Podcast Episodes
Back to Search/445/ How I Hacked the US Election ft. Alex Gourevitch
Episode 453
On the left-wing case for freedom.
Regular contributor Alex Gourevitch is back on to talk about how the Democrats are approaching the US presidential…
1 year, 8 months ago
/444/ Opportunism & Revenge in the Middle East ft. Karl Sharro & Arash Azizi
Episode 452
On Israel's invasion of Lebanon and beyond.
Karl Sharro (Lebanese-Iraqi architect and satirist @KarlreMarks) and Iranian writer and historian Arash A…
1 year, 8 months ago
/443/ Nations, Globalisation & De-development: Reading Club (sample)
Episode 451
On Nations & Nationalism since 1870.
[Patreon Exclusive]
We start by dealing with your questions regarding last month's RC, on Stalin, Zhukhov and WW…
1 year, 9 months ago
/442/ The Unique French Capacity for Disappointment ft. Nathan Sperber (sample)
Episode 450
On France's permacrisis.
[Patreon Exclusive]
French sociologist Nathan Sperber talks to George and Alex about his new essay in the New Left Review, "…
1 year, 9 months ago
/441/ Original Source End of End of History
Episode 449
On liberal takes on the end of the End of History.
[Patreon Exclusive]
We start by discussing Yasha Mounk's dismissal of an end to the End of History…
1 year, 9 months ago
/440/ Dear Tradmother, Why Are You Sad? ft. Amber A'Lee Frost (sample)
Episode 448
On tradwives, influencers, and boys.
[Patreon Exclusive]
Amber is back on the pod, talking to Alex and George about her forthcoming piece on neo-trad…
1 year, 9 months ago
/439/ We Can Shape Our Own Environment ft. Ted Nordhaus
Episode 447
On "eco-modernism".
Ted Nordhaus, co-founder and executive director of the Breakthrough Institute, talks to Leigh and Alex the 20th anniversary of "T…
1 year, 9 months ago
/438/ You Are Being Enlisted into the Culture War ft. Andrew Hartman
Episode 446
On the US culture wars, then and now.
Historian Andrew Hartman, author of A War for the Soul of America, talks to Alex about how US Americans have be…
1 year, 9 months ago
/437/ Climate Change Is Not an Information Problem ft. Holly Buck (sample)
Episode 445
On disinformation, misinformation and the popular will.
Holly Jean Buck, Assistant Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University at B…
1 year, 10 months ago
/436/ Slovakia's Four World Directions ft. Dominik Zelinsky
Episode 444
On corruption, charisma, populism & assassination in Slovakia.
Slovak sociologist Dominik Zelinksy joins us to discuss Slovakia's positioning between…
1 year, 10 months ago