Grenfell Tower is Still Burning w/ Peter Apps and Anna Stec
Peter Apps and Anna Stec discuss the Grenfell Tower fire, placing the incident in a longer political history of deregulation and privatisation as well as the ongoing dangers caused by the toxic nature...
11 Helmi 20251h 5min
Workers Inquiry in the Care Economy w/ Callum Cant
Callum Cant joins the podcast to explain 'workers inquiry', a form of research that places the working class as its centre and protagonist. He explains how it differs from other forms of theoretical w...
31 Joulu 20241h 28min
Ideology and the Crisis of Care w/ Alyssa Battistoni
If access to care is so expensive, why are care workers so poorly paid? Historically, feminist discourses have looked at how ideology structures how we understand and value care work. However, in this...
24 Joulu 20241h 8min
30 Years of Violence in the Department for Work and Pensions w/ John Pring
John Pring documents the history of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), specifically how this department has inflicted 30 years of violence and austerity on sick and disabled people in Britain...
11 Joulu 20241h 17min
HIV/AIDS in England w/ George Severs
George Severs provides a history of HIV/AIDS in England, paying close attention to the various political and social formations that emerged to address the harms of the virus, which were compounded by ...
3 Joulu 20241h 8min
Left Melancholia and the Arab Political Subject w/ Nihal El Aasar
Nihal El Aasar discusses her recent essay, titled Left-wing Melancholia, which has been published as part of Parapraxis Magazine's Palestine issue. In the essay Nihal explores the responses to the ong...
26 Marras 202451min
Austerity, Panic and Policing on the NYC Subway w/ Youbin Kang and John Ferretti
Youbin Kang and John Ferretti discuss the compounding issues of austerity, policing, and propaganda on the New York City subway system. Specifically, they explore the way incidents of harm and violenc...
20 Marras 202449min
The Politics of Motherhood w/ Helen Charman
Helen Charman describes some of the many political and historical struggles over the meaning and status of motherhood, by way of thinkers such as Denise Riley and Jacqueline Rose, as well as figures s...
12 Marras 20241h 18min
