https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-78knt-13c17f3 On geopolitical competition over Africa. [Patreon Exclusive] In light of the 'new Cold War', we look at what the US, Europe, Russia and China's respective "pitches" are to African countries – what are they selling? And we examine the factors…
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/321/ Covid Dissensus ft. Toby Green & Thomas Fazi
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-p3eam-138ce79 On The Covid Consensus. We're joined by two authors whose new book asks why lockdowns were adopted almost universally. National and transnational health authorities dropped pre-pandemic plans in favour of open-ended nationwide lockdowns which were to remain in…
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/303/ The Failure of the French Forever War ft. Yvan Guichaoua
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qgxih-131dce7 On Mali and the Sahel. French president Emmanuel Macron declared the end of Opération Barkhane on 9 November 2022, bringing to an end to nearly 10 years of French military intervention in Mali. But what is the legacy…
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/267/ South Africa Mafia State ft. Benjamin Fogel
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rmnfm-123b5ea On crumbling state authority. Benjamin Fogel is back on the podcast to talk us through how South Africa has gone from the hopes of post-apartheid to the Durban riots of 2021. How have corruption, criminal networks, Indian oligarchs,…
Excerpt: /202/ 3 Articles: Clerisy, War, Football
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-w2jk7-107ed44 In our latest 3A, we discuss "the clerisy" and how it relates to the PMC; how the EU is doing forever war just as much as the US; and the hyper-commodification of football. The full episode is for subscribers…
Excerpt: /134/ The Call – Afterparty
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5sijq-e27fbf This is a sample. For the full episode, sign up at patreon.com/bungacast The three of us discuss some of the themes that emerged from our interview with Krithika Varagur (ep.133) - the entanglement of the US state with Islamism,…
/133/ The Call ft. Krithika Varagur
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-uyzd7-e24db2 On Saudi religious proselytism. Saudi Arabia has actively sought to export Salafism. How has it done this - and what have been its effects, in countries like Indonesia, Nigeria and Kosovo? Why was fighting against the Soviets in Afghanistan in…
/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…
/20/ The Coup in Zimbabwe
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zdb89-7de48b In which we do the big picture of the coup. With deep context from David Moore & the political goings-on from Chipo Dendere.
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