Bungacast
The global politics podcast at the end of the End of History. Politics is back but it’s stranger than ever: join us as we chart a course beyond the age of ’bunga bunga’. Interviews, long-form discussions, docu-series.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 421
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
/160/ Enemies of the People (Large & Very Small) ft. Wolfgang Streeck
On Germany, the hegemon of Europe.
We are joined by leading German public intellectual Wolfgang Streeck to discuss the role of Germany at the end of the End of History. How is it and the EU faring un…
/159/ Biden Time ft. Amber A'Lee Frost & Alex Gourevitch
On the US election, a huge turnout and the end of Trump.
We survey the results of the presidential and legislative elections, peer through the exit polls and discuss some counterintuitive facts: Flo…
Excerpt: /158/ Three Articles: Cosmopolitan Austerity & Control
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In this latest Three Articles, we discuss cosmopolitanism, the end of austerity (maybe?) and social control in the pandemic.
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UNLOCKED /152/ I Can't Believe It's Not Weimar ft. David Broder
Excerpt: /157/ Reading Club: Emancipation After Hegel
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This month we discuss Todd McGowan's Emancipation After Hegel: Achieving a Contradictory Revolution - an introduction to, defence and r…
/156/ Cosmo-Jihad ft. Darryl Li
Internationalism used to be a defining characteristic of the Left. Globalism is a defining characteristic of neoliberal capitalism. Both seem to be characteristic of Islamist jihadism. How did Islami…
UNLOCKED /154/ A Reasonably Important Election... Preview ft. Alex Gourevitch
On the Covid election.
Trump has made himself deeply unpopular while the Democrats have tried to demobilise the electorate. What, if anything, are the two parties selling? Are they coherent entitie…
Excerpt: /155/ Aufhebonus Bonus ft. Benjamin Moser
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We start off by discussing the beheading of a French teacher for having shown his pupils the Mohammed cartoons in a class on free spee…
Excerpt: /154/ A Reasonably Important Election ft. Alex Gourevitch
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On the Covid election.
Trump has made himself deeply unpopular while the Democrats have tried to demobilise the electorate. W…
/153/ Repubblica di Bunga ft. David Broder
On the country of the future.
Italy has stagnated for 30 years, becoming a neoliberal gerontocracy with crumbling infrastructure (sound familiar?). Worse, it's a country without a Left. How did the p…
Excerpt: /152/ I Can't Believe It's Not Weimar ft. David Broder
On why anti-fascism is a problem. The Trump presidency and the current protests in the US have led many to argue this is ju…
[UNLOCKED] /146/ Class is Cancelled ft. Ben Tippet
On class.
Class as an idea and an identity is now supposedly redundant. It’s been replaced by conflicts between generations and transcended by more up-to-date identities linking people together throu…
Excerpt: /151/ Reading Club: Full Employment
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This month we discuss Polish economist Michal Kalecki's landmark essay, "Political Aspects of Full Employment". This follows on from our …
/150/ Shadow Commander ft. Arash Azizi
On Iran at the End of History.
When the US assassinated Iran's 'shadow commander', Qassem Soleimani, everyone thought WW3 would break out. What happened instead? We talk to the author of a new book …
/149/ It's Not Robots, It's Capitalism ft. Aaron Benanav / Liz Pancotti
On unemployment.
The Covid crisis has led to millions out of work - but the situation was none too rosy before, either. Post-crisis recoveries seem increasingly 'jobless', while the overall labour fo…
Excerpt: /148/ Three Articles (September)
/147/ The Past Doesn't Go Away ft. Benjamin Moser
On modernism and its end.
We're joined by 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser to discuss the tensions between hating your national culture and wanting to leave it behind, and the effacement of…
Excerpt: /146/ Class is Cancelled ft. Ben Tippet
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On class.
Class as an idea and an identity is now supposedly redundant. It’s been replaced by conflicts between generations…
/145/ The End of Conservatism ft. Julius Krein
On political decline and realignment.
The editor of American Affairs joins us to discuss the decay of conservatism and we ask whether this decay doesn't apply to other parts of the political spectrum…