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-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-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
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xnggy-162d50c On your questions & criticism regarding pro-Palestine protests. [Patreon Exclusive] In this episode we focus on the discussion generated by our episode that came out in early May on the protests on US campuses. We discuss the…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-py2tw-1501896 On your criticisms. [Patreon Exclusive - subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] We respond to your points made in the comments on Patreon over the past few months. The first section is of course dedicated to the Gaza war, followed…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-b4m2c-14f006a On a decade of protest around the world. Journalist Vincent Bevins is back on the podcast to talk about his new book, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution. We discuss the 2010s protest…
Read More /374/ You’re Gonna Need Representation ft. Vincent Bevins
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…
Read More /370/ Dead Ends in Israel & Palestine ft. Alex Gourevitch
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…
Read More /369/ Information-War and War-Politics ft. Jacob Siegel
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ybm2u-11314f8 On sectarianism & identitarianism. Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) is back on Bunga to talk to us about his essay "The Retreat from Universalism in the Middle East and the World". Lebanon has been used as a model for other Middle…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9d7f7-10761db On world history, 1900-2020. For our 200th episode special, we pose the question: "If you had to study the history of only one country from 1900-2020, and thereby understand the history of the whole world, which would you pick?"…
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