Podcast Episodes

Behind the News: University Unionism w/ Donna Murch

James Bamford, author of Spyfail and a recent article in The Nation, discusses Israeli collusion with Donald Trump in 2016. Then Donna Murch, associate professor of history at Rutgers and president o…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Dig: Zionism's Civil War w/ Edo Konrad & Joshua Leifer

Featuring Edo Konrad and Joshua Leifer on how Zionism's long-running contradictions led to the current political crisis in Israel.

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Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Long Reads: Mariátegui's Marxism w/ Mike Gonzalez

In the past few years, Peru has experienced several waves of political turbulence. The latest cycle of unrest began when Pedro Castillo was ousted as president last December. State security forces ha…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Jacobin Radio: Crises in France and Israel

Suzi talks to Sebastian Budgen and Yoav Peled about two existential crises rocking the social order. First in France, where President Macron used constitutional powers to bypass parliament and impose…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Michael and Us: One Insular Tahiti

With Trump's indictment in the news, we thought it might be a good time to watch the movie that has been more influential on QAnon than any other: Ridley Scott's little-loved seafaring adventure WHIT…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Behind the News: Resisting Bibi w/ Nimrod Flaschenberg

Writer and political adviser Nimrod Flaschenberg discusses the popular uprising in Israel against Bibi’s reactionary government. Software engineer Dwayne Monroe revisits the (useful) hype around Chat…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

The Dig Presents: A Garden in Cairo

It started with a few cones and a cryptic sign. 

Produced by Omar Etman. Edited by Liza Yeager, Mitchell Johnson, and Daniel Denvir. 

Special thanks to Alan Dean, Alex Lewis, and Nihal El Aasar.

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Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Michael and Us: Artificial Intelligence

We mark the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War by revisiting some of the classic clips from our cowed and deferential news media circa 2003. PLUS: What is artificial intelligence and what does it mean …

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Behind the News: Neo-Fascism in Italy w/ David Broder

Maxine Doogan and Tara Burns, contributors to a report, "How the War on Sex Work Is Stripping Your Privacy Rights," on how cops are snooping on sex workers and using what they learn to spy on the res…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Dig: Sexual Hegemony w/ Max Fox and Chris Nealon

Featuring Max Fox and Chris Nealon on the late Christopher Chitty's book Sexual Hegemony: Statecraft, Sodomy, and Capital in the Rise of the World System.

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Published on 2 years, 9 months ago