https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4a6k7-17f2a73 On European decline and inertia. [For full episode: patreon.com/bungacast] Anton Jäger is back, talking to Alex and George about Belgium's new right-wing government, American hyperpolitics, and the lack of a European future. The radical right has prevailed in Belgium,…
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/454/ The Last Man at the Euro Tango ft. Michael Wilkinson
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yrmtr-1750ac7 On the End of History and Europe. [For full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] LSE professor Mike Wilkinson talks to Phil and Alex about how the history of European integration fits with constitutional theories and ideas of sovereignty. We discuss: …
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/448/ Foreign Agents, Quiet Oligarchs & Neverending History ft. Hans Gutbrod
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-q87en-1727b7c On Georgia's pivotal elections and its post-Soviet history. [Full episode only for patrons] Hans Gutbrod, who has been working in the Caucasus region since 1999 and now teaches at Ilia State University in Tblisi, talks to Alex about Georgia's…
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/442/ The Unique French Capacity for Disappointment ft. Nathan Sperber (sample)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-699ur-16eca9e On France's permacrisis. [Patreon Exclusive] French sociologist Nathan Sperber talks to George and Alex about his new essay in the New Left Review, "The French Crisis: Organic or Conjunctural". We catch up with what has happened in France since…
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/436/ Slovakia’s Four World Directions ft. Dominik Zelinsky
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jfvqx-16ca18d On corruption, charisma, populism & assassination in Slovakia. Slovak sociologist Dominik Zelinksy joins us to discuss Slovakia's positioning between East and West. We discuss: Why was Prime Minister Robert Fico a target of an assassination attempt? Whether Fico –…
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/435/ Reading Club: Stalin’s General – Winning WWII (sample)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jauj5-16bfdc7 On Geoffrey Roberts’ 2013 biography of Field Marshal Zhukov. [Patreon Exclusive] Who was the Soviet general and architect of Soviet victory on the Eastern Front during the Second World War? We discuss: What does Zhukov’s life tell us about…
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/425/ Reading Club: Russia’s Imitation Democracy (sample)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-m95wd-166e2bd On the late Dmitri Furman's account of post-Soviet Russia. Patreon Exclusive: for the Reading Club, join for $12/mo and get access to ALL Bungacast content, incl. 4 exclusive, original episodes a month We continue our discussions along this year's…
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/423/ Who Wants the ‘Worst Job’ in France? ft. Charles Devellennes
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-uggnj-1661d42 On France's surprise parliamentary election. The left-wing 'New Popular Front' came a surprise first, for now putting a halt to expectations that the far-right Rassemblement National would soon enter government. We talk to political scientist and commentator Charles Devellennes,…
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/422/ Meat the New Prime Minister: UK Election Rundown
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-akxkp-166057b On Labour's landslide and sandcastle majority. We unpick what happened in the UK's general election, discussing: How did Labour get such a large majority with so little enthusiasm for them? Is the UK now a multiparty democracy, and will…
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/418/ Neoliberal Order Breakdown System, German-Style ft. Gregor Baszak (sample)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ens2v-163eb49 On German political derangement. [Patreon Exclusive] Independent researcher and writer Gregor Baszak joins us to talk about German centrism being squeezed under pressure from both left and right — Sahra Wagenknecht and the AFD. Meanwhile the German economy is getting…
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