/438/ You Are Being Enlisted into the Culture War ft. Andrew Hartman
On the US culture wars, then and now. Historian Andrew Hartman, author of A War for the Soul of America, talks to Alex about how US Americans have been sorted into cultural camps over the past fifty y...
17 Sep 20241h 20min
/437/ Climate Change Is Not an Information Problem ft. Holly Buck (sample)
On disinformation, misinformation and the popular will. Holly Jean Buck, Assistant Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University at Buffalo, joins us to talk about her recent pieces ar...
12 Sep 20245min
/436/ Slovakia's Four World Directions ft. Dominik Zelinsky
On corruption, charisma, populism & assassination in Slovakia. Slovak sociologist Dominik Zelinksy joins us to discuss Slovakia's positioning between East and West. We discuss: Why was Prime Minister...
10 Sep 20241h 17min
UNLOCKED: /419/ Who Owns Power ft. Fred Stafford
On the electricity grid and the institutions involved. [Episode originally released only to subscribers on 20 June 2024. Join us at patreon.com/bungacast] Fred Stafford, a STEM professional, a writer ...
5 Sep 20241h 17min
/435/ Reading Club: Stalin's General – Winning WWII (sample)
On Geoffrey Roberts’ 2013 biography of Field Marshal Zhukov. [Patreon Exclusive] Who was the Soviet general and architect of Soviet victory on the Eastern Front during the Second World War? We discuss...
3 Sep 20245min
/434/ Bodiless Bodies ft. Matthew Thompson & Jonny Gordon-Farleigh (sample)
On the NGO-isation of the state. [Patreon Exclusive] Researchers and writers Matthew Thompson and Jonny Gordon-Farleigh join us to discuss their recent Damage article with George Hoare. Civil society ...
29 Aug 20244min
/433/ Aufhebonus Bonus – August 2024 (sample)
On your questions & criticisms. [Patreon Exclusive] We respond with comments on episodes 420 to 432 and various other points you wanted to us to discuss. In this episode: Does our politics lack self-...
27 Aug 20245min
/432/ Median Left Thought and its Monsters ft. Ben Burgis (sample)
On Naomi Klein & Naomi Wolf and "political diagonalism" Episode in association with Damage magazine. Patreon Exclusive. Ben Burgis talks to Alex and George about his review in Damage of Naomi Klein's ...
20 Aug 202431min
