#12 Jo Littler on meritocracy and the neoliberal era
Jo Littler joins me to discuss the history of meritocratic discourse, how the term meritocracy is deployed in the post-Black Lives Matter and MeToo era, and the explanation for the enduring unpopulari...
14 Juni 201849min
#11 Ed Rooksby on reform, revolution, and socialist strategy
Ed Rooksby joins me to discuss socialist strategy, Syriza, Nicos Poulantzas' theory of the state and the Corbyn moment in Britain. Ed's recent article in the journal Critique formed the basis of our d...
10 Juni 201851min
#10 Jeremy Gilbert on Maurizio Lazzarato's Experimental Politics
This week I’m joined by Professor Jeremy Gilbert to discuss Maurizio Lazzarato's 'Experimental Politics'. We talked about Lazzarato's intellectual background, the treatment of continental theory in th...
6 Juni 20181h 9min
#9 Wendy Liu on Silicon Valley and the democratisation of technology
Wendy Liu joins me to discuss startup culture, the platform economy and the Labour Party's approach to big tech.
31 Maj 201842min
#8 Italexit? - David Broder on the crisis in Italy
David Broder joins me to discuss the Italian President's rejection of the Lega's choice for finance minister, the prospect of new elections, and Italy's increasingly precarious membership of the Euro...
29 Maj 201831min
#7 Alex Nunns on the Labour Party
This week I’m joined by Alex Nunns, author of The Candidate: Jeremy Corbyn's Improbable Path to Power to discuss the Labour Party after the local elections, the balance of power within the PLP, and th...
15 Maj 201845min
#6 Catherine Rottenberg on the rise of neoliberal feminism
This week I'm joined by Catherine Rottenberg to discuss her work on neoliberal feminism. We talked about the work of neoliberal feminists Sheryl Sandberg and Anne-Marie Slaughter, the role of neoliber...
9 Maj 201842min
#5 Will Davies on Windrush and the politics of the Home Office
This week I'm joined by Will Davies to discuss the Windrush scandal, neoliberal governmentality, and the politics of the British Home Office.
2 Maj 201838min
