https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9p576-163c5c3 On the electricity grid and the institutions involved. [Patreon Exclusive] Fred Stafford, a STEM professional, a writer on energy and power, and an editor at Damage, talks to Alex and regular contributor Leigh Phillips about the utility of utilities…
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/418/ Neoliberal Order Breakdown System, German-Style ft. Gregor Baszak (sample)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ens2v-163eb49 On German political derangement. [Patreon Exclusive] Independent researcher and writer Gregor Baszak joins us to talk about German centrism being squeezed under pressure from both left and right — Sahra Wagenknecht and the AFD. Meanwhile the German economy is getting…
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/RE-RELEASE/ Silvio Berlusconi: An Oral History
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yf928-1634662 On the one-year anniversary of the death of our evil patron saint, Silvio Berlusconi, we are re-releasing our audio obituary. RIP Silvio. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi died on 12 June 2023 at the age of 86. In…
/417/ Has India passed peak Modi? ft. Achin Vanaik
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nu6ci-163395b On India's election and a blow for the BJP. Esteemed writer and social activist Achin Vanaik is back on Bungacast to unpick India's monumental, seven-week-long electoral process in which over 600m people took part. How did the ruling Hindu…
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/416/ Aufhebonus Bonus (sample)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xnggy-162d50c On your questions & criticism regarding pro-Palestine protests. [Patreon Exclusive] In this episode we focus on the discussion generated by our episode that came out in early May on the protests on US campuses. We discuss the…
/415/ Left-Populism That Works? (II) ft. Juan David Rojas
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-swnzj-162fde5 On MORENA and Claudia Sheinbaum's huge victory. Mexico has elected its first woman president, tasked with extending the hugely popular AMLO'S legacy. What are her prospects and challenges? We ask: What was the effect of NAFTA on Mexico, and…
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/414/ Zone of Banality or the Authority of Evil?
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tz2qf-1626ab5 On Zone of Interest and Holocaust film. [Patreon Exclusive] We discuss the winner of the Oscar for Best International Feature Film – one that split opinion, among critics and on the pod too! How does the film fit…
/413/ Left-Populism That Works? (I) ft. Roger Lancaster
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zbnrh-1628213 On Mexico's elections. [Full episode at patreon.com/bungacast] Mexico goes to the polls this Sunday with the ruling centre-left MORENA party holding a commanding lead. Anthropologist Roger Lancaster joins us to preview the election and look at outgoing…
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/413/ Left-Populism That Works? (I) ft. Roger Lancaster
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zbnrh-1628213 On Mexico's elections. [Full episode at patreon.com/bungacast] Mexico goes to the polls this Sunday with the ruling centre-left MORENA party holding a commanding lead. Anthropologist Roger Lancaster joins us to preview the election and look at outgoing…
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/412/ No Future But Future Music ft. Simon Reynolds
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pf73r-1623428 On Futuromania and closing and opening of musical horizons. We talk to renowned music critic Simon Reynolds about his new book. A counterpart of sorts to his famous Retromania (2011), Futuromania looks at the exciting futuristic music of the past and…
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