Podcast Episodes

Behind the News: Recognizing Palestine w/ Mouin Rabbani

Mouin Rabbani explains what is behind all these fresh diplomatic recognitions of Palestine and speculates on the future of Gaza. Ernesto Semán, author of a recent piece for the New York Review of Boo…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Confronting Capitalism: The Origins of Capitalism

It’s well understood that capitalist economies are a recent development in human history. But there is persistent disagreement on the Left over exactly how and where the transition to capitalism occu…

Published on 3 months ago

Jacobin Radio: Trump’s War on Dissent w/ Pema Levy

The Roberts Court gave Trump sweeping immunity — and he’s using it to intimidate critics, greenlight ICE’s racial profiling raids, extort universities, law firms, corporations, and foreign government…

Published on 3 months ago

Dig: State of Impunity w/ Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader

Featuring Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, and military repression. What does this all reveal about MAGA’s fascist and authoritarian project — and about …

Published on 3 months ago

Behind the News: High Church Neoliberalism w/ Quinn Slobodian

Quinn Slobodian, author of Hayek’s Bastards, speaks about the eugenics/race science tendencies within High Church Neoliberalism. Molly White looks at stablecoins and the Trump–UAE deal.

Behind the Ne…

Published on 3 months ago

Long Reads: Portugal’s Left in Retreat w/ Catarina Príncipe (Part 1)

Long Reads spoke to Yanis Varoufakis earlier in the year to mark the tenth anniversary of the Greek referendum on the austerity programs of the European Union. This week, we’re going to be looking at…

Published on 3 months ago

Dig: Fascist Police State w/ Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader

Featuring Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, and military repression. What does this all reveal about MAGA’s fascist and authoritarian project—and about th…

Published on 3 months ago

Jacobin Radio: Block Everything w/ Sebastian Budgen

Suzi talks to Sebastian Budgen in Paris about the collapse of Prime Minister François Bayrou’s government and the “Block Everything” mobilization against Macron’s austerity agenda, which brought unio…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Behind the News: The Utopian Dreams of AI Moguls w/ Émile Torres

Émile Torres, who co-wrote an article with Timnit Gebru for First Monday about AI, discusses tech moguls’ dreams of transcending the merely human. Daniel Wortel-London, author of The Menace of Prospe…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Confronting Capitalism: Populism’s Promises and Pitfalls

Populism is in the air, providing unique opportunities and challenges to the Left. On this episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek Chibber discusses how populist sentiment — popular anger at elites …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago