https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6escf-1306bf2 A special five-part series on generational consciousness and conflict.Previously released in 2021 only to subscribers at patreon.com/bungacast, a year on we're releasing the whole series to everyone. Part 1: (00:00:00) Part 2: (00:38:11) Part 3: (01:07:54) Part 4: (02:50:32)…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mdm6f-1306b87 On your questions & criticisms.[Patreon Exclusive] The weakness of anti-EU forces; the implications of defending Ukrainian sovereignty; what should we call the new far-right and what does it *do* in power? And the gravity of nuclear war …
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wgsgy-1305e1f On Joel Kotkin's The Coming of Neo-Feudalism We start off by discussing your points on the last RC, on conspiracy theory. Then we delve into Kotkin's book, asking whether he has an adequate understanding of feudalism, and whether this…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wjuht-1303208 On nuclear exterminism. To commemorate our 300th episode, we discuss how the world is closer to a nuclear conflict than at any point since the Cold War. After decades of inconsequential 'permawar' (at least inside the Western bubble), the…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-crhj2-12fbca7 On reclaiming populism. With only a couple of days to go until the decisive runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro, we continue our Bungazão 2022 series by talking to to political scientist Miguel Lago about how Lula and Bolsonaro…
Read More /299/ Micropower & Transcendence in Brazil (Bungazão 2022) ft. Miguel Lago
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7nmpd-12f872f On shared-labour socialism. Political theorist Alex Gourevitch talks to us about his critique of post-work thought, and how it presupposes the very labour it seeks to free us from. We start of by distinguishing post-work socialism (e.g. Fully Automated…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-znebw-12f2e1f On corruption & anti-corruption. When Bolsonaro won in 2018, he rode a wave of anti-corruption sentiment. Now he's doled out billions in pork via a secret budget, but this doesn't seem to bother his supporters. What happened? Benjamin Fogel,…
Read More /297/ Bungazão 2022 (Clean & Godly) ft. Benjamin Fogel
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-f8nh9-12edca8 On Trussonomics. [Patreon Exclusive] Having stumbled upon a successful recipe under Boris Johnson which would see greater state intervention, Britain's Tories then pivoted to a much more pro-market approach. But the markets haven't liked it – they've…
Read More Excerpt: /296/ Last-Gasp Neoliberalism (Trussonomics)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jrgmt-12e4f0c On who's responsible for prolonging the Ukraine War + your questions & criticisms. [Patreon Exclusive] We start off by discussing whether the Zelensky tail is wagging the NATO dog, and what possible exits to conflict there might…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-enc8u-12de667 On Empire of Conspiracy and agency panics. [Patreon Exclusive - Tiers II & III] We focus our discussion on the notion of 'agency panic' that is at the centre of Timothy Melley's account of conspiracy theories in…
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