Aufhebunga Bunga
@bungacast.bsky.social
The global politics podcast at the end of the End of History. Weekly episodes on the crises of our times.
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Why Mark Carney's speech was a watershed moment
—@DrLeeJones
—@DrLeeJones
February 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Why Mark Carney's speech was a watershed moment
—@DrLeeJones
—@DrLeeJones
Listening to people talk about the Super Bowl like...
February 9, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Listening to people talk about the Super Bowl like...
🫡 Does Trump's foreign policy reflect a paleocon or neocon worldview and are we back to a 19th century-style 'spheres of influence' arrangement?
And who wants to play a game of RISK?
🎧 Listen to our NEW EPISODE w/ Jean-François Drolet:
And who wants to play a game of RISK?
🎧 Listen to our NEW EPISODE w/ Jean-François Drolet:
February 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
🫡 Does Trump's foreign policy reflect a paleocon or neocon worldview and are we back to a 19th century-style 'spheres of influence' arrangement?
And who wants to play a game of RISK?
🎧 Listen to our NEW EPISODE w/ Jean-François Drolet:
And who wants to play a game of RISK?
🎧 Listen to our NEW EPISODE w/ Jean-François Drolet:
For this keeping the Bunga party going with us this month:
February 2, 2026 at 11:39 AM
For this keeping the Bunga party going with us this month:
There are weeks where decades happen and...you know the rest.
We look back at January...and on to the rest of 2026 in our newsletter:
📚 👉️ buff.ly/EoLb10R
We look back at January...and on to the rest of 2026 in our newsletter:
📚 👉️ buff.ly/EoLb10R
What a year, huh (Captain, it's January)
New year, new rigour: setting out priorities
buff.ly
January 30, 2026 at 9:24 PM
There are weeks where decades happen and...you know the rest.
We look back at January...and on to the rest of 2026 in our newsletter:
📚 👉️ buff.ly/EoLb10R
We look back at January...and on to the rest of 2026 in our newsletter:
📚 👉️ buff.ly/EoLb10R
Why psychoanalysis, with its core concept of the unconscious, should have acted as a defense against the rise of "wokeness" in the field, says psychoanalyst Christie Offenbacher
From our episode on ill-fated attempts at solving social problems through therapy:
From our episode on ill-fated attempts at solving social problems through therapy:
January 29, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Why psychoanalysis, with its core concept of the unconscious, should have acted as a defense against the rise of "wokeness" in the field, says psychoanalyst Christie Offenbacher
From our episode on ill-fated attempts at solving social problems through therapy:
From our episode on ill-fated attempts at solving social problems through therapy:
Highly symbolic attachments to singular leaders like Modi or Trump isn't about too much democracy, says Sandipto Dasgupta.
From our latest episode on the making of independent India:
🎧: www.patreon.com/posts/528-he...
From our latest episode on the making of independent India:
🎧: www.patreon.com/posts/528-he...
January 16, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Highly symbolic attachments to singular leaders like Modi or Trump isn't about too much democracy, says Sandipto Dasgupta.
From our latest episode on the making of independent India:
🎧: www.patreon.com/posts/528-he...
From our latest episode on the making of independent India:
🎧: www.patreon.com/posts/528-he...
"You can not have social transformation and free trade..."
Our guest @panagsotiris on the ways in which international capital = more exploitation
Our guest @panagsotiris on the ways in which international capital = more exploitation
January 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
"You can not have social transformation and free trade..."
Our guest @panagsotiris on the ways in which international capital = more exploitation
Our guest @panagsotiris on the ways in which international capital = more exploitation
And while we've got your attention—tell us what guest(s) you'd like us to have on in 2026!
December 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
And while we've got your attention—tell us what guest(s) you'd like us to have on in 2026!
What episode got you talking in 2025?
Did JD Vance Kill the PMC? with a special appearance (apparition?) by @ghostofchristo1:
🎧 LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/487-di...
Did JD Vance Kill the PMC? with a special appearance (apparition?) by @ghostofchristo1:
🎧 LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/487-di...
December 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
What episode got you talking in 2025?
Did JD Vance Kill the PMC? with a special appearance (apparition?) by @ghostofchristo1:
🎧 LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/487-di...
Did JD Vance Kill the PMC? with a special appearance (apparition?) by @ghostofchristo1:
🎧 LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/487-di...
We wouldn't want to spend the End of the End of History without anyone else but you...
December 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We wouldn't want to spend the End of the End of History without anyone else but you...
What Bungacast episode got listeners talking the most in 2025?
🗣️ @jhensonpogue
LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/495-he...
🗣️ @jhensonpogue
LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/495-he...
December 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
What Bungacast episode got listeners talking the most in 2025?
🗣️ @jhensonpogue
LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/495-he...
🗣️ @jhensonpogue
LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/495-he...
December 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What happens when Bungacast visits a small town in New Mexico?
🎉 Find out: www.patreon.com/posts/526-co...
🎉 Find out: www.patreon.com/posts/526-co...
December 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
What happens when Bungacast visits a small town in New Mexico?
