Bungacast

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 justifica…

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 a…

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 i…

On the right to protest.

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Contributing editor Alex Gourevitch talks to Alex H and George about restrictions on speech and protest at US unive…

On Poland's election, its history, its self-conception.

Philosopher Maciej Szlinder joins us to talk about Polish politics, society and history. Maciej is a member of the general council of the left-…

On the former Yugoslavia and the ethnography of anti-nationalists.

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On the end of the (very) long 1960s.

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Contributing Editor Lee Jones joins Alex and George to talk through the themes and stories of the month…

On tech and the last hu-men.

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Writer Alex Gender is back, talking to Alex and George about his recent essay, "Homo Algorithmicus", as well as…

On what is next for 'PMC theory'

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The social media avatar known as Christopher Lasch's Angry Ghost joins us to unpick the conjuncture: as the…

On Romania's annulled election – and the repeat.

Academic and housing activist Enikő Vincze talks to Alex about why December 2024's election result was annulled, and how Romanian politics is followin…

On the promise of videos games.

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Pawel Kaczmarski – a literary critic who teaches modern and contemporary Polish literature at the University…

On the charges against France's Marine Le Pen.

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Alex and George discuss some main stories from the past month. After the death of Pope Franci…

On the mass-production of loyalty.

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On Filipino politics and geopolitics.

Renowned public intellectual Walden Bello talks to Alex and contributing editor Lee Jones about his recently published memoirs, former president Rodrigo Duterte'…

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 perspec…

On Perry Anderson's "Internationalism: A Breviary".

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We kick off the second block/theme of the 2024/25 Reading Club on Nations & International…

On Trump's 'liberation day' tariffs and the end of globalisation.

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Contributing editor Lee Jones talks to Alex about the tariffs, as they try…

On revolution, epic poetry, John Milton, and freedom.

George and contributing editor Alex Gourevitch talk to Orlando Reade, who teaches English at Northeastern University London.  We discuss Orlando’…

On Erdogan's World and the revolt against it.

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Historian Djene Bajalan joins George and Alex to review the past month – ceasefires in Eastern…

On critical theory and autonomy.

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Jensen Suther, a junior fellow at Harvard working in philosophy and literature, talks to Alex H and contrib…