Podcast Episodes

Michael and Us: The Slow Cancellation of the Future

At long last, we are finally tackling something related to The Sopranos. We discuss the many things wrong (and some things right) with the big-screen prequel THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK (2021); the spi…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Weekends: How to Debate the Right and Win w/ Ben Burgis

Coming off of their triumphant debate victories against Ben Shapiro and Charlie Kirk respectively, we're (re)joined by Ana Kasparian and friend of the show Ben Burgis to discuss how and why the left …

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Striketober

Suzi talked to Crystal Hopkins, President of IATSE Local 871, just hours before a tentative agreement was reached late Saturday afternoon — ahead of the October 18 strike deadline…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Dig: The Big Scary 'S' Word w/ Yael Bridge

A very short ep on a great new documentary about the history and present of American socialism: The Big Scary S-Word. It’s by Yael Bridge, and it's the perfect film to show to your skeptical uncle or…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

A World to Win: Work Without the Worker w/ Phil Jones

This week, Grace speaks to Phil Jones, researcher at Autonomy and author of Work Without the Worker: Labour in the Age of Platform Capitalism. They discuss whether what we refer to as automation actu…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Dig: Afghanistan with Tariq Ali

Legendary socialist scholar Tariq Ali on the long history of Afghanistan: the 19th and early 20th-century wars against the British Empire; the communist coup, Soviet invasion, and US-backed mujahidee…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Weekends: What's Wrong with an "Entitlement Society"? w/ Matt Bruenig

Matt Bruenig discusses Joe Manchin's remarks about the US becoming an "entitlement society" and explains why so-called entitlement societies like the Nordic states somehow still seem to function.

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Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Behind the News: Milton Friedman's War on Public Education

Doug speaks with Nancy MacLean, author of this paper, on how Milton Friedman’s war on public education fit nicely with Southern massive resistance to desegregation. Plus: Klaus Jacob, …

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Michael and Us: Hollywood Dreamscape

We have discussed many bad films on this podcast, but now we finally turn our attention to The Worst Movie Ever Made™. We analyze how Ed Wood's PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1957) turns the movie industry…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Long Reads: Sean Larson on Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Weimar Germany

Sean Larson, historian of the German Revolution and the Weimar Republic, joins Long Reads for a discussion about party politics and worker struggles during Germany's inter-war period. Long Reads is a…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago