https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ywa5f-177fd24 On Conclave. In our final episode of the year, we debate Edgar Berger's new film about a Papal election, featuring Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci as Cardinals and Isabella Rossellini as a nun. Is the film about an alien,…
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/459/ Reading Club: Place 2 – Augé
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-r6aa9-177c477 On Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity [For access, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast/membership] We continue working through the 2024/25 syllabus with the first theme, The Future of Place, asking, is politics possible without a sense of place. We discuss Marc Augé's…
/458/ The Society of Pure Vibe ft. Anna Kornbluh
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ivpg4-1773e44 On immediacy, representation, and anti-politics. Anna Kornbluh, professor of English and author of Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late Capitalism talks to Alex about the cultural, political, and economic changes she refers to as 'immediacy'. We discuss: Is…
/457/ AufheBonus Bonus – December 2024
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-i8kuf-176b8a5 On your questions, comments & criticisms. [Patreon Exclusive] We're back with a final letters to the editor episode of 2024 in which we discuss: the universalisation of 'anti-fascism' as a kind of politics whether there are any actual 'family…
/456/ All Chips on Taiwan ft. James Lin
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8urxc-1765f54 On Taiwan, semiconductors, and war. [Full episode for subscribers only] James Lin, Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of Washington at Seattle, talks to Phil about Taiwanese politics and the country's place in the world, in terms…
/455/ Family Trouble (Damage Issue 3 launch) ft. Catherine Liu & Dustin Guastella
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8haa2-175af43 On Mothers and the institution of the family. We're happy to bring you the recording of the launch event for the third issue of Damage magazine, with whom we're partnered. George and Alex were present for the event as part…
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/454/ The Last Man at the Euro Tango ft. Michael Wilkinson
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yrmtr-1750ac7 On the End of History and Europe. [For full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] LSE professor Mike Wilkinson talks to Phil and Alex about how the history of European integration fits with constitutional theories and ideas of sovereignty. We discuss: …
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/453/ Reading Club: Place 1 – Simmel/Berman
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-anr8b-1743527 On the maelstrom of the metropolis. [Full episode only available to subscribers. Join at patreon.com/bungacast] We kick of the 2024/25 syllabus with the first theme, The Future of Place, asking, is politics possible without a sense of place. We discuss…
/452/ Stormtroopers Can’t Shoot Straight ft. Malcom Kyeyune
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pxa8x-173e9f3 On the military decline of the American empire. [Patreon Exclusive] The Swedish writer Malcom Kyeyune talks to Phil about what happens to the evil empire when the stormtroopers can’t shoot straight and the empire isn’t producing enough star destroyers. They…
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/451/ Capitalism Needs No Help Abolishing Families ft. Dustin Guastella
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rnfqn-1738ce6 On pro-family politics, and the US election and labour. [Patreon Exclusive - in association with Damage magazine] Dustin Guastella talks to Phil and Alex about what the election of Trump will mean for US labour organisations. We then move on…
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