Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLeda M Perez, "Searching for Democracy: Women, Domestic Work, and Social Reproduction in Latin America" (Temple UP, 2026)
Episode 1573
How can we achieve lasting social and political equality for women? Dr. Leda Pérez tackles this thorny question in Searching for Democracy: Women, Do…
1 month, 1 week ago
Kevin Van Meter and Robert Ovetz eds. "Points of Departure: Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism: the Collected Writings of Harry Cleaver" (Common Notions, 2026)
Episode 1572
“The general thrust of capitalist policy in this period aims at the intensified imposition of work in response to ongoing struggle against it.”
—Harr…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Prakash Kashwan, "Decolonizing Environmentalism: Alternative Visions and Practices of Environmental Action" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
Episode 1571
Brought to you by the BISA Environment and Climate Politics Working Group.
Decolonizing Environmentalism: Alternative Visions and Practices of Envi…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Mark S. LeClair, "Foul Play in the Nonprofit Sector: Analyzing Corruption in US Charities" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
Episode 1570
It is quite easy to find corruption within nonprofits. This is particularly the case in the subsector of not-for-profits that are incorporated as tra…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
China Office of Finnish Industries
Episode 1569
Why have Finland’s biggest multinationals teamed up to create a globally unique analysis hub just to decode the future of China? Meet the analysts wh…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfried Swenden eds., "Protecting Workers? Crisis, COVID-19 and South Asia" (Helsinki UP, 2026)
Episode 1568
In our recent conversation about Protecting Workers? Crisis, COVID-19 and South Asia, the editors Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfried Swenden reflect …
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Paul Johnson, "Challenging Inequalities: How We Got Stuck and Where We Go Next" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Episode 1567
There is a widespread sense throughout the developed world that progress towards a better society has stalled. Many countries, including the UK, ha…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Dimple Abichandani, "A New Era of Philanthropy: Ten Practices to Transform Wealth into a More Just and Sustainable Future" (North Atlantic Books, 2025)
Episode 1566
Can philanthropy be an anti-racist, feminist, relational, and joyful expression of solidarity? This book argues that it not only can be for the fut…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Brian Callaci, "Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
A surprising look at the big business of owning small businesses and what America's franchise economy means for its workers.
Walk into a McDonald's a…
2 months ago
Shelly Lundberg "How Economics Discovered Women: Bringing Gender Economics into the Twenty-First Century" (U California Press, 2026)
Episode 1564
In the 1970s, as women started to enter the labor force in unprecedented numbers, economists began to examine their roles as economic actors. The res…
2 months ago