Podcast Episodes

Jacobin Radio: The Americans Disappeared by Pinochet w/ John Dinges

Journalist and author John Dinges joins Suzi to discuss his new book, Chile in Their Hearts. The book reopens the case of Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi — two young Americans who went to Chile to e…

Published on 7 months ago

Behind the News: Endless US Wars w/ Courtney Rawlings & Alex Jordan

Barry Eichengreen, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, talks about why the gyrations in the value of the US dollar matter. Courtney Rawlings and Alex Jordan, hosts of Al…

Published on 7 months ago

Confronting Capitalism: Are We Still in Neoliberalism?

The past fifty years have been the era of unchallenged market dominance in all areas of life. But with the global upheaval brought on by the Trump trade war, are we seeing the neoliberal order unrave…

Published on 7 months ago

Jacobin Radio: Trump’s Middle East Pivot w/ Juan Cole

Juan Cole joins Suzi to break down Donald Trump’s dramatic pivot in the Middle East: sidelining Israel, cozying up to Gulf monarchies, cutting billion-dollar deals, promising to lift sanctions on Syr…

Published on 7 months ago

Dig: Hayek’s Bastards w/ Quinn Slobodian

Featuring Quinn Slobodian on his book Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right. MAGA and its far-right populist siblings around the world aren’t just a backlash to neolib…

Published on 7 months ago

Red Star Over Palestine: Revolution and Counterrevolution in Lebanon

For many years, Palestine had one of the strongest left-wing movements in the Arab world, represented by prominent figures such as Leila Khaled and Ghassan Kanafani. At the beginning of the First Int…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Jacobin Radio: The Americanization of a Russian Émigré w/ Emil Draitser

Emil Draitser — Soviet satirist turned American memoirist — joins Suzi to talk about his new book, Laughing All the Way to Freedom: The Americanization of a Russian Émigré. It's a sharp, funny, and m…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Behind the News: Canadian Election Debrief w/ Jeet Heer

Jeet Heer surveys Canadian politics and the recent election. Natasha Piano, author of Democratic Elitism, discusses Italian “elite theory.”

Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds …

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Dig: A Conversation w/ Jean-Luc Mélenchon

Featuring Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the left-wing French party La France Insoumise. How the radical left confronts and then defeats the far-right, in France and everywhere. Recorded before an aud…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Confronting Capitalism: How the Democrats Abandoned Workers

It’s often said that the working class drifted away from the Democratic Party in response to cultural backlash and globalization. But what if the truth is more damning?

In this episode of Confronting…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago