Podcast Episodes

Vaccine Apartheid Endures w/ Achal Prabhala

Astra interviews Achal Prabhala on the lethal persistence of global vaccine apartheid. Moderna is selfishly refusing to share or even sell (license) …

4 years, 5 months ago

Clash of Empires w/ Ho-fung Hung

The second of our two-part interview with sociologist Ho-fung Hung on Chinese political and economic history. This episode covers the 2008 financial …

4 years, 6 months ago

China Boom w/ Ho-fung Hung

Part one of a two-part interview with sociologist Ho-fung Hung on Chinese political economic history from the 18th century to 2008: why capitalism to…

4 years, 6 months ago

War w/ Sophie Pinkham and Nick Mulder

Sophie Pinkham and Nick Mulder on the war, its origins, how it’s being experienced by Ukrainians, Russians, Europeans, and Americans—and also its geo…

4 years, 6 months ago

Russia Invades w/ Tony Wood

Tony Wood returns to The Dig to discuss Russia’s invasion, what it reflects about Russian politics and geopolitics today and historically, and how th…

4 years, 6 months ago

Invisible Hands w/ Kim Phillips-Fein

Dan interviews historian Kim Phillips-Fein on Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to Reagan.

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4 years, 6 months ago

Feminist International w/ Verónica Gago

Feminist political theorist and organizer Verónica Gago on Argentina’s massive feminist movement and strike, the ties that bind domestic labor and fi…

4 years, 7 months ago

Inflamed w/ Raj Patel and Rupa Marya

Industrial capitalism and colonialism are literally making us sick. Raj Patel and Rupa Marya on Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice.…

4 years, 7 months ago

Financial Empire w/ Daniela Gabor & Ndongo Samba Sylla

Olúfẹmi Táíwò guest hosts an interview with Daniela Gabor and Ndongo Samba Sylla on how financial power has shaped the global economic order from col…

4 years, 7 months ago

Ukraine w/ Volodymyr Ishchenko

An in-depth interview on the historical and political-economic context of the Ukraine crisis with Ukrainian sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko.

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4 years, 7 months ago