/509/ The Revenge of Ethnic Chauvinism ft. Orlando Patterson

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jsxs7-195c6cc On slavery, racism, and the politics of freedom. Renowned sociologist Orlando Patterson talks to contributing editor Alex Gourevitch about themes brought up by his recent The Paradox of Freedom as well as his works as a whole. Why is…

/388/ Betting on Bukele (I) ft. Nelson Rauda / Juan Rojas

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-g798a-157253a On El Salvador and mass incarceration.    Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, has just been re-elected on a landslide. His trademark policy is a state of emergency and the locking-up of tens of thousands of suspected gang members. He…

/329/ Justice Warriors ft. Matt Bors & Ben Clarkson

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-iqz33-13c6dad On depicting dystopia. Acclaimed cartoonists, writers and artists Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson join us for something a little different: to talk about their new comic book, Justice Warriors. Set in a grotesquely unequal world, a police procedural (of…

/297/ Bungazão 2022 (Clean & Godly) ft. Benjamin Fogel

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-znebw-12f2e1f On corruption & anti-corruption. When Bolsonaro won in 2018, he rode a wave of anti-corruption sentiment. Now he's doled out billions in pork via a secret budget, but this doesn't seem to bother his supporters. What happened? Benjamin Fogel,…

Excerpt: /215/ Organize the Incels?! ft. Alex Gendler

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-q7sns-10dc26f On the long history of involuntary celibates.   Alex Gendler talks to us about his essay in American Affairs, "The New Superfluous Men". With growing global concern about incels and increasing anti-terrorism focus on the supposed risks posed by…

Excerpt: /105/ The Lorax & the AK-47 ft. Leigh Phillips

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cur3n-d161aa This is a sample. For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/BungaCast On ecofascism. Both the shooters in the Christchurch and El Paso massacres were declared 'ecofascists'. Now, a new governing coalition in Austria brings together Greens and the hard…