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…
Read More /89/ On the Lam: Hong Kong Rebels ft. Toby Carroll
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…
Read More Excerpt: /88/ Vouchers for Toxicity ft. Anton Jäger
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" -…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-haqpv-ba00b5 Syriza lost the last Greek elections after 4 1/2 years in power. What happened to the party that for a time represented the European radical left's hopes? Did it achieve anything in power? Many talk about Tspiras' "betrayal" -…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qr3yz-b9ded5 2018 saw a strike wave in the US, as anger was given material form. We talk to Eric Blanc about his book on the wave of teachers' strikes in otherwise 'conservative' states. How can this experience be broadened out…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6w4ag-b90dd8 In part four, we broaden the scope, to talk about the Frankfurt School, the humanities and 'romantic anti-capitalism'. If modernity features a battle between romanticism and rationalism, then the hippies represented an attempt to re-enchant a disillusioned world. But…
Read More /79/ CaliBunga: Tech, Drugs & Capitalist Soul, Pt. 4 [UNLOCKED]
