Podcast Episodes

Organize the Unorganized: Powerful Personalities

On the second episode of Organized the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO, we discuss the institutional formation of the CIO and meet some of the organization’s key personalities. We learn about figure…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Behind the News: Argentina's New President w/ Jacqueline Behrend

Political scientist Jacqueline Behrend examines Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei. Then Benjamin Fong, author of Quick Fixes, talks about Americans’ love-hate relationship with drugs.

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Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Dig: Very Important People w/ Ashley Mears

Featuring Ashley Mears on her book Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit. Mears, a sociologist and former fashion model, explores the super-elite "models and bottles" p…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Michael and Us: Meet Me in Helsinki

Your coworkers are spying on you. Your boss won't let you keep the expired food. The coffeeshop is charging you an arm and a leg to rent a laptop. In Aki Kaurismäki's funny and wonderful FALLEN LEAVE…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Organize the Unorganized: Under the Blue Eagle

In episode one of Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO, we explore the conditions that led to the founding of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. We first dive into the history of the …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Jacobin Radio: The Trial w/ Boris Kagarlitsky

Suzi talks to Boris Kagarlitsky, Russian left intellectual writer-activist, just two weeks after he won his release from over four months in pre-trial custody. Kagarlitsky was arrested in Moscow on J…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Dig: Colonialism, Zionism, Sectarianism w/ Ussama Makdisi

Featuring Ussama Makdisi on how Western colonialism and Zionism exploited, exacerbated, and imposed sectarianism across the Arab Middle East. This is the SECOND of a two-part interview.

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Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Behind the News: The Year in Labor w/ Alex Press

Samuel Moyn, law professor and historian, discusses the political and legal dubiousness of excluding Trump from the presidential ballot. Labor journalist Alex Press talks about the year in labor. See…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Long Reads: Biden's Vietnam w/ Akbar Shahid Ahmed

This is another special episode of Long Reads looking at Israel’s war on Gaza. Our focus today is on the politics of the Biden Administration and its backing for Israel. Joe Biden and his team are st…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Michael and Us: We Invented Chill!

We kick off 2024 by raiding the fridge for some holiday leftovers. It's become an annual tradition on this podcast to try to extract ideology from Tim Allen's "Santa Clause" franchise. With THE SANTA…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago