North America – Aufhebunga Bunga

/541/ Wedging in a Lever ft. Benjamin Fong

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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rpw7b-1a7ddc5 On Amazon, labour & logistics, and trains. Benjamin Fong, of ASU's Center for Work and Democracy, as well as an editor at Damage and co-author of the substack On The Seams, talks to Alex and George about organising workers…

/536/ Can Racism Be Overcome Within Capitalism? ft. Paul Gomberg

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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-u9eq9-1a5468d On anti-racism, communism, and philosophy. Alex Gourevitch talks to political philosopher Paul Gomberg about his original and deep Marxist arguments for what makes racism wrong, why racism cannot be eradicated without overcoming capitalism, and the limits of many contemporary…

/531/ Interiorising the Border ft. Ryan Zickgraf

by Alex__1789January 30, 2026Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3j7t9-1a3144c On ICE, Minneapolis – and your questions & comments. Contributing editor Ryan Zickgraf is back from Minnesota and tells us what is happening on the ground. We also discuss: If this was Trump picking a fight, why Minnesota? Do the…

/513/ Global Right: LATAM Division ft. Guilherme Casarões

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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zvegy-197c17f On the Bolsonaros, Milei and MAGA. Alex talks to Guilherme Casarões, Associate Professor of Brazilian Studies at Florida International University, about Bolsonaro's sentencing, Trump's tariffs on Brazil, and the bailout of Milei. Is the motivation behind the tariffs on…

/509/ The Revenge of Ethnic Chauvinism ft. Orlando Patterson

by Alex__1789September 9, 2025Leave a comment

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…

/496/ Insane-Washing the War (Which Did Not Take Place)

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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-psw7t-18f0815 On the war on Iran that wasn't (yet). Alex and George review the past month in the world and on Bungacast: The crazy will-they-won't-they of a potential US war on Iran The ex post facto justifications on all sides…

/495/ Heritage America vs the World? ft. James Pogue

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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…

/492/ The Armed Wing of the Deplatforming Movement ft. Alex Gourevitch

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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-hbari-18d0b89 On the right to protest. [For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast] Contributing editor Alex Gourevitch talks to Alex H and George about restrictions on speech and protest at US universities and beyond – particularly with regard to Palestine…

/481/ Everything is Plausible: Oligarchy – or Worse ft. Corey Robin

by Alex__1789April 15, 2025Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rxdcm-187ed7a On Trump's government, his motives and his modus operandi. Political theorist Corey Robin talks to Alex H and contributing editors Lee Jones and Alex Gourevitch about Trump II from a domestic perspective. We look at the three main things…

/479/ El Tarifazo: Trump’s Tariff Thwack ft. Lee Jones

by Alex__1789April 8, 2025Leave a comment

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…