Podcast Episodes

Behind the News: COP26 Debrief & Steve Bannon's War on the State

Doug talks with Christina Gerhardt on the COP26 climate summit. Plus, an interview with Mike Lofgren on the dangers of Steve Bannon's war on the administrative state (article here).

Behind the News, h…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Dig: Visions of Freedom w/ Piero Gleijeses Part 1

Part one of Dan's two-part interview with Piero Gleijeses on his book Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976–1991. This is the story of Cuba's mi…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: The 'Big Quit' & Chilean Election News

Chloe Watlington talked to four women about their workplace experiences and their decision to quit in her article in LA Taco called "The Big Quit of 2021 – as told by women of color in Los Angeles." …

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A World to Win: A History of Everything w/ David Wengrow

This week, Grace speaks to David Wengrow, Professor of Comparative Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, and the author of a brilliant new book with the late David G…

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Jacobin Show: America Loves a Moral Panic w/ Roger Lancaster

Roger Lancaster, author of the book Sex Panic, joins the Jacobin Show to discuss the McMartin daycare trial, the Satanic ritual abuse panic of the 1980s, and the role of the mainstream media in fomen…

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Michael and Us: The Dialectic of Cool Britannia

THE QUEEN (2006) brings together a mismatched-buddy duo — one a symbol of stiff-upper-lipped British tradition (Liz Windsor), the other a radical left-wing politician (uh... Tony Blair?) — who both s…

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Weekends: What's Left of Build Back Better w/ David Sirota

David Sirota joins Weekends to discuss drastic cuts to the Build Back Better Act and why Democrats sabotaged their own bill. He talks about how Democrats’ failure to deliver real gains for working pe…

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Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: October 1917

On the 104th anniversary of the Russian revolution, Suzi Weissman switches seats with Robert Brenner: She is the guest and he does the interviewing. The podcast begins with Suzi on "One Hundred Years…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Long Reads: Fabien Escalona on French Socialism from Mitterrand to Meltdown

Fabien Escalona, journalist at the French publication Mediapart, joins Long Reads for a discussion about the trajectory of socialism in France over recent decades. Long Reads is a Jacobin podcast loo…

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A World to Win: The Production of Uselessness w/ Neil Vallelly

On this week’s podcast Grace speaks to Neil Vallelly, author of Futilitarianism: Neoliberalism and the Production of Uselessness.

They discuss the role of utilitarian thinking in the development of ca…

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