Podcast Episodes

A World to Win: Elite Capture w/ Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

This week, Grace talks to Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò about his two new books, Reconsidering Reparations and Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else). They discuss what "i…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Behind the News: Saving the World From Davos Man

Doug speaks with Peter Goodman, author of Davos Man, on plutocrats and their pretensions. Then Vijay Prashad, director of The Tricontinental, outlines a plan to save the world, essentially from Davos…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Explaining the US-Russia Saber-Rattling

Suzi talks to professor Michael Cox about what is behind Putin’s bluster at the Ukrainian border and the hawkish, confrontational response from the US, UK, and NATO. Is the threat of war with Uk…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Long Reads: Oliver Gloag on Jean-Paul Sartre and the Crimes of Empire

Oliver Gloag returns to Long Reads for a conversation about Jean-Paul Sartre and the philosopher's stance against colonialism. Oliver is a professor of French and Francophone studies at the Universit…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Special: Nina Turner Is Ready to Keep Fighting

Jacobin’s Micah Uetricht sat down with Nina Turner to discuss the launch of her candidacy for Congress in Ohio’s 11th District. Turner speaks about the need to prioritize bread-and-butter issues like…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Dig: Ukraine w/ Volodymyr Ishchenko

An in-depth interview on the historical and political-economic context of the Ukraine crisis with Ukrainian sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko.

Read Volodymyr's work:

truthout.org/articles/ukrainians-are-…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Jacobin Show: Why Everything Is Politics Now w/ Anton Jäger

Jacobin contributor Anton Jäger explains the rise of "hyper-politics" and why everything these days is "political" but collective struggle remains elusive. Luke Savage analyzes the Democrats' recent …

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Sports Show: Confronting Racism & Police Brutality w/ Etan Thomas

This week on the Jacobin Sports Show, a very special episode with former NBA player and poet/writer/activist Etan Thomas. Etan's latest book, Police Brutality & White Supremacy: The Fight Against…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Michael and Us: Guy's Winnipeg

The great Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin was assigned to make a documentary about his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He made MY WINNIPEG (2007), a hilarious, surreal dreamscape that combines autobiog…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Tension on the Russia-Ukraine Border

Bohdan Krawchenko, author of works on Ukrainian politics and history, talks to Suzi from the University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan about the potential disaster on the Russian-Ukrainian border…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago