Orbanism - Europe's post-neoliberal future? w/ Dorit Geva
Dorit Geva joins PTO to talk about the recent re-election victory of Viktor Orbán in Hungary and Dorit's article, 'Orban’s Ordonationalism as Post-Neoliberal Hegemony' which is published in the journa...
21 Apr 202239min
Excerpt - Is a Le Pen presidency possible? w/ Sebastian Budgen
Sebastian Budgen returns to PTO to talk about the first round of the French presidential election, and the prospects for the second round vote later this month. We discussed what Marine Le Pen may hav...
12 Apr 20222min
Excerpt - Richard Seymour responds to listener questions
Richard Seymour responds to the excellent questions sent in by listeners - on topics ranging from the left's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, to the relationship between psychological inju...
5 Apr 20223min
How the legacies of empire continue to shape the world w/ Kojo Koram
Kojo Koram returns to PTO to talk about his new book, Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire. We chatted about how the British empire and its legacy continues to structure the UK and wor...
1 Apr 202245min
Interregnum - The cruelties of self-help culture
In the second episode of Interregnum Richard Seymour discusses his recent article, 'The cruelties of self-help culture'. We talked about the magical thinking propagated by what Richard calls "the succ...
20 Mars 202242min
India's Russian dilemma w/ Ravinder Kaur
Despite India's deepening alliance with the United States, and the country's regional rivalry with China, the Indian government has refused to join condemnation of Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine...
13 Mars 202228min
Russia and the West - the economic war w/ James Meadway
James Meadway returns to PTO to talk about his recent article on the economic sanctions imposed on Russia in response to the Putin regime's invasion of Ukraine. We discussed the special significance o...
1 Mars 202243min
Interregnum - Russia invades Ukraine
In the first episode of Interregnum, a new fortnightly show with author Richard Seymour, we talked about the objectives of the Russian invasion, and what Vladimir Putin's broader geo-strategic goals...
25 Feb 202243min
