/448/ Foreign Agents, Quiet Oligarchs & Neverending History ft. Hans Gutbrod
On Georgia's pivotal elections and its post-Soviet history. [Full episode only for patrons] Hans Gutbrod, who has been working in the Caucasus region since 1999 and now teaches at Ilia State Universit...
1 Nov 202439min
/447/ Brunch Back Better ft. Ryan Zickgraf & Amber A'Lee Frost
On the US election, messaging and learning stupid lessons. [Full episode only at Patreon] We welcome Amber A'Lee Frost (California via Indiana and New York) and Ryan Zickgraf (Pennsylvania via Illinoi...
29 Okt 202432min
/446/ The Techno-Fantasy of Perfect Freedom ft. Amber Trotter
On egg-freezing, 'having it all', and neoliberal liberty. [Patreon Exclusive] We welcome Damage editor and practicing psychologist Amber Trotter on to talk about "Frozen Freedom", Amber's piece on art...
22 Okt 20245min
/445/ How I Hacked the US Election ft. Alex Gourevitch
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 and...
18 Okt 20241h 23min
/444/ Opportunism & Revenge in the Middle East ft. Karl Sharro & Arash Azizi
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 ...
15 Okt 20241h 14min
/443/ Nations, Globalisation & De-development: Reading Club (sample)
On Nations & Nationalism since 1870. [Patreon Exclusive] 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 classi...
8 Okt 20244min
/442/ The Unique French Capacity for Disappointment ft. Nathan Sperber (sample)
On France's permacrisis. [Patreon Exclusive] 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 cat...
1 Okt 20248min
/441/ Original Source End of End of History
On liberal takes on the end of the End of History. [Patreon Exclusive] We start by discussing Yasha Mounk's dismissal of an end to the End of History. Does he underestimate liberal democracy's inabili...
29 Sep 202426min
