Excerpt: /361/ A Nightmare on the Brains of the Living ft. Benjamin Studebaker
On US politics being stuck. [Patreon Exclusive] We talk to political theorist Benjamin Studebaker about his new book, The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: The Way is Shut. Studebaker holds th...
29 Aug 20236min
Excerpt: /360/ Reading Club: Legitimacy (III)
On the 3rd and final part of Jurgen Habermas' Legitimation Crisis. [Patreon Tier II & III Exclusive] We wrap up this challenging book by debating some key points. Habermas already felt we lived in...
25 Aug 202312min
/359/ Apollo Gets High ft. Benjamin Fong
On the American drug binge. Forget all the stereotypes – drug use is no longer confined to particular subcultures. US Americans are taking world-historic levels of drugs. Benjamin Fong tells us abou...
22 Aug 20231h 30min
/357/ Lucky, Meaty Nations ft. Shahar Hameiri & Tom Chodor
On Australian and New Zealand at the End of History. Antipodean political scientists Shahar Hameiri and Tom Chodor join us to discuss the history and politics of Australia and New Zealand. If Austra...
15 Aug 202357min
/356/ Land of the Unfree ft. Sohrab Ahmari
On everyday, private tyranny. Sohrab Ahmari, one of the editors of Compact Magazine, joins us to talk about his book, Tyranny, Inc. We discuss the sorts of private coercion that are found in the...
8 Aug 20231h 17min
Excerpt: /355/ F***ing and shooting are not the same
On film and left-wing terrorism. [Patreon Exclusive] We talk about Uli Edel’s 2008 film The Baader Meinhof Complex, which tells the story of the Red Army Faction in 1960s and 70s Germany. What sor...
1 Aug 202311min
UNLOCKED /328/ The New Scramble for Africa
On geopolitical competition over Africa. This episode was originally for subscribers only. To join, sign up at patreon.com/bungacast In light of the 'new Cold War', we look at what the US, Europe,...
27 Jul 202359min
Excerpt: /354/ Reading Club: Legitimacy (II)
On Jürgen Habermas' Legitimation Crisis. [Patreon Tier II & III Exclusive] What made postwar capitalism 'organised'? And why did many believe it had overcome economic crisis? In this secon...
27 Jul 202311min
