https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-n4hav-1430079 Silvio Berlusconi is no more. In mourning of our evil patron saint's passing, we're unlocking this previously paywalled episode in which we discuss a cinematic depiction of the big man. Keep an eye out for more on Berlusca coming…
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Excerpt: /345/ Who Is The New Elite? ft. Matt Goodwin
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dubme-14281cb On power, values and class. [Patreon Exclusive] British professor Matt Goodwin joins us to talk about his recent new book Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics published earlier this year with Penguin. Matt has argued…
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/344/ Don’t Do The Work ft. Ben Hickman
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rqdfq-141f796 On work stoppages and work-doings. Ben Hickman, published poet and senior lecturer in English at the University of Kent, joins us to discuss his project on different understandings of work, or rather, The Work. What is The Work and…
Excerpt: /343/ Reading Club: Freedom (4)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yqyh2-141ea06 On Martin Hägglund's This Life. We continue on the theme of freedom by discussing Martin Hägglund's case for 'democratic socialism'. In this episode, we leave the book itself to one side and attempt to "put the concepts to work". …
Excerpt: /342/ Maybe Don’t Abolish the Family? w/ Amber A’Lee Frost
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-r6m2e-14161d5 On family abolition. [Patreon Exclusive] Amber A'Lee Frost joins us to talk through recent radical proposals to do away with the family as an institution. Author Sophie Lewis claims that "ever since the capitalist victory over the long Sixties,…
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/340/ How to Grow a Backbone ft. Russell Jacoby
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-betvc-140d57d On utopia and individualism. Renowned intellectual historian and critic Russell Jacoby joins us to talk about his lifetime of left critique. We discuss his early criticisms of psychology in light of the advance of therapy culture over the past…
/339/ Erdogone? People vs Nation in Turkey ft. Alp Kayserilioglu
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2s757-1405a2f On Turkey's elections. Alp Kayserilioglu joins us to talk about a crucial election. Erdogan’s rule is seriously threatened for the first time, with high inflation biting into living standards. Who are the main candidates and do what they propose?…
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/338/ The Energy Theory of Everything ft. Matt Huber
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ssgby-14032b5 On who owns the power. Matt Huber joins us to discuss his article, "Socialist Politics and the Electricity Grid", and how organised labour is central to a politics of plenty. What is the grid and who owns it? What…
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/337/ Nigeria Rising Downwards ft. Sa’eed Husaini
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gpu87-13f9ba9 On Nigeria's 'end of the end of history'. Sa'eed Husaini from The Nigerian Scam podcast joins us to reflect on all things Nigeria: oil, debt, corruption and February's election. What was all that hype about the 'outsider' who wasn't…
Excerpt: /336/ Reading Club: Freedom (3)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-478nd-13f2bd4 On Martin Hägglund's This Life. [Patreon Tier II & III Exclusive] We continue on the theme of freedom by discussing Martin Hägglund's case for 'democratic socialism'. Would we actually work under socialism, or do we need the threat of…
