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
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
On critiques of entertainment.
New contributing editor Ryan Zickgraf joins Alex and George to talk about the history of media critique and contemporary cases.
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How does consensus-age comedy like King of the Hill deal with hyperpolitics today?
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Is the reliance on archetypes a problem, or inherent to all comedy?
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Why is Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death still relevant?
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Is the Gen X critique of 'couch potatoes' and TV-watching similar to today's techlash?
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Have we become insensible to contradiction?
Links:
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We’re still distracting ourselves to death, Ryan Zickgraf, UnHerd
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King of the Hill reboot is ill-suited to the Trump age, Ryan Zickgraf, UnHerd
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