https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pgv57-12b743a On Communism's historic role. We talk to renowned Serbian-American economist Branko Milanovic about growing up in Yugoslavia and how, in much of the world, History never ended. We then dedicate much of the episode to discussing Branko's claim…
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Excerpt: /280/ Three Articles: Liberal Nationalism
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-t468r-12938f2 [Patreon Exclusive] With European liberals waving Ukraine flags, how might the war and escalating geopolitical tensions between major power be prompting a return to nationalism and patriotism? Is it just a means for elites to extract sacrifices from the…
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/270/ Russia vs the West ft. Richard Sakwa
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2st8d-125e567 On the endgame to war in Ukraine. Eminent Russian expert, Putin and Gorbachev biographer and ex-Sovietologist, Prof Richard Sakwa, joins us in advance of his imminent retirement from the University of Kent. We talk about the geopolitics of…
Anti-Politics & Beyond (Munich Book Launch – Audio)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8qh4q-1248bf2 If the End of History was characterised by post-politics, and the 'populist decade' of the 2010s dominated by anti-politics, then how should we understand more recent phenomena? Are the following of a qualitatively different nature to anti-politics, namely: the…
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Ruling Class Hysteria (Berlin Book Launch – Audio)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-t3ejv-1248bdb To commemorate the publication of the German edition of The End of the End of History, co-author Alex Hochuli was in conversation with David Broder, Europe editor of Jacobin Magazine at Spike Magazine, Berlin. The crumbling of the liberal,…
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Excerpt: /261/ Three Articles: Macronistan
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fwwzm-1217524 [Patreon Exclusive] We analyse the French presidential election results, the country's geographical and class divides, and what a second term for Macron means for the EU. Three Articles: Emmanuel Macron Is Forming a New Right-Wing Bloc, Interview…
/257/ How to Boil a Frog (2) ft. Chris Bickerton
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fr7s9-1205b58 The second part of our double ep on France's presidential election. Ahead of the second round, we discuss how likely a Le Pen victory could be and the effect of Zemmour’s candidacy – which appears to have made her…
/256/ How to Boil a Frog (1) ft. Charles Devellennes
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xbtf8-120364e On France's presidential elections. We talk to Charles Devellennes to digest the first round, which saw centre-right Macron and far-right Le Pen come out on top, with leftist Mélenchon missing out. How similar are Macron and Le Pen's…
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/254/ Three Articles: Ukraine
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6qud8-11f84ff [Patreon Exclusive] On US proxy wars, Russia's elite, Ukrainian neutrality. 'Three Articles' aims to provide serious political discussion on current affairs that we feel is lacking elsewhere, drawing out the logical conclusions of the three pieces' arguments.…
/252/ Technopopulism & Toxic Politics ft. Carlo Invernizzi Accetti
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xs7x3-11ededf On the fusion of technocracy & populism. Carlo Invernizzi Accetti talks to us about his book, Technopopulism, co-authored with Chris Bickerton. This is the "new logic of democratic politics". How are all politicians today effectively technocratic and populist at the…
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