Political Philosophy Podcast
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Political Philosophy Podcast
Podcast by Toby Buckle
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The end of free enterpirse rhetoric? with Larry Glickman
From the right's ultimate ethical appeal, to hardly mentioned.
Does dem messaging even matter? with Noah Berlatsky
Thinking about how electorates think politically
Can Democrats match Republican aggression? with Noah Berlatsky
Why the parties are so different, & why that's changing
Critics of Starmer’s appeasement were right—we should say so!
Audio essay: reactionary centrists didn't listen, won't learn, & can't lead
listening to Black women with Atima Omara
Discussing the demographic that has been at the forefront of activism—and of warning of what is to come.
The Roman Republic with Bret Devereaux
The strange historical reality behind the inspiration for so many political systems, & what we can learn from it.
Were fascism's cassandras victims of "epistemic injustice"? with Aidan McGlynn
Not being listened to was annoying, was it also unjust?
Birthright citizenship with Anna O'Law
This history of, and modern threats to, this core American freedom
Was it fascism all along? with Silvaria Lysandra Zemaitis
A recent article of mine generated significant engagement from all sides, including an extended critique from Silvaria, who argued I was wrong to try...
The birth rate debate
The right is obsessed with declining birth rates, what, if anything, should be the liberal response?
For the last time, no; "moderating" on trans rights wouldn't help democrats
My response to the latest round of NYTs articles
Can Labour come back? with Dan Sohege
Breaking down Labour's lurch to the right, and what comes next?
You cannot compromise with bigotry - Nicholas Mitchell
What is bigotry, how should we think about it, and why a strategy of appeasement will never work.
Another day, another validation of anti-fascist ‘alarmists’
My thoughts on the Manchester by-election
How liberals can win on immigration with Greg Sargent
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 & r...
Writing the Bible 3- The Great Hymn to the Aten
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,...
Tenure with Deepa Das Acevedo
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...
Fascism & fiction with Elia Ayoub
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 t...
Fascism & socialism with Matt McManus
What is Fascism, what was its relationship to socialism historically, and what is it today?
Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.
What comes after the murder in Minneapolis.
The global immigration debate with Pontus Odmalm
Across the world mainline political parties have faced a challenge from the far-right. Across the world, they've struggled to offer a counter narrativ...
Fascism's Cassandras
I recently published an article in The New Republic interviewing the American's who saw our democratic collapse coming -Cassandras, as I called them....
Building Opposition Media with Adam Gurri
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 diffe...
Appeasement Isn’t Working
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 d...
Should we compromise with the right on immigration? - With Thomas Prosser
Tom & I debate if the current Labour Government is on the right track - are they right to give ground on cultural issues?
Bioethics & Race with Yolonda Wilson
What is bioethics? Why do Black and white Americans experience such differential healthcare outcomes? And what are the drawbacks to social justice con...
Fighting Britain's Bathroom Ban with Jolyon Maugham
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...
It will be worse in the UK
Measuring our anti-fascist preparedness vs the US, Video version: https://youtu.be/t8DEEUs-RFg?si=L8DDXCT5VTE82RTP
Do Cars Make us Free? with Henrietta Moore & Arthur Kay
Originally a symbol of mobility, of escape and adventure, we have now built much of our world around the car. Has doing so liberated us? Moore & Kay a...
Left-Abstention & Message Discipline with Liam Bright
Does my argument that the left should not threaten abstention survive Liam's case that we can't impose message discipline on online communities? An op...
White Psychodrama Revisited with Liam Bright
Liam Bright discusses his influential White Psychodrama paper & we give our takes on the various cultural products arising from white guilt. Is the er...
Can Deliberation Save Democracy? with James S. Fishkin
James S. Fishkin, the Pioneer of deliberative polling joins the podcast. We discuss the nature of public opinion, how it can be changed, the positivit...
Should Liberalism Fight, or Retreat & Retrench? with Alec Crisman
I recently wrote that liberalism must reject neutrality and instead embrace a comprehensive vision of what is good for people, one that takes the figh...
Writing The Bible 2: Hammurabi's Code
The series continues, exploring the world the Bible was born into. Another genre of writing these texts existed within was the Ancient Near Eastern la...
Precolonial Africana Philosophy with Peter Adamson and Chike Jeffers
From Ancient Egypt, to Ethiopia, to the Islamic tradition, Africa had a rich - & truly ancient - tradition of philosophy prior to European Colonizatio...
Do Elections Define Democracy? with Natasha Piano
What is democracy and why is it failing? Natasha Piano joins the show to discuss her recent book, Democratic Elitism: The Founding Myth of American Po...
Writing the Bible: 1 The First Flood
The first episode of my new, new format, history series - the Bible in its historic and literary context. We start in 1850 BC in ancient Babylon, with...
Writing the Bible - New Series Preview
A shot preview of a new series I'll be doing on the podcast