/446/ The Techno-Fantasy of Perfect Freedom ft. Amber Trotter
On egg-freezing, 'having it all', and neoliberal liberty. [Patreon Exclusive] We welcome Damage editor and practicing psychologist Amber Trotter on to talk about "Frozen Freedom", Amber's piece on art...
22 Okt 20245min
/445/ How I Hacked the US Election ft. Alex Gourevitch
On the left-wing case for freedom. Regular contributor Alex Gourevitch is back on to talk about how the Democrats are approaching the US presidential election. Alex talks us through an influential and...
18 Okt 20241h 23min
/444/ Opportunism & Revenge in the Middle East ft. Karl Sharro & Arash Azizi
On Israel's invasion of Lebanon and beyond. Karl Sharro (Lebanese-Iraqi architect and satirist @KarlreMarks) and Iranian writer and historian Arash Azizi join us to discuss war in the Middle East. We ...
15 Okt 20241h 14min
/443/ Nations, Globalisation & De-development: Reading Club (sample)
On Nations & Nationalism since 1870. [Patreon Exclusive] We start by dealing with your questions regarding last month's RC, on Stalin, Zhukhov and WWII. Then we read and discuss Eric Hobsbawm's classi...
8 Okt 20244min
/442/ The Unique French Capacity for Disappointment ft. Nathan Sperber (sample)
On France's permacrisis. [Patreon Exclusive] French sociologist Nathan Sperber talks to George and Alex about his new essay in the New Left Review, "The French Crisis: Organic or Conjunctural". We cat...
1 Okt 20248min
/441/ Original Source End of End of History
On liberal takes on the end of the End of History. [Patreon Exclusive] We start by discussing Yasha Mounk's dismissal of an end to the End of History. Does he underestimate liberal democracy's inabili...
29 Sep 202426min
/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
