Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow Finance Ate The Economy - w/ Grace Blakeley
Episode 135
Finance expert Grace Blakeley is a staff writer for Tribune magazine. She has served as economics commentator for the New Statesman and as a fellow a…
3 years, 11 months ago
Aviva Chomsky on Why "The Science" Isn't All We Need To Know About Climate Change
Episode 134
Prof. Aviva Chomsky teaches history and Latin American studies at Salem State University and has authored and edited numerous books including Central…
3 years, 11 months ago
How Does Economics Corrupt The World? - Jonathan Aldred, author of "The Skeptical Economist"
Episode 133
Jonathan Aldred is an economist at Cambridge University, but he is a fierce critic of the mainstream of his discipline. In his books The Skeptical Ec…
3 years, 11 months ago
Are We In The Middle of A Sexual Revolution? Journalist Laurie Penny on changes in gender relations
Episode 132
Laurie Penny is a journalist and activist who has authored seven books including Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution, Bitch Doctrine: Essays…
3 years, 11 months ago
How Radical Teachers are Re-Igniting the Labor Movement - labor studies professor Eric Blanc on the Minneapolis strike
Episode 131
Eric Blanc's book Red State Revolt: The Teachers’ Strikes and Working-Class Politics is about the remarkable 2018-2019 educators' strikes that began …
3 years, 11 months ago
How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over The World - an interview with Elle Hardy, journalist and author of "Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking over the World"
Episode 130
Pentecostalism is the fastest-growing religious faith in the world—by one estimate it obtains around 35,000 new converts per day globally. It now has…
3 years, 11 months ago
SPECIAL: How Leftists Can Run, Win, and Govern - featuring interviews with six Democratic Socialists who have been elected to public office
Episode 129
Across the United States, over the last few years, democratic socialists have been running for office in numbers not seen for a century. The Bernie S…
3 years, 11 months ago
Understanding Putin's Criminal War in Ukraine - interview with Russia expert and publisher of The Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel
Episode 128
Katrina vanden Heuvel is the editorial director and publisher of The Nation magazine, as well as a columnist for the Washington Post. She is also the…
3 years, 11 months ago
How Companies Make Us Worship Our Work - interview with Carolyn Chen, author of "Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes a Religion in Silicon Valley"
Episode 127
Carolyn Chen's book Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion In Silicon Valley is about how something disturbing is happening in Silicon Valley: pe…
3 years, 11 months ago
"How Are You Going To Pay For That?" and Other Dumb Political Questions - interview with Ryan Cooper, managing editor of The American Prospect
Episode 126
Ryan Cooper is the managing editor of The American Prospect and co-host of the Left Anchor podcast. He is the author of the new book How Are You Goin…
3 years, 11 months ago