https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-e66yw-15af087 On Benedict Anderson's classic Imagined Communities. [Patreon Exclusive. Subscribe: patreon.com/bungacast] Originally published in 1983, Anderson's account of the origins of nations is one of the most cited books in English in the humanities. In what ways does…
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/396/ Enough Carnations? Portugal Decides, ft. Catarina Príncipe
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cxska-15aa739 On Portugal's elections, 50 years since the revolution Catarina Príncipe, a long-time activist on the Portuguese left and a doctoral student of political economy, is back on the podcast to talk through what happened as Portugal went to…
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Big news: Bungacast is getting bigger, better
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-igm8e-15aa606 Turbulent times, ideological confusion. Politics is back, but it's stranger than ever. All the more reason for unflinching critique of the current moment. That's why Bungacast is expanding.Regular contributors are coming on-board: Catherine Liu, Amber Frost, Alex Gourevitch, and…
/395/ A Coup From Within the Computer ft. Benjamin Studebaker (excerpt)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2sknz-159d5a7 On media and the Millennial Left. [Patreon Exclusive: for full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] Continuing the retrospective on the millennial left's failures, we invite political theorist Benjamin Studebaker back on. We discuss: Was left-populism a media event? …
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UNLOCKED /382/ Death of the Millennial Left ft. Chris Cutrone
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-edkjx-159364c On the missed opportunity of the 2010s. Chris Cutrone of Platypus joins us to talk about his collection of essays, The Death of the Millennial Left. We discuss: Why define it as the "Millennial" Left? Was the anti-Stalinism…
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/393/ Emotion Sickness: The Politics of Feelings (I) ft. Nina Power
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6iewe-15887af On the politics of emotions and emotionalism. Philosopher Nina Power (an editor and columnist at Compact Magazine) kicks off this series by talking to us about anger, hate, and evil. Do we complain too little or too much?…
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/392/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About (II) ft. Michael Vann
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ry3rp-15833e3 On Indonesia's new president and the End of History. For the full episode: patreon.com/bungacast Michael Vann, Indonesia expert and history professor at Sacramento State, joins us to talk through the election results. How did Prabowo go from…
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Excerpt: /390/ Aufhebonus Bonus – Feb 2024
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-v62px-1574bd4 On our '1914 vibes'. And your questions & comments. [Patreon Exclusive] We discuss the parallels between our age (the end of globalisation, the threat of war) with the end of the Belle Epoque in the early 20th…
/391/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About ft. Vedi Hadiz
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-a7cnf-1576e99 On Indonesia: a country without a Left. Foremost scholar of Indonesian politics and political economy, Vedi Hadiz of the University of Melbourne, joins us to talk through the country's politics in advance of the elections next week. What…
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/388/ Betting on Bukele (I) ft. Nelson Rauda / Juan Rojas
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-g798a-157253a On El Salvador and mass incarceration. Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, has just been re-elected on a landslide. His trademark policy is a state of emergency and the locking-up of tens of thousands of suspected gang members. He…
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