/440/ Dear Tradmother, Why Are You Sad? ft. Amber A'Lee Frost (sample)
On tradwives, influencers, and boys. [Patreon Exclusive] Amber is back on the pod, talking to Alex and George about her forthcoming piece on neo-traditionalism and women, in Damage issue 3, which will...
24 Sep 20244min
/439/ We Can Shape Our Own Environment ft. Ted Nordhaus
On "eco-modernism". Ted Nordhaus, co-founder and executive director of the Breakthrough Institute, talks to Leigh and Alex the 20th anniversary of "The Death of Environmentalism" and the 10th annivers...
19 Sep 20241h 3min
/438/ You Are Being Enlisted into the Culture War ft. Andrew Hartman
On the US culture wars, then and now. Historian Andrew Hartman, author of A War for the Soul of America, talks to Alex about how US Americans have been sorted into cultural camps over the past fifty y...
17 Sep 20241h 20min
/437/ Climate Change Is Not an Information Problem ft. Holly Buck (sample)
On disinformation, misinformation and the popular will. Holly Jean Buck, Assistant Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University at Buffalo, joins us to talk about her recent pieces ar...
12 Sep 20245min
/436/ Slovakia's Four World Directions ft. Dominik Zelinsky
On corruption, charisma, populism & assassination in Slovakia. Slovak sociologist Dominik Zelinksy joins us to discuss Slovakia's positioning between East and West. We discuss: Why was Prime Minister...
10 Sep 20241h 17min
UNLOCKED: /419/ Who Owns Power ft. Fred Stafford
On the electricity grid and the institutions involved. [Episode originally released only to subscribers on 20 June 2024. Join us at patreon.com/bungacast] Fred Stafford, a STEM professional, a writer ...
5 Sep 20241h 17min
/435/ Reading Club: Stalin's General – Winning WWII (sample)
On Geoffrey Roberts’ 2013 biography of Field Marshal Zhukov. [Patreon Exclusive] Who was the Soviet general and architect of Soviet victory on the Eastern Front during the Second World War? We discuss...
3 Sep 20245min
/434/ Bodiless Bodies ft. Matthew Thompson & Jonny Gordon-Farleigh (sample)
On the NGO-isation of the state. [Patreon Exclusive] Researchers and writers Matthew Thompson and Jonny Gordon-Farleigh join us to discuss their recent Damage article with George Hoare. Civil society ...
29 Aug 20244min
