Bungacast Podcast
1) /512/ Reading Club: Middle-Class Dreams & Nightmares
On Göran Therborn's article, "Dreams and Nightmares of the World's Middle Classes". The penultimate episode of this block on the middle class, we discuss the differing fortunes and politics of the glo...Show More
2) /511/ Britain's Tinderbox ft. Lisa McKenzie
On the UK's working-class unrest. Sociologist Lisa McKenzie talks to Alex and contributing editor Lee Jones about why the country feels like a powder-keg. What's behind protests like Unite the Kingd...Show More
3) /510/ Couch Potatoes to Screen Sausages ft. Ryan Zickgraf
On critiques of entertainment. New contributing editor Ryan Zickgraf joins Alex and George to talk about the history of media critique and contemporary cases. How does consensus-age comedy like King...Show More
4) /509/ The Revenge of Ethnic Chauvinism ft. Orlando Patterson
On slavery, racism, and the politics of freedom. Renowned sociologist Orlando Patterson talks to contributing editor Alex Gourevitch about themes brought up by his recent The Paradox of Freedom as wel...Show More
5) RE-RELEASE: OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, 5
The fifth and final part of a series on generational consciousness and conflict. In this episode, we examine the Millennials and Generation Z. Uniquely, generation war today seems to be a conflict ove...Show More
6) RE-RELEASE: OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, 4
The fourth in a special five-part series on generational consciousness and conflict. In this episode, we examine Generation X – the generation of the End of History. How was this generation overshadow...Show More
7) RE-RELEASE: OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, 3
The third in a special five-part series on generational consciousness and conflict. In this episode, we examine the Baby Boomers – myth and reality. The revolt of the '60s has been misunderstood i...Show More
8) RE-RELEASE: OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, 2
The second in a special five-part series on generational consciousness and conflict.In this episode, we look at the emergence of 'youth' as political concept in the age following the French Revolution...Show More
9) RE-RELEASE: OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, 1
The first in a special five-part series on generational consciousness and conflict.In this episode, we look at the current, vexed discourse around generations, and analyse competing theories on how to...Show More
10) /508/ Digesting the Four Ds
On disruption, disturbance, decline, decay. We continue our attempt to conceptualise the present moment by looking at Silicon Valley-style disruption, geopolitical disturbances and 'polycrisis', and d...Show More