/257/ How to Boil a Frog (2) ft. Chris Bickerton
The second part of our double ep on France's presidential election. Ahead of the second round, we discuss how likely a Le Pen victory could be and the effect of Zemmour’s candidacy – which appears...
20 Huhti 202253min
/256/ How to Boil a Frog (1) ft. Charles Devellennes
On France's presidential elections. We talk to Charles Devellennes to digest the first round, which saw centre-right Macron and far-right Le Pen come out on top, with leftist Mélenchon missing out...
19 Huhti 202249min
Excerpt: /255/ Reading Club: Fear I – Robin
[Patreon Tier 2 Exclusive] On Corey Robin's Fear: The History of a Political Idea. This is March's Reading Club, the third in the Emergency Politics section of the 2022 Syllabus.
14 Huhti 20229min
/254/ Three Articles: Ukraine
[Patreon Exclusive] On US proxy wars, Russia's elite, Ukrainian neutrality. 'Three Articles' aims to provide serious political discussion on current affairs that we feel is lacking elsewhere, ...
12 Huhti 202211min
/252/ Technopopulism & Toxic Politics ft. Carlo Invernizzi Accetti
On the fusion of technocracy & populism. Carlo Invernizzi Accetti talks to us about his book, Technopopulism, co-authored with Chris Bickerton. This is the "new logic of democratic politics". How are ...
5 Huhti 202253min
/250/ Oil & Disorder ft. Helen Thompson
On energy, the material basis for all our politics? Helen Thompson, podcaster and professor of political economy at Cambridge and author of Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century, joins us to talk ...
29 Maalis 202247min
/249/ Dances with Truckers ft. Ashley Frawley
On the Freedom Convoy, the indigenous question, and 'anti-socialist socialism'(?) Sociologist and commentator Ashley Frawley is back on the pod to talk about the situation in Canada. With family m...
22 Maalis 20221h 4min
Excerpt: /248/ Aufhebonus Bonus
In which we respond to listener questions & criticisms. A bumper episode, featuring plenty on Canadian truckers, Swedish populists, ideas of justice, hyperpolitics and much more. The full episode is ...
15 Maalis 20228min
