Culture – Page 2 – Aufhebunga Bunga

/458/ The Society of Pure Vibe ft. Anna Kornbluh

by Alex__1789December 17, 2024Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ivpg4-1773e44 On immediacy, representation, and anti-politics. Anna Kornbluh, professor of English and author of Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late Capitalism talks to Alex about the cultural, political, and economic changes she refers to as 'immediacy'. We discuss: Is…

/451/ Capitalism Needs No Help Abolishing Families ft. Dustin Guastella

by Alex__1789November 12, 2024Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rnfqn-1738ce6 On pro-family politics, and the US election and labour. [Patreon Exclusive - in association with Damage magazine] Dustin Guastella talks to Phil and Alex about what the election of Trump will mean for US labour organisations. We then move on…

/446/ The Techno-Fantasy of Perfect Freedom ft. Amber Trotter

by Alex__1789October 22, 2024Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-64zv6-1715111 On egg-freezing, 'having it all', and neoliberal liberty. [Patreon Exclusive] We welcome Damage editor and practicing psychologist Amber Trotter on to talk about "Frozen Freedom", Amber's piece on artificial reproductive technology and different kinds of freedom. Alex and George ask…

/440/ Dear Tradmother, Why Are You Sad? ft. Amber A’Lee Frost (sample)

by Alex__1789September 24, 2024Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xrypu-16e1e72 On tradwives, influencers, and boys. [Patreon Exclusive] Amber is back on the pod, talking to Alex and George about her forthcoming piece on neo-traditionalism and women, in Damage issue 3, which will be on Mothers. We discuss: What are the…

/429/ Reading Club: Treason of the Intellectuals (sample)

by Alex__1789August 6, 2024Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2n4a6-1690080 On Julien Benda's famous 1927 work. [Patreon Exclusive] We continue on the theme of 'Intellectuals and the Public' by discussing the often cited by little read The Treason of the Clerks. We ask: If Benda was responding to the…

/427/ Why Do We Make Our Emotions Match the Market? ft. Eva Illouz

by Alex__1789July 30, 2024Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2nm82-16838f9 On emotional capitalism + Israeli politics. Renowned sociologist Eva Illouz joins us to talk about her recent book on the emotions of populism, and her work on the sociology of emotions in general. We discuss: Why have emotions become…

/426/ Expropriate the Canon ft. Catherine Liu (sample)

by Alex__1789July 23, 2024Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-f683v-1677557 On the disaster of the culture wars. [Patreon Exclusive] Regular contributor Catherine Liu is back on to talk about her essay in Damage, issue 2, "Professional Populists in the Culture Wars". We discuss: What were the original 'culture wars' and…

/412/ No Future But Future Music ft. Simon Reynolds

by Alex__1789May 28, 2024Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pf73r-1623428 On Futuromania and closing and opening of musical horizons. We talk to renowned music critic Simon Reynolds about his new book. A counterpart of sorts to his famous Retromania (2011), Futuromania looks at the exciting futuristic music of the past and…

/404/ Emotion Sickness: The Politics of Feelings (IV) ft. Catherine Liu (sample)

by Alex__1789April 16, 2024Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-i8kdf-15e33b3 On melodrama and the bourgeois subject. [Patreon Exclusive] We're back with the next installment of our series on the "emotional turn". Alex talks to Catherine Liu about whether politics is staged in a "melodramatic" fashion today. What…

/393/ Emotion Sickness: The Politics of Feelings (I) ft. Nina Power

by Alex__1789February 20, 2024Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6iewe-15887af On the politics of emotions and emotionalism. Philosopher Nina Power (an editor and columnist at Compact Magazine) kicks off this series by talking to us about anger, hate, and evil. Do we complain too little or too much?…