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Back to Search/518/ We Have Never Been Postmodern ft. Geoff Shullenberger
Episode 532
On free speech, the tech right, and politicisation.
Geoff Shullenberger, managing editor at Compact, joins Alex and George to talk about Peter Thiel, René Girard, victimhood and the antichrist.
Doe…
Published on 1 day ago
/517/ Wonders of the Modern World ft. Pier Paolo Tamburelli
Episode 531
On places of ritual.
Architect Pier Paolo Tamburelli talks to Alex about his project to catalogue modern wonders – structures that are very big, that pretend to be ancient, and are mostly ugly.
For t…
Published on 4 days, 15 hours ago
/516/ France's Two Peripheries: Riots and Insurrection ft. Fred Lyra
Episode 530
On 20 years since the 2005 riots.
Fred Lyra, philosopher and musicologist based in Paris, joins Alex to talk about France through 4 moments: 1995 – the last moment of classic class struggle; 2005 – r…
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago
/515/ State Capitalism Is Now ft. Ilias Alami
Episode 529
On the weakness of state and capital – and their fusion.
Ilias Alami joins Alex and Lee to talk about his essential co-authored book, The Spectre of State Capitalism.
Why is state capitalism not ju…
Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago
/514/ The Expressway World ft. Richard Williams
Episode 528
On living with modernity.
Richard J Williams talks to Alex and George about his new book, The Expressway World and how cities have adapted to the infrastructural legacies of the mid-20th century. We …
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
/513/ Global Right: LATAM Division ft. Guilherme Casarões
Episode 527
On the Bolsonaros, Milei and MAGA.
Alex talks to Guilherme Casarões, Associate Professor of Brazilian Studies at Florida International University, about Bolsonaro's sentencing, Trump's tariffs on Bra…
Published on 1 month ago
/512/ Reading Club: Middle-Class Dreams & Nightmares
Episode 526
On Göran Therborn's article, "Dreams and Nightmares of the World's Middle Classes".
The penultimate episode of this block on the middle class, we discuss the differing fortunes and politics of the gl…
Published on 1 month ago
/511/ Britain's Tinderbox ft. Lisa McKenzie
Episode 525
On the UK's working-class unrest.
Sociologist Lisa McKenzie talks to Alex and contributing editor Lee Jones about why the country feels like a powder-keg.
What's behind protests like Unite the King…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
/510/ Couch Potatoes to Screen Sausages ft. Ryan Zickgraf
Episode 524
On critiques of entertainment.
New contributing editor Ryan Zickgraf joins Alex and George to talk about the history of media critique and contemporary cases.
How does consensus-age comedy like Kin…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
/509/ The Revenge of Ethnic Chauvinism ft. Orlando Patterson
Episode 523
On slavery, racism, and the politics of freedom.
Renowned sociologist Orlando Patterson talks to contributing editor Alex Gourevitch about themes brought up by his recent The Paradox of Freedom as we…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago