#40 David Edgerton on Britain and the declinist narrative
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Edgerton joins me to discuss his new book, 'The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History'. We spoke about British declin...
#39 Kojo Koram on the politics of the Tory Brexiteers
03 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kojo Koram joins me to discuss the politics of the Tory Brexiteers. We spoke about why it is that the prospect of trading on WTO terms is so attractiv...
#38 Phil Burton-Cartledge on the Independent Group
23 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Burton-Cartledge joins me to discuss the newly formed Independent Group, the politics of the MPs that make up the new organisation, the role of a...
#RedHacks - Jess Hurd on photojournalism, police harassment and witnessing revolutions
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of #RedHacks, Joana Ramiro talks to campaigning photojournalist Jess Hurd. Sound by @japinto Listen to other episodes in the ...
#37 Bruce Fink on Lacanian psychoanalysis
10 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Fink, the world's leading authority on Lacanian psychoanalysis joins me to discuss the work of Jacques Lacan, the nature of the Lacanian project...
#36 David Wearing on 'Anglo Arabia: Why Gulf Wealth Matters to Britain'
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Wearing joins me to discuss the strategic and economic relationship between the UK and the states of the Arabian Gulf, the role of Britain in Sa...
#35 Sophie Lewis on 'Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family'
29 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sophie Lewis joins me to discuss her new book, 'Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family' and her recent article in New Socialist, ‘Labour Does Y...
#RedHacks - Paul Mason on ideology, fake news, and making it as a left-wing journalist
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of #RedHacks, a series of conversations about journalism in the neoliberal world, Joana Ramiro chats with renowned broadcaster an...
#34 Dan Hind on 'The Constitutional Turn: Liberty and the Cooperative State'
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Hind joins me to discuss his essay, 'The Constitutional Turn: Liberty and the Cooperative State'. We spoke about the need to reform Britain's unwr...
#33 Joni Alizah Cohen on anti-semitism, transmisogyny, and the value form
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joni Alizah Cohen joins me to discuss the relationship between transmisogyny and anti-semitism in Nazi ideology and the theoretical work of the Marxis...
#32 James Butler on the EU and the Brexit endgame
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
James Butler of Novara media joins me to discuss Brexit, the likelihood of a no deal, what a second referendum might look like, and how the left shoul...
#31 Thea Riofrancos on populism, left and right
15 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Thea Riofrancos joins me to discuss her review in n+1 of Chantal Mouffe's new book, 'For a Left Populism'. As well as discussing Mouffe's work we talk...
#30 "A bonsai de Gaulle" - Sebastian Budgen on Emmanuel Macron and the Yellow Vests movement
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian Budgen joins me to discuss the Yellow Vests protests in France. We talked about the social composition of the movement, its relationship to ...
#29 Aeron Davis on 'Reckless Opportunists: Elites at the End of the Establishment'
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Aeron Davis joins me to discuss his new book, 'Reckless Opportunists: Elites at the End of the Establishment'. We discussed the changing face of Briti...
#28 Richard Seymour on Brexit and the EU
23 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Seymour joins me to discuss the prospects for Theresa May's Brexit Deal, the People's Vote campaign, and the nature of the European Union. If...
#27 Will Davies on 'Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World' (Part 2)
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Will Davies joins me for the second part of our discussion on his new book, 'Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World'. We spoke about the role...
#26 Rodrigo Nunes on a victory for fascism in Brazil
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rodrigo Nunes joins me to discuss Jair Bolsonaro's election victory in Brazil. We discussed Bolsonaro's background, the composition of his electoral c...
#25 Nisha Kapoor on 'Deport, Deprive, Extradite: 21st Century State Extremism'
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nisha Kapoor joins me to discuss her new book, 'Deport, Deprive, Extradite: 21st Century State Extremism'. We spoke about Islamophobia, the War on Ter...
#24 Will Davies on 'Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World' (Part 1)
29 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Will Davies joins me to discuss his new book, 'Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World'. We spoke about the declining public trust in experts,...
#23 Adam Tooze on 'Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World' (Part 2)
14 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Tooze joins me for part two of our discussion on his new book, 'Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World'. We spoke about the ...
#22 Tom Mills on reforming the UK media
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Mills joins me to discuss the problems of the UK media, the Labour Party leadership's proposals for media reform, and the media class's aversion t...
