Podcast Episodes

A World to Win: Climate, Capital, and the State w/ Geoff Mann

This week, Grace Blakeley speaks to Geoff Mann, Professor of Geography at Simon Fraser University and author of In the Long Run We Are All Dead: Keynesianism, Political Economy and Revolution and, wi…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Weekends: Big Pharma Is Killing Us w/ Dean Baker

Dean Baker, economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, joins us to explain what we should do with Big Pharma (hint: get rid of them). We also cover the ongoing immigration crisis and h…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Michael and Us: 2006 Forever!

The mockumentary DEATH OF A PRESIDENT (2006) imagined what would happen if then-president George W. Bush was assassinated. Though briefly very controversial, this justly-forgotten film is a perfect e…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: The Legacy of Occupy Wall Street

Alan Minsky discusses the Biden infrastructure plan, one that he calls an historic bill for an historic moment. As Director of PDA, Alan is involved in the politicking to get this bill pass…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Dig: Occupy at 10 with Astra Taylor

It's Occupy Wall Street's tenth anniversary. Dan interviews Astra Taylor.

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Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Long Reads: Kristen Ghodsee on the Lost World of Bulgarian Communism

Kristen Ghodsee joins Long Reads to discuss the lost world and "progressive spirit" of Bulgarian Communism. Kristen is professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

A World to Win: The Long Decline of the Tory Party w/ Phil Burton-Cartledge

Grace speaks with Phil Burton-Cartledge, lecturer in sociology at the University of Derby and author of Falling Down: The Conservative Party and the Decline of Tory Britain. They discuss whose i…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Behind the News: The Kaepernick Effect

Doug speaks with Dave Zirin, author of The Kaepernick Effect, on how taking a knee spread across the country (and why leftists shouldn’t hate sports). Plus: Dwayne Monroe, cloud data archit…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Michael and Us: The Carlson Doctrine w/ Alex Shephard

Tucker Carlson reigns as the most-watched personality on cable news. How did he get that way? How important is he really? And what does he actually believe? To answer these questions, he enlist the h…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Weekends: The Left 10 Years After Occupy Wall Street w/ Meagan Day & Seth Ackerman

Ten years after Occupy Wall Street, Jacobin's Meagan Day and Seth Ackerman join us to discuss how the left has changed. We also cover Manchin's money trail and the "Havana Syndrome."

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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago