Podcast Episodes

Behind the News: The Population of Our Prisons w/ Wanda Bertram

Doug speaks with Wanda Bertram of the Prison Policy Initiative about the demographics of the million people in state prisons and the fight around cash bail in New York. Plus, Doug talks to historian …

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Dig: Police w/ Mariame Kaba and Geo Maher

Mariame Kaba and Geo Maher discuss police, the politics of policing, abolition, reform—and more.

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Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

The Jacobin Show: The Downfall of Defund w/ Cedric Johnson

Jen Pan takes a look at the politics of the pentagon budget and Daniel Zamora discusses how American-style identity politics somehow found a way of suffusing the ideological debates around the French…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

A World to Win: Who Benefited from Britain's Empire? w/ Kojo Koram

Grace talks to Kojo Koram, who teaches in the School of Law at Birkbeck College and is the author of Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire, about why the government is trying to change…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Jacobin Radio: Russia’s War on Ukraine

Jacobin Radio features the recent UCLA colloquium, “The Political Economy of Russia’s War in Ukraine,” organized and moderated by the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History’s Robert Brenner…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Michael and Us: The Tao of Jack Ryan

Luke and Will delve into the world of right-wing legend Tom Clancy and his signature character Jack Ryan with the blockbuster film adaptation of THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990). PLUS: Winston Churchi…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Long Reads: Jan Toporowski on Michal Kalecki and the Politics of Full Employment

Jan Toporowski joins Long Reads for a discussion about Polish economist Michal Kalecki. Kalecki is best known for his celebrated essay on full employment, which has lost none of its topical value. Ja…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Worker Victory on Staten Island w/ John Logan

Suzi talks to John Logan, labor historian and expert on the anti-union industry, about the historic victory for Amazon workers on Staten Island, who voted on April 1st to form the first US …

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Dig: Price Wars w/ Rupert Russell & Isabella Weber

Rupert Russell and Isabella Weber discuss Russell's book Price Wars: How the Commodities Markets Made Our Chaotic World and also the current politics of inflation. 

Listen to Weber discuss her bo…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Jacobin Show: Labor in Limbo?

Jen Pan sits down with Jacobin columnist Ross Barkan to discuss his latest article, “Working-Class Politics Without the Working Class,” which takes a critical look at the Working Families Party. Next…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago