Podcast Episodes

Confronting Capitalism: Why Elites Love Identity Politics

In the wake of Kamala Harris's defeat, the Left's association with identity politics has been a major focus of public debate. But what identity politics is or who primarily benefits from it remains c…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Jacobin Radio: Reversing the Left's Decline w/ Bill Fletcher Jr.

Suzi recently attended a conference in honor of the dissident sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky — who is languishing in Putin's prison for speaking out against the war in Ukraine. On this episode of Jaco…

Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago

Dig: Rise and Fall of Assad’s Syria w/ Bassam Haddad

Featuring Bassam Haddad on the historical and geopolitical origins of Assad’s rise and fall — and what might happen next. We think through the contradictions: honoring the joy felt by Syrians at Assa…

Published on 1 year ago

Behind the News: HTS Takeover w/ Trita Parsi & Joshua Landis

Trita Parsi and Joshua Landis analyze what’s been going on in Syria. Tina Gerhardt reviews the annual UN climate conference, COP29, where little happened.

Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, cov…

Published on 1 year ago

Long Reads: Class Struggle in Ancient Rome w/ Sarah Bond

As with many other periods, the history of the Roman Empire has often been told from the vantage point of a minoritarian social elite. Sarah Bond, a professor of classics at the University of Iowa, s…

Published on 1 year ago

Dig: Assassin Nation w/ Patrick Blanchfield

Featuring Patrick Blanchfield on assassination and political violence: from the routine to the extraordinary; authored by the state, capital, the left, the right, the unwell and alienated; as an anxi…

Published on 1 year ago

Confronting Capitalism: Socialism in the 21st Century

Bernie Sanders resurrected socialist politics in the United States after many decades of defeat. But what socialism will entail or how we get there remains unclear. In this episode of Confronting Cap…

Published on 1 year ago

Confronting Capitalism: Workers Without a Party

The Democratic Party has long clung to the notion of “demographic destiny,” the view that minorities will vote blue no matter who. But now it is clear that workers of all races are abandoning the Dem…

Published on 1 year ago

Behind the News: Georgia's Democratic Crisis w/ Sopo Japaridze

Larry Bartels discusses his Foreign Affairs article about the right-wing “populist wave." Sopo Japaridze, co-author of a recent Jacobin article, examines the crisis of democracy in Georgia (the count…

Published on 1 year ago

Jacobin Radio: Collapse in Syria w/ Gilbert Achcar

Suzi talked to Gilbert Achcar just before the spectacular collapse of the Assad regime that has ruled Syria for more than fifty years.

Achcar, author of many books on the region, explains Hayat Tahri…

Published on 1 year ago