https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-e5s7f-b39a9d On the unexpected origins of neoliberalism. We talk to Quinn Slobodian, author of Globalists, about how neoliberals look back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the League of Nations. Why does neoliberalism talk about freedom, but promote order? Is neoliberalism about more…
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/72/ Frankly Awesome Lefty Conversation ft. Aaron Bastani [UNLOCKED]
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-s8akx-b2dc81 On 'Fully Automated Luxury Communism'. We talk about being pro-technology without being determinist. Does full automation mean the end of work? How do we craft a practical utopian vision? Plus some stuff about wolves and also Brexit. Reading:…
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Preview: /73/ Eurosads ft. Anton Jäger & Catarina Príncipe
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5uac4-b29710 [For the full episode, please subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] On the European Parliamentary elections. Is this the day the 20th century truly died? Traditional social democratic and conservative parties took a pounding. The Greens surged. The populists didn't surge -…
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Preview: /72/ Frankly Awesome Lefty Conversation ft. Aaron Bastani
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-hce9b-b22518 [PREVIEW. For full episode, subscribe.] On 'Fully Automated Luxury Communism'. We talk about being pro-technology without being determinist. Does full automation mean the end of work? How do we craft a practical utopian vision? Plus some stuff about…
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/71/ Trustworthy Propaganda ft. Glenn Greenwald
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-sujee-b159f6 On 'neoliberal order breakdown syndrome' and the media. Glenn Greenwald talks to us about Russiagate and fake news, and is unimpressed with same old propaganda. We discuss about left-wing self-criticism, Bolsonaro and transgression, and ask how to be sceptical…
/70/ In Defence of Universalism ft. Kenan Malik
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-shup4-afdd43 On migration and identity. The question of migration and borders has become increasingly fraught across different societies. Why has immigration become the means through which grievance is expressed? Where has 'white' identity come from? And how durable is identity…
/69/ Boiled Lobsters ft. Angela Nagle
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6hz5v-af4d12 On Peterson vs Zizek. Did the 'debate of the century' live up to its billing? More importantly, what explains Peterson's appeal - and Zizek's? Why did the debate have such an odd, out of time feel? References: The Fool…
/68/ Big Money Talk ft. Doug Henwood
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ayisy-ae607b On Modern Monetary Theory. Doug Henwood joins us to discuss whether MMT offers a fiscal alternative for Left governments. What is monetary sovereignty and do all states have it? What are MMT's prospects for states as different as the…
/67/ Legacies of Postmodernism ft. Catherine Liu
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2gunp-ace712 On whether we can salvage anything from postmodernism. Have we left postmodernity - and if so, can can we be properly dialectical about it: see it as progress and catastrophe all at once? Is there a moment of truth…
/67/ Legacies of Postmodernism ft. Catherine Liu
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2gunp-ace712 On whether we can salvage anything from postmodernism. Have we left postmodernity - and if so, can can we be properly dialectical about it: see it as progress and catastrophe all at once? Is there a moment of truth…
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