https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-24ps9-19774f8 On Göran Therborn's article, "Dreams and Nightmares of the World's Middle Classes". The penultimate episode of this block on the middle class, we discuss the differing fortunes and politics of the global North and South middle-classes – as well…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ambtw-1924ee1 On resistance and reform in southeast Asia. Historian Sean Fear talks to Alex H and Lee Jones about Vietnam on the 50-year anniversary since the end of the war. How is Vietnamese identity wrapped up with the notion of…
Read More /504/ Vietnam’s Victory: American War to Globalisation ft. Sean Fear
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2qgun-1888e68 On Filipino politics and geopolitics. Renowned public intellectual Walden Bello talks to Alex and contributing editor Lee Jones about his recently published memoirs, former president Rodrigo Duterte's arrest, warring political dynasties and more. What's behind Duterte's arrest? Is it…
Read More /482/ The Philippines’ Dynasty & Duterte’s Arrest ft. Walden Bello
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-783zs-17d5981 On the martial law crisis in South Korea. For the full episode: patreon.com/bungacast Jamie Doucette, who researches contemporary political economy and Korea's development at the University of Manchester, talks to Alex and George about December 2024's coup attempt and…
Read More /465/ Quick Coups & Post-Development in Korea ft. Jamie Doucette
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8urxc-1765f54 On Taiwan, semiconductors, and war. [Full episode for subscribers only] James Lin, Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of Washington at Seattle, talks to Phil about Taiwanese politics and the country's place in the world, in terms…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kcxxi-16a0424 On the structure of the Chinese state and its external relations. [Patreon Exclusive: for the full episode, go to patreon.com/bungacast] We welcome back Lee Jones and Shahar Hameiri to reflect on the outcome of the recent plenum of the…
Read More /431/ The Myth of Monolithic China ft. Lee Jones & Shahar Hameiri
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-snk4y-163c23b On baby bust, feminism and male resentment. [Patreon Exclusive] Alex and regular contributor Leigh Phillips call up Korean sociologist Hyeyoung Woo, director of the Institute for Asian Studies at Portland State University, to talk about demography, family and gender…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nu6ci-163395b On India's election and a blow for the BJP. Esteemed writer and social activist Achin Vanaik is back on Bungacast to unpick India's monumental, seven-week-long electoral process in which over 600m people took part. How did the ruling Hindu…
Read More /417/ Has India passed peak Modi? ft. Achin Vanaik
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ry3rp-15833e3 On Indonesia's new president and the End of History. For the full episode: patreon.com/bungacast Michael Vann, Indonesia expert and history professor at Sacramento State, joins us to talk through the election results. How did Prabowo go from…
Read More /392/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About (II) ft. Michael Vann
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-a7cnf-1576e99 On Indonesia: a country without a Left. Foremost scholar of Indonesian politics and political economy, Vedi Hadiz of the University of Melbourne, joins us to talk through the country's politics in advance of the elections next week. What…
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