https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-q5z8s-18c733e On Poland's election, its history, its self-conception. Philosopher Maciej Szlinder joins us to talk about Polish politics, society and history. Maciej is a member of the general council of the left-wing political party Razem ("Together"), as well as the…
Read More /491/ Squeezed Between Two Empires ft. Maciej Szlinder
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4hszi-18c73e7 On the former Yugoslavia and the ethnography of anti-nationalists. [For the full episode, subscribe: patreon.com/bungacast] [Reading Club LIVE: Sat 14 June, 9am LA, 12am NY, 5pm London, 6pm Berlin] In the third installment of this block on inter/nationalism in…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mer2v-18c3304 On the end of the (very) long 1960s. [For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] Contributing Editor Lee Jones joins Alex and George to talk through the themes and stories of the month, including MAGA's war on universities, right-populists…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pkgf3-18b2bc4 On what is next for 'PMC theory' [For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] The social media avatar known as Christopher Lasch's Angry Ghost joins us to unpick the conjuncture: as the Trump administration makes cuts and seeks to…
Read More /487/ Did JD Vance Kill the PMC? ft. Christopher Lasch’s Angry Ghost
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rgct3-18a875a On Romania's annulled election – and the repeat. Academic and housing activist Enikő Vincze talks to Alex about why December 2024's election result was annulled, and how Romanian politics is following the script of European politics: lawfare, misinformation, techno-populism,…
Read More /486/ Romania Is Following the Script ft. Enikő Vincze
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ifhb7-1898beb On the promise of videos games. [For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] Pawel Kaczmarski – a literary critic who teaches modern and contemporary Polish literature at the University of Wrocław – talks to George and Alex about his…
Read More /485/ Can Games Teach Us Agency? ft. Pawel Kaczmarski
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dapej-1893ace On the charges against France's Marine Le Pen. [For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] Alex and George discuss some main stories from the past month. After the death of Pope Francis, what's behind left-wing sympathy for the late…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9jccy-189321c On the mass-production of loyalty. *** We are exceptionally making this episode of the Reading Club freely available. See the full syllabus here: 2024/25 Reading Club. If you'd like to join, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast/membership. *** The second reading in…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2qgun-1888e68 On Filipino politics and geopolitics. Renowned public intellectual Walden Bello talks to Alex and contributing editor Lee Jones about his recently published memoirs, former president Rodrigo Duterte's arrest, warring political dynasties and more. What's behind Duterte's arrest? Is it…
Read More /482/ The Philippines’ Dynasty & Duterte’s Arrest ft. Walden Bello
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rxdcm-187ed7a On Trump's government, his motives and his modus operandi. Political theorist Corey Robin talks to Alex H and contributing editors Lee Jones and Alex Gourevitch about Trump II from a domestic perspective. We look at the three main things…
Read More /481/ Everything is Plausible: Oligarchy – or Worse ft. Corey Robin
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