Excerpt: /386/ Reading Club: Globalisation (III & IV)
Double episode! On Giovanni Arrighi's Adam Smith in Beijing. [Patreon Tier II & III Exclusive] We wrap up the 2023 syllabus by taking on the second half of Arrighi's book, in which he analyses the...
29 Jan 202418min
/384/ Millennial Rule ft. Amber A'Lee Frost
On Dirtbag and the Millennial Left. Bungacast regular Amber A'Lee Frost is back to talk about her new book, Dirtbag — part memoir, part critical essays on millennial socialism. In this episode we ...
23 Jan 20241h 1min
/383/ Stare into the Abyss with Us ft. Juliano Fiori
On what comes after human rights. Juliano Fiori, essayist and director of Alameda Institute, joins us to talk about catastrophism and organising around "the end". We discuss: What was humanitari...
16 Jan 20241h 25min
Excerpt: /382/ Death of the Millennial Left ft. Chris Cutrone
On the missed opportunity of the 2010s. [Patreon Exclusive] Chris Cutrone of Platypus joins us to talk about his collection of essays, The Death of the Millennial Left. We discuss: Why defin...
9 Jan 202416min
UNLOCKED: /373/ Take a Stand: Be Neutral! ft. Lily Lynch
On NATO expansion and the end of neutrality Previously a Patreon Exclusive. For more like this, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast Lily Lynch is back on the pod to talk about Northern and Eastern ...
2 Jan 20241h 23min
[FROM THE VAULT] /136/ Banana Monarchy ft. David Edgerton
FROM THE VAULT: PHIL'S PICK (1) On British decline. Much ink has been spilled over the Britain’s fate since the end of its empire. Could it be that decline has been overstated? And what will happen ...
28 Des 20231h 10min
[FROM THE VAULT] /46/ Exiting Capitalist Realism
FROM THE VAULT: PHIL'S PICK (2) The third in our Neoliberal Breakdown series. In which we discuss the late Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism, 10 years on. Does his analysis still hold? The mood music ...
28 Des 202350min
[FROM THE VAULT] /161/ Culture is Bad for You ft. Mark Taylor
FROM THE VAULT: GEORGE'S PICK (1) On “culture”. We discuss who produces culture and who consumes it – and what those inequalities reveal about culture today. Also, we ask what’s the ploblem with ...
28 Des 20231h 9min
