Best Bastards Of The Universe Podcasts (2025)

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BYD—whence it came, where it’s going • Marx in America 59:59

3d ago59:59

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Paolo Gerbaudo on the Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD’s rise (articles here and here) • Andrew Hartman, author of Karl Marx in America, on the bearded one’s reception in the US The post BYD—whence it came, where it’s going • Marx in America appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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#HHN34 Fallout & 5 nights at Freddy's Chitter Chatter Chat 28:21

4d ago28:21

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This episode is brought to you by Prowl, written by our dear friend Dr Christopher Ripley. CLICK HERE TO BUY Paul & Craig chat Fallout & Five Nights at Freddy's

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Excerpt - Owen Hatherley on the Manic Street Preachers 3:41

5d ago3:41

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If you'd like to hear the rest of this episode please consider becoming a £5 p/m PTO supporter at patreon.com/poltheoryotherBy Politics Theory Other

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55 - Binding of Isaac: Hot Topic Catholicism w/ Kayte and Jay from Tender Subject 1:13:11

6d ago1:13:11

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www.patreon.com/agabpodhttps://x.com/agabpod || https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ad2rjqqdnh7j7bjfm65jbfy3https://x.com/tender_subject || https://bsky.app/profile/tendersubject.bsky.socialBy All Gamers Are Bastards

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Weapons and technology, China surpassing the US 31:34

10d ago31:34

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Laleh Khalili, author of this review, on the long relationship between the US military and industry • Kyle Chan, author of this article, on how China is surpassing the US The post Weapons and technology, China surpassing the US appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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Capitalism and its critics, real abundance vs. bogue abundance 59:59

17d ago59:59

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John Cassidy, author of Capitalism and Its Critics, on just that • Sandeep Vaheesan, author of this review, will talk about abundance—neoliberal vs. genuine The post Capitalism and its critics, real abundance vs. bogue abundance appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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HHN34 preview 19:45

23d ago19:45

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Paul & Craig are back to talk about this years event. Episodes will drop when there's official announcements. So join us won't you? Queue the music

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Fundraising special: two views of Israel–Palestine 17:35

24d ago17:35

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Meron Rapoport, co-author of this article, on Israel’s strategy of destruction in Gaza • Mouin Rabbani on Israeli politics, the fate of the Palestinians, and Trump’s scheming The post Fundraising special: two views of Israel–Palestine appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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Excerpt - Richard Seymour on the logic of the Gaza genocide 1:17

25d ago1:17

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Richard Seymour discusses the abrupt increase in Western criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza, China's energy transition, and how to understand the Trump administration.If you'd like to hear this episode in full please consider becoming a £5/pm PTO supporter on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/poltheoryother…

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The India-Pakistan conflict w/ Radhika Desai 33:47

27d ago33:47

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Radhika Desai returns to PTO to talk about the latest round of violence between India and Pakistan, following the terrorist attack that killed 26 tourists in Indian administered Kashmir on April 22nd. We discussed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir since 2019, when the Hindu nationalist government of Narendra Modi revoked the territory's special st…

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Fundraising special: wobbly dollar, perpetual wars 59:58

1M ago59:58

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Fundraising special: Barry Eichengreen on why the gyrations in the value of the US dollar matter • Courtney Rawlings and Alex Jordan, hosts of Always at War, on why the US is always buying more weapons and bombing people The post Fundraising special: wobbly dollar, perpetual wars appeared first on KPFA.…

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Excerpt - Natasha Lennard answers listener questions 1:20

1M ago1:20

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Natasha Lennard returns to answer listener questions on the escalation of the Gaza genocide, the prospects for a federal ban on abortion in the United States, and whether we are seeing the emergence of a distinctly liberal brand of transphobia in the US. If you'd like to hear this episode in full please consider becoming a £5/pm PTO supporter on pa…

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Fundraising special: Trumpian ideology 59:58

