https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kcxxi-16a0424 On the structure of the Chinese state and its external relations. [Patreon Exclusive: for the full episode, go to patreon.com/bungacast] We welcome back Lee Jones and Shahar Hameiri to reflect on the outcome of the recent plenum of the…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-a2mqt-169bd12 On the tourist city, the tourist industry, and its critics. Renowned Italian journalist Marco d'Eramo joins us to talk about his wide-ranging inquiry into the age of tourism, The World in a Selfie. We also discuss how migration is…
Read More /430/ Welcome to the Tourist Age ft. Marco d’Eramo
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2n4a6-1690080 On Julien Benda's famous 1927 work. [Patreon Exclusive] We continue on the theme of 'Intellectuals and the Public' by discussing the often cited by little read The Treason of the Clerks. We ask: If Benda was responding to the…
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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…
Read More /428/ The First Poaster (Vice) President? ft. Ryan Zickgraf
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…
Read More /426/ Expropriate the Canon ft. Catherine Liu (sample)
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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