Podcast Episodes

Long Reads: The Forever War on Gaza w/ Akbar Shahid Ahmed

Earlier this week, Joe Biden welcomed the Israeli president Isaac Herzog to the White House. Last October, Herzog announced that there were no innocent civilians in Gaza. The International Court of J…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Jacobin Radio: Post-Election Analysis w/ Robert Brenner

We look at the election results that took many of us by surprise — giving Donald Trump and Republicans an across the board victory. For a look at the bigger picture, Suzi speaks to Robert Brenner, pr…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Behind the News: How the West Imagines Ukraine w/ James Foley

Doug comments on the Trump victory and the role of inflation. Dahlia Scheindlin talks about Israeli public opinion. James Foley and Vladimir Unkovski-Korica, authors of a recent paper, discuss Ukrain…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Michael and Us: The Art of the Deal

Oh lord almighty, when will we be rid of this man? Apparently not for another four years at least. We ring in the latest chapter of this never-ending "Trump Era" with the new biopic/origin story THE …

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Dig: Democratic Dealignment w/ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Featuring Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Trump’s decisive victory, Harris’s catastrophic loss, multi-racial working-class dealignment, and where the left might go from here. 

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Behind the News: Israel and the Axis of Resistance w/ Mouin Rabbani

Laura Jedeed, author of a recent feature article for Lux, discusses the right’s war on North Idaho College. Mouin Rabbani talks about what’s driving Israel’s multiple wars, and the Axis of Resistance…

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Dig: Oligarchy, Empire, Revolution w/ Hilary Goodfriend & Jorge Cuéllar

Featuring Hilary Goodfriend and Jorge Cuéllar on the history of Central America. This is the first episode in a two-part series covering the late-19th and early-20th century rise of export-crop oliga…

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Jacobin Radio: Pre-Election Special w/ John Nichols

Alan Minsky sits in for host Suzi Weissman on a special pre-election edition of Jacobin Radio. In the first half, Alan speaks with economist Mark Paul, Professor of Public Policy at Rutgers Universit…

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Michael and Us: Roadside Picnic

Is Andrei Tarkovsky's STALKER (1979) about the Soviet Russia in which it was made? And if not, then where exactly is "The Zone"? We wade into one of the most forbidding cinematic objects of all time,…

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Dig: Solidarity w/ Astra Taylor & Leah Hunt-Hendrix

Featuring Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix on their book Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea. Guest hosted by Micah Uetricht.

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