https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jsxs7-195c6cc On slavery, racism, and the politics of freedom. Renowned sociologist Orlando Patterson talks to contributing editor Alex Gourevitch about themes brought up by his recent The Paradox of Freedom as well as his works as a whole. Why is…
Read More /509/ The Revenge of Ethnic Chauvinism ft. Orlando Patterson
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kpfp2-191ef8a On the end of the end of history and what comes next. Phil is back on the pod, talking with George and Alex about the big themes of the podcast. In particular, we look at a recent essay in…
Read More /503/ Effervescent Decadence in the Third Modernity
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-23icm-190febe We celebrate 500 episodes of Aufhebunga Bunga with a cold, hard look at the decay around us. Alex and George plus contributing editors Lee Jones and Alex Gourevitch wrangle with four principal questions: What does it mean to say…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6xf52-18e5e85 On land conflicts, MAGA , and the frontier. Journalist James Pogue talks to George and Alex about his book Chosen Country: A Rebellion in the West. The book concerns the events surrounding the 2016 armed occupation of the Oregon…
Read More /495/ Heritage America vs the World? ft. James Pogue
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9jccy-189321c On the mass-production of loyalty. *** We are exceptionally making this episode of the Reading Club freely available. See the full syllabus here: 2024/25 Reading Club. If you'd like to join, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast/membership. *** The second reading in…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-avsaq-187dea3 On Perry Anderson's "Internationalism: A Breviary". [For the full episode subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] We kick off the second block/theme of the 2024/25 Reading Club on Nations & Internationalism in the 21st Century by looking at a 2002 essay which…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zam22-17a00c1 On President Jimmy Carter's responsibility for neoliberalism. [Patreon Exclusive] Writer and historian Tim Barker talks to Alex Hochuli and contributing editor Alex Gourevitch about the former president's life and legacy. What do people get wrong about Carter? Was Carter,…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vii7f-16fd8c4 On Nations & Nationalism since 1870. [Patreon Exclusive] We start by dealing with your questions regarding last month's RC, on Stalin, Zhukhov and WWII. Then we read and discuss Eric Hobsbawm's classic work in which he emphasises that nations…
Read More /443/ Nations, Globalisation & De-development: Reading Club (sample)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-f55pv-16e9e37 On liberal takes on the end of the End of History. [Patreon Exclusive] We start by discussing Yasha Mounk's dismissal of an end to the End of History. Does he underestimate liberal democracy's inability to legitimise itself anymore? Is…
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…
Read More /435/ Reading Club: Stalin’s General – Winning WWII (sample)
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