Best Kevin Fernandes Podcasts (2025)

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Patricia Lockwood Reads Elizabeth Bishop 45:29

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Patricia Lockwood joins Kevin Young to read “In the Waiting Room,” by Elizabeth Bishop, and her own poem “Love Poem Like We Used to Write It.” Lockwood is the author of the novels “No One Is Talking About This” and “Will There Ever Be Another You,” along with two poetry collections and a memoir. She has won the Thurber Prize for American Humor and …

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Excerpt - Alex responds to listener questions 4:39

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COP30 and Lula's politics of class conciliation w/ Sabrina Fernandes 52:42

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Last month the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference - better known as COP30 - was held in the Amazonian city of Belem in northern Brazil. The conference was widely seen as a disappointment - with a binding agreement for a roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels being blocked by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other oil producing states. In the toda…

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Spotify unwrapped w/ Liz Pelly 1:36:23

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In 2006, the music streaming service Spotify, founded by Swedish entrepreneurs Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon was launched in the context of widespread music piracy, file sharing, and declining profits for the music majors.Presenting themselves as music fans who were intent on saving the music industry, Spotify has since gone on to become the domin…

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Traci Brimhall Reads Thomas Lux 44:29

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Traci Brimhall joins Kevin Young to read “Refrigerator, 1957,” by Thomas Lux, and her own poem “Love Poem Without a Drop of Hyperbole in It.” Brimhall is the author of five poetry collections, including “Love Prodigal” and “Our Lady of the Ruins,” which won the Barnard Women Poets Prize. She has also received fellowships from the National Endowment…

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Excerpt - Richard Seymour responds to listener questions 0:53

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Rewind: Alexander Gallas on the Thatcherite offensive 51:59

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PTO has now been going for more than seven years and some of the earlier episodes unfortunately have truly abysmal audio quality - because of the podcasting technology of the time. But, thanks to the wonders of audio editing software in 2025, it's been possible to quite significantly improve the sound quality of those episodes, and so in the coming…

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The Sunlight Managers w/ Sofia Menemenlis 45:53

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Sofia Menemenlis joins PTO to chat about her recent article in The Breakdown on the concept and history of solar geoengineering - or “solar radiation management" as it has become known. We talked about how the implementation of SRM is imagined, what the potentially catastrophic side effects of such a project might be, and who the key players are in…

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Excerpt - Sebastian Budgen on collapsing trust in the French state 2:46

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Sebastian Budgen returns to provide an update on the political situation in France. If you'd like to hear the rest of this episode of PTO Extra! please consider becoming a £5 supporter at patreon.com/poltheoryotherBy Politics Theory Other

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Henri Cole Reads Louise Glück 29:11

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Henri Cole joins Kevin Young to read “Vita Nova,” by Louise Glück, and his own poem “Figs.” Cole is the author of many poetry collections, including “The Other Love.” He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the recipient of honors such as the Thom Gunn Award and the Jackson …

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The roots of the Korean far-right w/ Kevin Gray 1:02:36

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In December of last year, the then South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol - of the right-wing People Power Party - attempted to impose martial law on the country in what was described as a 'self-coup'. Kevin Gray joins PTO to talk about his recent article in the New Left Review on the Korean far-right. We chatted about the background to the attempted…

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When the party's over w/ Phil Burton-Cartledge 56:16

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France's political impasse and Macron's legacy w/ Sebastian Budgen 45:44

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Sebastian Budgen returns to PTO to talk about the political crisis in France where Emmanuel Macron has appointed his third prime minister in a year. We talked about the political background of the new prime minister, and long-time Macron ally, Sebastien Lecornu and whether the French Socialist Party is likely to prop up the new government. We also …

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Bruce Smith Reads Mary Ruefle 40:40

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Bruce Smith joins Kevin Young to read “Open Letter To My Ancestors,” by Mary Ruefle, and his own poem “The Game.” Smith, the author of eight poetry collections, including the forthcoming “Hungry Ghost,” has received awards from the Academy of American Poets and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, in addition to fellowships from the Guggenheim…

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Richard Seymour responds to listener questions 0:53

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Britain's new left party w/ James Schneider 36:49

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Juliet Jacques interviews James Schneider (co-founder of Momentum and director of strategic communications during Jeremy Corbyn's time as Labour leader) about the creation of the new left party in Britain, why there's a greater opportunity for a left electoral breakthrough now than there has been in living memory, and about the need to rebuild the …

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Resisting Erasure w/ Adam Hanieh, Rafeef Ziadah and Robert Knox 1:18:42

