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Behind the News: Abolish the Family w/ M. E. O'Brien
Behind the News is slaying sacred cows this week. M. E. O’Brien, author of Family Abolition, discusses doing that and “communizing care." Then Jane C…
2 years, 9 months ago
Jacobin Radio: Tribute to Daniel Ellsberg
Jacobin Radio pays tribute to the late Daniel Ellsberg, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year and passed away on June 16 at age …
2 years, 9 months ago
Dig: AI Hype Machine w/ Meredith Whittaker, Ed Ongweso, and Sarah West
Featuring Meredith Whittaker, Edward Ongweso Jr., and Sarah Myers West on the mundane dystopia concealed beneath the AI hype machine.
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2 years, 9 months ago
Michael and Us: Let's See What's On Netflix...
Our sacred quest to tackle every political comedy inevitably reaches the Will Ferrell/Zach Galifianakis vehicle THE CAMPAIGN (2012). We discuss what …
2 years, 9 months ago
Behind the News: On Clarence Thomas w/ Corey Robin
While other shows are getting applause for interviewing Corey Robin about his excellent book on Clarence Thomas (who is very much in the headlines th…
2 years, 10 months ago
Dig: The Fall of OPEC w/ Giuliano Garavini
Featuring Giuliano Garavini on his book The Rise and Fall of OPEC in the Twentieth Century. The second in a two-part series on the 20th-century histo…
2 years, 10 months ago
Long Reads: Mussolini to Meloni w/ David Broder (Part 2)
Italy’s current prime minister Giorgia Meloni can trace her political roots all the way back to Mussolini. But what exactly does the Italian far righ…
2 years, 10 months ago
Michael and Us: If Movies Tire You, What Will Podcasts Do?
Hell is real, and it's really bad, and it's really important that you repent. That's the thesis of THE BURNING HELL (1974), a crackpot Evangelical od…
2 years, 10 months ago
Behind the News: The US Role in Ukraine w/ Christopher Layne
Christopher Layne discusses his Harper’s magazine article, “Why are we in Ukraine?” Plus: Marcus Brown talks about his augmented reality exhibit that…
2 years, 10 months ago
Dig: The Rise of OPEC w/ Giuliano Garavini
Featuring Giuliano Garavini on his book The Rise and Fall of OPEC in the Twentieth Century. The first of a two-part series on the 20th-century histor…
2 years, 10 months ago