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Podcast by Toby Buckle
Not being listened to was annoying, was it also unjust?
This history of, and modern threats to, this core American freedom
A recent article of mine generated significant engagement from all sides, including an extended critique from Silvaria, who argued I was wro...
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 immig...
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, terr...
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 sc...
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 r...
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 counte...
I recently published an article in The New Republic interviewing the American's who saw our democratic collapse coming -Cassandras, as I cal...
Liberal Current's Editor in Chief Adam Gurri joins the podcast - How the centrist political media has enabled fascism, and what needs to be...
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...
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 j...
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 cov...
Measuring our anti-fascist preparedness vs the US, Video version: https://youtu.be/t8DEEUs-RFg?si=L8DDXCT5VTE82RTP
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? Moo...
Does my argument that the left should not threaten abstention survive Liam's case that we can't impose message discipline on online communit...
Liam Bright discusses his influential White Psychodrama paper & we give our takes on the various cultural products arising from white guilt....
James S. Fishkin, the Pioneer of deliberative polling joins the podcast. We discuss the nature of public opinion, how it can be changed, the...
I recently wrote that liberalism must reject neutrality and instead embrace a comprehensive vision of what is good for people, one that take...
The series continues, exploring the world the Bible was born into. Another genre of writing these texts existed within was the Ancient Near...
From Ancient Egypt, to Ethiopia, to the Islamic tradition, Africa had a rich - & truly ancient - tradition of philosophy prior to European C...
What is democracy and why is it failing? Natasha Piano joins the show to discuss her recent book, Democratic Elitism: The Founding Myth of A...
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 Bab...
A shot preview of a new series I'll be doing on the podcast
I take a range of questions on all things British politics.
Why Hillary vs Bernie still shapes our politics & how we can move past it.
Crime and criminality are central concepts in American political discourse - fears of crime, crime as code for race, or illegal immigration...
What the hell is up with Silicon Valley's lurch to the far-right? Dave Karpf joins to discuss
Why & how the Democratic Party needs to change. Samantha and I discuss our recent articles on what is going wrong for democrats, and what is...
The debate on if Trump is an existential fascist threat is now over. What, if anything, is to be learnt from it? Yes, It's Fascism https://w...
The EU from a political philosophy perspective - How do we justify it, is it legitimate, is there a 'democracy gap', & how will it weather t...
Who was Rousseau? What is the 'general will'? What did he think was important when designing constitutions, and what does this tell us about...
Moudhy Al-Rashid on the first kings in history - The origins of the institution, royal ideology & propaganda, & their use of violence & terr...
What's wrong with the refugee debate in the UK? Does our process respect assylum seekers (or even attempt to)? Do refugees have an obligatio...
How does the UK political system work, what role has immigration played in our politics, and are we at risk of a 'Trump moment' here?
I share a new political spectrum for the ati-trump coalition and use it to think through questions like: Why did the democtratic vote declin...
A deep dive into all things Plato & The Republic with Dr Carol Atack. Particularly his description of tyranny and the tyrant, do they apply...
An in-depth look at the US-Israel relationship. What were the Biden administrations goals post October 7th, and how successful where they? H...
Everything Supreme Court - Theory and practice: How has the role of the court developed historically, how has it gained more power recently,...
In a patreon supporers only episode I take a range of audience questions on democratic messaging, my liberal currents articles, and how to m...
Do we have an ethical obligation to vote? Chris Freiman joins the podcast to argue no, our time and energy is better spent elsewhere. I disa...