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The Wobblies and the end of Covid?
Happy belated May Day!
We celebrate international workers’ day by discussing a newly remastered version of the 1979 documentary The Wobblies (directed…
4 years, 1 month ago
Our warring cultures + Elon / Shanghai lockdown
Hello from a reunited podsquad, each back in their natural habitat!
This week, taking off from an essay by Jamelle Bouie, we discuss the right wing’s …
4 years, 1 month ago
A strike against capital at Amazon
Hello from the Staten Island Ferry!
This week, the podsquad reunites for all kinds of $$ talk. We begin with a chat —occasioned by a book prize Andy r…
4 years, 2 months ago
Adolph Reed Jr: Jim Crow + race/class debates
Hi everyone:
Today it’s just me, Andy, talking with guest Adolph Reed, Prof. Emeritus at University of Pennsylvania, about his new book The South: Jim…
4 years, 2 months ago
SCOTUS cringe and "Turning Red"
Hi from multi-culti Toronto! (We wish.)
This week, Jay and Tammy discuss the urban housing crisis, the weird and embarrassing SCOTUS confirmation hear…
4 years, 2 months ago
TTSG disinformation campaign w/ Max Read
Hello!
This week just Jay and Andy and with guest Max Read. We talk about all things “disinformation.”
First up is Andy’s n+1 essay last week on the l…
4 years, 2 months ago
The (queer?) (Asian?) plays of Hansol Jung
Hello from New York!
This week, Tammy interviews the playwright and TV writer Hansol Jung. They talk about Hansol’s childhood in South Africa and Sou…
4 years, 2 months ago
Hope in a time of war, with Neta Crawford
Hello from a South Korean ballot box! (Tammy wishes.)
This week, Andy and Tammy talk to the political scientist Neta C. Crawford* of Boston University…
4 years, 3 months ago
Ukraine with Sophie Pinkham
Hello from our doomscroll…
Today we talk about—what else?—the events in Ukraine this past week :-(
We chat with Sophie Pinkham, an essayist, reporter, …
4 years, 3 months ago
RIP Christina Yuna Lee and Michelle Go + San Francisco school board recall
Hi from the United States of empire!
The podsquad reunites in Amurica. This week, we talk about the murders of two women in New York City and the rec…
4 years, 3 months ago