#102 What Covid-19 reveals about the family w/ Sophie Lewis
Sophie Lewis joins PTO to talk about her article in The Nation, 'Covid-19 Is Straining the Concept of the Family. Let’s Break It'. We chatted about how the Covid19 pandemic has underscored how depende...
20 Nov 202034min
#101 What happened to the 'blue wave'? w/ Adom Getachew and Branko Marcetic
Adom Getachew and Branko Marcetic join PTO to talk about the US election results, why the 'blue wave' failed to materialise and how Joe Biden will govern with a Republican senate and a republican majo...
5 Nov 202033min
#100 Corbyn, Labour, and the EHRC report w/ Barnaby Raine
Barnaby Raine joins PTO to talk about the EHRC report into antisemitism and the Labour Party, the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn from the party, and what the affair tells us about the treatment of antise...
2 Nov 202036min
PTO Extra! The week austerity died? w/ Grace Blakeley
Grace Blakeley joins PTO to talk about the current state of the UK economy, whether the era of austerity is over, and why even in the face of a no deal Brexit the UK is unlikely to experience an attac...
21 Okt 20208min
#99 Morrissey, nationalism, and the aesthetics of English misery w/ Owen Hatherley & Kojo Koram
Owen Hatherley and Kojo Koram join PTO to talk about Owen's essay, 'A Study in the Politics and Aesthetics of English Misery'. In the essay Owen reflects on the generational divides that have emerged ...
16 Okt 202032min
#98 Feminism, Interrupted w/ Lola Olufemi
Lola Olufemi joins PTO to talk about her new book, Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power. We chatted about the history of black feminist organising, the problem with mainstream liberal feminism, an...
9 Okt 202024min
Teaser - PTO Extra! Anti-politics & Covid denialism w/ Richard Seymour
Richard Seymour joins PTO to discuss the recent anti-lockdown protests in London, the broader phenomenon of covid denialism, and whether the emergence of anti-political currents - combined with the le...
2 Okt 20201min
Between Washington and Beijing w/ Tobita Chow & David Brophy
In a special episode - recorded for The World Transformed festival 2020 - Tobita Chow and David Brophy discuss how the socialist left should think about China, how to characterise China's economy and ...
28 Sep 202030min