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Adam Hanieh, Rafeef Ziadah, and Robert Knox on their new co-authored book, 'Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine'. We spoke about the inadequacy of framing the question of Palestine and the Gaza genocide solely as a humanitarian issue and how the Israeli project of settler-colonialism has been part and parcel of the expansi…

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Garrett Hongo Reads Charles Wright 42:04

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Garrett Hongo joins Kevin Young to read “T’ang Notebook,” by Charles Wright, and his own poem “On Emptiness.” Garrett Hongo is the author of several books of poetry and nonfiction, including “Ocean of Clouds” and “The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo.” He's received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts…

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Digital Sovereignty and resisting the tech giants w/ Cecilia Rikap 59:36

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In today's episode Cecilia Rikap - an expert in the political economy of science and technology - speaks with Paris Marx (host of the excellent Tech Won't Save Us podcast). Cecilia and Paris discussed the subservient approach that Keir Starmer's Labour government has taken to tech policy and how willing Starmer has been to give tech companies whate…

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Understanding Iran-China relations w/ William Figueroa 39:49

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Expert on China-Iran relations William Figueroa joins PTO to talk about the relationship between China and Iran in the wake of the twelve day war between Iran and Israel. We chatted about why China's backing for Iran has been - and is likely to continue to be - relatively limited as China balances support for Iran with its other interest in West As…

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Sasha Debevec-McKenney Reads Gabrielle Calvocoressi 38:47

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Sasha Debevec-McKenney joins Kevin Young to read “Hammond B3 Organ Cistern,” by Gabrielle Calvocoressi, and her own poem “Kaepernick.” Debevec-McKenney is the author of the new poetry collection “Joy Is My Middle Name.” She was a Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, and a creative-writing fellow at Emory University. H…

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Excerpt - Owen Hatherley responds to listener questions 1:13

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Owen Hatherley responds to listener questions 3:26

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Fake work and Y2K w/ Leigh Claire La Berge 46:37

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In 1998 Leigh Claire La Berge was hired by a major communications conglomerate, where she worked alongside employees of the soon to be disgraced Arther Anderson (the auditor of companies involved in high profile corporate fraud such as WorldCom and Enron). Leigh Clare and her colleagues were tasked with working on the problem of Y2K - also known as…

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[UNLOCKED] Look back in anger w/ Jeremy Gilbert 1:13:27

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Jeremy Gilbert on the Oasis reunion and the britpop phenomenon more generally. We talked about the music that britpop marginalised, why 90s nostalgia is so prevalent, and why it was that of the various guitar groups of the time it was Oasis who became so successful in the mid 1990s.By Politics Theory Other

Kevin Fernandes Podcasts

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The Kevin Fernandes Show: The Integrated Coach

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The New Yorker: Poetry

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Patricia Lockwood Reads Elizabeth Bishop 45:29

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Excerpt - Alex responds to listener questions 4:39

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COP30 and Lula's politics of class conciliation w/ Sabrina Fernandes 52:42

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Spotify unwrapped w/ Liz Pelly 1:36:23

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Traci Brimhall Reads Thomas Lux 44:29

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Excerpt - Richard Seymour responds to listener questions 0:53

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Rewind: Alexander Gallas on the Thatcherite offensive 51:59

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The Sunlight Managers w/ Sofia Menemenlis 45:53

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Excerpt - Sebastian Budgen on collapsing trust in the French state 2:46

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Henri Cole Reads Louise Glück 29:11

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The roots of the Korean far-right w/ Kevin Gray 1:02:36

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When the party's over w/ Phil Burton-Cartledge 56:16

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France's political impasse and Macron's legacy w/ Sebastian Budgen 45:44

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Bruce Smith Reads Mary Ruefle 40:40

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Richard Seymour responds to listener questions 0:53

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Britain's new left party w/ James Schneider 36:49

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Resisting Erasure w/ Adam Hanieh, Rafeef Ziadah and Robert Knox 1:18:42

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Garrett Hongo Reads Charles Wright 42:04

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Digital Sovereignty and resisting the tech giants w/ Cecilia Rikap 59:36

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Understanding Iran-China relations w/ William Figueroa 39:49

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Sasha Debevec-McKenney Reads Gabrielle Calvocoressi 38:47

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Excerpt - Owen Hatherley responds to listener questions 1:13

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Owen Hatherley responds to listener questions 3:26

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Fake work and Y2K w/ Leigh Claire La Berge 46:37

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[UNLOCKED] Look back in anger w/ Jeremy Gilbert 1:13:27