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#20½ Supporting Left Media

2018/8/26

PTO proper will be back next week, but in the meantime just a short note from me to ask listeners to

#20 Adam Tooze on 'Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World' (Part 1)

2018/8/10

Adam Tooze joins me to discuss his new book, 'Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the

#19 Richard Seymour on the Labour Party's anti-semitism row

2018/8/4

Richard Seymour joins me to discuss the ongoing anti-semitism controversy in the Labour Party. We di

#18 Jacob Mukherjee on Britain's rent crisis and how to fight it

2018/7/31

Jacob Mukherjee joins me to discuss the UK housing crisis, the challenges in organising private rent

#17 Grace Blakeley on financialisation and the UK economy

2018/7/24

Grace Blakeley joins me to discuss the neoliberal financialisation of the UK and world economies, th

#16 Phil Burton-Cartledge on the Tories in crisis

2018/7/11

Phil Burton-Cartledge joins me to discuss the resignations of David Davis and Boris Johnson, Brexit

#15 Kate Pickett on the mental health effects of inequality

2018/7/8

Kate Pickett joins me to discuss her new book - co-authored with Richard Wilkinson - The Inner Level

#14 Adam Tooze on Nazi ideology and the German war economy

2018/6/25

Adam Tooze joins me to discuss his book 'The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Na

#13 Catarina Príncipe on Portugal - the Eurozone's good example?

2018/6/20

Catarina Príncipe joins me to discuss the state of Portuguese social democracy, the myth of Portugue

#12 Jo Littler on meritocracy and the neoliberal era

2018/6/14

Jo Littler joins me to discuss the history of meritocratic discourse, how the term meritocracy is de

#11 Ed Rooksby on reform, revolution, and socialist strategy

2018/6/10

Ed Rooksby joins me to discuss socialist strategy, Syriza, Nicos Poulantzas' theory of the state and

#10 Jeremy Gilbert on Maurizio Lazzarato's Experimental Politics

2018/6/6

This week I’m joined by Professor Jeremy Gilbert to discuss Maurizio Lazzarato's 'Experimental Polit

#9 Wendy Liu on Silicon Valley and the democratisation of technology

2018/5/31

Wendy Liu joins me to discuss startup culture, the platform economy and the Labour Party's approach

#8 Italexit? - David Broder on the crisis in Italy

2018/5/29

David Broder joins me to discuss the Italian President's rejection of the Lega's choice for finance

#7 Alex Nunns on the Labour Party

2018/5/15

This week I’m joined by Alex Nunns, author of The Candidate: Jeremy Corbyn's Improbable Path to Powe

#6 Catherine Rottenberg on the rise of neoliberal feminism

2018/5/9

This week I'm joined by Catherine Rottenberg to discuss her work on neoliberal feminism. We talked a

#5 Will Davies on Windrush and the politics of the Home Office

2018/5/2

This week I'm joined by Will Davies to discuss the Windrush scandal, neoliberal governmentality, and

#4 David Broder on Italy's Political Impasse

2018/4/29

This week I'm joined by David Broder to discuss last month's Italian elections, the decline of the p

#3 Patricia Reed on Xenofeminism

2018/4/27

This week I'm joined by Patricia Reed to discuss the Manifesto on Xenofeminism: A Politics for Alien

#2 Jamie Allinson on the war in Syria

2018/4/19

This week I'm joined by Dr. Jamie Allinson to discuss the current situation in Syria, the recent Wes

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