https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nh4nm-194471a [Bungacast is on holiday, so we're unlocking/re-releasing a July 2021 episode that was previously only available to higher-tier subscribers] We discuss Michael Lind's The New Class War. Lind identifies new lines in the class war, between working class and…
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/507/ Put ‘General Will’ in Charge ft. Philip Cunliffe
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tq5hw-19398b3 On The National Interest. Aufhebunga Bunga co-founder and contributing editor Phil Cunliffe joins us to talk about his new book about politics after the age of globalisation. We ask questions about his book – and then put him on…
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/506/ Bunga’s Been Juicin’ ft. Jason Myles
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yzqs4-192f4d5 On image-enhancing drugs. Jason Myles of This Is Revolution is back on, talking to George and Alex H about his article in Damage on increasing steroid use. What does the discourse around 'fake natties' tell us about authenticity? Do…
/505/ Reading Club: Classes in Bourgeois Society
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-h9ztu-192ad06 On Franz Jakubowski's Ideology and Superstructure in Historical Materialism. We focus on a very short section from Jakubowski's 1936 book, and delve into wider questions regarding ideology, social totality, and the middle classes. Is ideology “false, partial consciousness”? Is…
/504/ Vietnam’s Victory: American War to Globalisation ft. Sean Fear
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ambtw-1924ee1 On resistance and reform in southeast Asia. Historian Sean Fear talks to Alex H and Lee Jones about Vietnam on the 50-year anniversary since the end of the war. How is Vietnamese identity wrapped up with the notion of…
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/503/ Effervescent Decadence in the Third Modernity
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kpfp2-191ef8a On the end of the end of history and what comes next. Phil is back on the pod, talking with George and Alex about the big themes of the podcast. In particular, we look at a recent essay in…
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/502/ Their Own Personal Jesus ft. Lamorna Ash
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wqh3t-191aa06 On the "return of religion" in Britain. [Patreon Exclusive] Journalist Lamorna Ash talks to George and Alex about how and why young people might be turning to religion today. Have things moved on from the New Atheists and their…
/501/ Reading Club: The Lower-Middle Class
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-29srs-1915599 On Arno Mayer's "The Lower Middle Class as Historical Problem". We kick off the third block of the 2024/25 Reading Club, which is dedicated to the question of the middle class: The abatement of class struggle between workers and…
/500/ Disrupt, Decline, Decay
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-23icm-190febe We celebrate 500 episodes of Aufhebunga Bunga with a cold, hard look at the decay around us. Alex and George plus contributing editors Lee Jones and Alex Gourevitch wrangle with four principal questions: What does it mean to say…
/499/ Shame! Shame on Bungacast! ft. Taylor Hines
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-986tb-19061ca On shame, guilt and responsibility. Taylor Hines, an editor at Damage magazine, talks to George and Alex about his essay "Fool Me Twice" in Issue 4 of the magazine, which deals with the theme Responsibility. Remember, subscribers to Bungacast…
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