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Jacobin Show: Italian Fascism w/ David Broder
Alex Gourevitch joins us to discuss his recent Catalyst essay that assesses the possibilities and limits of a post-work socialist society. We're also…
3 years, 6 months ago
A World to Win: Internet Enclosure w/ Ben Tarnoff
This week, Grace speaks to Ben Tarnoff, author of Internet for the People. They talk about the origins of the web, how it was enclosed and privatized…
3 years, 6 months ago
Behind the News: Barbara Ehrenreich Remembered
A memorial to Barbara Ehrenreich, who died at 81 on September 1, featuring three Behind the News interviews with her from 2004, 2005, and 2009.
Behind…
3 years, 6 months ago
Michael and Us: Penn and Paintbrush
Libertarian magicians Penn & Teller turn their gaze to the art world in TIM'S VERMEER (2013), a documentary that attempts to prove that, with just th…
3 years, 6 months ago
Dig: Taming Free Speech w/ Laura Weinrib
Featuring Laura Weinrib on The Taming of Free Speech: America’s Civil Liberties Compromise. Did you know that the ACLU was founded as a radical labor…
3 years, 6 months ago
Long Reads: Elizabeth Schmidt on Somalia and the Superpowers
Elizabeth Schmidt joins Long Reads for a discussion about Somalia's modern history of politics, crisis, and foreign intervention. Elizabeth is profes…
3 years, 6 months ago
Jacobin Show: Can We Red the Fed? w/ Samir Sonti
Samir Sonti joins us to talk about why the Federal Reserve has so much power over the economy and why its typical response to inflation is bad for wo…
3 years, 6 months ago
A World to Win: Seizing the State w/ Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Grace speaks to Ruth Wilson Gilmore, prison abolitionist, scholar, and professor of geography at the City University of New York. She is the author o…
3 years, 6 months ago
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Rail Worker Struggle w/ Nelson Lichtenstein
Suzi talks to UCSB labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein to get his analysis of the impending rail strike and the tentative deal reached to prevent it …
3 years, 6 months ago
Michael and Us: Coronation Training Montage
We mark Queen Elizabeth's passing by looking at towering work of royalist kitsch, THE KING'S SPEECH (2010). We discuss how this Oscar-winner humanize…
3 years, 6 months ago