Bungacast

On your questions & criticisms. [Patreon Exclusive] We debate what kind of work 'shared-labour socialism' would involve in a complex society, and what role 'dispossession' or 'expropriation' has in th...

6 Joulu 20227min

On Inhuman Power.   [Patreon Tier II & III Exclusive]   Contemporary capitalism is possessed by the Artificial Intelligence (AI) question – one of the few areas today in which capitalist still see...

1 Joulu 20229min

On "techno-feudalism". In the Bungacast Reading Club for patrons, we've been discussing various works on "neo-feudalism" - a thesis that tries to explain capitalist stagnation and inequality by arguin...

29 Marras 20221h 14min

On Mali and the Sahel.   French president Emmanuel Macron declared the end of Opération Barkhane on 9 November 2022, bringing to an end to nearly 10 years of French military intervention in Mali. Bu...

22 Marras 202245min

A special five-part series on generational consciousness and conflict. Previously released in 2021 only to subscribers at patreon.com/bungacast, a year on we're releasing the whole series to everyone...

15 Marras 20225h 4min

On your questions & criticisms. [Patreon Exclusive]   The weakness of anti-EU forces; the implications of defending Ukrainian sovereignty; what should we call the new far-right and what does it *do...

8 Marras 202210min

On Joel Kotkin's The Coming of Neo-Feudalism  We start off by discussing your points on the last RC, on conspiracy theory. Then we delve into Kotkin's book, asking whether he has an adequate understan...

4 Marras 202212min

On nuclear exterminism.  To commemorate our 300th episode, we discuss how the world is closer to a nuclear conflict than at any point since the Cold War. After decades of inconsequential 'permawar' (a...

2 Marras 20221h 17min