Hey pals, thanks for being with us through May. We're excited about all the global stuff we've got coming up in June:
Mexico is bucking the trend of left failure. Juan Rojas talks us through its past and future....
2024-05-31 13:49:06 +0000 UTC View Post
On Zone of Interest and Holocaust film.
[Patreon Exclusive]
We discuss the winner of the Oscar for Best International Feature Film – one that split opinion, among critics and on the pod too!
How does the f...
2024-05-31 07:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
On Zone of Interest and Holocaust film.
[Patreon Exclusive]
We discuss the winner of the Oscar for Best International Feature Film – one that split opinion, among critics and on the pod too!
How does the f...
2024-05-31 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
On Mexico's elections.
[Patreon Exclusive]
Mexico goes to the polls this Sunday with the ruling centre-left MORENA party holding a commanding lead. Anthropologist Roger Lancaster joins us to preview the election and look at outgo...
2024-05-30 17:25:35 +0000 UTC View Post
On Mexico's elections.
[Patreon Exclusive]
Mexico goes to the polls this Sunday with the ruling centre-left MORENA party holding a commanding lead. Anthropologist Roger Lancaster joins us to preview the election and look at outgoing Pr...
2024-05-30 15:50:49 +0000 UTC View Post
On Futuromania and closing and opening of musical horizons.
We talk to renowned music critic Simon Reynolds about his new book. A counterpart of sorts to his famous Retromania (2011), Futuromania lo...
2024-05-28 07:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
On Futuromania and closing and opening of musical horizons.
We talk to renowned music critic Simon Reynolds about his new book. A counterpart of sorts to his famous Retromania (2011), Futuromania lo...
2024-05-28 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, just to let know, Alex has been down with dengue fever, so we're going to be a bit delayed on everything. That's why there was no episode as usual on Tuesday. Hope to be back up and running as usual asap, but there will be one less e...
2024-05-24 13:07:38 +0000 UTC View Post
On Alex Garland’s new film, Civil War.
[Patreon Exclusive]
The boys discuss a film that seems designed to say something in the context of a US election year. But what? We ask:
What kind of film is this...
2024-05-16 10:56:29 +0000 UTC View Post
On Alex Garland’s new film, Civil War.
[Patreon Exclusive]
The boys discuss a film that seems designed to say something in the context of a US election year. But what? We ask:
What kind of film is this...
2024-05-16 10:56:24 +0000 UTC View Post
On US campus protest, the brutalisation of Gaza, and whether this is an age of war.
Alex, George and Phil debate the matter of the day. We ask:
Is the police repression and associated censorship (the anti-semitism bill) a refle...
2024-05-07 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
On US campus protest, the brutalisation of Gaza, and whether this is an age of war.
Alex, George and Phil debate the matter of the day. We ask:
Is the police repression and associated censorship (the anti-semitism bill) a refle...
2024-05-07 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
On the earth-shaking events of the 20th century, through a personal lens.
[This is the full episode, for subscribers only. Paywalled section begins at 01:14:16]
Regular contributor Alex Gourevitch sits down with political scientist Pet...
2024-04-30 14:04:45 +0000 UTC View PostHey friends, thanks for being with us as we move into the revamped Bunga schedule. A full NINE episodes in April, including a special interview by contributor Alex Gourevitch with political scientist Peter Gourevitch on his family history of exile...
2024-04-29 19:37:13 +0000 UTC View Post
On saving society from the antisocial-ists. In partnership with Damage magazine.
[Patreon Exclusive]
Trade unionist and researcher Dustin "Dino" Guastella joins us to ta...
2024-04-26 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
On saving society from the antisocial-ists. In partnership with Damage magazine.
[Patreon Exclusive]
Trade unionist and researcher Dustin "Dino" Guastella joins us to ta...
2024-04-26 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
On Euro censorship + your comments and criticisms.
[Patreon Exclusive]
We discuss censorship in Brussels and Berlin, and put it in the context of the incorporation of right-populism. How will European politics come to look as national...
2024-04-23 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostOn Euro censorship + your comments and criticisms.
[Patreon Exclusive]
We discuss censorship in Brussels and Berlin, and put it in the context of the incorporation of right-populism. How will European politics come to look as national...
2024-04-23 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
On the Big Hard Dick industry.
[Patreon Exclusive]
Clinicians and Damage authors & editors, Christie and Benjamin, tell us why the market for penis enlargement and hardness has exploded.
What is the "penis anxiety ind...
2024-04-19 16:27:47 +0000 UTC View Post
On the Big Hard Dick industry.
[Patreon Exclusive]
Clinicians and Damage authors & editors, Christie and Benjamin, tell us why the market for penis enlargement and hardness has exploded.
What is the "penis anxiety ind...
2024-04-19 16:03:17 +0000 UTC View PostOn melodrama and the bourgeois subject.
[Patreon Exclusive]
We're back with the next installment of our series on the "emotional turn". Alex talks to Catherine Liu about whether politics is staged in a "melodramatic" fashion today.
... 2024-04-16 18:04:49 +0000 UTC View Post
On melodrama and the bourgeois subject.
[Patreon Exclusive]
We're back with the next installment of our series on the "emotional turn". Alex talks to Catherine Liu about whether politics is staged in a "melodramatic" fashion today.
... 2024-04-16 17:51:41 +0000 UTC View Post
On A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere and Deliberative Politics
[Patreon Tier III & IV Exclusive]
Continuing our theme of "...
2024-04-09 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
On President AMLO and rebuilding the working class.
[Patreon Exclusive]
We continue our discussion with anthropologist Roger Lancaster who has lived and researched in Mexico for decades, on the past and present of Mexican radicalism. 2024-04-02 06:03:01 +0000 UTC View Post
On Mexico, class, and sexuality.
We welcome anthropologist Roger Lancaster onto the pod to talk about his new book, 2024-04-02 06:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
On President AMLO and rebuilding the working class.
[Patreon Exclusive]
We continue our discussion with anthropologist Roger Lancaster who has lived and researched in Mexico for decades, on the past and present of Mexican radicalism. 2024-04-02 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
On Mexico, class, and sexuality.
We welcome anthropologist Roger Lancaster onto the pod to talk about his new book, 2024-04-02 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
On democratic planning.
[An old episode from January 2019 – we're re-uploading it because it's good, and also to complete our new 'Collections' on Patreon]
Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski propose we look at Walmart and other...
2024-03-31 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHey there! We're looking forward to roll into the first month proper of the new, bigger Bunga. Big welcome to all our new subscribers!
You'll have been introduced to our new Contributors in our big 2024-03-31 11:51:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Everyone who subscribes ANNUALLY to the GRAND CORRUPTION tier by 12 April will be entered into a raffle for one of a dozen Bungacast t-shirts.
By subscribing, you get access to the Bungacast Reading Club, plus 4+ exclusive episodes a month,...
2024-03-28 12:00:58 +0000 UTC View Post