Start Worrying, Details to Follow is a podcast by Aftonbladet Kultur. Hosted by Karin Pettersson, culture editor for Aftonbladet and Georg Diez editor in chief of The New Institute: Conversations with leading scholars and thinkers about radical new ideas and the future of democracy in an age of technological disruption and exploding inequalities.
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"Capitalism is another form of oppression" - Lea Ypi
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What does it mean to me free? Lea Ypi is the author of the award-winning biography “Free: Coming of Age at the end of History”. It’s a book about growing up in communist Albania in the 80s, and then experiencing the broken promise of freedom under capitalism. We discuss if and where freedom can be found in systems of oppression, and its limitations…
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“We need to think hard on why it is so difficult to achieve real democracy.”
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Katrina Forrester on the questions of liberty, equality and how capitalism structures politics, life and how we think about ourselves and the others
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“We need to think hard why it is so difficult to achieve real democracy.”
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Katrina Forrester on the questions of liberty, equality and how capitalism structures politics, life and how we think about ourselves and the others
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How Can We Build a Better Democracy?
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What is democracy, how has it changed over time? And is today‘s form compatible with tomorrow’s challenges? What would it mean to expand the “demos” that makes up the polis? And how to think about democracy in the time of climate emergency? Listen to activist, thinker and writer Astra Taylor in conversation with Karin Pettersson and Georg Diez.…
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Post-corona capitalism – with Adam Tooze
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Is the world’s reaction to the pandemic a massive failure or something more hopeful? What will happen with the world economy when it starts to open up? How important is China’s new climate policy and how disappointed will the left be with Joe Biden? A conversation with Adam Tooze, history professor at Columbia university.…
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"Freedom is impossible under capitalism"
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Philosopher Martin Hägglund, author of This Life, in conversation with Aftonbladet's Karin Pettersson and Georg Diez from the New Institute
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“Attacking the media is a part of a political strategy” - Jay Rosen
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NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen in conversation with Karin Pettersson/Schibsted and Georg Diez/Der Spiegel.
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„Any discussion of technology needs to be grounded in geopolitics” - Evgeny Morozov
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Philosopher, internet-dystopian, Guardian-columnist and author Evgeny Morozov in conversation with Karin Pettersson/Schibsted and Georg Diez/Der Spiegel.
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“Davos-man is Finally Being Challenged” - Katrine Marcal
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Journalist and author of the best-selling book “Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner” Katrine Marcal in conversation with Karin Pettersson and Georg Diez.
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”The Real Problem isn’t Populism” - Cas Mudde
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Political scientist and expert on political extremism Cas Mudde in conversation with Karin Pettersson/Aftonbladet and Georg Diez/Der Spiegel/60 Pages.
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”Facebook has the power to swing elections” - Zeynep Tufekci
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Techno-sociologist, author, New York Times-columnist and expert on the impacts of social media Zeynep Tufekci in conversation with Karin Pettersson/Aftonbladet and Georg Diez/Der Spiegel/60 pages.
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„Don’t be an asshole would be a good slogan for the 21st century” - Yascha Mounk
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Yascha Mounk, political scientist and expert on populism, in conversation with Karin Pettersson/Aftonbladet and Georg Diez/Der Spiegel/60 pages.
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„The propaganda of globalization" - Pankaj Mishra
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Pankaj Mishra, the Indian thinker and writer, in conversation with Karin Pettersson/Aftonbladet and Georg Diez/Der Spiegel/60 pages.
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"Politics has been turned into a carneval" - Peter Pomerantsev
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In the wake of Brexit and the Trumpian tragedy, Peter Pomerantsev of the London School of Economics talks about the transgressive energy in political characters like Trump, an energy that used to be located on the left, since the 1960s, and is now claimed by the right. This has drastic consequences for democracy in an age of a constant information …
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„The internet drives populism“ - Anne Applebaum
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Internationally renown journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum in conversation with Karin Pettersson/Aftonbladet and Georg Diez/Der Spiegel/60 pages.
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„Silicon Valley is full of people with Asperger“ - Joi Ito
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Joi Ito, entrepreneur and director of MiT Media Lab in conversation with Karin Pettersson/Aftonbladet and Georg Diez/Der Spiegel/60 pages.
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„Facebook is dangerous for democracy“ - Ethan Zuckerman
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Ethan Zuckerman, Internet activist, media scholar and director of MIT:s civic media lab, in conversation with Karin Pettersson/Aftonbladet and Georg Diez/Der Spiegel/60 pages.
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„Globalisation is not fate“ - Dani Rodrik
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Dani Rodrik, economist at the Harvard Kennedy School in conversation with Karin Pettersson/Aftonbladet and Georg Diez/Der Spiegel/60 pages.
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„Technology tears down the foundations of society“ - Daron Acemoglu
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Daron Aceomoglu, world leading economist and author of ”Why Nations Fail” in conversation with Karin Pettersson/Aftonbladet and Georg Diez/Der Spiegel/60 pages
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„Keynesianism in one country is not possible“ - Arthur Goldhammer
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French election special edition. Karin Pettersson, Aftonbladet, and Georg Diez, Der Spiegel/60 pages meet Art Goldhammer, expert on French politics at Harvard, to discuss the election result and how to think about the political challenges for Macron in the years ahead.
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„Capitalism cannot continue forever“ - Wolfgang Streeck
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Karin Pettersson, Aftonbladet, and Georg Diez, Der Spiegel/60 pages meet German economic sociologist and emeritus director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Wolfgang Streeck
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„We need innovations in the market economy“ - Roberto Mangabeira Unger 2
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Karin Pettersson, Aftonbladet, and Georg Diez, Der Spiegel/60 pages in conversation with Brazilian philosopher and Harvard professor Roberto Mangabeira Unger about alternative progressive visions for the future.
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„We have to think radical and experimental“ - Roberto Mangabeira Unger 1
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Karin Pettersson, Aftonbladet, and Georg Diez, Der Spiegel/60 pages in conversation with Brazilian philosopher and Harvard professor Roberto Mangabeira Unger about alternative progressive visions for the future.
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„Filter bubbles threaten democracy“ - Cass Sunstein
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Karin Pettersson, Aftonbladet, and Georg Diez, Der Spiegel/60 pages in conversation with professor Cass Sunstein about his new book #republic.
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„We need a common purpose“ - Danielle Allen
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Karin Pettersson, Aftonbladet, and Georg Diez, Der Spiegel/60 pages in conversation with political philosopher Danielle Allen about citizenship and democratic challenges in the age of Trump.
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„The public sphere is broken“ - Yochai Benkler
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Karin Pettersson, Aftonbladet, and Georg Diez, Der Spiegel/60 pages in conversation with philosopher and Harvard professor Yochai Benkler about Internet and the future of democracy.
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„The institutions will hold“ - Theda Skocpol
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Karin Pettersson, Aftonbladet, and Georg Diez, Der Spiegel/60 pages in conversation with sociology professor Theda Skocpol about Trump, the future of democracy and the role of money in politics.
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