Podcast Episodes

Michael and Us: From Jysk with Love w/ Luke Lebrun

Is it ethical for a journalist to also act as a spy for a foreign government? Luke Lebrun of PressProgress joins us to consider the far-fetched claims of one of Canada's worst journalists, Adam Zivo.…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Behind the News: The Legacy of Slaveholder Wealth w/ Neil Sehgal

Neil Sehgal, co-author of a study about the relationship between slaveholder ancestry and net worth among members of Congress, discusses his research. Emily Jashinsky gives a conservative’s view of t…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Long Reads: Macron's Rightward March w/ Bruno Amable

At the beginning of June this year, Emmanuel Macron called a snap election for the French National Assembly. The move came after the far-right party of Marine Le Pen, the National Rally, topped the p…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Morbid Symptoms w/ Amna Akbar, Gabe Winant, Thea Riofrancos

Featuring Amna Akbar, Gabe Winant, and Thea Riofrancos on the American political conjuncture: the centrality of Palestine, the contradictions of left electoralism, renewed liberal militarism, the ret…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Behind the News: The German Far Right w/ Robert Pausch

Robert Pausch of Die Zeit talks about the far right’s strong showing in German regional elections. Rob Larson, author of Mastering the Universe, looks at the obscene wealth of the superrich.

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Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Michael and Us: The Void Soys Back

What if a movie about a corporate merger became the most popular movie of the year? Friends, you don't have to imagine it. We discuss DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (2024) and ponder the question that Vulture …

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Thawra Epilogue: Islamic Revolution and Gulf Wars

Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the first of a two-part epilogue to Thawra (Revolution), our series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today’s installment covers the Iranian Islamic Revo…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Behind the News: An Uprising in Bangladesh w/ Naomi Hossain

Naomi Hossain explains the uprising in Bangladesh that deposed PM Shekih Hasina. Then Sandipto Dasgupta, author of Legalizing the Revolution, examines the transformation of India from colony to natio…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Jacobin Radio: Kamala's Coronation

Journalist Marc Cooper and historian Robert Brenner, two long-time left socialists, join Suzi to talk about the state of the election after a knockout convention that lifted spirits and Kamala Harris…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Michael and Us: Bottled Time

A Democratic National Convention takes place against a backdrop of protests against American imperial atrocities overseas... that's right, we're travelling back in time to 1968 with Haskell Wexler's …

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago