Podcast Episodes

Michael and Us: I Heart New Wave

In DEATH WISH 4: THE CRACKDOWN (1987), Charles Bronson wages a one-man war against the Los Angeles drug trade, despite being as old-looking as anyone has ever looked. We discuss how the ridiculous fo…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Long Reads: Padmore's Pan-African Marxism w/ Theo Williams

For most of the twentieth century, Trinidad and Tobago had a population of fewer than a million people. But this Caribbean nation made an outsized contribution to radical theory and political activis…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Michael and Us: Wheatfield with Crows

Late in his career, Akira Kurosawa plumbed his subconscious and came up with DREAMS (1990), one of his most underrated films. We discuss the ways that this film captures the mood and style of a dream…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Jacobin Radio: WGA Strike w/ Alex O'Keefe & Howard Rodman

Barry Eidlin guest hosts today, talking to WGA leader-activists Alex O’Keefe, organizer and award-winning writer for The Bear, and Howard Rodman, writer and former president of the WGA. On September …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Behind the News: The Niger Coup w/ Samar Al-Bulushi

Samar Al-Bulushi examines the coup in Niger, political unrest in France’s former colonies in Africa, and the US-led “war on terror” on that continent. Joanna Wuest, author of Born This Way, talks abo…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Dig: Long Land War w/ Jo Guldi

Featuring Jo Guldi on the global history of the long land war—a war over everything from agrarian reform to tenant rights, from India and China to England and Ireland, from the late 19th century thro…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Behind the News: How Sick Is Capitalism?

Aaron Benanav, sociologist and frequent contributor to New Left Review, and Seth Ackerman, an editor at Jacobin, discuss the long-term health of capitalism: Is stagnation really the problem?

Behind th…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Michael and Us: Jewellbilly Elegy

In 2019, Clint Eastwood's RICHARD JEWELL took aim at two institutions — the FBI and the media — that were supposed to save America from Trumpism. We discuss one of the veteran auteur's most beautiful…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Dig: Organizing and Socialist Strategy

Featuring Alex Han, Astra Taylor, and Rachel Gilmer on how we build powerful organizations that win both short-term fights and the long-term struggle for socialism. A live Dig recorded at the Sociali…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Jacobin Radio: Strike at the Big Three w/ Nelson Lichtenstein

Suzi talks to historian and labor expert Nelson Lichtenstein about the historic, first-ever simultaneous strike against the Big Three automakers. Thirteen thousand workers, about 10% of UAW members a…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago