Culture, Power, Politics » Podcast

Jeremy Gilbert

Labour Party

Neoliberalism

Andy Burnham

Brexit

Religion

Stuart Hall

Britain

Keir Starmer

United Kingdom

Blue Labour

Populism

Green Party

Devolution

Capitalism

Liberalism

Peter Mandelson

Multitude

Greens

Spinoza

Reactionary Feminism

A podcast about politics, contemporary culture and the ideas that help us understand them. The podcast began life as recordings of a regular seminar on radical theory, culture and politics, and still features seminar recordings from in-person and online seminars, but it now mainly consists of episodes recorded specifically for the podcast. Hosted by Jeremy Gilbert, Professor of Cultural and Politi... more

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Publishes	Twice weekly	Episodes	100	Founded	11 years ago
Number of Listeners		Categories	Society & CultureNewsPolitics

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The Most Boring Budget?

In this episode Alan Finlayson and Jeremy Gilbert dig into the politics of UK Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healy’s first budget. What can we discern about the politics of Burnhamism from arguably the least consequential budget statement in living... more

29 Oct 2026 • 1 hr 39 min • Most popular

University Finance with Andrew McGettigan

Following our acclaimed series on the crisis of the British university system, we talk to Andrew McGettigan, author of the The Great University Gamble: Money, Markets and the Future of Higher Education.

In this very deep dive, Andrew first discusses... more

26 Oct 2026 • 2 hrs 31 min

Affect and Conjuncture with Lawrence Grossberg

How do we understand affective experience as a particular dimension of specific historical conjunctures? If ‘affect’ names a plane of experience that is characterised by feeling and physicality, how can we understand it as always socially conditioned... more

23 Oct 2026 • 1 hr 59 min • Popular

The Road to 1945 (and what we can learn)

What historical lessons can we learn from the UK’s one experience of a truly transformative progressive government? What were the social and political conditions that made it possible, and are there any useful political lessons that we can infer to a... more

6 Oct 2026 • 2 hrs 1 min

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Recent Guests

Andrew McGettigan

Higher education finance writer and author of The Great University Gamble

Episode: University Finance with Andrew McGettigan

Lawrence Grossberg

Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and cultural studies scholar

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Episode: Affect and Conjuncture with Lawrence Grossberg

David Wilkinson

Academic at Manchester Metropolitan University

Episode: Working Class Weird: The Fall & post-Punk with David Wilkinson

Angela McRobbie

Professor of Cultural and Political Theory

Goldsmiths, University of London

Episode: Angela McRobbie: Feminism, Culture, Politics (part 2)

John Clarke

Author, The Battle for Britain

Episode: The Battle for Britain with John Clarke (part 4)

Ashwani Sharma

Historian, joined discussion via collaboration

University of Leeds

Episode: Black Theory in Britain

Dhanveer Brar Singh

Historian, joined discussion via collaboration

University of Leeds

Episode: Black Theory in Britain

Ben Anderson

Co-author, Politics of Feeling, Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism

Geography Department, Durham University

Episode: The Politics of Feeling

Anna Seccor

Co-author, Politics of Feeling, Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism

Geography Department, Durham University

Episode: The Politics of Feeling

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Jeremy Gilbert

Professor of Cultural and Political Theory at the University of East London

Alan Finlayson

Political theorist

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4.9 out of 5 stars from 528 ratings

Jeremy is always knowledgeable and this podcast always addresses each topic in great depth
Podcast Addict
5
toffee
10 days ago
Actually learning
This is great, these guys take their listeners seriously. Big fan.
Apple Podcasts
5
Robogecko40
United Kingdom21 days ago
Very informative
This is a valuable resource that deserves being supported. The speakers are well read and researched in their fields. I would recommend it to people who are interested in themes within culture power and politics!
Apple Podcasts
5
K211193
United Kingdom23 days ago
Utterly Inane
Pseudo-intellectual draff for incurious, bubbled midwits.
Apple Podcasts
1
Bibliophenia
United Kingdom2 months ago
Why? Por que?
Por que um podcast sobre poder, política e cultura está classificado como explícito, afinal?
Apple Podcasts
5
patraica
Brazil2 months ago

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University Finance with Andrew McGettigan

Q: What happened to the student-loan repayment terms after the 2010 coalition introduced higher tuition fees?

The Lib Dems secured a commitment that the repayment threshold would rise with average earnings, but the Conservative government froze it in 2016. Later governments also changed repayment terms. McGettigan says borrowers had agreed to terms that allowed regulations to change, and that optimistic graduate-earnings forecasts and a 2018 accounting change helped shape subsequent policy decisions.

University Finance with Andrew McGettigan

Q: What are some of the most significant differences between higher education policy in England and the devolved nations?

Higher education policy became devolved after 1997–98. Scotland has maintained free undergraduate tuition for Scottish students and tighter controls on university status and new providers, while England introduced extensive market reforms after 2010. Each nation also has distinct regulatory and charity-law arrangements, though institutions across the UK can still face financial pressures.

Affect and Conjuncture with Lawrence Grossberg

Q: Could you talk about articulation as a tool for thinking through the conjuncture?

Grossberg describes articulation as the process of making, unmaking, and remaking relationships. As an analytical tool, it requires specifying which relations are being constructed and how, within a particular context.

Affect and Conjuncture with Lawrence Grossberg

Q: How does imagination play a role in the relationship between affect and conjuncture?

Grossberg describes imagination as a human capacity alongside feeling and thought, and says the important task is to imagine practical possibilities and responses within the current conjuncture, not only ideal futures.

From Superstition to Mythocracy with Yves Citton

Q: How does imagination figure in the way the power of the multitude becomes instituted as potestas?

Imagination frames causal chains into stories; by selecting certain causes and presenting them as decisive, people perceive and reproduce institutional power. Storytelling, narrative, and scripting mediate how power is organized, and scripting can strategically influence audiences to sustain or challenge existing power structures.

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Long-form conversations and lectures connect British politics and current affairs with the histories of ideas, culture, and political economy. Cultural and political theorist Jeremy Gilbert is the recurring host, often joined by Alan Finlayson for extended discussions. Other episodes feature scholars, writers, and researchers who bring specialist work on subjects such as cultural studies, feminism, post-punk, and higher education into wider political debates.

The format ranges from host-led analysis and multi-part theory series to interviews and recordings of seminars. A distinctive strength is the movement between abstract concepts and concrete questions about institutions, policy, political movements, and everyday culture. The discussion... more

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