/444/ Opportunism & Revenge in the Middle East ft. Karl Sharro & Arash Azizi

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3zij3-1709f03 On Israel's invasion of Lebanon and beyond. Karl Sharro (Lebanese-Iraqi architect and satirist @KarlreMarks) and Iranian writer and historian Arash Azizi join us to discuss war in the Middle East. We ask: Is Israel finally waging the great war that…

/443/ Nations, Globalisation & De-development: Reading Club (sample)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vii7f-16fd8c4 On Nations & Nationalism since 1870. [Patreon Exclusive] We start by dealing with your questions regarding last month's RC, on Stalin, Zhukhov and WWII. Then we read and discuss Eric Hobsbawm's classic work in which he emphasises that nations…

/442/ The Unique French Capacity for Disappointment ft. Nathan Sperber (sample)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-699ur-16eca9e On France's permacrisis. [Patreon Exclusive] French sociologist Nathan Sperber talks to George and Alex about his new essay in the New Left Review, "The French Crisis: Organic or Conjunctural". We catch up with what has happened in France since…

/440/ Dear Tradmother, Why Are You Sad? ft. Amber A’Lee Frost (sample)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xrypu-16e1e72 On tradwives, influencers, and boys. [Patreon Exclusive] Amber is back on the pod, talking to Alex and George about her forthcoming piece on neo-traditionalism and women, in Damage issue 3, which will be on Mothers. We discuss: What are the…

/439/ We Can Create Our Own Environment ft. Ted Nordhaus

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-iq7y5-16da6fd On "eco-modernism". Ted Nordhaus, co-founder and executive director of the Breakthrough Institute, talks to Leigh and Alex the 20th anniversary of "The Death of Environmentalism" and the 10th anniversary of "The Ecomodernist Manifesto". We discuss: The fundamental philosophical differences…

/438/ You Are Being Enlisted into the Culture War ft. Andrew Hartman

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ee8f4-16d5f2c 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 been sorted into cultural camps over the past fifty years. We…

/437/ Climate Change Is Not an Information Problem ft. Holly Buck (sample)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-95e5e-16d03ce On disinformation, misinformation and the popular will. Holly Jean Buck, Assistant Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University at Buffalo, joins us to talk about her recent pieces arguing that the climate movement's focus on disinformation is misguided.…

/436/ Slovakia’s Four World Directions ft. Dominik Zelinsky

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jfvqx-16ca18d On corruption, charisma, populism & assassination in Slovakia. Slovak sociologist Dominik Zelinksy joins us to discuss Slovakia's positioning between East and West. We discuss: Why was Prime Minister Robert Fico a target of an assassination attempt? Whether Fico –…