Bungacast

On The Fall of Public Man. [Patreon Exclusive] 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 ...

14 Jan 202516min

On President Jimmy Carter's responsibility for neoliberalism. [Patreon Exclusive] Writer and historian Tim Barker talks to Alex Hochuli and contributing editor Alex Gourevitch about the former preside...

8 Jan 202513min

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 ...

2 Jan 20251h 19min

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 t...

23 Des 202411min

On Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity [For access, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast/membership] We continue working through the 2024/25 syllabus with the first theme, The ...

20 Des 20245min

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 econo...

17 Des 20241h 18min

On your questions, comments & criticisms. [Patreon Exclusive] 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 p...

12 Des 20244min

On Taiwan, semiconductors, and war. [Full episode for subscribers only] James Lin, Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of Washington at Seattle, talks to Phil about Taiwanes...

10 Des 202443min