Podcast Episodes
Back to Search/528/ The Heroic Bourgeoisie in the Democratic Post-Colony ft. Sandipto Dasgupta
Episode 543
On the making of independent India – and its lessons.
Assistant professor of politics at The New School, Sandipto Dasgupta, talks to contributing edi…
6 months ago
/527/ Exit the Minoritarian ft. Panagiotis Sotiris
Episode 542
On the collective subject at the end of the End of History.
Panagiotis Sotiris, Historical Materialism editorial board member and assistant professor…
6 months, 1 week ago
/526/ Come On Feel the Paranoise
Episode 541
On US derangement on screen.
The OG Bunga boys get togther for the annual end-of-year film episode. We discuss Ari Aster's Eddington, as well as a bi…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
/525/ Neoliberalism in One Country? ft. Branko Milanovic
Episode 540
On homoploutia and national market liberalism.
Branko Milanovic, Research Professor at City University of New York, talks to Phil and Alex about his …
7 months ago
/524/ You've Been Diagnosed with Subjective Problems ft. Amber Trotter
Episode 539
On overmedicalisation and the crisis of authority.
Amber Trotter, practicing psychologist and an editor at Damage magazine, and George Hoare tell Ale…
7 months, 1 week ago
/523/ Woke in the Dark ft. Ryan Zickgraf
Episode 538
On post-woke strategies.
Ryan Z is back on, talking to Alex and George about the US Democrats' attempt to respond to Trump/MAGA.
In association with …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
/522/ At the Bottom of the Tar Pit ft. Benjamin Studebaker
Episode 537
On legitimacy and chronic crisis.
Benjamin Studebaker talks to Alex and Lee about his book, Legitimacy in Liberal Democracy – and why the absence of …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
/521/ Too Smart to Read ft. C. Derick Varn
Episode 536
On the crisis in literacy.
Poet, podcaster and teacher, C. Derick Varn – who has taught in Mexico, Korea, Egypt and the US, at various levels – joins…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
/520/ Conspiracy Culture & Paranoid Styles ft. Catherine Liu
Episode 535
In this special episode, we present talks given by contributing editor Catherine Liu and co-host George Hoare on the paranoid style at a recent confe…
8 months ago
UNLOCKED: /519/ Reading Club: White Collar & Post-Mass Culture ft. Dustin Guastella
Episode 534
[We are unlocking this episode from the Bungacast Reading Club, originally released Nov 2025, which is normally available only to Reading Club subscr…
8 months ago