https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-v62px-1574bd4 On our '1914 vibes'. And your questions & comments. [Patreon Exclusive] We discuss the parallels between our age (the end of globalisation, the threat of war) with the end of the Belle Epoque in the early 20th…
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/391/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About ft. Vedi Hadiz
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-a7cnf-1576e99 On Indonesia: a country without a Left. Foremost scholar of Indonesian politics and political economy, Vedi Hadiz of the University of Melbourne, joins us to talk through the country's politics in advance of the elections next week. What…
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/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…
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/387/ Get Fungal to Save Culture ft. Lias Saoudi (Fat White Family)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-n54fh-1565bbe On how to respond to conformity. Lias Saoudi, frontman of the British band Fat White Family, joins us to talk about rock, popular culture and contemporary unfreedom. We discuss: Why are the kids taking less drugs? Can we…
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Excerpt: /386/ Reading Club: Globalisation (III & IV)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rhmvc-1564d41 Double episode! On Giovanni Arrighi's Adam Smith in Beijing. [Patreon Tier II & III Exclusive] We wrap up the 2023 syllabus by taking on the second half of Arrighi's book, in which he analyses the over-reach and…
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/384/ Millennial Rule ft. Amber A’Lee Frost
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-geib5-155af13 On Dirtbag and the Millennial Left. Bungacast regular Amber A'Lee Frost is back to talk about her new book, Dirtbag — part memoir, part critical essays on millennial socialism. In this episode we discuss: Why "millennial"? Does it…
/383/ Stare into the Abyss with Us ft. Juliano Fiori
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cqpj3-15504b5 On what comes after human rights. Juliano Fiori, essayist and director of Alameda Institute, joins us to talk about catastrophism and organising around "the end". We discuss: What was humanitarianism, and why was it the "last utopia"? What…
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Excerpt: /382/ Death of the Millennial Left ft. Chris Cutrone
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qtwe9-153798c On the missed opportunity of the 2010s. [Patreon Exclusive] Chris Cutrone of Platypus joins us to talk about his collection of essays, The Death of the Millennial Left. We discuss: Why define it as the "Millennial" Left?…
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UNLOCKED: /373/ Take a Stand: Be Neutral! ft. Lily Lynch
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-p5zwa-151a9ee On NATO expansion and the end of neutrality Previously a Patreon Exclusive. For more like this, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast Lily Lynch is back on the pod to talk about Northern and Eastern Europe and growing hawkishness. We…
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[FROM THE VAULT] /104/ The Aristocracy of Finance ft. Alexander Zevin
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9w7u6-1536e4d FROM THE VAULT: ALEX'S PICK (2)On The Economist and the contradictions of global liberalism. Alexander Zevin joins us to discuss his work on the 176 year history of the magazine that has accompanied liberalism's global expansion. Has it just reflected…
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