1M ago59:58

59:58

A look at Trumpian ideology: Kristin Du Mez on theology, Quinn Sloboidan on the latest iteration of neoliberalism (both rebroadcasts of interviews from February) The post Fundraising special: Trumpian ideology appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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The US empire, the state of the working class, and things need to be bigger 59:58

2M ago59:58

59:58

Vijay Prashad, executive director of Tricontinental, on the state of the US empire and the state of the global working class • Becca Rothfeld, author of All Things Are Too Small, speaks up for bigness The post The US empire, the state of the working class, and things need to be bigger appeared first on KPFA.…

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Where do US-China relations go from here? w/ Jake Werner 51:41

2M ago51:41

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Jake Werner on US-China relations in the context of the trade war. We discussed why Donald Trump has dialled down his rhetoric over tariffs, and why the term "decoupling" hardly captures the severity of what a breakdown of the economic relations between the US and China will look like. We also talked about the prospects of increased military tensio…

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How constitutional fetishism gave us Trump 59:58

2M ago59:58

59:58

Aziz Rana, author of The Constitutional Bind, on how the system crafted by the US Constitution, led to Donald Trump and has constricted our ability fight him The post How constitutional fetishism gave us Trump appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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Israel's renewed offensive w/ Amjad Iraqi 46:52

2M ago46:52

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Amjad Iraqi returns to PTO to discuss the Israeli offensive in Gaza - following on from Israel's violation of the ceasefire in late March. We spoke about why the ceasefire was always likely to be violated, the eroding support for continuation of the war within Israel (as the war increasingly comes to be seen as a way of shielding Benjamin Netanyahu…

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Hayek’s bastards: the second, cruder generation of neoliberals 59:59

2M ago59:59

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Quinn Slobodian, author of Hayek’s Bastards, talks about the IQ- and race-obsessed goldbugs of second generation neoliberalism The post Hayek’s bastards: the second, cruder generation of neoliberals appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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Excerpt - Quinn Slobodian responds to listener questions 1:44

2M ago1:44

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Quinn Slobodian returns to answer questions sent in by listeners in response to our recent episode on Quinn's new book, Hayek's Bastards: The neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right.If you'd like to get access to this and all other episode of PTO Extra! please consider becoming a £5 supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/poltheoryother…

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Financiers and universities, approaches to the climate crisis 59:58

2M ago59:58

59:58

Charlie Eaton and Alina Gibadulina on the increasing prominence of hedge fund and private equity titans on elite university boards (paper here) • Malcolm Harris, author of What’s Left, on a trio of political approaches to the climate crisis The post Financiers and universities, approaches to the climate crisis appeared first on KPFA.…

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54 - Marvel Rivals: Danger du wokisme 1:04:34

2M ago1:04:34

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Either experimental art podcasting or straight off the deep end, who knows.Hear the rest of the episode at http://patreon.com/agabpod.linktr.ee/kayandskittleshttps://soundcloud.com/user-317910500By All Gamers Are Bastards

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Tariff extravaganza: the UAW’s view, a critical view 59:58

2M ago59:58

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Jason Wade of the UAW explains the union’s endorsement of Trump’s auto tariffs • Sam Gindin, author of this article and former long-time adviser to what used to be known as the Canadian Autoworkers Union, on what issues the tariff controversy obscures The post Tariff extravaganza: the UAW’s view, a critical view appeared first on KPFA.…

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Hayek's bastards w/ Quinn Slobodian 58:10

3M ago58:10

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Quinn Slobodian returns to PTO to talk about his new book 'Hayek's Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right'. Whilst politicians and thinkers of the new right are typically characterised as fierce opponents of neoliberalism, Quinn explains how the emergence of the populist right developed through a split within the neoliberal movement i…

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Trump and the courts, class and politics, hipster nihilism 59:59

3M ago59:59

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Samuel Moyn on Trump and the courts • Chris Maisano, author of this article, on class and politics • Evgenia Kovda on hipster nihilism (article here) The post Trump and the courts, class and politics, hipster nihilism appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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Whither the Democrats? w/ Natasha Lennard 36:23

