Podcast Episodes

Michael and Us: Oliver's Twist w/ Anders Lee

In 1994, the most vilified member of the Reagan administration tried to stage a political comeback, and it almost worked. The documentary A PERFECT CANDIDATE (1996) follows Oliver North's attempt to …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Behind the News: On Anti-Vaxxers

Doug speaks with Mia Jankowicz, reporter for Business Insider, about anti-vaxxers, notably Sherri Tenpenny. Plus: Sanford Jacoby, author of Labor in the Age of Finance, on unions’ weird alliance with…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Long Reads: Antoni Kapcia on Revolutionary Cuba and the Legacy of the Castros

The historian Antoni Kapcia joins Long Reads for a conversation about Cuban politics since the revolution of 1959. Antoni is the author of several books on Cuban history, including A Short History of…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

A World to Win: Post-Extractivist Green Transitions w/ Thea Riofrancos

This week Grace speaks to Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College and author of Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador.

The…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Primer: Covering the Labor Beat

This week, we speak with Lauren Kaori Gurley, a prolific labor reporter at Vice's Motherboard.

You can listen to Primer by searching for Jacobin Radio on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to p…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Dig: Jesus and John Wayne w/ Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Dan interviews historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez on her book Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. "Having replaced the Jesus of the Gospels with the ven…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Jacobin Show: Remembering Richard Trumka and Maida Springer

The Jacobin Show offers socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first century, the failures of liberalism, and the prospects of rebuilding a left labor movement in the US. Thi…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Behind the News: Riots in South Africa

Doug speaks with Sean Jacobs and William Shoki of Africa Is a Country on riots in South Africa and the long trajectory of the ANC. Plus: Max Krahé, author of a report (PDF: https://www.academieroyale…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Weekends: Labor's Long March w/ Vivek Chibber

Catalyst journal editor Vivek Chibber joins us to discuss the structural constraints within capitalism that make organizing the working class so difficult. We also delve into the business interests i…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Michael and Us: Rank Punditry

With an election looming in Canada, we decided to look back on a time when Justin Trudeau's father received his punishment at the hands of the Canadian media. The National Film Board of Canada docume…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago