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We discuss Andy Burnham's speech launching his formal bid for the Labour leadership. For info, errata and to give us support (Please give us support!): https://culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/07/03/emergency-podcast-the-rhetoric-of-burnhamism/

John Clarke and Anamik Saha discuss the politics of Brexit, racism and authoritarianism UK 2020-22 For info, links and to give us support: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/06/30/the-battle-for-britain-with-john-clarke-part-3/

The second of four episodes with John Clarke, discussing his book The Battle for Britain. For info and to support us: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/?p=2561

As we predicted, Burnham won the by-election and it wasn't even close. For info and to support us: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/?p=2550

What role do images of total catastrophe play in our culture and politics? For notes, info and to support us, please go to: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/06/16/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-catastrophe-culture/

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What were the historical, political, cultural conditions for Brexit? Jeremy discusses the first two sections of The Battle For Britain: Crises, Conflicts and the Conjuncture with author John Clarke. For info, notes and to give us support go to: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/06/07/the-battle-for-britain-with-john-clarke-part-1/

In this episode Jem is joined by Dhanveer Singh Brar and Ashwani Sharma to discuss their 2019 article ‘What is This 'Black 'in Black Studies? From Black British Cultural Studies to Black Critical Thought in UK Arts and Higher Education’. We actually recorded this in March 2026 We talk about the history of academic and non-academic responses to the experience of racism and radicalisation in Britain...

Jem completes his narrative account of Stuart Hall’s career. For information, links, notes, errata and to give us support go to: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/05/31/stuart-hall-class-race-and-conjuncture-part-2/

An introduction to the career and ideas of British cultural theorist, political activist and pubilc intellectual, Stuart Hall. This episode covers the period 1960-85. For information and to give us support go to: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/05/29/stuart-hall-part-1/

In this episode, Alan and Jeremy answer questions posed by listeners during the live recording of the previous one. For information and to give us support go to: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/05/15/answers-to-questions-may-2026/

In this episode, Alan Finlayson and Jeremy Gilbert discuss the crisis in the Labour Party following the cataclysmic local and devolved election results of the previous week. The Greens and Reform UK are destroying Labour’s voter base from left and right respectively, nationalist parties are cleaning up in Scotland and Wales, and it looks like Andy Burnham may […]

Concluding our discussion of religion in politics. For information and to give us support, go to: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/05/08/religion-and-politics-part-3/

Continuing our discussion of religion in politics. For information and to give us support, go to: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/05/08/religion-and-politics-part-2/

Exploring f the relationship between religion and politics. For information and to give us support, go to: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/05/08/religion-and-politics-part-1/

In this episode, Jem and Alan discuss a range of current issues in UK politics: the continued fallout over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US, the build up to possibly the most consequential set of local and devolved elections in living memory, the continued speculation over the political fate of Prime Minister Keir […]

This is a recording of an online seminar about the book The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism by Ben Anderson and Anna Seccor. With the authors, Carolyn Pedwell, Will Davies and Jeremy Gilbert For more information about Culture, Power, Politics see culturepowerpolitics.org If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do […]

In this episode Jem comes back to the question of how to think about ‘vibes’ in politics, discussing how they relate to the question of material interests and whether vibes can be rational. We look at a few different thinkers who have tried to define ‘vibes’, we go back to Raymond Williams’s concept of the […]

In this recording of an online seminar, Michael Hardt discusses the significance of the concept of ‘multitude’ for radical philosophy, from Spinoza, to Marx, to Michael’s own writing with Antonio Negri. NB: The podcast immediately before this one in your feed should be ‘Multitudes in the Age of Brexit: on Hardt & Negri’. That episode […]

In this episode, Jem offers an introduction to the work and ideas of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri. Who are they? Where did their ideas come from? Why were they so widely read at the turn of the twenty-first century? How does their idea of the democratic ‘multitude’ confronting the ‘Empire’ of international institutions help […]

Alan and Jem discuss the implication of the Green Party’s historic win in last week’s Gorton and Denton by-election. We cover the meaning of Manchester, making Britain normal and the ordinary charisma of new Green MP Hannah Spencer. Finally we ask – what are the strategic implications for the Labour left and the broader, multi-party […]

This is a recording of an online seminar with philosopher Katja Diefenbach . It forms part of our ongoing series, From Marx to Spinoza: Affect, Ideology, Materiality. This is a more specialist seminar than much of what you will find in this podcast feed, so check out some of the introductory sessions in that series […]

In this episode, Jeremy is joined by Dr. Jilly Kay of Loughborough University to discuss her fascinating and crucial research into new forms of reactionary feminism. Why do Catholic traditionalists and pessimistic dating-influencers all now want to call themselves ‘feminist’?  This is part 2 of 2: the start of the conversation is the previous episode in the fee...

In this episode, Jeremy is joined by Dr. Jilly Kay of Loughborough University to discuss her fascinating and crucial research into new forms of reactionary feminism. Why do Catholic traditionalists and pessimistic dating-influencers all now want to call themselves ‘feminist’?  This is part 1 of 2: the rest of the conversation is the next episode in the feed.&#1...

Jem and Alan get deep into the historical significance of Peter Mandelson, his career and his recent fall. What has the Epstein case revealed about the ideology of our ruling elites? Why did Mandelson achieve the complicated status that he did, and was his reputation ever deserved? Why did Starmer and his advisors cling to […]