3M ago36:23

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Natasha Lennard joins PTO to talk about her recent writing on how the Democrats are making sense of their electoral defeat in November and how the mainstream of the party is adopting conservative social policy while flirting with far-right activists and influencers. We also talked about the enduring and ever more bizarre democrat obsession with civ…

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Professional class liberalism 59:58

3M ago59:58

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Brent Cebul and Lily Geismer, editors of Mastery and Drift, on professional class liberalism • a brief reprise of a 2019 interview with Gabriel Winant on the PMC The post Professional class liberalism appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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Marx’s ethics, and what did the BLM protests do to police budgets? 59:58

3M ago59:58

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Vanessa Wills, author of Marx’s Ethical Vision, on the morality behind Marxian “science” • Mathis Ebbinghaus on the effects of the summer 2020 anti-cop protests on police budgets (paper here) The post Marx’s ethics, and what did the BLM protests do to police budgets? appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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Fundraising special: militancy and repression in the Valley, neofeudalism 39:58

3M ago39:58

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Ben Tarnoff on tech worker militancy, the bosses’ crackdown, and their hard turn to the right • Jodi Dean, author of Capital’s Grave, on neofeudalism The post Fundraising special: militancy and repression in the Valley, neofeudalism appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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Excerpt - Ambushed in the Oval Office? w/ Richard Seymour 3:50

3M ago3:50

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In the latest episode of Interregnum Richard Seymour comments on the the fallout from the calamitous meeting between Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky, and JD Vance.If you would like to listen to this episode of PTO Extra! please consider becoming a £5 p/m supporter on patreon:https://www.patreon.com/c/poltheoryother…

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Fundraising special: worker-led organizing 3:42

4M ago3:42

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Eric Blanc, author of We Are the Union, on worker-led organizing (Amazon, Starbucks, etc.) The post Fundraising special: worker-led organizing appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat w/ Hannah Proctor 53:44

4M ago53:44

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Hannah Proctor joins PTO to discuss her book Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat. Amongst other aspects of the book, we discussed the practice of Maoist self-criticism and its influence on the American and European New Left, the accounts of women involved in the 1984-85 miners strike following its defeat at the hands of the Thatch…

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Trump, a new/old kind of imperialist? • Is Trump a neoliberal? 59:58

4M ago59:58

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Anatol Lieven looks at the global dimensions of Trumpism • Quinn Slobodian muses on whether Trump is a neoliberal, and examines the three major strands of DOGE-ism (NYRB article here) The post Trump, a new/old kind of imperialist? • Is Trump a neoliberal? appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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53 - System Shock 2: Being A Good Little Bug For Shodan w/ Josh Boerman 1:07:56

4M ago1:07:56

1:07:56

https://www.patreon.com/agabpodJosh's podcast: https://www.worstpossible.world/Thief vs. AAA Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPqwDGXxLhUNoclip doc on Looking Glass Studios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZmcbShMFNYBy All Gamers Are Bastards

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The truth about DEI, a history of “choice” 59:58

4M ago59:58

59:58

Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò picks apart the contradictory strands of the DEI obsession • Sophia Rosenfeld, author of The Age of Choice, explores this history of that concept over the last few centuries The post The truth about DEI, a history of “choice” appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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Excerpt - Adam Tooze on resistance to Trump 1:13

4M ago1:13

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Adam Tooze returns to answer the many excellent questions sent in by PTO supporters.If you would like to listen to this episode of PTO Extra! please consider becoming a £5 p/m supporter on patreon:www.patreon.com/c/poltheoryotherBy Politics Theory Other

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The theology of MAGA, “sovereigntism” and Trump 59:58

4M ago59:58

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Kristin Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne, on Christian nationalism • Jennifer Middlestadt, author of this article, on “sovereigntism,” the foreign policy of Trump et al. The post The theology of MAGA, “sovereigntism” and Trump appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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Moguls and their scribes, the New York intellectuals 59:58

5M ago59:58

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Eoin Higgins, author of Owned, on tech moguls and the journalists, like Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi, who work for them • Ronnie Grinberg, author of Write Like a Man, on the mostly male, mostly Jewish New York intellectuals The post Moguls and their scribes, the New York intellectuals appeared first on KPFA.…

