Podcast Episodes

Jacobin Radio: Rural America and the Democratic Party

Suzi talks to Nick Bowlin about his important new piece, "Joke’s on Them: The Democratic Party Meets Rural America" in The Drift. Nick looks at America’s rural class structure, the political att…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

A World to Win: Feminism Against Fascism w/ Laurie Penny

Grace speaks with Laurie Penny about their new book, Sexual Revolution: Modern Fascism and the Feminist Fightback. They discuss the roots of the resurgence of violence against women, what it means to…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Michael and Us: Rorschach Tests

What happens when the UK's Minister for International Development accidentally calls an inevitable war "unforeseeable"? We discuss Armando Iannucci's beloved political satire IN THE LOOP (2009) and w…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Long Reads: John Foot on Italy's Two Republics From Anti-Fascism to Anti-Politics

John Foot joins Long Reads for a discussion about Italy from the era of partisan resistance to the current predicament of "post-democracy"—and a resurgent right wing. John is professor of modern Ital…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Dig: Inflamed w/ Raj Patel and Rupa Marya

Industrial capitalism and colonialism are literally making us sick. Raj Patel and Rupa Marya on Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice.

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Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Jacobin Show: When Does Culture Matter? w/ Vivek Chibber

Professor Vivek Chibber discusses his new book, The Class Matrix, and the role that culture plays (and doesn’t play) in keeping workers from overturning an exploitative capitalist system. Paul Presco…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: COVID and the Crisis in Education

Suzi talks to Arlene Inouye, UTLA Secretary and Bargaining Chair about the system-wide pressures facing teachers, support staff, students, and their families, all seeking safety and stability during …

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Michael and Us: Cries and Whispers

We discuss one of the least sentimental films about death and family, Ingmar Bergman's CRIES AND WHISPERS (1972), and provide a possible political reading of Sweden's most famous auteur. Michael and …

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Dig: Financial Empire w/ Daniela Gabor & Ndongo Samba Sylla

Olúfẹmi Táíwò guest hosts an interview with Daniela Gabor and Ndongo Samba Sylla on how financial power has shaped the global economic order from colonialism through Bretton Woods, the Washington Con…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Jacobin Show: Why Isn't "Ecosocialism" Winning Workers? w/ Leigh Phillips

Jacobin contributor Leigh Phillips discusses how an NGO-dominated environmental movement ended up alienating unions, what constitutes a "just transition," and why organized labor must be at the cente…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago