Podcast Episodes

Dig: Scholars Against Genocide

Featuring Noura Erakat, Avi Shlaim, Ussama Makdisi, Ilan Pappé, Ghada Ageel Hamdan, and Abdel Razzaq Takriti on the ongoing Israeli genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Recorded at the World Academ…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Michael and Us: Embrace the Fire w/ Alex Shephard

By the third entry of the God's Not Dead franchise, its creative team had clearly started listening to their critics. The result was a kinder, gentler right-wing Evangelical Christian drama that soug…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Behind the News: Israel and the World Court w/ Heidi Matthews

Heidi Matthews surveys cases against Israel pending at the the World Court. Elijah Wald, author of Jelly Roll Blues, talks about Jelly Roll Morton and the hidden history of early blues music.

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Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Dig: Thawra Ep. 7 – United Arab Republic Against Eisenhower

Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the SEVENTH episode of Thawra (Revolution), our rolling mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today’s installment lays out the the US’s Eisenhowe…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Michael and Us: Sit Down, Sit Down

For seven weeks in 1936 and 1937, workers at the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan held a risky sit-down strike. A true David vs. Goliath story, their strike won recognition for the United Auto…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Behind the News: Weaponizing 'Safe Space' Discourse w/ Natasha Lennard

Trita Parsi explains why Israel is trying to expand its war to Iran and Hezbollah. Natasha Lennard analyzes the Zionist appropriation of leftish “safe space” discourse. And Stefan Yong explores the s…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Long Reads: J. B. S. Haldane's Science and Socialism w/ Samanth Subramanian

J. B. S. Haldane was one of the great scientific minds of the twentieth century. He played an important role in the development of genetics and the theory of evolution. Haldane was also a tireless po…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Behind the News: How Israel Exploits the Shoah w/ Pankaj Mishra

Pankaj Mishra, author of a recent article for the London Review of Books, "The Shoah after Gaza," talks about the propaganda-induced debasement of the Holocaust. Nancy Folbre, co-author of a recent r…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Dig: Thawra Ep. 6 – Cold War Heats Up

Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the SIXTH episode of Thawra (Revolution), our rolling mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today’s installment lays out the intensification of t…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Jacobin Radio: Russia's Election w/ Ilya Matveev

Suzi talks to Ilya Matveev about the recent election in Russia giving Putin a fifth term in power—an election he argues was stage-managed from above. Matveev discusses how the Putin government, with …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago