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Podcast by Toby Buckle
218 Episodes
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The right is obsessed with declining birth rates, what, if anything, should be the liberal response?
My response to the latest round of NYTs articles
Breaking down Labour's lurch to the right, and what comes next?
What is bigotry, how should we think about it, and why a strategy of appeasement will never work.
My thoughts on the Manchester by-election
Greg & I have both recently argued that, as horrific as this moment is, it offer liberals an opportunity to push a different vision on immigration & reset the politics of the issue. We discuss what we're up against, the challenges facing us, what us winning might look like, and how we get there.
It's 1350 BC and the most powerful man on earth has lost his mind, closing the temples, moving the capital into the desert, and raving, terrifyingly, that there is only one god
Does the UK have Wine Moms? & other listener questions
What is academic tenure, what are the main arguments for or against it? Why has it gotten harder to get, and to what extent should public scholarship be a criteria for it? Deepa Das Acevedo discusses her book The War on Tenure.
Why are fascists so interested in fictional universes like Star Trek or Lord of the Rings? And is there a link between the rise of the far right and the decline in creativity in mainstream entertainment?
What is Fascism, what was its relationship to socialism historically, and what is it today?
What comes after the murder in Minneapolis.
Across the world mainline political parties have faced a challenge from the far-right. Across the world, they've struggled to offer a counter narrative on immigration. Why?
I recently published an article in The New Republic interviewing the American's who saw our democratic collapse coming -Cassandras, as I called them. I wanted to understand why some people got it, and others didn't. I'm joined by one of them, Irina (also my wife) who interviews me on the process of writing it and what I learn't.
Liberal Current's Editor in Chief Adam Gurri joins the podcast - How the centrist political media has enabled fascism, and what needs to be done differently.
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An audio essay: Putting the UK's new anti-refugee policies in context, why they are both bad on their own terms, but also a big warning sign for our democracy. Where we're at, and why there is hope.
Tom & I debate if the current Labour Government is on the right track - are they right to give ground on cultural issues?
What is bioethics? Why do Black and white Americans experience such differential healthcare outcomes? And what are the drawbacks to social justice concepts from academia becoming mainstream?
I'm joined by the founder and director of The Good Law Project - the organisation fighting the UK's anti-trans bathroom ban in court. We cover rights and freedoms in the UK, the complex legal mess we find ourselves in, and how the rest of us should respond.
Measuring our anti-fascist preparedness vs the US, Video version: https://youtu.be/t8DEEUs-RFg?si=L8DDXCT5VTE82RTP
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Meanwhile, you hypocrites celebrate gangster rappers who promote and celebrate crime, including murder. You're sick in the head and in the heart.
Tha danger of preventing children from having the sex organs cut off?
This is not philosophy. This is garbage