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Certainty in uncertain times w/ Natasha Lennard

It's become commonplace to describe our current epoch in terms of "uncertain times", whether when talking about the Covid-19 pandemic, geopolitical ruptures, or the rapid rise of insurgent political f...

2026-09-10

Scarica

Interregnum - Living in the Pyrocene

Richard returns to talk about this year's wildfires. We talked about the scale and extent of the wildfires, how they compare to recent years, and the threat of the so-called weather whiplash effect, w...

2026-09-03

Scarica

[UNLOCKED] James Meadway on the economic costs of heatwaves

James Meadway joins PTO to discuss the report he recently authored for the Verdant think tank on the economic costs of the recent UK heatwaves. We talked about how the extreme weather hit productivity...

2026-08-27

Scarica

Purple state revolution? w/ Maurice Weeks

In the Wisconsin primary last week the socialist candidate Francesca Hong was narrowly defeated by her more centrist opponent. It's a result that some argue shows the limits of left politics in swing ...

2026-08-20

Scarica

PTO Extra! - James Meadway on the economic costs of heatwaves

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2026-08-18

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Passing on the torch - Vietnam, Algeria, Palestine w/ Hamza Hamouchene

Although it's increasingly common to describe the Palestinian struggle for liberation in terms of a conflict with settler colonialism, it's more rare for Palestine to be situated in the broader contex...

2026-08-13

Scarica

Losing control in the gulf w/ Paul Rogers

The conflict between the United States and Iran is now in its sixth month. In today's episode security expert Paul Rogers joins PTO to talk about the current situation and the prospects of a deal betw...

2026-08-06

Scarica

Excerpt - Has Burnham's project failed before it's started? w/ Richard Seymour

Richard Seymour responds to listener questions on the politics of new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham. If you'd like to hear the rest of this episode of PTO Extra! please consider becoming a £5 suppor...

2026-07-20

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After Order? w/ Juliano Fiori

From rising geopolitical tensions, to the worsening climate situation, and from the Gaza genocide to hot wars that threaten to spill into great power conflict, the world of the 2020s is one of concate...

2026-07-18

Scarica

Excerpt - Daniel Trilling responds to listener questions

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2026-07-02

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New York's rising socialist tide w/ Liza Featherstone

Liza Featherstone joins PTO to talk about the impressive primary victories for DSA-backed candidates in the New York primaries. We chatted about what the ramifications of the results are - both state...

2026-06-27

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Interregnum - Peace in the Gulf?

On the peace deal between Iran and the United States, which is expected to see the strait of Hormuz opened in exchange for a lifting of the US naval blockade of Iran. We talked about how seriously to ...

2026-06-17

Scarica

Heatwave politics w/ Adrienne Buller

Last month the UK was hit by a record-breaking heatwave, part of a wider climate event that affected much of Europe, whilst a subsequent and more severe heatwave hit South Asia. To talk through the po...

2026-06-13

Scarica

The rise of the UK far-right w/ Daniel Trilling

For decades in much of Europe far-right opinion has had electoral expression in political parties that can command millions of votes, but until relatively recently in Britain anti-migrant and racist v...

2026-06-04

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China and the US - a durable thaw? w/ Tobita Chow and Jake Werner

China experts Tobita Chow and Jake Werner join PTO to talk about the recently concluded summit in Beijing between the United States and the People's Republic of China. We chatted about whether or not ...

2026-05-18

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Labour's election disaster w/ Phil Burton-Cartledge

Phil Burton-Cartledge joins PTO to talk about the recent local elections in England and the parliamentary elections in Wales and Scotland in which the Labour Party suffered an historic defeat. We talk...

2026-05-11

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American Crusade w/ Eleanor Janega

Eleanor Janega joins PTO to talk about the Christian right and the role of Christian Zionist ideology in the minds of key figures in the Trump administration and the decision to launch the US-Israeli ...

2026-04-28

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[UNLOCKED] China and the Iran war w/ William Figueroa

William Figueroa returns to PTO to talk about China's response to the US-Israeli war on Iran and the country's role in the subsequent peace negotiations. We chatted about whether the conflict has subs...

2026-04-22

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Excerpt - China and the Iran war w/ William Figueroa

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2026-04-16

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Strategic defeat in the Gulf w/ Jennifer Kavanagh

Jennifer Kavanagh joins PTO to talk about the two-week conditional ceasefire that has been agreed between the United States and Iran, and how the Islamic Republic succeeded in inflicting what looks to...

2026-04-09

Scarica

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