/545/ Orbanism without Orban: the New European Centre? ft. Szilard Pap

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7mbxn-1a9d3d8 On Hungary's elections. Hungarian political analyst and editor of Partizan, Szilard Pap, talks to Alex about the end of 16 years of Fidesz in government. What is the scale of Fidesz’s wipeout? Who is Péter Magyar, and is he…

/543/ Squeamish About Sex, Aroused By Identity ft. Ran Heilbrunn

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-v5stx-1a90e8a On abolishing queer theory. Ran Heilbrunn talks to Lee Jones and Alex Hochuli about his chapter, "Abolish Queer Theory!" in the edited collection Inversion: Gay Life after the Homosexual. What is queer theory and why should it be abolished?…

/540/ Welcome to the Apolar and Post-Multilateral World ft. Tom Chodor

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tvsu7-1a72d18 On "non-hegemony" and world disorder. Tom Chodor, IR & politics scholar at Monash University, joins us to talk about a world that still retains the formal shells of multilateral institutions but whose contents have been hollowed out. What is…

/536/ Can Racism Be Overcome Within Capitalism? ft. Paul Gomberg

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-u9eq9-1a5468d On anti-racism, communism, and philosophy. Alex Gourevitch talks to political philosopher Paul Gomberg about his original and deep Marxist arguments for what makes racism wrong, why racism cannot be eradicated without overcoming capitalism, and the limits of many contemporary…

/535/ Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Conservatism ft. Matt McManus

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cagn2-1a45b66 On postmodern conservatives. Matt McManus talks to Alex and George about a Right increasingly shaped by the parameters of postmodern culture – and his Damage article on this. Who are the key thinkers of postmodern conservatism? Does truth matter anymore?…