https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-s8ewr-1b4ade9 On Zohran Mamdani. Writer Ross Barkan, author of The Revolutionary on the New York mayor, talks to Ryan Zickgraf and Alex Hochuli about what Mamdani means for the Left. How did Mamdani mute cultural progressivism to focus concentrate on…
Read More /558/ Sewer Socialism, or Left in the Toilet? ft. Ross Barkan
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…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7q3id-1b187e6 Taking a short break – back in late August.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dm9yf-1b0f789 On politics and football. Alex is joined by Karl Sharro, Juan David Rojas, Tim Abrahams, and Euan Marshall to pick over the stories of this World Cup. If the World Cup is a branding exercise for the hosts, what…
Read More /556/ World Cup 2026: Stick to Politics ft. Many Guests
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ijm2u-1b0728a On 'imperialist realism'. Daniel Bessner, historian, is back on to discuss the relation between US foreign policy and ideology. He talks to Alex and Lee about his forthcoming book and other writings. Why has acceptance of imperialism accompanied declining…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pkegt-1af46d5 On Roland Barthes' Mythologies. (This is an unlocked episode from our Reading Club. Subscribe for more like this.) Alex, George, and contributing editor Catherine Liu delve into Barthes' 1957 classic to understand the form of ideology critique it proposes…
Read More UNLOCKED: /551/ Reading Club: Mythologies ft. Catherine Liu
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2g3nf-1acf827 On writing the history of capitalism. Political theorist Corey Robin talks to Alex H and Alex G about what is wrong with Sven Beckert's monumental new Capitalism: A Global History. Have historians returned to writing about big themes and…
Read More /554/ Capitalism Is When the State… ft. Corey Robin
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-26a2p-1acfa44 On global shortages and their political consequences. Benjamin Bradlow, assistant professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton, talks to Alex and Lee about the world-historic impact of the Hormuz Strait closure. How will shortages – beyond oil and…
Read More /553/ Energy Sovereignty = Political Independence? ft. Benjamin Bradlow
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-77raf-1adac60 Audio from the live event held at Verdurin, London, on 28 May 2026. The OG Bunga Boys - Alex, George, and Phil - present their takes, followed by responses from contributing editor Lee Jones and friend-of-the-pod Nina Power -…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9fzr6-1acfb38 On Roland Barthes' Mythologies. Alex, George, and contributing editor Catherine Liu delve into Barthes' 1957 classic to understand the form of ideology critique it proposes – and particularly as it relates to left and right. If the bourgeoisie generates…
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