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 Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
We discuss the parallels between our age (the end of globalisation, the threat of war) with the end of the Belle Epoque in the early 20th century. What might Lenin have to teach us?
We then turn to your questions and comments on:
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Palestinians as surplus population
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Peripheral countries as 'imitators'
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Whether Brexit has led to greater political accountability
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Why Ridley Scott sucks
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Why contemporary art sucks
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Bonapartism and techno-populism
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Romanticising dead workers - and old social-democrats
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Esoteric knowledge about how the world *really* works
Readings:
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Lenin's Lesson for Western Liberals, Philip Cunliffe, UnHerd
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Why the Tories Are Blowing Brexit, George Hoare, The Northern Star
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