/529/ Don't Pick Up: The Scam Economy ft. Mark Bo
On Southeast Asia's scam compounds. Mark Bo, organised-crime researcher and co-author of Scam, talks to Alex and Lee about his book, his experiences and why this fusion of gangsterism and speculation ...
20 Jan 47min
/528/ The Heroic Bourgeoisie in the Democratic Post-Colony ft. Sandipto Dasgupta
On the making of independent India – and its lessons. Assistant professor of politics at The New School, Sandipto Dasgupta, talks to contributing editor Alex Gourevitch about this new book, Legalizing...
13 Jan 1h 11min
/527/ Exit the Minoritarian ft. Panagiotis Sotiris
On the collective subject at the end of the End of History. Panagiotis Sotiris, Historical Materialism editorial board member and assistant professor at the University of the Aegean, talks to Alex and...
6 Jan 1h 2min
/526/ Come On Feel the Paranoise
On US derangement on screen. The OG Bunga boys get togther for the annual end-of-year film episode. We discuss Ari Aster's Eddington, as well as a bit of Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Anothe...
16 Dec 202535min
/525/ Neoliberalism in One Country? ft. Branko Milanovic
On homoploutia and national market liberalism. Branko Milanovic, Research Professor at City University of New York, talks to Phil and Alex about his most recent book, The Great Global Transformation: ...
9 Dec 20251h 2min
/524/ You've Been Diagnosed with Subjective Problems ft. Amber Trotter
On overmedicalisation and the crisis of authority. Amber Trotter, practicing psychologist and an editor at Damage magazine, and George Hoare tell Alex about their co-written article in the print issue...
1 Dec 20251h 11min
/523/ Woke in the Dark ft. Ryan Zickgraf
On post-woke strategies. Ryan Z is back on, talking to Alex and George about the US Democrats' attempt to respond to Trump/MAGA. In association with Damage magazine. Can the Democrats escape the sha...
28 Nov 202534min
/522/ At the Bottom of the Tar Pit ft. Benjamin Studebaker
On legitimacy and chronic crisis. Benjamin Studebaker talks to Alex and Lee about his book, Legitimacy in Liberal Democracy – and why the absence of the threat of revolution makes the crisis drag on. ...
25 Nov 202553min
