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The global politics podcast at the end of the End of History. Weekly episodes on the crises of our times.
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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
🔥 SPECIAL EPISODE 🔥
Talks given by contributing editor @CLiuAnon and co-host George Hoare on the paranoid style.
Richard Hofstatder’s “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” + The Paranoid Style in British Politics + "Zombies Clowns and Gangsters"
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Talks given by contributing editor @CLiuAnon and co-host George Hoare on the paranoid style.
Richard Hofstatder’s “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” + The Paranoid Style in British Politics + "Zombies Clowns and Gangsters"
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November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🔥 SPECIAL EPISODE 🔥
Talks given by contributing editor @CLiuAnon and co-host George Hoare on the paranoid style.
Richard Hofstatder’s “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” + The Paranoid Style in British Politics + "Zombies Clowns and Gangsters"
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Talks given by contributing editor @CLiuAnon and co-host George Hoare on the paranoid style.
Richard Hofstatder’s “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” + The Paranoid Style in British Politics + "Zombies Clowns and Gangsters"
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"If we want to have a society that's flourshing, that society needs to be equal but it also needs to be excellent."
Dustin Guastella on art and culture after postmodernism—when no one can say if Beethoven is better than Taylor Swift.
Dustin Guastella on art and culture after postmodernism—when no one can say if Beethoven is better than Taylor Swift.
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"If we want to have a society that's flourshing, that society needs to be equal but it also needs to be excellent."
Dustin Guastella on art and culture after postmodernism—when no one can say if Beethoven is better than Taylor Swift.
Dustin Guastella on art and culture after postmodernism—when no one can say if Beethoven is better than Taylor Swift.
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
We discuss C. Wright Mills' White Collar w/ Dino Guastella.
🗣️ Does Mills' account of the “economic psychology” of the White Collar worker still ring true today?
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We discuss C. Wright Mills' White Collar w/ Dino Guastella.
🗣️ Does Mills' account of the “economic psychology” of the White Collar worker still ring true today?
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November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
We discuss C. Wright Mills' White Collar w/ Dino Guastella.
🗣️ Does Mills' account of the “economic psychology” of the White Collar worker still ring true today?
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We discuss C. Wright Mills' White Collar w/ Dino Guastella.
🗣️ Does Mills' account of the “economic psychology” of the White Collar worker still ring true today?
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🗣️ Silicon Valley is attaching itself to the state like a leech says @g_shullenberger
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🗣️ Silicon Valley is attaching itself to the state like a leech says @g_shullenberger
📚 FROM THE ARCHIVES 📚
Revisit our conversation w/ Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser on the tensions between hating your national culture and wanting to leave it behind. The past really does not go away!
bungacast.podbean.com/e/147-the-pa...
Revisit our conversation w/ Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser on the tensions between hating your national culture and wanting to leave it behind. The past really does not go away!
bungacast.podbean.com/e/147-the-pa...
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
📚 FROM THE ARCHIVES 📚
Revisit our conversation w/ Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser on the tensions between hating your national culture and wanting to leave it behind. The past really does not go away!
bungacast.podbean.com/e/147-the-pa...
Revisit our conversation w/ Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser on the tensions between hating your national culture and wanting to leave it behind. The past really does not go away!
bungacast.podbean.com/e/147-the-pa...
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
w/ @g_shullenberger on free speech, the tech right, and politicisation and the antichrist.
🗣️ Does it make sense to talk of "right-wing cancel culture"?
🗣️ Is countercultural trolling in tension with "defending Western civilisation"?
w/ @g_shullenberger on free speech, the tech right, and politicisation and the antichrist.
🗣️ Does it make sense to talk of "right-wing cancel culture"?
🗣️ Is countercultural trolling in tension with "defending Western civilisation"?
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
w/ @g_shullenberger on free speech, the tech right, and politicisation and the antichrist.
🗣️ Does it make sense to talk of "right-wing cancel culture"?
🗣️ Is countercultural trolling in tension with "defending Western civilisation"?
w/ @g_shullenberger on free speech, the tech right, and politicisation and the antichrist.
