https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4zraf-f1dadd On Germany, the hegemon of Europe. We are joined by leading German public intellectual Wolfgang Streeck to discuss the role of Germany at the end of the End of History. How is it and the EU faring under the…
Read More /160/ Enemies of the People (Large & Very Small) ft. Wolfgang Streeck
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8iaqi-f19862 On the US election, a huge turnout and the end of Trump. We survey the results of the presidential and legislative elections, peer through the exit polls and discuss some counterintuitive facts: Florida goes Trump but opts for a…
Read More /159/ Biden Time ft. Amber Frost & Alex Gourevitch
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tazxe-f11ed0 Full episode is for subscribers only. Sign up at patreon.com/bungacast In this latest Three Articles, we discuss cosmopolitanism, the end of austerity (maybe?) and social control in the pandemic. Readings: Is cosmopolitanism our destiny?, Aris Roussinos, Unherd Meet the Philosopher…
Read More Excerpt: /158/ Three Articles: Cosmopolitan Austerity & Control
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6yc29-f11cff On why anti-fascism is a problem. The Trump presidency and the current protests in the US have led many to argue this is just like the 1930s. The implication is that fascism is rising and the Left must…
Read More UNLOCKED /152/ I Can’t Believe It’s Not Weimar ft. David Broder
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zqq68-f10200 This is a sample. For full access, go to patreon.com/bungacast This month we discuss Todd McGowan's Emancipation After Hegel: Achieving a Contradictory Revolution - an introduction to, defence and radical re-interpretation of Hegel emphasising the importance of contradiction to…
Read More Excerpt: /157/ Reading Club: Emancipation After Hegel
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zqn25-f03404 Internationalism used to be a defining characteristic of the Left. Globalism is a defining characteristic of neoliberal capitalism. Both seem to be characteristic of Islamist jihadism. How did Islamist reaction become globalised? How far does Islamist globalism connect to…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fqu3r-f02111 On the Covid election. Trump has made himself deeply unpopular while the Democrats have tried to demobilise the electorate. What, if anything, are the two parties selling? Are they coherent entities? And what is likely to happen? Plus: we…
Read More UNLOCKED /154/ A Reasonably Important Election… Preview ft. Alex Gourevitch
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8qceg-f01ee4 Full episode for subscribers only. Go to patreon.com/bungacast We start off by discussing the beheading of a French teacher for having shown his pupils the Mohammed cartoons in a class on free speech. Then we discuss your points, questions…
Read More Excerpt: /155/ Aufhebonus Bonus ft. Benjamin Moser
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-f4fv9-efd53b Full episode is for subscribers only. Sign up at patreon.com/bungacast On the Covid election. Trump has made himself deeply unpopular while the Democrats have tried to demobilise the electorate. What, if anything, are the two parties selling? Are they coherent…
Read More Excerpt: /154/ A Reasonably Important Election ft. Alex Gourevitch
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-85qqb-ef253d On the country of the future. Italy has stagnated for 30 years, becoming a neoliberal gerontocracy with crumbling infrastructure (sound familiar?). Worse, it's a country without a Left. How did the populist right come to triumph? What is the…
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