https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wjuht-1303208 On nuclear exterminism. To commemorate our 300th episode, we discuss how the world is closer to a nuclear conflict than at any point since the Cold War. After decades of inconsequential 'permawar' (at least inside the Western bubble), the…
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/299/ Micropower & Transcendence in Brazil (Bungazão 2022) ft. Miguel Lago
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-crhj2-12fbca7 On reclaiming populism. With only a couple of days to go until the decisive runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro, we continue our Bungazão 2022 series by talking to to political scientist Miguel Lago about how Lula and Bolsonaro…
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/298/ Working For Freedom ft. Alex Gourevitch
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7nmpd-12f872f On shared-labour socialism. Political theorist Alex Gourevitch talks to us about his critique of post-work thought, and how it presupposes the very labour it seeks to free us from. We start of by distinguishing post-work socialism (e.g. Fully Automated…
/297/ Bungazão 2022 (Clean & Godly) ft. Benjamin Fogel
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-znebw-12f2e1f On corruption & anti-corruption. When Bolsonaro won in 2018, he rode a wave of anti-corruption sentiment. Now he's doled out billions in pork via a secret budget, but this doesn't seem to bother his supporters. What happened? Benjamin Fogel,…
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Excerpt: /296/ Last-Gasp Neoliberalism (Trussonomics)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-f8nh9-12edca8 On Trussonomics. [Patreon Exclusive] Having stumbled upon a successful recipe under Boris Johnson which would see greater state intervention, Britain's Tories then pivoted to a much more pro-market approach. But the markets haven't liked it – they've…
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Excerpt: /295/ Aufhebonus Bonus: October
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jrgmt-12e4f0c On who's responsible for prolonging the Ukraine War + your questions & criticisms. [Patreon Exclusive] We start off by discussing whether the Zelensky tail is wagging the NATO dog, and what possible exits to conflict there might…
Excerpt: /294/ Reading Club: Conspiracy Theory
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-enc8u-12de667 On Empire of Conspiracy and agency panics. [Patreon Exclusive - Tiers II & III] We focus our discussion on the notion of 'agency panic' that is at the centre of Timothy Melley's account of conspiracy theories in…
Excerpt: /293/ Goodbye 20th Century (RIP Gorby)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-x9tf4-12dbc87 On the meaning of Gorbachev. [Patreon Exclusive] Mikhail Gorbachev continues to be lauded in Western circles for overseeing the collapse of the Soviet Union without much bloodshed. But given the historic societal disaster that followed, is this…
/292/ Bungazão 2022: Unrealistic Pragmatism, ft. Unbridled Possibility Collective
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6xhii-12d6cf0 On Brazil's containment of the crisis. We talk to members of the Unbridled Possibility Collective (Fabio Luis B. Santos | Thais Pavez | Daniel Cunha) about their intervention, trying to look beyond this week's election in Brazil. What does…
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/291/ The Right Timeline ft. Mattia Salvia
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-29xwb-12d5f4b On the Brothers of Italy. We talk to Mattia Salvia, former Rolling Stone Italia politics editor and author of Interregno, about Italy's election last weekend in the context of a Europe in crisis. The big question to start: is…
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