https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7n2ru-10073d6 On Covid state failure + responses to listeners. The full episode is for subscribers only. Sign up at patreon.com/bungacast We start off by discussing listener points and criticisms – e.g. is PMC a useful category? Is a…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pk3r5-ff8f34 We discuss the first of Perry Anderson's new essays on Europe published in the London Review of Books, which focuses on Luuk van Middelaar - described as the EU's first organic intellectual. We discuss what that means, as well…
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-kkgbz-fdb581 On the socialist case for Scottish independence. David Jamieson and Cat Boyd, writers and hosts of Conter, the Scottish anti-capitalist website and podcast, join us to to talk about the prospects for Scottish independence in advance of the Scottish…
Read More /181/ Juche in North Britain? ft. Cat Boyd & David Jamieson
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.…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-bd2bs-fc2a06 We've exceptionally unlocked one of our recent Reading Clubs. For access to all the monthly Reading Clubs - as well as our ~2 patreon episodes a month - subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast for $10. –– On Richard Tuck's The Left…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7nxqh-f7a502 This is a sample. Reading Clubs are for patrons $10+. Sign up now at patreon.com/bungacast This month we discuss a book by leading German sociologist and public intellectual, Wolfgang Streeck. Critical Encounters is a compilation of book reviews, discussing…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-eet6q-f31111 Game writer & designer Jonas Kyratzes joins us to talk about the art of games, the culture of gaming, the gamification of society, and the identity politics of gamer culture. How far has Jonas’ own philosophy influenced his writing…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4zraf-f1dadd On Germany, the hegemon of Europe. We are joined by leading German public intellectual Wolfgang Streeck to discuss the role of Germany at the end of the End of History. How is it and the EU faring under the…
Read More /160/ Enemies of the People (Large & Very Small) ft. Wolfgang Streeck
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6yc29-f11cff On why anti-fascism is a problem. The Trump presidency and the current protests in the US have led many to argue this is just like the 1930s. The implication is that fascism is rising and the Left must…
Read More UNLOCKED /152/ I Can’t Believe It’s Not Weimar ft. David Broder
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