🎉 Find out: www.patreon.com/posts/526-co...
🎉 Find out: www.patreon.com/posts/526-co...
🎬 MOVIE CLUB 🎬
We get a mega-dose of American paranoia and talk Eddington, One Battle After Another and Bugonia.
Grab your popcorn: www.patreon.com/posts/526-co...
We get a mega-dose of American paranoia and talk Eddington, One Battle After Another and Bugonia.
Grab your popcorn: www.patreon.com/posts/526-co...
December 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🎬 MOVIE CLUB 🎬
We get a mega-dose of American paranoia and talk Eddington, One Battle After Another and Bugonia.
Grab your popcorn: www.patreon.com/posts/526-co...
We get a mega-dose of American paranoia and talk Eddington, One Battle After Another and Bugonia.
Grab your popcorn: www.patreon.com/posts/526-co...
What is the crisis of authority?
@DamageMag's Amber Trotter:
@DamageMag's Amber Trotter:
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What is the crisis of authority?
@DamageMag's Amber Trotter:
@DamageMag's Amber Trotter:
📚 From the Archives 📚
Last year, we talked with @CLiuAnon about how the changing culture wars have changed, why everyone is a populist now, and about how we should defend the canon.
LINK: www.patreon.com/posts/426-ex...
Last year, we talked with @CLiuAnon about how the changing culture wars have changed, why everyone is a populist now, and about how we should defend the canon.
LINK: www.patreon.com/posts/426-ex...
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
📚 From the Archives 📚
Last year, we talked with @CLiuAnon about how the changing culture wars have changed, why everyone is a populist now, and about how we should defend the canon.
LINK: www.patreon.com/posts/426-ex...
Last year, we talked with @CLiuAnon about how the changing culture wars have changed, why everyone is a populist now, and about how we should defend the canon.
LINK: www.patreon.com/posts/426-ex...
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
W/ @damagemag's Amber Trotter on overmedicalisation and the crisis of authority.
🗣️ What is driving the explosion in mental health diagnoses?
🗣️ Does capitalism make us ill? Is blaming 'capitalism' abstractly part of the problem?
W/ @damagemag's Amber Trotter on overmedicalisation and the crisis of authority.
🗣️ What is driving the explosion in mental health diagnoses?
🗣️ Does capitalism make us ill? Is blaming 'capitalism' abstractly part of the problem?
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
W/ @damagemag's Amber Trotter on overmedicalisation and the crisis of authority.
🗣️ What is driving the explosion in mental health diagnoses?
🗣️ Does capitalism make us ill? Is blaming 'capitalism' abstractly part of the problem?
W/ @damagemag's Amber Trotter on overmedicalisation and the crisis of authority.
🗣️ What is driving the explosion in mental health diagnoses?
🗣️ Does capitalism make us ill? Is blaming 'capitalism' abstractly part of the problem?
Our convo w/ Amber Trotter on overmedicalisation and the crisis of authority is out today!
Here's what else is on deck in December:
☑️ (As always, subscribe to get the full slate of episodes)
Here's what else is on deck in December:
☑️ (As always, subscribe to get the full slate of episodes)
December 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Our convo w/ Amber Trotter on overmedicalisation and the crisis of authority is out today!
Here's what else is on deck in December:
☑️ (As always, subscribe to get the full slate of episodes)
Here's what else is on deck in December:
☑️ (As always, subscribe to get the full slate of episodes)
If politics seem stuck in a doom loop, is there a possibility of a <gulp> hope loop?
+ more in our literary post about our oral and video podcast in which we lament the death of literacy.
Got it?
+ more in our literary post about our oral and video podcast in which we lament the death of literacy.
Got it?
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
If politics seem stuck in a doom loop, is there a possibility of a <gulp> hope loop?
+ more in our literary post about our oral and video podcast in which we lament the death of literacy.
Got it?
+ more in our literary post about our oral and video podcast in which we lament the death of literacy.
Got it?
🙋 What exactly do we mean by political legitimacy?
We discuss w/ @BMStudebaker
We discuss w/ @BMStudebaker
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🙋 What exactly do we mean by political legitimacy?
We discuss w/ @BMStudebaker
We discuss w/ @BMStudebaker
The irony of progressive education is that it actually shuts people in their place rather than open doors.
—@varnvlog
—@varnvlog
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The irony of progressive education is that it actually shuts people in their place rather than open doors.
—@varnvlog
—@varnvlog
🤔 The problem with a post-literate society is that we don't have a model of an oral culture without memory.
If the internet has fried our brain, how do we go back?
Listen to @varnvlog on the newest Bungacast!
If the internet has fried our brain, how do we go back?
Listen to @varnvlog on the newest Bungacast!
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🤔 The problem with a post-literate society is that we don't have a model of an oral culture without memory.
If the internet has fried our brain, how do we go back?
Listen to @varnvlog on the newest Bungacast!
If the internet has fried our brain, how do we go back?
Listen to @varnvlog on the newest Bungacast!
Time is a flat circle
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Time is a flat circle