https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-g9f8t-a9eaf7 On crime and the far-right. Prof Steve Hall explains what 'ultra-realism' in criminology means - and why we need to get beyond liberal idealism. We also discuss the rise of the English far-right, the EDL - and how a…
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#BungaLive event: EUROPE AFTER BREXIT
https://youtu.be/QpS2f5oK2O8 Europe after Brexit: Internationalism or Transnationalism? Aufhebunga Bunga - the global politics podcast at the end of the end of history - is holding its first live debate, in London, bringing its international, left-wing perspective to the question of…
/64/ These Vests Don’t Yellow ft. Aurélie Dianara
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-c7e8v-a971e6 On the Gilets Jaunes - again. They won’t go away. They won’t be subsumed by other forces or institutions and, after more than three months, they’re not exhausted yet. Have the Gilets Jaunes punctured France’s depression and drift? How…
/63/ The Oscars Have Themselves ft. Maren Thom
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jz285-a88b75 On the 2019 Academy Awards. Maren Thom joins us again to see what we can learn from the Oscar nominations. We debate when exactly Hollywood's 'end of history' was, and take film criticism to task for its literal-minded desire…
/62/ Media Shitness ft. Amber A’Lee Frost
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wpvjk-a83e28 On #NOBS in the media. So many newspapers are inadequate these days, as they shift to publishing opinion and listicles instead of hard reporting. Why has this happened and how does it relate to the end of history? Amber…
/61/ Making Plans for Naija ft. Sa’eed Husaini
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rxiaz-a7c66f On Nigeria's elections. Sa'eed Husaini fills us in on the stakes of this election. President Buhari dismissed the country's top judge weeks before the election, but the former military dictator is meant to be an anti-corruption figure. His main…
/60/ Party Time, Online ft. Paolo Gerbaudo
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9yre4-a640ef On the rise of the 'digital party'. If politics has become distant from the people, what if a new model of party, leveraging platform technology, could bring the people closer to power? Paolo Gerbaudo talks to us about the…
/59/ Übermenschen of Capital Pt. 3 ft. Leigh Phillips & Michal Rozworski
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-h8c39-a4948f On democratic planning. Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski propose we look at Walmart and other giant corporations as sites of planning, not of markets -- and that this fact proves planning works. Rather than rely on markets and market…
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/58/ Übermenschen of Capital Pt. 2 ft. Ishay Landa
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cm3ka-a40695 On the links between economic liberalism and fascism. Ishay Landa talks to us about the "Apprentice's Sorcerer": how political liberalism enfranchises the masses, to the disgruntlement of economic liberals, who then have to turn to an authoritarian or fascist…
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/57/ Übermenschen of Capital Pt. 1 ft. Alex Gourevitch
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dbmnj-a361d7 On the cult of the entrepreneur. Alex Gourevitch talks to us about the "special kinds of assholes we get in our economy" and the dangers of the heroic capitalist icon. How does the earlier ideal of meritocracy differ from…
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