/557/ Letters to the Editors: Aug 2026

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4ddy3-1b42284

We deal with your questions, comments and criticisms from the past month.

Key issues:

• How big a deal, historically, is the US’s failure in Iran?

• Is populism rooted in resentment and/or cynicism?

• Why is fascism not the right label for Trump?

• How to debate immigration?

• Are NGOs and international organisations actually relevant?

For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast

Links:

• /152/ I Can’t Believe It’s Not Weimar ft. David Broder

• Debating the F-Word, Bunk History

• The National Interest in Women’s Freedom, The Northern Star

• The Civic Foundations of Fascism in Europe, Dylan Riley