Podcast Episodes

Confronting Capitalism: Why Liberalism Lost Again

In the inaugural episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek Chibber is joined by Jacobin's editorial director Bhaskar Sunkara to discuss why Trump won the election, how socialists should think about st…

Published on 1 year ago

Behind the News: Offshore Capital w/ Brooke Harrington

Brooke Harrington, author of Offshore, uncovers how and where the mega-rich stash their cash. Mahendran Thiruvarangan talks about a new leftish government in Sri Lanka.

Behind the News, hosted by Dou…

Published on 1 year ago

Dig: MAGA 2.0 w/ Quinn Slobodian & Wendy Brown

Featuring Quinn Slobodian and Wendy Brown on Trump’s triumphant return to power and the freakish, obscene, billionaire-dominated, capitalist reactionary, Christian nationalist, contradiction-ridden M…

Published on 1 year ago

Long Reads: Netanyahu Is a Wanted Man w/ John Reynolds

Last week, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant. It was a rare moment of hope for Pal…

Published on 1 year ago

Jacobin Radio: The Landslide That Wasn't w/ Marc Cooper

Veteran journalist Marc Cooper joins Suzi to talk about the landslide that wasn’t, Trump’s transition swamp, and the state of the Fourth Estate. Trump’s victory is confined to the undemocratic electo…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Behind the News: Ethel Rosenberg's Execution w/ Michael Meeropol

Michael Meeropol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, talks about how the government executed his mother despite knowing her innocence. Ruth Whippman, author of BOYMOM: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age …

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Dig: Crypto Dystopia or Popular Democracy w/ Hilary Goodfriend & Jorge Cuéllar

Featuring Hilary Goodfriend and Jorge Cuéllar in the final installment of a three-part series on Central America. This episode picks up with Nayib Bukele’s authoritarian crypto enthusiasm in El Salva…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Behind the News: Predicting Trump Policy w/ Alex Vitale & Anatol Lieven

Anatol Lieven tries to divine a Trump foreign policy out of unreliable rhetoric and early appointments. Alex Vitale tries similar on Trump and criminal justice.

Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Dig: Neoliberalism, Violence, Migration w/ Hilary Goodfriend & Jorge Cuéllar

Featuring Hilary Goodfriend and Jorge Cuéllar in the second of a three (not two!) part series on the history and present of Central America. This interview picks up our discussion of revolutionary ar…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Jacobin Radio: Return of the Trumpian Right w/ Dylan Riley

Suzi talks to UC Berkeley sociologist Dylan Riley, who has written a great deal about fascism and far right politics. The US has just elected to the Presidency a man who represents a dire threat to d…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago