Slavoj Žižek is one of the world's pre-eminent intellectuals. A renowned academic and the author of several bestselling books. We had a lot to talk about: capitalism and the pandemic, whether a revitalised US left can extract concessions from Joe Biden, the threat of the new right, Donald Trump and Trumpism, whether a more successful version of Trump could triumph, the power of social media giants, dominatrixes and loads more.
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