https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-u5muc-1689b87 On JD Vance, Hillbilly Elegy, and arresting decline. [For the full episode: patreon.com/bungacast] We discuss the Netflix adaptation of vice-presidential nominee JD Vance's memoir – and the memoir itself – and what it tells us about the direction of…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2nm82-16838f9 On emotional capitalism + Israeli politics. Renowned sociologist Eva Illouz joins us to talk about her recent book on the emotions of populism, and her work on the sociology of emotions in general. We discuss: Why have emotions become…
Read More /427/ Why Do We Make Our Emotions Match the Market? ft. Eva Illouz
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-f683v-1677557 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, "Professional Populists in the Culture Wars". We discuss: What were the original 'culture wars' and…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-m95wd-166e2bd 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 content, incl. 4 exclusive, original episodes a month We continue our discussions along this year's…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fge8c-16672a8 On your questions & criticisms about fertility, culture war, and more. [Patreon Exclusive] In our monthly mailbag episode we take points from the discussion on patreon, including on futuristic music, holocaust movies, german populism, whether culture war can be…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fge8c-16672a8 On your questions & criticisms about fertility, culture war, and more. In our monthly mailbag episode we take points from the discussion on patreon, including on futuristic music, holocaust movies, german populism, whether culture war can be global, and…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-uggnj-1661d42 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 far-right Rassemblement National would soon enter government. We talk to political scientist and commentator Charles Devellennes,…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-akxkp-166057b 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 majority with so little enthusiasm for them? Is the UK now a multiparty democracy, and will…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fzyzg-1659b8e Ukraine, from Maidan to war. [For the full episode: patreon.com/bungacast] Berlin-based Ukrainian sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko joins us to talk about his new book, Towards the Abyss: Ukraine from Maidan to War and his dissection of the war and the underlying…
Read More /421/ Who Are the Wrong Ukrainians? ft. Volodymyr Ishchenko
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-snk4y-163c23b On baby bust, feminism and male resentment. [Patreon Exclusive] Alex and regular contributor Leigh Phillips call up Korean sociologist Hyeyoung Woo, director of the Institute for Asian Studies at Portland State University, to talk about demography, family and gender…
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