Political Philosophy Podcast

Toby Buckle

Podcast by Toby Buckle

  • 1 hour 45 minutes
    NON-CANONICAL CHRISTIAN TEXTS with Eric Vanden Eykel
    What are the books that didn't get included in the New Testament? A big, fun, deep-dive into all things early Christianity and non-canon with Eric Vanden Eykel.
    18 November 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 26 minutes
    THE (US) BODY POLITIC
    In a final election think piece I argue that the danger the US political system faces is not easily understood through the mechanical-newtonian visualisation we have of it. Instead, I see how things look using a much older metaphor - the body politic
    3 November 2024, 7:36 pm
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    ANTI-TRUMP REPUBLICANS with Kristen Monroe
    Kristen Monroe discusses conservative opposition to Trump from the perspective of political phycology - why so many republicans have capitulated, what made the difference for those who didn't, and what should our moral evaluation of the MAGA movement be.
    3 November 2024, 3:28 pm
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    FREEDOM & FASHION With Derek Guy
    Part 2 of my conversation with Derek Guy - A broader look at pluralism in fashion, liberal freedom and its discontents, in which Derek challenges my Millite liberalism from a communitarian perspective.
    3 November 2024, 3:25 pm
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    LIBERALISM & THE SUIT With Derek Guy
    I'm joined by Derek Guy (AKA Menswear Guy) to take on the intersection of fashion history & the history of political thought. Derek argues the suit is a creation of liberalism, but was also killed by liberalism, & we discuss what that means for how we see the tradition & ourselves.
    28 October 2024, 6:23 pm
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    LIBERAL SOCIALISM With Matt McManus
    Matt McManus is back on the podcast to discuss liberal socialism throughout history from early antecedents, to Mill, Thomas Paine, and Rawls, as well as the neoliberal critique of it by Hayek & others. Pre-order Liberal Socialism: https://t.co/0r9ZVpLF2i
    20 October 2024, 1:55 pm
  • 1 hour 31 minutes
    UNIONS With Steven Klein
    The history of unions, including antecedent forms of worker organisation, the different justifications for them, and how these relate to values like equality, freedom, and democracy.
    20 October 2024, 1:48 pm
  • 1 hour 40 minutes
    TRUMP, GENDER, & 'GETTING IT'
    I develop an original account of the increasing gender voting gap & relate it to why some people are much more alive to the dangers of the populist right than others.
    30 September 2024, 8:13 pm
  • 1 hour 42 minutes
    RAWLSIANISM & THE POPULIST RIGHT with Gabriele Badano & Alasia Nuti
    Rawls, religion, the reasonable & unreasonable, and what are our obligations when liberal democracy is under threat? Do we have a duty to try and persuade people out of the populist right?
    30 September 2024, 7:37 pm
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    USA Q & A
    Following a tumultuous month in American politics, I take a range of audience questions on all things USA.
    14 August 2024, 3:21 pm
  • 1 hour 41 minutes
    ELITE CAPTURE & DEMOCRACY With Samuel Bagg
    Most Americans know the outsized influence big corporations and the wealthy can have on our democracy. What does it look like to build a theory of liberal democracy based on avoiding that? Samuel Bagg and I get into that, the ethics of voting, and the reality of activism.
    30 June 2024, 3:38 pm
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