Podcast Episodes

Long Reads: Class Struggle in Medieval England w/ Dominic Alexander

For centuries, the English Peasants’ Revolt in 1381 only appeared in the historical record through bitterly hostile sources. Medieval chroniclers like Froissart presented it as a terrifying eruption …

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Dig: Global Palestine Politics Ep. 1 w/ Richard Seymour

Featuring Richard Seymour on the global politics of the Palestinian struggle and Israel's war on Gaza. The first of a two-part interview.

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Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Behind the News: Gaza, Ukraine, and the US w/ Anatol Lieven

Anatol Lieven discusses the wars in Gaza and Ukraine and the global standing of United States power. Ilyana Kuziemko and Suresh Naidu, co-authors of a recent paper on "economic policy and partisan re…

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Jacobin Radio: The UAW Strike Victory w/ Nelson Lichtenstein

Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein returns to Jacobin Radio with Suzi Weissman to talk about the Tentative Agreements (TAs) the United Auto Workers (UAW) reached—still to be ratified—with the Big Th…

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Michael and Us: The Dinosaur Hour

What if Britain's notorious right-wing GB News channel gave fading comedy hero and current "anti-woke" nuisance John Cleese a weekly show to do whatever he wants? Folks... the results may surprise yo…

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Dig: J. Edgar Hoover's America w/ Beverly Gage

Featuring Beverly Gage on her masterful biography G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century. Guest hosted by Micah Uetricht. 

The Dig is an essential political education project. S…

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Behind the News: Palestinian Citizens of Israel w/ Amjad Iraqi

Amjad Iraqi talks about what it’s like to be a Palestinian citizen of Israel—and what the Israeli state has in mind for Gaza. Georgi Derluguian, author of a recent guest essay in the Times, analyzes …

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Michael and Us: Nosferatu, the Wrath of Pod

For the week of Halloween, we offer a fond nod of the hat to our old, old friend Count Dracula by discussing NOSFERATU, PHANTOM DER NACHT (1979). And because we've both just read Werner Herzog's new …

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Long Reads: Palestine and the New McCarthyism w/ Rashid Khalidi

This is another special episode of Long Reads about Israel’s war on Gaza. Dan spoke to Rashid Khalidi, one of the leading historians of modern Palestine, on Monday, October 30th.

Last week, Joe Biden …

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Behind the News: Catastrophe in Gaza w/ Rami Khouri

Rami Khouri, a Palestinian American journalist and scholar, analyzes the war in Gaza. Evelyn McDonnell, author of The World According to Joan Didion, talks about the life and work of a groundbreaking…

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