The global politics podcast at the end of the End of History. Politics is back but it’s stranger than ever: join us as we chart a course beyond the age of ’bunga bunga’. Interviews, long-form discussions, docu-series.
Episodes
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
On disinformation, NATO vs Russia, terrorism + more.
[Full episode for subscribers only. Go to patreon.com/bungacast]
We look back at a turbulent last month or so with the help of guest and "disinformation bot" Tara McCormack. We put it all in the context of Trump's return, post-neoliberalism and deglobalisation.
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00:13:52 – Jacob Siegel talks to Alex about Meta's policy U-turn on censorship and what it means for the public-private partnership on digital surveillance.
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00:50:11 – How will European powers react to the US's relative withdrawal of its protection? Will France, Britain and Germany double-down on the Ukraine war?
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01:06:21 – Why is Luigi Mangione not understood as 'terrorism' while the Magdeburg Christmas market attack is? What drives terrorism and is that even the right term to understand explosive anomie?
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01:15:24 – Letters to the Editors: on the global radical right, and Trump's foreign policy
Links:
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To the Finland Station, Branko Milanovic, Substack
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Trumpism & Geopolitics, Tim Pendry, Substack
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Class Patricide, Dustin Guastella, Damage
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