https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-s46r8-18dcd11 On the dual crisis of the world. Wolfgang Streeck, renowned economic sociologist, is back on to talk to us about the crisis of capitalist growth and of democracy. We focus on the solutions proposed in his brilliant new book,…
Read More /494/ National Democracy or Globalist War ft. Wolfgang Streeck
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7y94v-18756cb On Trump's 'liberation day' tariffs and the end of globalisation. [For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] Contributing editor Lee Jones talks to Alex about the tariffs, as they try to reconstruct the Trump admin's thinking, and consider avenues and…
Read More /479/ El Tarifazo: Trump’s Tariff Thwack ft. Lee Jones
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-x6fpv-1864bb3 On Erdogan's World and the revolt against it. [For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] Historian Djene Bajalan joins George and Alex to review the past month – ceasefires in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, winning and losing…
Read More /477/ Talking Turkey in the Group Chat ft. Djene Bajalan
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8pky8-181f07b On Trumpworld: Vance in Munich; Musk in South Africa. [This contains only the interview on South Africa – for the full episode subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] Alex, George and Ryan Zickgraf round up events in Germany: first the elections, then…
Read More /472/ Munich, MAGA, Musk, Malema ft. Will Shoki / Ryan Zickgraf
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9nhhv-180869a On the world under Trump, and British responses. Tim Pendry, author of the Unstable Times substack, as well as an international affairs consultant, talks to Alex H and Lee Jones about the world under Trump II, the massive shifts underway,…
Read More /470/ Political Reaction to System Failure ft. Tim Pendry
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zi55w-17e4d5f On Syria, the fall of Assad, and nationalism in the Middle-East. [Patreon Exclusive] Historian Djene Bajalan talks to Alex about a major rearrangement in the Levant. We discuss: Who are Syria's new rulers HTS, and what is their vision –…
Read More /467/ Mosques & Malls & Nation-States ft. Djene Bajalan
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kccv2-17db095 On disinformation, NATO vs Russia, terrorism + more. [Full episode for subscribers only. Go to patreon.com/bungacast] We look back at a turbulent last month or so with the help of guest and "disinformation bot" Tara McCormac. We put it…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rdea3-1793bd7 On radical conservatism and global order. Professor Michael C. Williams talks to George and Alex about his co-authored World of the Right and how the radical right has gone global. We discuss: Does academia takes the Right as seriously…
Read More /461/ Welcome to the World of the Right ft. Michael C. Williams
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8urxc-1765f54 On Taiwan, semiconductors, and war. [Full episode for subscribers only] James Lin, Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of Washington at Seattle, talks to Phil about Taiwanese politics and the country's place in the world, in terms…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3zij3-1709f03 On Israel's invasion of Lebanon and beyond. Karl Sharro (Lebanese-Iraqi architect and satirist @KarlreMarks) and Iranian writer and historian Arash Azizi join us to discuss war in the Middle East. We ask: Is Israel finally waging the great war that…
Read More /444/ Opportunism & Revenge in the Middle East ft. Karl Sharro & Arash Azizi
