/429/ Reading Club: Treason of the Intellectuals (sample)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2n4a6-1690080 On Julien Benda's famous 1927 work. [Patreon Exclusive] We continue on the theme of 'Intellectuals and the Public' by discussing the often cited by little read The Treason of the Clerks. We ask: If Benda was responding to the…

/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…

/408/ Was It Raining When You Fled Paris? ft. Peter Gourevitch

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xmbyc-15fcfe9 On the earth-shaking events of the 20th century, through a personal lens.   Regular contributor Alex Gourevitch sits down with political scientist Peter Gourevitch to talk about their shared family history. Why did their grandparents/great-grandparents become Mensheviks? How did…

/397/ Reading Club: Imagined Communities (sample)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-e66yw-15af087 On Benedict Anderson's classic Imagined Communities.   [Patreon Exclusive. Subscribe: patreon.com/bungacast]   Originally published in 1983, Anderson's account of the origins of nations is one of the most cited books in English in the humanities. In what ways does…

[FROM THE VAULT] /74/ Order Not Freedom ft. Quinn Slobodian

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kz3yg-1536e3c FROM THE VAULT: GEORGE'S PICK (2) On the unexpected origins of neoliberalism. We talk to Quinn Slobodian, author of Globalists, about how neoliberals look back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the League of Nations. Why does neoliberalism talk about freedom, but…