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Back to SearchHow The Super-Rich Really Live (w/ Michael Mechanic)
Episode 247
Michael Mechanic is a senior editor at Mother Jones and the author of Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms Us All. Mich…
2 years, 2 months ago
How to Explain Socialism To People Who Aren't Socialists (w/ Danny Katch)
Episode 246
Danny Katch is the author of the most accessible and entertaining existing introduction to socialist ideas, Socialism...Seriously: A Brief Guide To H…
2 years, 2 months ago
Exposing the Spurious Anti-Semitism Accusations That Helped Bring Down Corbyn (w/ Asa Winstanley)
Episode 245
Asa Winstanley of The Electronic Intifada is the author of the new book Weaponising Anti-Semitism, a bombshell exposé of how the burgeoning socialist…
2 years, 2 months ago
Dreaming of a World Without Wells Fargo (w/ Terri Friedline)
Episode 244
Terri Friedline is an associate professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan. She's also a contributor to Current Affairs, where she publis…
2 years, 2 months ago
How "Influencing" Became an Industry (w/ Emily Hund)
Episode 243
Emily Hund is the author of The Influencer Industry: The Quest for Authenticity on Social Media. Today she joins to discuss how "influencing" turned …
2 years, 2 months ago
Why Americans Don't See Or Talk About Their Wars (w/ Norman Solomon)
Episode 242
Today Norman Solomon returns to the program to discuss his new book War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine. Nor…
2 years, 2 months ago
What "Economic Freedom" Would Look Like (w/ Mark Paul)
Episode 241
Mark Paul is an economist who argues that there can be no meaningful freedom without economic freedom—by which he does not mean the libertarian idea …
2 years, 2 months ago
Can The Love of Menswear Be Justified? (w/ Sam Miller McDonald)
Episode 240
Samuel Miller McDonald is a regular contributor to Current Affairs, where he has written about such disparate subjects as collectivism, the food syst…
2 years, 2 months ago
On Musical Plagiarism: The Case of Ed Sheeran vs. Marvin Gaye
Episode 239
Today on the podcast, we dive into the question of what kinds of musical borrowing constitute "influence" versus "plagiarism." In the news at the mom…
2 years, 3 months ago
How Socialists Took Over The Cities (w/ Shelton Stromquist)
Episode 238
Today we hear a little-told story, the story of how idealistic socialists around the world, starting around 1890, took over city governments. Prof. S…
2 years, 3 months ago