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Michael and Us: Empire Records w/ Meagan Day & Branko Marcetic
Some topics are too vast, too vital for us to cover on our own. Today, we address one such topic. We invited Jacobin's Meagan Day and Branko Marcetic…
3 years, 1 month ago
Behind the News: Indian Capitalism w/ Jairus Banaji
Anatol Lieven discusses the slim prospects for peace in Ukraine and growing bellicosity towards China. Jairus Banaji, author of an article for Phenom…
3 years, 1 month ago
Dig: Higher Ed Industrial Unionism w/ Donna Murch and Todd Wolfson
Featuring Donna Murch and Todd Wolfson on Rutgers University workers' industrial unionism strategy. The second in a two-part series on the crisis in …
3 years, 2 months ago
Michael and Us: Fully Automated Luxury Centrism
The amateur documentary MY YANG GANG DIARY (2021) gives us opportunity to look back on the presidential candidacy of Andrew Yang. We discuss how the …
3 years, 2 months ago
Jacobin Radio: Dealignment? w/ Robert Brenner & Dylan Riley
Suzi talks to Robert Brenner and Dylan Riley about their “Seven Theses on American Politics” in New Left Review, an analysis of the 2022 midterm elec…
3 years, 2 months ago
Behind the News: Chatbot Hype Versus Reality w/ Dwayne Monroe
Software engineer Dwayne Monroe exposes the reality behind the hype around ChatGPT (and the sinister implications of AI). Then Doug interviews politi…
3 years, 2 months ago
Dig: Higher Ed Crisis w/ Dennis Hogan
Featuring Dennis Hogan on the crisis in higher education. The first in a two-part series. Next up: Donna Murch and Todd Wolfson on how university wor…
3 years, 2 months ago
Michael and Us: Heaven on Earth
Terrence Malick perfected his now-signature style with his rapturously beautiful second film, DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978). We discuss the film's depiction …
3 years, 2 months ago
Long Reads: Kevin Anderson on the Anti-Colonial Marx
Critics of Karl Marx claim that he was incapable of recognizing forms of oppression that aren't linked to a narrow understanding of class. Kevin Ande…
3 years, 2 months ago
Behind the News: Ethiopia's Bloody War w/ Ann Neumann
Ann Neumann, author of a recent Harper's article, discusses the bloody war in Ethiopia. Then Doug gets two views on a proposed South American currenc…
3 years, 2 months ago