Podcast Episodes

Behind the News: The Grassroots of Abortion Rights w/ Felicia Kornbluh

Doug is joined by Josh White, author of Goodbye United Kingdom, to discuss that country’s trajectory of decline. Then Felicia Kornbluh, author of A Woman’s Life Is a Human Life, talks about the fight…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Dig: Freedom Dreams w/ Robin D.G. Kelley

Featuring Robin D.G. Kelley on Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination.

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Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Long Reads: Kristin Surak on Japan's Lost Generation

During the 1980s, Japan seemed like it might overtake the US to become the world’s largest economy. But since a property bubble burst in the early 90s, Japan has become a by-word for economic stagnat…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Behind the News: Afghanistan Update w/ Matthieu Aikins

Doug speaks with Matthieu Aikins, author and investigative reporter, about the situation in Afghanistan with the US gone and the Taliban in control. Later, Christina Dunbar-Hester, author of Oil Beac…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Michael and Us: Mondo Argumento

A misanthropic catalog of shocking images from around the world, the bizarre, unpleasant, baldly racist, and extremely influential MONDO CANE (1962) was a pioneering "shockumentary." We revisit this …

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Dig: Gramsci, Organization, Crisis w/ Michael Denning

Featuring Michael Denning on Antonio Gramsci. The second of a two-part interview.

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Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Michael and Us: The View From Nowhere

Upon its release, Steven Soderbergh's TRAFFIC (2000) offered something novel: a cinematic tapestry that criticized America's War on Drugs. More than 20 years later, we consider its strengths, as well…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Behind the News: A Look Rightward

Emily Jashinsky of The Federalist discusses the GOP: the meaning of the speaker fight, and what is the base of the Freedom Caucus anyway? Sohrab Ahmari, co-founder of Compact Magazine, offers a left-…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Dig: Gramsci & Hegemony w/ Michael Denning

Featuring Michael Denning on Antonio Gramsci. Part one of an expansive two-part interview.

Read the passages of Selections from the Prison Notebooks that Dan read to prepare: thedigradio.com/gramscino…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Long Reads: Pepijn Brandon on Revolution in the Netherlands (Part 2)

The Dutch Revolt of the sixteenth century defeated the Spanish monarchy, the great European superpower of its day. It may not be as well remembered as the English Civil War or the French Revolution. …

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago