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Dig: Clash of Empires w/ Ho-fung Hung
The second of our two-part interview with sociologist Ho-fung Hung on Chinese political and economic history. This episode covers the 2008 financial crisis, how China’s response deepened global and d…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Dispatch From Russia
Suzi talks to Russian Marxist sociologist, activist, and author Boris Kagarlitsky to get his perspective of Putin’s war from inside Russia. How does he understand Putin's surprising decision—and misc…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Dig: China Boom w/ Ho-fung Hung
Part one of a two-part interview with sociologist Ho-fung Hung on Chinese political economic history from the 18th century to 2008: why capitalism took off in England and then elsewhere but not in Ch…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Jacobin Show: Leaving Occupy Anarchism in the Past w/ Ben Fong & Christie Offenbacher
To start off this week’s Jacobin Show, Jen Pan looks at the discourse around "economic anxiety" as an explanation for voters' turn to Donald Trump and other right wing politicians. Why do mainstream …
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
A World to Win: The Cost of Living Crisis w/ Gary Stevenson
New show alert! This week, A World to Win is expanding and launching a new format for the podcast. In addition to our regular long-form interviews, every other week Grace will host shorter, more topi…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Michael and Us: Contract With America
She's a Democrat. He's a Republican. They're speechwriters on warring campaigns... But can they fall in love??? That's the premise of the Michael Keaton/Geena Davis romcom SPEECHLESS (1994), which dr…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: War Motives and Anti-War Resistance
Suzi talks to historian-activist Simon Pirani about the political and economic motives for the Kremlin's war, as well as the ominous signs of Russia's conduct seen in previous conflicts in Chech…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Behind the News: Monopoly Medicine & the Anti-Dollar Axis
Doug speaks with Alexander Zaitchik, author of Owning the Sun, on how the pharmaceutical industry became such a high-priced racket. Plus: Zongyuan Zoe Liu, co-author of a recent article in Foreign Af…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Long Reads: Lea Ypi on the Enigmas of Modern Albania
Lea Ypi joins Long Reads for a discussion about Albanian history. Lea is a professor of political theory at the London School of Economics and the author of several books. Her most recent work is Fre…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Jacobin Show: Overcoming Working-Class Alienation w/ Krystal Ball
Krystal Ball joins The Jacobin Show for a discussion about the alienation and de-politicization affecting the working class, and how to break out of it. They also cover the role of independent media,…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago