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States of Shock

States of Shock

FromThe LRB Podcast


States of Shock

FromThe LRB Podcast

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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Jul 21, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Pankaj Mishra talks to Adam Shatz about his latest piece for the LRB, which looks at the ways the US and UK have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests, and what those botched responses reveal about the broader failures of Anglo-America.Their discussion also touches on the recent ‘open debate’ letter to Harper’s, the lingering prevalence of Cold War thinking among Western intellectuals, and the extent to which a Biden administration may or may not bring change.Read Pankaj Mishra's piece here: https://lrb.me/pnakajmishrapodSubscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b
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Released:
Jul 21, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

On the LRB Podcast you'll find recent (and not so recent) pieces read by the author; our 'Close Reading’ series, in which Seamus Perry and Mark Ford consider 20th century poets through the lens of the pieces written about them in the LRB; and a range of other conversations on topics and writers covered in the paper.