https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ijm2u-1b0728a On 'imperialist realism'. Daniel Bessner, historian, is back on to discuss the relation between US foreign policy and ideology. He talks to Alex and Lee about his forthcoming book and other writings. Why has acceptance of imperialism accompanied declining…
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UNLOCKED: /551/ Reading Club: Mythologies ft. Catherine Liu
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pkegt-1af46d5 On Roland Barthes' Mythologies. (This is an unlocked episode from our Reading Club. Subscribe for more like this.) Alex, George, and contributing editor Catherine Liu delve into Barthes' 1957 classic to understand the form of ideology critique it proposes…
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/554/ Capitalism Is When the State… ft. Corey Robin
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2g3nf-1acf827 On writing the history of capitalism. Political theorist Corey Robin talks to Alex H and Alex G about what is wrong with Sven Beckert's monumental new Capitalism: A Global History. Have historians returned to writing about big themes and…
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/553/ Energy Sovereignty = Political Independence? ft. Benjamin Bradlow
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-26a2p-1acfa44 On global shortages and their political consequences. Benjamin Bradlow, assistant professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton, talks to Alex and Lee about the world-historic impact of the Hormuz Strait closure. How will shortages – beyond oil and…
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/552/ Bunga Live: Is History Back (Baby)?
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-77raf-1adac60 Audio from the live event held at Verdurin, London, on 28 May 2026. The OG Bunga Boys - Alex, George, and Phil - present their takes, followed by responses from contributing editor Lee Jones and friend-of-the-pod Nina Power -…
/551/ Reading Club: Mythologies ft. Catherine Liu
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9fzr6-1acfb38 On Roland Barthes' Mythologies. Alex, George, and contributing editor Catherine Liu delve into Barthes' 1957 classic to understand the form of ideology critique it proposes – and particularly as it relates to left and right. If the bourgeoisie generates…
/550/ The New Dollar Imperialism ft. Costas Lapavitsas
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fhxhn-1ac971b On world money and war. Costas Lapavitsas, professor of economics at SOAS, London, talks to George and Alex about financialisation, arrested development, and the Strait of Hormuz. What is the state-led stabilisation of finance capital? How does today's imperialism…
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History’s back, baby! (Event in London)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4x9nq-1ac5c0f History’s back, baby! Thu 28 May, Verdurin, London Tickets: https://verdur.in/store/historys-back-baby-admission/ It is obvious today that the “end of history”, postulated by Francis Fukuyama in 1992, is over. Liberal democracy as the final form of human organisation? Pah! The…
/549/ Why Has Politics Genderised? ft. Ashley Frawley
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ifvkg-1abf8ea On angry young women. Ashley Frawley, sociologist and senior editor at Compact, joins Alex and George to delve more deeply into young people's political polarisation on gender lines. Why is there a lack of mutual understanding or goodwill between…
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/548/ Post-Legitimate Society ft. Will Charles
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fuq6e-1ab5dc3 On the gig economy, big tech, and ideology. Sociologist Will Charles talks to Alex about a form of social organisation that has stopped trying to justify itself. How should the gig economy work and how does it actually work?…
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