#21 Sophie Lewis on trans-exclusionary radical feminism
31 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sophie Lewis joins me to discuss trans-exclusionary radical feminism and her article 'SERF ‘n’ TERF: Notes on Some Bad Materialisms': http://salv...
#20½ Supporting Left Media
26 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
PTO proper will be back next week, but in the meantime just a short note from me to ask listeners to consider supporting the show. If you would like t...
#20 Adam Tooze on 'Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World' (Part 1)
10 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Tooze joins me to discuss his new book, 'Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World'. Part two: https://soundcloud.com/poltheor...
#19 Richard Seymour on the Labour Party's anti-semitism row
04 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Seymour joins me to discuss the ongoing anti-semitism controversy in the Labour Party. We discussed the scale and nature of modern anti-semiti...
#18 Jacob Mukherjee on Britain's rent crisis and how to fight it
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob Mukherjee joins me to discuss the UK housing crisis, the challenges in organising private renters, the exploitation of recent migrants by landlo...
#17 Grace Blakeley on financialisation and the UK economy
24 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Grace Blakeley joins me to discuss the neoliberal financialisation of the UK and world economies, the coming reckoning with the UK's current account d...
#16 Phil Burton-Cartledge on the Tories in crisis
11 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Burton-Cartledge joins me to discuss the resignations of David Davis and Boris Johnson, Brexit and the European Union, and the long-term decline ...
#15 Kate Pickett on the mental health effects of inequality
08 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Pickett joins me to discuss her new book - co-authored with Richard Wilkinson - The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore ...
#14 Adam Tooze on Nazi ideology and the German war economy
25 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Tooze joins me to discuss his book 'The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy'. We discussed the entwinement of Nazi ...
#13 Catarina Príncipe on Portugal - the Eurozone's good example?
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Catarina Príncipe joins me to discuss the state of Portuguese social democracy, the myth of Portuguese anti-austerity policy, and the broader crisis ...
#12 Jo Littler on meritocracy and the neoliberal era
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jo Littler joins me to discuss the history of meritocratic discourse, how the term meritocracy is deployed in the post-Black Lives Matter and MeToo er...
#11 Ed Rooksby on reform, revolution, and socialist strategy
10 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Rooksby joins me to discuss socialist strategy, Syriza, Nicos Poulantzas' theory of the state and the Corbyn moment in Britain. Ed's recent article...
#10 Jeremy Gilbert on Maurizio Lazzarato's Experimental Politics
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week I’m joined by Professor Jeremy Gilbert to discuss Maurizio Lazzarato's 'Experimental Politics'. We talked about Lazzarato's intellectual b...
#9 Wendy Liu on Silicon Valley and the democratisation of technology
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy Liu joins me to discuss startup culture, the platform economy and the Labour Party's approach to big tech.
#8 Italexit? - David Broder on the crisis in Italy
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Broder joins me to discuss the Italian President's rejection of the Lega's choice for finance minister, the prospect of new elections, and Ital...
#7 Alex Nunns on the Labour Party
15 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week I’m joined by Alex Nunns, author of The Candidate: Jeremy Corbyn's Improbable Path to Power to discuss the Labour Party after the local el...
#6 Catherine Rottenberg on the rise of neoliberal feminism
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm joined by Catherine Rottenberg to discuss her work on neoliberal feminism. We talked about the work of neoliberal feminists Sheryl Sandb...
#5 Will Davies on Windrush and the politics of the Home Office
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm joined by Will Davies to discuss the Windrush scandal, neoliberal governmentality, and the politics of the British Home Office.
#4 David Broder on Italy's Political Impasse
29 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm joined by David Broder to discuss last month's Italian elections, the decline of the political centre and the rise of the populist right...
#3 Patricia Reed on Xenofeminism
27 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm joined by Patricia Reed to discuss the Manifesto on Xenofeminism: A Politics for Alienation, which Patricia co-authored as a member of t...
#2 Jamie Allinson on the war in Syria
19 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm joined by Dr. Jamie Allinson to discuss the current situation in Syria, the recent Western air strikes, the role of the Kurdish YPG, and...
#1 Richard Seymour on Labour, Anti-Semitism, and the Left
10 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm joined by Richard Seymour, author of Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics, to discuss left anti-semitism, the media's campaig...