FROM THE VAULT: ALEX'S PICK (2)
On The Economist and the contradictions of global liberalism.
Alexander Zevin joins us to discuss his work on the 176 year history of the magazine that has accompanied liberalism's global expansion. Has it just reflected the world or has it actually influenced politics? How has The Economist balanced democracy against the interests of finance and the needs of empire? And is the magazine suffering from N.O.B.S.?
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Running order:
/35/ (Dis)Arm the People? ft. Reid Kane
/34/ War Propaganda ft. Tara McCormack
/33/ Hungary's Illiberal Democracy ft. Tamas Gerocs
/32/ Brazil Moves Right? ft. Sabrina Fernandes
/31/ Woke Neoliberalism ft. James Heartfield
/30/ Italy: Country of the Future? ft. David Broder
/29/ Therapeutic Politics ft. Ashley Frawley
/28/ Cinema & Hopelessness ft. Maren Thom
/27/ After Zuma ft. Sean Jacobs
/26/ Prometheans United ft. Leigh Phillips
/25/ Prometheans Unite! ft. Leigh Phillips
/24/ #IranProtest ft. Arash Azizi
/23/ Bonus - 2017: Year in Review
/22/ Sport & Scandal
/21/ Be Normie ft. Angela Nagle
/20/ The Coup in Zimbabwe
/19/ New Clarity? ft. Michael Brooks
/18/ Lenin Lives!
/17/ Hypersatireality ft. @KarlRemarks
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