https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tdiys-c36143 A new format in which we each bring to the table a key article to unpick and unpack. This week we take a sharp look at the crumbling US political establishment and its empire: impeachment and regime legitimacy;…
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/91/ Exhaustion Revealing ft. Leigh Phillips
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cbfcn-c2d83b On environmental protest politics. Extinction Rebellion and the Climate Strike have brought eco protest back to the front pages. But it all seems a bit of a flashback to the 2000s. We examine the protests' alarmism and post-political positioning.…
Excerpt: /90/ Work, Bitch ft. Amber A’Lee Frost
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9yrn5-c1e5cc On UBI and social reproduction. Following on from ep. 88 where we discussed post-work with Anton Jäger, we have Amber on to talk about her recent article in Jacobin on Andrew Yang's proposals for a Universal Basic Income.…
/89/ On the Lam: Hong Kong Rebels ft. Toby Carroll
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gud7e-c0ec36 On the Hong Kong rebellion. Four months of protests is forcing a confrontation with the Hong Kong authorities and the Chinese state. The demands are for civil liberties and some more democracy - but what are the social conditions…
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Excerpt: /88/ Vouchers for Toxicity ft. Anton Jäger
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rda95-c0088e On post-work. We discuss Anton's review of David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs and why it seems to have such appeal, even amongst elites. There is a crisis in the work ethic, but is it an error to counterpose work and leisure and…
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/83/ Now It’s Syrizous [UNLOCKED]
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ikfyj-bf230e Syriza lost the last Greek elections after 4 1/2 years in power. What happened to a party that, for a time, represented the European radical left's hopes? Did it achieve anything in power? Many talk about Tspiras' "betrayal" -…
Excerpt: /87/ Berluscoming
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qv32m-babd54 We discuss Paolo Sorrentino's "Loro" (2018), a dreamlike cinematic depiction of Silvio Berlusconi. Does the film succeed in capturing Silvio, or does it glamourise him? What explains the appeal he had - and why was the left never able…
/86/ Monsters of the Interregnum ft. Rune Stahl
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4ghvq-baf24e Why hasn't neoliberalism died? We talk to Rune Møller Stahl about his paper "Ruling the Interregnum" in which he examines previous interregnums, such as the 1920s or the 1970s, and the forces that led to the establishment of new…
Excerpt: /85/ Reading Club No.1
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8ibsd-bae1e8 In our first Reading Club, we discuss Nancy Fraser's The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born (Verso, 2019) and take readers questions and contributions. Readings: The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born, Verso From Progressive…
/84/ How To Fail Better ft. Adam Proctor
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ku6a2-baefc2 Scenario-planning for Bernie: what is success, what is productive failure? We attempt to "dream realistically" with Adam Proctor (Dead Pundits Society): how far can this wave of 'democratic socialism' go? Bernie will fail - he won't bring in socialism,…
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