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:
Excerpt: /85/ Reading Club No.1
/84/ How To Fail Better ft. Adam Proctor
Excerpt: /83/ Now It's Syrizous
/82/ Socialist Trumplandia ft. Eric Blanc
/79/ CaliBunga: Tech, Drugs & Capitalist Soul, Pt. 4 [UNLOCKED]
/80/ CaliBunga: Tech, Drugs & Capitalist Soul, Pt.5
Excerpt: /79/ CaliBunga: Tech, Drugs & Capitalist Soul, Pt. 4
/78/ CaliBunga: Tech, Drugs & Capitalist Soul, Pt. 3
Excerpt: /77/ CaliBunga: Tech, Drugs & Capitalist Soul, Pt. 2
/76/ CaliBunga: Tech, Drugs & Capitalist Soul, Pt. 1
Excerpt: /75/ Synthesis Session: Order Not Freedom
/74/ Order Not Freedom ft. Quinn Slobodian
/72/ Frankly Awesome Lefty Conversation ft. Aaron Bastani [UNLOCKED]
Excerpt: /73/ Eurosads ft. Anton Jäger & Catarina Príncipe
Excerpt: /72/ Frankly Awesome Lefty Conversation ft. Aaron Bastani
/71/ Trustworthy Propaganda ft. Glenn Greenwald
/70/ In Defence of Universalism ft. Kenan Malik
/69/ Boiled Lobsters ft. Angela Nagle
/68/ Big Money Talk ft. Doug Henwood
/67/ Legacies of Postmodernism ft. Catherine Liu
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