Podcast Episodes

Jacobin Radio: Labor Rising w/ Sara Nelson & Nina Turner

The rise of the labor movement in the US constitutes one of the brightest spots on the political horizon. Auto workers were joined by academic workers, actors, writers, hotel workers, UPS teamsters w…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Behind the News: Israel's Imperial Patrons w/ Rashid Khalidi

Rashid Khalidi, author of The Hundred Years War on Palestine, talks about Israeli settler-colonialism and its imperial patrons. Aurélie Daher looks at Hezbollah and the challenges it faces after the …

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Dig: Ending the New Cold War w/ Jake Werner

Featuring Jake Werner on how the US and China entered into a New Cold War and why the whole world urgently needs an alternative international order that fosters great power cooperation.  

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Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Behind the News: AMLO vs. Neoliberalism w/ Edwin Ackerman

Forrest Hylton, author of a recent piece for the London Review of Books blog, talks about wildfires in Brazil and the political impotence of Lula’s administration. Edwin Ackerman discusses politics i…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Jacobin Radio: Israeli Politics Since October 7 w/ Yoav Peled

Yoav Peled, Professor Emeritus of Tel Aviv University, is able to speak to us again for the first time since 2023. He helps chart the evolution of Israeli politics since the October 7 attack by Hamas…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Long Reads: Mahdi Amel's Anti-Colonial Marxism

Over the last week, Israel has launched a full-scale attack on Lebanon as an extension of its campaign against Gaza. So far the air strikes have killed well over five hundred people. The attack on Le…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Dig: Third Worldism w/ Aslı Bâli & Aziz Rana

Featuring Aslı Bâli and Aziz Rana on the history of left-wing internationalism from the Third Worldist currents that powered decolonization and struggles against neocolonialism through today’s renewe…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Behind the News: Inequality Through History w/ Branko Milanovic

Niobe Way, author of Rebels with a Cause, talks about the emotional and social lives of boys and what they’re telling us about society. Branko Milanovic, author of Visions of Inequality, reviews what…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Jacobin Radio: Progressive Central w/ Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders delivered the keynote speech at Progressive Central 2024, a conference held at the Chicago Teachers Union building just ahead of the Democratic National Convention. The two-day event p…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Thawra Epilogue: Decades of American Destruction

Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the second of what has become a three-part epilogue to Thawra (Revolution), The Dig's series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. This episode takes us from…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago