https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-u4e4b-118a74f We take on Italy's election of a new president and what that tells us about permanent crisis, the EU and the curtailing of democracy; we ask how serious the risk of war in Ukraine actually is; and review a…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cmz75-110e84a The fifth and final part of a series on generational consciousness and conflict. This is an excerpt. For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast In this episode, we examine the Millennials and Generation Z. Uniquely, generation war today seems…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vriqz-11010ad The fourth in a special five-part series on generational consciousness and conflict. In this episode, we examine Generation X – the generation of the End of History. How was this generation overshadowed by the Boomer's failures? In the…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-p4ygt-10f7e85 The third in a special five-part series on generational consciousness and conflict. This is an excerpt. For the full 1h40min episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast In this episode, we examine the Baby Boomers – myth and reality. The…
Read More Excerpt: OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, pt. 3
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-a3zvs-10e5a05 The first in a special five-part series on generational consciousness and conflict. In this episode, we look at the current, vexed discourse around generations, and analyse competing theories on how to understand generational cleavages. Guests include: Felix Krawatzek, political…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ba6dn-10c96c9 On net-zero, CCP nanny state, and optimised dating. We start off discussing the HBO series "The White Lotus" before tackling three articles on middle-class anxieties: climate change and pressures on UK living standards; the Chinese state's crackdown on…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-sdiyh-ff2e91 On memes and the counter-culture. This is a sample. For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast Theorist and curator Mike Watson advances the argument for "acid leftism". What is this, and why do we need a new…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kdxy8-fe67ff In this latest Three Articles, we examine the rise of 'techno-populism', look at the EU's vaccine debacle, and question whether cinema - and popular culture in general - is being desexualised and pornified at the same time. This…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-va5ak-fd022f On gay liberation and sexual politics. After big advances over the past decades, we can now ask, did the gays win? And if so, so what? Mark Simpson in the UK and River Page in Florida join us to…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8qcdt-fc4aa3 How to address the political problems of leftwing parties today? Liverpudlian historian David Swift argues that the problem is hobbyism - people for whom politics constitutes their identity rather than expressing their interest in social and political change.…
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