On nuclear exterminism.
To commemorate our 300th episode, we discuss how the world is closer to a nuclear conflict than at any point since the Cold War. After decades of inconsequential 'permawar' (at least inside the Western bubble), the proxy war in Ukraine between NATO and Russia is suddenly very consequential indeed.
How does our situation differ from that of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis? Why might it be more unpredictable? Does today's very different ideological configuration make war more or less likely?
Before that, we reflect on five and half years of Bungacast, how the world has changed over the period, and pick out some of our favourite episode from the past half-decade.
The main discussion begins at 23mins.
Readings:
/225/ Wokeistan & Lebanonworld ft. Karl Sharro
Excerpt: /224/ Three Articles: Labour Revolts?
/222/ Nukes 4 Kids ft. Emmet Penney, pt. 1
Excerpt: /221/ Reading Club: Truth About Class
Excerpt: /220/ Aufhebonus Bonus
Excerpt: OK Bunger! The Problem of Generations, pt. 5
OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, pt. 4
Excerpt: OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, pt. 3
/218/ Stability Über Alles ft. Wolfgang Streeck
OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, pt. 2
Excerpt: /217/ Reading Club: Intersectional Stalinism
/216/ Goodbye Mutti! Election Preview ft. Dominik Leusder
OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, pt. 1
Excerpt: /215/ Organize the Incels?! ft. Alex Gendler
/213/ The Leopard Lockdown ft. Adam Tooze
Excerpt: /212/ Three Articles: Middle-Class Anxieties
/211/ Unlocking the Lockdown Left ft. @galexybrane
Excerpt: /210/ Reading Club: Psychoanalysis & Spirit of Capitalism
Excerpt: /209/ Aufhebonus Bonus + Kabul Falls
/207/ Pangolin vs Lobster, pt 1 ft. Paolo Gerbaudo
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