On what comes next: in politics, ideas, economy, subjectivity
To commemorate seven years of the podcast and four-hundred episodes, we got all our new Contributors in to examine the oppositions and tensions that we think will characterise the next decade. We say hello to Amber A'Lee Frost, A...
2024-03-27 16:42:35 +0000 UTC View Post
On what comes next: in politics, ideas, economy, subjectivity
To commemorate seven years of the podcast and four-hundred episodes, we got all our new Contributors in to examine the oppositions and tensions that we think will characterise the next decade. We say hello to Amber A'Lee Frost, A...
2024-03-27 16:07:30 +0000 UTC View PostOn the withdrawal from hyperpolitics and hypermodernity.
What comes after a decade of populism? Alex Hochuli talks through his new essay in Damage, issue 2. This is episode is the third part of our Emotion Sickness series on the politics of feelings. Click here for 2024-03-22 16:08:54 +0000 UTC View Post
On the withdrawal from hyperpolitics and hypermodernity.
What comes after a decade of populism? Alex Hochuli talks through his essay in the forthcoming second issue of Damage magazine. This is episode is the third part of our Emotion Sickness series on the politics of feelings. Cli...
2024-03-22 15:48:38 +0000 UTC View PostPart II of the series: on therapy and vulnerability.
[Patreon Exclusive]
Sociologist Ashley Frawley (and COO of Sublation Press) is back on the podcast to talk about her new book, Significant Emotions. What is behind the seeming rise of public emotionalism an...
2024-03-19 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Part II of the series: on therapy and vulnerability.
Sociologist Ashley Frawley (and COO of Sublation Press) is back on the podcast to talk about her new book, Significant Emotions. What is behind the seeming rise of public emotionalism and the focus on mental health?
You'll have seen that we're now partnered with Damage magazine – meaning subscribers to Bungacast tiers Unholy Alliance, Grand Corruption, and State Capture get a free digital subscription to the magazine. ...
2024-03-18 20:02:09 +0000 UTC View Post
On Portugal's elections, 50 years since the revolution
Catarina PrÃncipe, a long-time activist on the Portuguese left and a doctoral student of political economy, is back on the podcast to talk through what happened as Portugal went to the polls.
On Portugal's elections, 50 years since the revolution
Catarina PrÃncipe, a long-time activist on the Portuguese left and a doctoral student of political economy, is back on the podcast to talk through what happened as Portugal went to the polls, and the Right won again in Europe.
Turbulent times, ideological confusion. All the more reason for unflinching critique of the current moment.
2024-03-06 15:47:25 +0000 UTC View PostWe're revamping the podcast. The world is increasingly turbulent and more ideologically confused than ever. We want to make sense of the transformations of our time. So we're expanding.
Some of our favourite guests are joining Bungacast on a perman...
2024-03-06 13:59:02 +0000 UTC View Post
On media and the Millennial Left.
[Patreon Exclusive]
Continuing the retrospective on the millennial left's failures, we invite political theorist Benjamin Studebaker back on. We discuss:
On media and the Millennial Left.
[Patreon Exclusive]
Continuing the retrospective on the millennial left's failures, we invite political theorist Benjamin Studebaker back on. We discuss:
No, we're not going anywhere, we're just growing bigger. Regular contributors will be joining the Bungacast gang (we know you'll like them!), a new Reading Club will be announced, and a special partnership will kick off in March. As part of this revamp, we will be launching new tiers on here to r...
2024-02-27 12:06:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Young women and young men are voting very different from each other – and this is happening across very different countries, from the UK to Tunisia to South Korea to Brazil. Why is there this crossover between gender and ideology?
Young women and young men are voting very different from each other – and this is happening across very different countries, from the UK to Tunisia to South Korea to Brazil. Why is there this crossover between gender and ideology?
Philosopher Nina Power (an editor and columnist at Compact Magazine) kicks off this series by talking to us about anger, hate, and evil.
Philosopher Nina Power (an editor and columnist at Compact Magazine) kicks off this series by talking to us about anger, hate, and evil.
Michael Vann, Indonesia expert and history professor at Sacramento State, joins us to talk through the election results.
Michael Vann, Indonesia expert and history professor at Sacramento State, joins us to talk through the election results.
On our '1914 vibes'. And your questions & comments.
We discuss the parallels between our age (the end of globalisation, the threat of war) with the end of the Belle Epoque in the early 20th century. What might Lenin have to teach us?
We then turn to your questions and comments on:...
2024-02-13 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostOn our '1914 vibes'. And your questions & comments.
[Patreon Exclusive]
We discuss the parallels between our age (the end of globalisation, the threat of war) with the end of the Belle Epoque in the early 20th century. What might Lenin have to teach us?
We then turn to your ...
2024-02-13 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostOn Indonesia: a country without a Left.
Foremost scholar of Indonesian politics and political economy, Vedi Hadiz of the University of Melbourne, joins us to talk through the country's poli...
2024-02-09 13:30:37 +0000 UTC View Post
On Indonesia: a country without a Left.
Foremost scholar of Indonesian politics and political economy, Vedi Hadiz of the University of Melbourne, joins us to talk through the country's poli...
2024-02-09 12:56:46 +0000 UTC View PostOn security and democracy in Latin America.
[Patreon Exclusive]
We continue our conversation with Juan Rojas, Latin America columnist at Compact Magazine, by looking at how the 'Bukele model' would work – and not work – across the region: Ecuador, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras, an...
2024-02-06 21:13:28 +0000 UTC View PostOn El Salvador and mass incarceration.
Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, has just been re-elected on a landslide. His trademark policy is a state of emergency and the locking-up of tens of thousands of suspected gang members. He also made Bitcoin legal tender. What is 'Bukelismo', will...
2024-02-06 21:05:41 +0000 UTC View Post
On security and democracy in Latin America.
[Patreon Exclusive]
We continue our conversation with Juan Rojas, Latin America columnist at Compact Magazine, by looking at how the 'Bukele model' would work – and not work – across the region: Ecuador, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras, an...
2024-02-06 20:33:19 +0000 UTC View Post
On El Salvador and mass incarceration.
Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, has just been re-elected on a landslide. His trademark policy is a state of emergency and the locking-up of tens of thousands of suspected gang members. He also made Bitcoin legal tender. What is 'Bukelismo', will...
2024-02-06 20:27:28 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back, happy new year. Hope you're strapped in for 2024. The turbulence of our times – to extend the aviation metaphor – is no longer just nauseating but feels increasingly feels dangerous. So we'll be ramping up our coverage of global politics this year to keep abreast of it all.
<... 2024-01-30 19:23:38 +0000 UTC View PostOn how to respond to conformity.
Lias Saoudi, frontman of the British band Fat White Family, joins us to talk about rock, popular culture and contemporary unfreedom. We discuss: