https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kz3yg-1536e3c FROM THE VAULT: GEORGE'S PICK (2) On the unexpected origins of neoliberalism. We talk to Quinn Slobodian, author of Globalists, about how neoliberals look back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the League of Nations. Why does neoliberalism talk about freedom, but…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-emrrv-1536e35 FROM THE VAULT: GEORGE'S PICK (1) On “culture”. We discuss who produces culture and who consumes it – and what those inequalities reveal about culture today. Also, we ask what’s the ploblem with culture anyway and end up…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-22qb4-1536e30 FROM THE VAULT: PHIL'S PICK (2)The third in our Neoliberal Breakdown series. In which we discuss the late Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism, 10 years on. Does his analysis still hold? The mood music of the time - the age of…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4rdxm-1536e25 FROM THE VAULT: PHIL'S PICK (1)On British decline.Much ink has been spilled over the Britain’s fate since the end of its empire. Could it be that decline has been overstated? And what will happen to Britain as it leaves…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-eq8m2-152c002 On contemporary art. Critic and editor at Art Review, JJ Charlesworth, joins us to talk about why so much contemporary art is bad. We discuss: Why is art no longer about beauty? Are we stuck between art that…
Read More /381/ Contemporary Art: Inane Spectacle & Pompous Discourse, ft. JJ Charlesworth
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vvi8s-1521c2b On Ridley Scott's Napoleon. [Patreon Exclusive] We couldn't avoid discussing the new biopic about the "world soul" himself, Napoleon Bonaparte. The film isn't great, but what can we learn from it? And how does it sit in…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-figni-1519c48 On taking control. The Netherlands has elected an anti-EU rightist, but he won't take the Netherlands out of the European Union. Britain left the EU, but net migration to the UK has soared to its highest levels. What's…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ymmmu-15147ca On Giovanni Arrighi's Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century [Patreon Tier II & III Exclusive] We discuss the Part 2 of this landmark book from 2008, debating theories of Western economic decline: Robert Brenner's,…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gdvfw-150dbff On Australia's lockdown. We welcome back Shahar Hameiri and Tom Chodor to talk about their new book, The Locked-Up Country, to try to learn some lessons from Australia's response to Covid-19. We also talk about the country's recent…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-py2tw-1501896 On your criticisms. [Patreon Exclusive - subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] We respond to your points made in the comments on Patreon over the past few months. The first section is of course dedicated to the Gaza war, followed…
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