Bungacast

On class formation, fragmentation, pessimism and optimism.

George and contributing editor Leigh Phillips talk to Dan Evans, a writer and academic based in South Wales. We discuss his piece in the New…

On cities and the politics of development.

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Ben Bradlow, assistant professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton, talks to Al…

On Embracing Alienation.

Todd McGowan is back on the pod, talking to George and Alex about his book, Embracing Alienation: Why We Shouldn't Try To Find Ourselves.

• Why is alienation good actually? W…

On Trumpworld: Vance in Munich; Musk in South Africa.

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Alex, George and Ryan Zickgraf round…

On Gramsci in the 21st century.

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Sociologist Nathan Sperber and our own George Hoare talk to Alex H and Lee Jones about the new edition to their book, An Introduction to Antonio Gr…

This episode, originally published in June 2024 only for subscribers, is crucial backdrop to this Sunday's (23 Feb 2025) snap elections in Germany. 

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On the world under Trump, and British responses. 

Tim Pendry, author of the Unstable Times substack, as well as an international affairs consultant, talks to Alex H and Lee Jones about the world unde…

On European decline and inertia.

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Anton Jäger is back, talking to Alex and George about Belgium's new right-wing government, American hyperpolitics, and the l…

On David Harvey's The Condition of Postmodernity (1989).

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We focus in particular on Part III: The Experience of Space and Time – and reflect on…

On Syria, the fall of Assad, and nationalism in the Middle-East.

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Historian Djene Bajalan talks to Alex about a major rearrangement in the Levant. We discuss:

• Who are Syria's new…

On disinformation, NATO vs Russia, terrorism + more.

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We look back at a turbulent last month or so with the help of guest and "disinfor…

On the martial law crisis in South Korea.

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Jamie Doucette, who researches contemporary political economy and Korea's development at the University of Manche…

On Trump's foreign policy, the 2nd time round.

Historian and podcaster Daniel Bessner joins Alex Hochuli and contributing editor Lee Jones to ask how this era of rot and decay will proceed under Trum…

On The Fall of Public Man.

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We continue working through the 2024/25 syllabus and the first theme, The Future of Place. We ask is politics possible without a sense of place. Here we…

On President Jimmy Carter's responsibility for neoliberalism.

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Writer and historian Tim Barker talks to Alex Hochuli and contributing editor Alex Gourevitch about the former presid…

On radical conservatism and global order.

Professor Michael C. Williams talks to George and Alex about his co-authored World of the Right and how the radical right has gone global. We discuss:

• Does…

On Conclave.

In our final episode of the year, we debate Edgar Berger's new film about a Papal election, featuring Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci as Cardinals and Isabella Rossellini as a nun.

• Is …

On Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity

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We continue working through the 2024/25 syllabus with the first theme, The…

On immediacy, representation, and anti-politics.

Anna Kornbluh, professor of English and author of Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late Capitalism talks to Alex about the cultural, political, and econ…

On your questions, comments & criticisms.

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We're back with a final letters to the editor episode of 2024 in which we discuss:

• the universalisation of 'anti-fascism' as a kind of …