Excerpt: /301/ Reading Club: Neo-Feudalism
On Joel Kotkin's The Coming of Neo-Feudalism We start off by discussing your points on the last RC, on conspiracy theory. Then we delve into Kotkin's book, asking whether he has an adequate understan...
4 Nov 202212min
/300/ Bunga at the End of the World
On nuclear exterminism. To commemorate our 300th episode, we discuss how the world is closer to a nuclear conflict than at any point since the Cold War. After decades of inconsequential 'permawar' (a...
2 Nov 20221h 17min
/299/ Micropower & Transcendence in Brazil (Bungazão 2022) ft. Miguel Lago
On reclaiming populism. With only a couple of days to go until the decisive runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro, we continue our Bungazão 2022 series by talking to to political scientist Miguel Lago a...
28 Okt 20221h 26min
/298/ Working For Freedom ft. Alex Gourevitch
On shared-labour socialism. Political theorist Alex Gourevitch talks to us about his critique of post-work thought, and how it presupposes the very labour it seeks to free us from. We start of by dist...
25 Okt 202259min
/297/ Bungazão 2022 (Clean & Godly) ft. Benjamin Fogel
On corruption & anti-corruption. When Bolsonaro won in 2018, he rode a wave of anti-corruption sentiment. Now he's doled out billions in pork via a secret budget, but this doesn't seem to bother his s...
20 Okt 20221h 1min
Excerpt: /296/ Last-Gasp Neoliberalism (Trussonomics)
On Trussonomics. [Patreon Exclusive] Having stumbled upon a successful recipe under Boris Johnson which would see greater state intervention, Britain's Tories then pivoted to a much more pro-m...
18 Okt 202211min
Excerpt: /295/ Aufhebonus Bonus: October
On who's responsible for prolonging the Ukraine War + your questions & criticisms. [Patreon Exclusive] We start off by discussing whether the Zelensky tail is wagging the NATO dog, and what po...
11 Okt 202212min
Excerpt: /294/ Reading Club: Conspiracy Theory
On Empire of Conspiracy and agency panics. [Patreon Exclusive - Tiers II & III] We focus our discussion on the notion of 'agency panic' that is at the centre of Timothy Melley's account of consp...
5 Okt 202217min
