Podcast Episodes
Back to Search/426/ Expropriate the Canon ft. Catherine Liu (sample)
Episode 433
On the disaster of the culture wars.
[Patreon Exclusive]
Regular contributor Catherine Liu is back on to talk about her essay in Damage, issue 2, "Pr…
1 year, 11 months ago
/425/ Reading Club: Russia's Imitation Democracy (sample)
Episode 432
On the late Dmitri Furman's account of post-Soviet Russia.
Patreon Exclusive: for the Reading Club, join for $12/mo and get access to ALL Bungacast c…
1 year, 11 months ago
/424/ Aufhebonus Bonus - July 2024 (sample)
Episode 431
On your questions & criticisms about fertility, culture war, and more.
[Patreon Exclusive]
In our monthly mailbag episode we take points from the dis…
2 years ago
/423/ Who Wants the 'Worst Job' in France? ft. Charles Devellennes
Episode 430
On France's surprise parliamentary election.
The left-wing 'New Popular Front' came a surprise first, for now putting a halt to expectations that the…
2 years ago
/422/ Meat the New Prime Minister: UK Election Rundown
Episode 429
On Labour's landslide and sandcastle majority.
We unpick what happened in the UK's general election, discussing:
How did Labour get such a large maj…
2 years ago
/421/ Who Are the Wrong Ukrainians? ft. Volodymyr Ishchenko
Episode 428
Ukraine, from Maidan to war.
[For the full episode: patreon.com/bungacast]
Berlin-based Ukrainian sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko joins us to talk ab…
2 years ago
/420/ Fertility Freefall & Gender Strife in South Korea ft. Hyeyoung Woo (sample)
Episode 425
On baby bust, feminism and male resentment.
[Patreon Exclusive]
Alex and regular contributor Leigh Phillips call up Korean sociologist Hyeyoung Woo, …
2 years ago
/419/ Who Owns Power ft. Fred Stafford (sample)
Episode 426
On the electricity grid and the institutions involved.
[Patreon Exclusive]
Fred Stafford, a STEM professional, a writer on energy and power, and an e…
2 years ago
/418/ Neoliberal Order Breakdown System, German-Style ft. Gregor Baszak (sample)
Episode 427
On German political derangement.
[Patreon Exclusive]
Independent researcher and writer Gregor Baszak joins us to talk about German centrism being squ…
2 years ago
/RE-RELEASE/ Silvio Berlusconi: An Oral History
Episode 424
On the one-year anniversary of the death of our evil patron saint, Silvio Berlusconi, we are re-releasing our audio obituary. RIP Silvio.
Former Ital…
2 years, 1 month ago