Bungacast

On Taiwan, semiconductors, and war.

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James Lin, Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of Washington at Seattle, talks to Phil about Taiwane…

On Mothers and the institution of the family.

We're happy to bring you the recording of the launch event for the third issue of Damage magazine, with whom we're partnered. George and Alex were presen…

On the End of History and Europe.

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LSE professor Mike Wilkinson talks to Phil and Alex about how the history of European integration fits with co…

On the maelstrom of the metropolis.

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We kick of the 2024/25 syllabus with the first theme, The Future of Place, asking, is p…

On the military decline of the American empire.

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The Swedish writer Malcom Kyeyune talks to Phil about what happens to the evil empire when the stormtroopers can’t shoot straight a…

On pro-family politics, and the US election and labour.

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Dustin Guastella talks to Phil and Alex about what the election of Trump will mean fo…

On Trump's return and the end of the End of History (still!)

Historian and Jacobin contributing editor Matt Karp joins us to extract the true meaning of the US election. We discuss:

• How Trump's vict…

On your questions, comments, criticisms.

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It's our letter to the episode show where we have a chance to answer you, the listener. We discuss:

• Has Bungacast gone eco-austerian?

• A…

On Georgia's pivotal elections and its post-Soviet history.

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Hans Gutbrod, who has been working in the Caucasus region since 1999 and now teaches at Ilia State Universi…

On the US election, messaging and learning stupid lessons.

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We welcome Amber A'Lee Frost (California via Indiana and New York) and Ryan Zickgraf (Pennsylvania via Illino…

On egg-freezing, 'having it all', and neoliberal liberty.

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We welcome Damage editor and practicing psychologist Amber Trotter on to talk about "Frozen Freedom", Amber's piece on ar…

On the left-wing case for freedom.

Regular contributor Alex Gourevitch is back on to talk about how the Democrats are approaching the US presidential election. Alex talks us through an influential an…

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…

On Nations & Nationalism since 1870.

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We start by dealing with your questions regarding last month's RC, on Stalin, Zhukhov and WWII.

Then we read and discuss Eric Hobsbawm's class…

On France's permacrisis.

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French sociologist Nathan Sperber talks to George and Alex about his new essay in the New Left Review, "The French Crisis: Organic or Conjunctural". We ca…

On liberal takes on the end of the End of History.

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We start by discussing Yasha Mounk's dismissal of an end to the End of History. Does he underestimate liberal democracy's inabil…

On tradwives, influencers, and boys.

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Amber is back on the pod, talking to Alex and George about her forthcoming piece on neo-traditionalism and women, in Damage issue 3, which wil…

On "eco-modernism".

Ted Nordhaus, co-founder and executive director of the Breakthrough Institute, talks to Leigh and Alex the 20th anniversary of "The Death of Environmentalism" and the 10th anniver…

On the US culture wars, then and now.

Historian Andrew Hartman, author of A War for the Soul of America, talks to Alex about how US Americans have been sorted into cultural camps over the past fifty …

On disinformation, misinformation and the popular will.

Holly Jean Buck, Assistant Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University at Buffalo, joins us to talk about her recent pieces a…