🗣️ Does it make sense to talk of "right-wing cancel culture"?
🗣️ Is countercultural trolling in tension with "defending Western civilisation"?
More “adventures in de-socialisation” in this month's recap.
Maybe society really does need to be defended—but for real this time?
📖 buff.ly/DBN0vym
Maybe society really does need to be defended—but for real this time?
📖 buff.ly/DBN0vym
October 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
More “adventures in de-socialisation” in this month's recap.
Maybe society really does need to be defended—but for real this time?
📖 buff.ly/DBN0vym
Maybe society really does need to be defended—but for real this time?
📖 buff.ly/DBN0vym
If enlightenment means disenchantment—maybe we need some form of re-enchantment?
—@alex_1789
—@alex_1789
October 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
If enlightenment means disenchantment—maybe we need some form of re-enchantment?
—@alex_1789
—@alex_1789
8. Chronicle of Georgia, Tbilisi (1987)
Zurab Tsereteli’s brutalist Stonehenge: massive basalt pillars engraved with saints & Soviet heroes.
Zurab Tsereteli’s brutalist Stonehenge: massive basalt pillars engraved with saints & Soviet heroes.
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
8. Chronicle of Georgia, Tbilisi (1987)
Zurab Tsereteli’s brutalist Stonehenge: massive basalt pillars engraved with saints & Soviet heroes.
Zurab Tsereteli’s brutalist Stonehenge: massive basalt pillars engraved with saints & Soviet heroes.
7. Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Bangkok (1970)
A golden UFO-temple of 300,000 Buddha statues in the Khlong Luang district, in the Pathum Thani province north of Bangkok, Thailand.
A golden UFO-temple of 300,000 Buddha statues in the Khlong Luang district, in the Pathum Thani province north of Bangkok, Thailand.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
7. Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Bangkok (1970)
A golden UFO-temple of 300,000 Buddha statues in the Khlong Luang district, in the Pathum Thani province north of Bangkok, Thailand.
A golden UFO-temple of 300,000 Buddha statues in the Khlong Luang district, in the Pathum Thani province north of Bangkok, Thailand.
6. Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur — (2018 refit)
272 rainbow steps lead to a limestone sanctuary of Hindu temples. Two million pilgrims climb them yearly for Thaipusam.
272 rainbow steps lead to a limestone sanctuary of Hindu temples. Two million pilgrims climb them yearly for Thaipusam.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
6. Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur — (2018 refit)
272 rainbow steps lead to a limestone sanctuary of Hindu temples. Two million pilgrims climb them yearly for Thaipusam.
272 rainbow steps lead to a limestone sanctuary of Hindu temples. Two million pilgrims climb them yearly for Thaipusam.
5. Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Paix, Côte d’Ivoire (1985–89)
A West-African St Peter’s. Commissioned by President Houphouët-Boigny; its marble dome nearly doubled Côte d’Ivoire’s debt.
A West-African St Peter’s. Commissioned by President Houphouët-Boigny; its marble dome nearly doubled Côte d’Ivoire’s debt.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
5. Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Paix, Côte d’Ivoire (1985–89)
A West-African St Peter’s. Commissioned by President Houphouët-Boigny; its marble dome nearly doubled Côte d’Ivoire’s debt.
A West-African St Peter’s. Commissioned by President Houphouët-Boigny; its marble dome nearly doubled Côte d’Ivoire’s debt.
4. Great Mosque of Touba, Senegal (1963)
Spiritual heart of the Mouride Brotherhood. Built by disciples with French colonial engineers. Every year millions gather for the Grand Magal pilgrimage.
Spiritual heart of the Mouride Brotherhood. Built by disciples with French colonial engineers. Every year millions gather for the Grand Magal pilgrimage.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
4. Great Mosque of Touba, Senegal (1963)
Spiritual heart of the Mouride Brotherhood. Built by disciples with French colonial engineers. Every year millions gather for the Grand Magal pilgrimage.
Spiritual heart of the Mouride Brotherhood. Built by disciples with French colonial engineers. Every year millions gather for the Grand Magal pilgrimage.
