Podcast Episodes

Jacobin Radio: Tribute to Ed Broadbent

Ed Broadbent died January 11, 2024. Suzi speaks with the co-authors of Ed's recent book, Seeking Social Democracy: Seven Decades in the Fight for Equality. We also hear clips from Ed during his long …

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Behind the News: The Genocide Case Against Israel w/ Sean Jacobs

Sean Jacobs explores why South Africa brought the genocide case against Israel. Eric Blanc, who wrote a recent piece about sprawl and the suburbs, talks about organizing in a scattered and atomized s…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Dig: The German Question w/ Emily Dische-Becker

Featuring Emily Dische-Becker on how Germany became attached to a wildly narcissistic anti-antisemitism and Israeli proxy nationalism that have made it one of the most anti-Palestinian governments on…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Organize the Unorganized: Taking Stock

How was it that the CIO was finally able to make good on the decades-old dream of industrial unionism? In the fourth episode of Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO, we outline two more fact…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Michael and Us: The Inevitable Barbie Episode

The world can't stop discoursing about it. Hillary Clinton herself has championed it. And our superdelegate patrons specifically requested it. It's time for us to turn our attention to the most discu…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Long Reads: Israel on Trial w/ John Reynolds

At least 26,000 people are now estimated to have been killed by Israel’s war on Gaza, although the real figure is believed to be even higher. The main legal challenge to Israel’s war has come from So…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Behind the News: Red Sea Crisis w/ Shireen Al-Adeimi

Shireen Al-Adeimi of Michigan State and the Quincy Institute discusses the Houthis. Political scientist Aurélie Daher gives another view of Hezbollah.

Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers t…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Dig: Yemen and the Houthis w/ Helen Lackner

Featuring Helen Lackner on the Houthis, the politics of their attacks on Red Sea shipping, and the long history of Yemen from British colonial Aden through the current civil war. 

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Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Organize the Unorganized: Sit Down!

On the third episode of Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO, we examine the first major victories of the CIO in rubber, auto, and steel. The story begins at the Goodyear complex in Akron, O…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Behind the News: Hezbollah in Context w/ Joseph Daher

Wanda Bertram of the Prison Policy Initiative discusses ankle bracelets and electronic monitoring. Joseph Daher, author of Hezbollah: The Political Economy of the Party of God, delves into that demon…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago