UNLOCKED: /373/ Take a Stand: Be Neutral! ft. Lily Lynch

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-p5zwa-151a9ee On NATO expansion and the end of neutrality   Previously a Patreon Exclusive. For more like this, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast   Lily Lynch is back on the pod to talk about Northern and Eastern Europe and growing hawkishness. We…

/370/ Dead Ends in Israel & Palestine ft. Alex Gourevitch

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cudxe-14d794e On violence and the lack of political resolution.   Regular guest Alex Gourevitch joins us to discuss why the Israel/Palestine conflict is so intractable – and why it draws so much attention. Alex then explains why, lamentably, there is…

/369/ Information-War and War-Politics ft. Jacob Siegel

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-suitt-14d355c On the war on disinformation and the war in Gaza.    Jacob Siegel, senior editor at Tablet, joins us to talk about Hamas's attack on Israel and Israel's assault on Gaza. We also discuss how the US crusade against…

/367/ Don’t Pay Them Back ft. Jerome Roos

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gnpfv-14c915b On sovereign debt and taking back control.   The leading candidate in Argentina's election this month wants to avoid defaulting on the country's debt at all costs. But back in 2001, after a mass revolt, Argentina reneged on its…

/331/ The Zone (pt. 1) ft. Quinn Slobodian

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jnpb5-13d3650 On cracked-up capitalism. Historian of ideas Quinn Slobodian joins us again, this time to discuss his latest book, Crack-up Capitalism – the vision of a global capitalism with its constituent nation-states perforated by ‘zones’ shorn of any national oversight…