3. Mount Rushmore, South Dakota (1927-41)
Four US presidents carved in granite. Tourist trap or America’s marble self-portrait? 450,000 tons of rock removed. The sculptor Gutzon Borglum also worked on the pro-Confederate Stone Mountain project in Georgia.
Four US presidents carved in granite. Tourist trap or America’s marble self-portrait? 450,000 tons of rock removed. The sculptor Gutzon Borglum also worked on the pro-Confederate Stone Mountain project in Georgia.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
3. Mount Rushmore, South Dakota (1927-41)
Four US presidents carved in granite. Tourist trap or America’s marble self-portrait? 450,000 tons of rock removed. The sculptor Gutzon Borglum also worked on the pro-Confederate Stone Mountain project in Georgia.
Four US presidents carved in granite. Tourist trap or America’s marble self-portrait? 450,000 tons of rock removed. The sculptor Gutzon Borglum also worked on the pro-Confederate Stone Mountain project in Georgia.
2. The Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart (1927)
A model village for modernity. Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Gropius & others built this sleek “white city” of flat roofs and light. Bauhaus ideals, made concrete.
A model village for modernity. Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Gropius & others built this sleek “white city” of flat roofs and light. Bauhaus ideals, made concrete.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
2. The Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart (1927)
A model village for modernity. Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Gropius & others built this sleek “white city” of flat roofs and light. Bauhaus ideals, made concrete.
A model village for modernity. Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Gropius & others built this sleek “white city” of flat roofs and light. Bauhaus ideals, made concrete.
🧵 WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD 🌍
We still build colossal temples, mountains, and monuments — structures that are very big, that pretend to be ancient, and are mostly ugly. 👇
We still build colossal temples, mountains, and monuments — structures that are very big, that pretend to be ancient, and are mostly ugly. 👇
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🧵 WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD 🌍
We still build colossal temples, mountains, and monuments — structures that are very big, that pretend to be ancient, and are mostly ugly. 👇
We still build colossal temples, mountains, and monuments — structures that are very big, that pretend to be ancient, and are mostly ugly. 👇
Contemporary wonders and monuments do exist — they just might not be very beautiful.
— @pptamburelli
— @pptamburelli
October 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Contemporary wonders and monuments do exist — they just might not be very beautiful.
— @pptamburelli
— @pptamburelli
🔥 NEW EPISODE 🔥
w/ @pptamburelli
Everyone is still making modern monuments but the new wonders of the world aren't so wonderful.
Why?
w/ @pptamburelli
Everyone is still making modern monuments but the new wonders of the world aren't so wonderful.
Why?
October 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🔥 NEW EPISODE 🔥
w/ @pptamburelli
Everyone is still making modern monuments but the new wonders of the world aren't so wonderful.
Why?
w/ @pptamburelli
Everyone is still making modern monuments but the new wonders of the world aren't so wonderful.
Why?
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
Seeing France through 4 moments w/ @lyrafred
🇫🇷 1995 – The last moment of classic class struggle;
🇫🇷 2005 – Riots in the banlieues
🇫🇷 2015 – Islamist terror
🇫🇷 2025 – government collapse.
Seeing France through 4 moments w/ @lyrafred
🇫🇷 1995 – The last moment of classic class struggle;
🇫🇷 2005 – Riots in the banlieues
🇫🇷 2015 – Islamist terror
🇫🇷 2025 – government collapse.
October 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
Seeing France through 4 moments w/ @lyrafred
🇫🇷 1995 – The last moment of classic class struggle;
🇫🇷 2005 – Riots in the banlieues
🇫🇷 2015 – Islamist terror
🇫🇷 2025 – government collapse.
Seeing France through 4 moments w/ @lyrafred
🇫🇷 1995 – The last moment of classic class struggle;
🇫🇷 2005 – Riots in the banlieues
🇫🇷 2015 – Islamist terror
🇫🇷 2025 – government collapse.
The era of state capitalism is here, says @IliasAlami, the question now is how it's going to develop.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The era of state capitalism is here, says @IliasAlami, the question now is how it's going to develop.
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