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Jacobin Show: Elites Are Lying About Inflation w/ Samir Sonti
Samir Sonti argues that the causes of current inflation are supply side issues and if the Fed chooses to fight it by raising interest rates, it will only hurt workers. Jen explores the world of "anti…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
A World to Win: The TikTok-ification of Colombia's Election w/ David Adler
This week, Grace talks to David Adler, General Coordinator of the Progressive International, about the ongoing Colombian presidential election and what the results of its first round say about the ro…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Michael and Us: Pieces of Flair
Our Superdelegate patron tier has voted for us to discuss Mike Judge's workplace satire OFFICE SPACE (1999), and it leads us down a long rabbit hole of remembering bad work experiences. PLUS: We take…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Behind the News: The Colombian Presidential Election w/ Forrest Hylton
Doug interviews Forrest Hylton on the first round of the Colombian presidential election and why it was bad news for the leftist candidate Gustavo Petro. Plus: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, author of Elite Captur…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Dig: The New Democrats w/ Lily Geismer
Dan's second episode with historian Lily Geismer, who he interviewed in 2019 about Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party. This interview is on Left Behind: …
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Jacobin Show: What's the Matter with California? w/ Catherine Liu
Catherine Liu, author of Virtue Hoarders, joins The Jacobin Show for a discussion about the multicultural neoliberalism of California. Daniel Bessner also joins the podcast to discuss NATO and recent…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Michael and Us: Trust the Plan
What is a quickly-made, low-effort documentary like ONE NATION UNDER TRUMP (2016) good for? Not a lot. But one thing that this ridiculous pro-Trump hagiography provided us with was a chance to marina…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: 13 Jealous Republics w/ Mike Davis
Historian, urban theorist and activist Mike Davis is writing a new book called Star Spangled Leviathan: An Economic History of American Nationalism. On May Day he read from the chapter "13 Jealous Re…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Behind the News: Sex, Labor, and Capitalism w/ Heather Berg
Doug interviews Heather Berg, author of Porn Work, on relations of production in sex work. Plus: Kevin Young and Leonard Seabrooke, co-authors of a paper in the Socio-Economic Review, on the contrast…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Dig: Ruth Wilson Gilmore w/ Alberto Toscano and Brenna Bhandar
What role does mass incarceration play in American political economy? What does that reveal about what sort of politics are required to overcome it? Ruth Wilson Gilmore with Alberto Toscano and Brenn…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago