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Robbie Shilliam joins PTO to talk about his article, 'Enoch Powell: Britain’s First Neoliberal Politician' which appeared in the New Political Economy Journal. We spoke about how Enoch Powell, far from being a political throwback was in fact a key figure in the emergence of neoliberalism and Thatcherism, and how his politics presaged the Brexit project. We also chatted about how Powell, in contrast to many conservatives became hostile to nostalgia for the British Empire and how he believed that an independent Britain, neither ruling an empire, nor becoming part of the embryonic European Union would find its proper place in the world.

Enoch Powell: Britain's first neoliberal politician w/ Robbie Shilliam

Owen Hatherley joins PTO to discuss a new career spanning collection of his writings, Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances. We talked about the early 2000s blogging scene as a reaction to New Labour, Owen's writings on music and how Black Box Recorder's work seemed to anticipate the world of Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson. And finally, we talked about Owen's review of K-Punk - the collected writings of Mark Fisher - and the strange phenomenon of American leftists seeing Fisher as a "class first" social democrat, shorn of his theoretical touchstones.

Clean living under difficult circumstances w/ Owen Hatherley

Music by Nadalands. Mixed by Will Holtz. Harmony vocals by Virginia Bradley. Harmony part by Alexis Stevens.

The Loan Officer (Socialism or Barbarism)

Kongress Politische Romantik "Max Webers Fragestellung" mit Joachim Radkau, Jürgen Kaube, S. Schlak

September 2014 Arcade - Khutor's Ruin

Speaker(s): Professor Richard H. Pildes | A year of unpredictable political upheavals in the industrialised world promises an interesting period ahead.  What are the lessons from Brexit and the Trump election for our democracy? Richard H. Pildes is the Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law at the New York University Law School.  He is one of the nation's leading scholars of constitutional law and a specialist in legal issues affecting democracy. Mervyn King was Governor of the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013, and is currently School Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Lord King was made a life peer in 2013, and appointed by the Queen a Knight of the Garter in 2014. The Department of Economics at LSE (@LSEEcon) is one of the largest economics departments in the world. Its size ensures that all areas of economics are strongly represented in both research and teaching. The Centre For Macroeconomics (@CFMUK) brings together world-class experts to carry out pioneering research on the global economic crisis and to help design policies that alleviate it.

Politics after Brexit and Trump: Rick Pildes in conversation with Mervyn King [Audio]

Speaker(s): Mary Dejevsky, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett and Professor James Tilley | Brexit has been viewed by many as part of a populist revolution sweeping not only the UK, but Europe and beyond. Why did Britain vote for Brexit? Was it a result of a UKIP-led revolt on the right? This discussion will explore the motivations of the leave vote and the implications for UK politics. Mary Dejevsky (@marydejevsky) is a writer and broadcaster for The Independent newspaper. Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett (@rhiannonlucyc) is a freelance writer for The Guardian and co-founded The Vagenda blog. James Tilley is a professor of Politics at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. He is author of The New Politics of Class: The Political Exclusion of the British Working Class. Simon Hix is Harold Laski Professor of Political Science in the LSE Department of Government. The Department of Government is one of the largest political science departments in the UK. Activities cover a comprehensive range of approaches to the study of politics. Keep up to date with what Brexit means for the UK and the wider world at LSE Brexit blog (@lsebrexitvote).

LSE Literary Festival 2017 | Was Brexit a Populist Revolution? [Audio]

Speaker(s): Anne Applebaum, Jonathan Fenby, Gideon Rachman | Editor's note: Owing to a technical problem the question and answer session has been omitted from the podcast. For forty years the Cold War defined the world in which we all lived, shaping our political choices, killing over 25 million people, and nearly leading to the destruction of humanity itself on one very special day in October 1962.  Thirty years later the Cold War was no more and the world – we were told – could now look forward to a "new world order". Yet it was not be. America under G.W Bush revived spectres of the past by talking of a new 'axis of evil'.  Russian reform turned into Putin’s annexation of Crimea. While in China talk of a 'peaceful rise' was replaced by an altogether more assertive stance which seemed to question the established rules of the international community. This discussion asks and tries to answer three big questions: In what sense did the Cold War represent a revolution in world history? Was 1989 yet another – very different kind of - revolution in international affairs? And why does the Cold War we all thought dead and buried continue to exercise such influence on our discourses about the modern world? Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) is a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Institute of Global Affairs at LSE and a columnist for the Washington Post. Jonathan Fenby (@JonathanFenby) is a former editor of the Observer and South China Morning Post and a founding partner and Managing Director of Trusted Sources Research Service. He is an author of several popular books on China, including the acclaimed Tiger Head, Snake Tails; The Penguin History of Modern China; and Will China Dominate the 21st Century?  Gideon Rachman (@gideonrachman) is the chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times. In 2016 he won the Orwell Prize for Journalism and was named Commentator of the Year at the European Press Prize awards. Previously he worked for The Economist for fifteen years, serving as a foreign correspondent in Washington, Bangkok and Brussels. His new book is Easternisation: war and peace in the Asian century. Michael Cox is Director of LSE IDEAS. LSE IDEAS (@LSEIDEAS) is a foreign policy think-tank within LSE's Institute for Global Affairs.

LSE Literary Festival 2017 | From One Cold War to Another? [Audio]

Speaker(s): Professor Michele Lamont | Michèle Lamont’s book contributes to the study of everyday racism and stigma management, the quest for recognition, and the comparative study of inequality and processes of cultural change. Michèle Lamont (@mlamont6) is Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies and Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies at Harvard University. She has been named winner of the 2017 Erasmus Prize, which recognises individual or group contributions to European culture, society, or social science. Mike Savage (@MikeSav47032563) is Martin White Professor of Sociology at LSE and co-Director of the International Inequalities Intitute. The International Inequalities Institute at LSE (@LSEInequalities) brings together experts from many LSE departments and centres to lead critical and cutting edge research to understand why inequalities are escalating in numerous arenas across the world, and to develop critical tools to address these challenges.

Getting Respect: responding to stigma and discrimination in the United States, Brazil and Israel [Audio]

In celebration of Joe Biden's inauguration, "socialist" magazine Jacobin attempts "ironic satire" with a cover that aims to "make fun of the libs". Did they succeed? Fox and Alex are joined by Peter Coffin to figure that out. In this episode we talk about political fandom, "precuperation", Niobiom's viral meme that triggered the libs (https://twitter.com/nobum62/status/1352042371148640273) the spectacle of protest and more!

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Ep 007 Satire is Dead, Long Live Satire (feat. Peter Coffin)

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Clean living under difficult circumstances w/ Owen Hatherley

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