Podcast Episodes

Dig: War w/ Sophie Pinkham and Nick Mulder

Sophie Pinkham and Nick Mulder on the war, its origins, how it’s being experienced by Ukrainians, Russians, Europeans, and Americans—and also its geopolitical and global economic ramifications, parti…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

A World to Win: Housing and Class Struggle w/ Susanne Soederberg

This week Grace talks to Susanne Soederberg, Professor of Political Economy in Global Development Studies at Queen’s University, Canada, about her book Urban Displacements: Governing Surplus and Surv…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Michael and Us: Sympathy for the Riddler

Some Batman movies have been called fascist, but THE BATMAN (2022) breaks new ground for the franchise by being lib. We wouldn't be a left-wing culture podcast if we didn't occasionally pick a new Ba…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: The Perverse Logic of War in Eastern Europe

Suzi talks to Dutch Marxist anthropologist Don Kalb, editor of Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, about the state of Putin’s war against Ukraine and the crucial historical, politi…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Behind the News: Seeking Peace in Ukraine w/ Anatol Lieven

Doug interviews Anatol Lieven on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Then, a conversation with Alyssa Giachino and Derek Seidman, among the authors of this report, "Private Equity's Dirty Dozen," about pri…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Jacobin Show: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives w/ Adolph Reed Jr.

Ariella Thornhill sits down with Adolph Reed, Jr. for a special interview on his new book, The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives. Branko Marcetic discusses how the US and other countries can counter…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

A World to Win: Inequality Explosion w/ Max Lawson

This week, Grace talks to Max Lawson, Head of Inequality Policy at Oxfam, about their new report Inequality Kills, which you can read here: https://www.oxfam.org/en/research/inequality-kills. They di…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Behind the News: Lords of Easy Money

Doug interviews Christopher Leonard, author of The Lords of Easy Money, on the damage done by over a decade of hyper-easy monetary policy from the Fed. Then Lea Ypi, a political philsopher and author…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Dig: Russia Invades w/ Tony Wood

Tony Wood returns to The Dig to discuss Russia’s invasion, what it reflects about Russian politics and geopolitics today and historically, and how the Left should be thinking about it all.

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Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Michael and Us: Shlock Rock

Eldon Hoke—better known to the world as "El Duce"—was one of the most notorious of the so-called "shock rockers" who frightened moralists during the George H.W. Bush years. His purposely rock-bottom …

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago