/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 of the Hill deal with hyperpolitics today?
Is the reliance on archetypes a problem, or inherent to all comedy?
Why is Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death still relevant?
Is the Gen X critique of 'couch potatoes' and TV-watching similar to today's techlash?
Have we become insensible to contradiction?
Links:
We’re still distracting ourselves to death, Ryan Zickgraf, UnHerd
King of the Hill reboot is ill-suited to the Trump age, Ryan Zickgraf, UnHerd
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/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 well as his works as a whole.
Why is the study of slavery too affected by the exceptional US American experience?
In what way is violence a constitutive feature of slave relations that aren’t true of others?
Are we still mired in a politics of ethnic chauvinism?
What does it mean for ethnic minorities to engage in self-criticism?
Is there a politics of freedom that is hopeful today or has it been eclipsed?
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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 over resources more than over values. Is there any basis for this, and what do Millennials actually want? With generational and class conflict seemingly bound together today, we analyse 'Generation Left' and 'Millennial Socialism'. And we ask what the effect of the pandemic may be on the creation of a Gen Z consciousness.
Guests include:
Paul Taylor, former director, Pew Research
Jennie Bristow, senior lecturer in sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University
Helen Andrews, senior editor at The American Conservative
Clive Martin, journalist who has written for VICE Magazine
Josh Glenn, semiotician, author, and publisher of HiLoBrow
Jennifer Silva, assistant professor in sociologist, Indiana University
Original music by: Jonny Mundey
Additional music:
Cacti / I Will Be Waiting / courtesy of epidemicsound.com
Filthy the Kid / Vampire / courtesy of epidemicsound.com
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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 overshadowed by the Boomer's failures? In the Eastern Bloc, the fall of Soviet regimes was a traumatic moment – how did this shape consciousness? And how did the Iranian Revolution – and subsequent war – shape the political perspectives of Iranians?
Guests include:
Maren Thom, film scholar
Alexei Yurchak, professor of anthropology at Berkeley
Jennie Bristow, senior lecturer in sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University
Josh Glenn, semiotician, author, and publisher of HiLoBrow
Arash Azizi, historian of Iran at New York University
Felix Krawatzek, political scientist at the Centre for East European and International Studies in Berlin
Original music by: Jonny Mundey
Additional music:
Kit Kruger / Freakin' Freefall / courtesy of epidemicsound.com
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RE-RELEASE: OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, 3
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.
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