/RE-RELEASE/ Silvio Berlusconi: An Oral History
On the one-year anniversary of the death of our evil patron saint, Silvio Berlusconi, we are re-releasing our audio obituary. RIP Silvio. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi died on 12 Jun...
12 Jun 20241h 4min
/417/ Has India passed peak Modi? ft. Achin Vanaik
On India's election and a blow for the BJP. Esteemed writer and social activist Achin Vanaik is back on Bungacast to unpick India's monumental, seven-week-long electoral process in which over 600m peo...
11 Jun 20241h 29min
/416/ Aufhebonus Bonus (sample)
On your questions & criticism regarding pro-Palestine protests. [Patreon Exclusive] In this episode we focus on the discussion generated by our episode that came out in early May on the protests o...
6 Jun 20245min
/415/ Left-Populism That Works? (II) ft. Juan David Rojas
On MORENA and Claudia Sheinbaum's huge victory. Mexico has elected its first woman president, tasked with extending the hugely popular AMLO'S legacy. What are her prospects and challenges? We ask: Wh...
4 Jun 20241h 4min
/414/ Zone of Banality or the Authority of Evil?
On Zone of Interest and Holocaust film. [Patreon Exclusive] We discuss the winner of the Oscar for Best International Feature Film – one that split opinion, among critics and on the pod too! How...
31 Mai 20246min
/413/ Left-Populism That Works? (I) ft. Roger Lancaster
On Mexico's elections. [Full episode at patreon.com/bungacast] Mexico goes to the polls this Sunday with the ruling centre-left MORENA party holding a commanding lead. Anthropologist Roger Lancast...
30 Mai 202454min
/412/ No Future But Future Music ft. Simon Reynolds
On Futuromania and closing and opening of musical horizons. We talk to renowned music critic Simon Reynolds about his new book. A counterpart of sorts to his famous Retromania (2011), Futuromania lo...
28 Mai 20241h 27min
/411/ What Kind of American Are You?
On Alex Garland’s new film, Civil War. [Patreon Exclusive] The boys discuss a film that seems designed to say something in the context of a US election year. But what? We ask: What kind of film ...
16 Mai 20242min
