/396/ Enough Carnations? Portugal Decides, ft. Catarina Príncipe

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cxska-15aa739 On Portugal's elections, 50 years since the revolution   Catarina Príncipe, a long-time activist on the Portuguese left and a doctoral student of political economy, is back on the podcast to talk through what happened as Portugal went to…

/395/ A Coup From Within the Computer ft. Benjamin Studebaker (excerpt)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2sknz-159d5a7 On media and the Millennial Left.   [Patreon Exclusive: for full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast]   Continuing the retrospective on the millennial left's failures, we invite political theorist Benjamin Studebaker back on. We discuss: Was left-populism a media event? …

/392/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About (II) ft. Michael Vann

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ry3rp-15833e3 On Indonesia's new president and the End of History.   For the full episode: patreon.com/bungacast   Michael Vann, Indonesia expert and history professor at Sacramento State, joins us to talk through the election results. How did Prabowo go from…

/388/ Betting on Bukele (I) ft. Nelson Rauda / Juan Rojas

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-g798a-157253a On El Salvador and mass incarceration.    Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, has just been re-elected on a landslide. His trademark policy is a state of emergency and the locking-up of tens of thousands of suspected gang members. He…