https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-swnzj-162fde5 On MORENA and Claudia Sheinbaum's huge victory. Mexico has elected its first woman president, tasked with extending the hugely popular AMLO'S legacy. What are her prospects and challenges? We ask: What was the effect of NAFTA on Mexico, and…
Read More /415/ Left-Populism That Works? (II) ft. Juan David Rojas
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tz2qf-1626ab5 On Zone of Interest and Holocaust film. [Patreon Exclusive] We discuss the winner of the Oscar for Best International Feature Film – one that split opinion, among critics and on the pod too! How does the film fit…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zbnrh-1628213 On Mexico's elections. [Full episode at patreon.com/bungacast] Mexico goes to the polls this Sunday with the ruling centre-left MORENA party holding a commanding lead. Anthropologist Roger Lancaster joins us to preview the election and look at outgoing…
Read More /413/ Left-Populism That Works? (I) ft. Roger Lancaster
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zbnrh-1628213 On Mexico's elections. [Full episode at patreon.com/bungacast] Mexico goes to the polls this Sunday with the ruling centre-left MORENA party holding a commanding lead. Anthropologist Roger Lancaster joins us to preview the election and look at outgoing…
Read More /413/ Left-Populism That Works? (I) ft. Roger Lancaster
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pf73r-1623428 On Futuromania and closing and opening of musical horizons. We talk to renowned music critic Simon Reynolds about his new book. A counterpart of sorts to his famous Retromania (2011), Futuromania looks at the exciting futuristic music of the past and…
Read More /412/ No Future But Future Music ft. Simon Reynolds
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ersjh-1613822 On Alex Garland’s new film, Civil War. [Patreon Exclusive] The boys discuss a film that seems designed to say something in the context of a US election year. But what? We ask: What kind of film is…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cbgu9-160f349 On Isaac Deutscher's classic Stalin: A Political Biography. [Patreon Tier III & IV Exclusive] We start off dealing with your questions from the first two Reading Clubs of the year, before Phil takes us through the famous…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ehnff-160631a On US campus protest, the brutalisation of Gaza, and whether this is an age of war. Join us: patreon.com/bungacast Bunga boys Alex, George and Phil debate the matter of the day. We ask: Is the police repression…
Read More /409/ Palestine, Protest, Repression: The Wider Context
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xmbyc-15fcfe9 On the earth-shaking events of the 20th century, through a personal lens. Regular contributor Alex Gourevitch sits down with political scientist Peter Gourevitch to talk about their shared family history. Why did their grandparents/great-grandparents become Mensheviks? How did…
Read More /408/ Was It Raining When You Fled Paris? ft. Peter Gourevitch
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tiscg-15f703e On saving society from the antisocial-ists. In partnership with Damage magazine. [Patreon Exclusive] Trade unionist and researcher Dustin "Dino" Guastella joins us to talk about the deficiencies of a libertarian or antinomian approach to social problems. We start…
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