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Excerpt - Richard Seymour responds to listeners' questions 3:18

5M ago3:18

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Richard returns to answer more questions - including on the Gaza ceasefire, bible study in American schools, and what might be learned from Mexico's Morena party.By Politics Theory Other

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The Gaza ceasefire, and sex work today 59:58

5M ago59:58

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Mouin Rabbani on the Gaza ceasefire and Trump’s plans for the Middle East • Angela Jones and Bernadette Barton, co-editors of Sex Work Today, on that topic The post The Gaza ceasefire, and sex work today appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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52 - AGAB Game Of The Year Awards 2024: Playing Chess With Pikachu 1:19:52

5M ago1:19:52

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linktr.ee/kayandskittleshttps://kylestevenkern.substack.com/p/the-best-albums-of-2024x.com/agabpodBy All Gamers Are Bastards

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Gaza's future w/ Muhammad Shehada 1:00:46

5M ago1:00:46

1:00:46

PTO is joined by the Palestinian writer and analyst Muhammad Shehada. In our conversation we talked about the humanitarian situation in Gaza after fifteen months of war and genocide. We also talked about the military capabilities of Hamas and why Israel was unable to inflict a total defeat on the group. We dicussed how the Trump administration will…

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Tech bros’ plans for SF, the Resnicks and water in California 59:57

5M ago59:57

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Laura Jedeed, author of this article, talks about San Francisco and tech moguls’ plans to “fix” it • Yasha Levine, co-director of Pistachio Wars, on the Resnicks and water in California The post Tech bros’ plans for SF, the Resnicks and water in California appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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A crisis in credibility - Labour's economic programme 51:55

5M ago51:55

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Will Davies joins PTO to talk about his recent article in the London Review of Books on the UK government's economic agenda. We discussed the policies that Labour has adopted in its attempt to break out of the low growth and low productivity rates that have characterised the UK economy in recent years. We also chatted about the extent to which the …

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The Y2K era, the South Korean political crisis 59:58

5M ago59:58

59:58

Colette Shade, author of Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything, on culture at the turn of the millennium • Tim Shorrock discusses the political crisis in South Korea The post The Y2K era, the South Korean political crisis appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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51 - Ready Player One: There Were Movies in the 80s 1:14:36

5M ago1:14:36

1:14:36

RIP Fred Jamesonlinktr.ee/kayandskittleswww.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ekb9HGtq1Ax.com/agabpodBy All Gamers Are Bastards

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Best of 2024 retrospective 22:10

5M ago22:10

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Three interviews on Israel’s many wars: Rashid Khalidi and Pankaj Mishra with a historical perspective, and Annelle Sheline adds a former insider’s view. Then, Aziz Rana on the awfulness of the US constitution, Anna Kornbluh with a cultural critique of immediacy, and Brooke Harrington on the offshore money-hiding racket. And a memorial to Jane McAl…

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Excerpt - Richard Seymour on Luigi Mangione 2:06

6M ago2:06

2:06

If you would like to listen to this episode of PTO Extra please consider becoming a £5 patron on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/c/poltheoryotherIn today’s episode Richard Seymour responds to listener questions on the overthrow of Assad in Syria, the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the significance of widespread public sympathy f…

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Behind the News – December 26, 2024 59:58

6M ago59:58

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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. The post Behind the News – December 26, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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Richard Seymour on Luigi Mangione 2:06

6M ago2:06

2:06

If you would like to listen to this episode of PTO Extra please consider becoming a £5 patron on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/c/poltheoryotherIn today’s episode Richard Seymour responds to listener questions on the overthrow of Assad in Syria, the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the significance of widespread public sympathy f…

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Syria and the failures of COP29 59:58

6M ago59:58

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Trita Parsi and Joshua Landis analyze what’s been going on in Syria • Tina Gerhardt reviews the annual UN climate conference, COP29, where little happened The post Syria and the failures of COP29 appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA

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