Podcast Episodes

Michael and Us: Enemy at the Gaetz

The HBO documentary THE SWAMP (2020) follows three "maverick" Republican congressmen who seek to fulfill Donald Trump's promise to "drain the swamp," even if that means alienating their party leaders…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Behind the News: How White Men Won the Culture Wars

Doug speaks with Joseph Darda, author of How White Men Won the Culture Wars, on the role of the Vietnam vet in establishing white identity. Plus: Joshua Adams, author of this article, on the critical…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Long Reads: Ramaa Vasudevan on Global Capitalism After COVID-19

Long Reads is a Jacobin podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by Features Editor Daniel Finn.

The …

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Jacobin Show: The Promise of Radical Universalism w/ Nivedita Majumdar

Nivedita Majumdar, associate professor of English at John Jay College at CUNY, joins us to discuss the resurgence of cultural essentialism, the limitations of postcolonial theory, and what it would m…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Primer: Organizers Across Borders

We’re going abroad. Part I of a two-episode look at Amazon in Europe.We speak to Gianpaolo Meloni, an Amazon warehouse worker and president of his local union in Piacenza, Italy, and Christy Hoffman,…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Dig: The Ruling Class with Doug Henwood

Who governs? Upon closer inspection, the composition of the ruling class has undergone huge changes that are driving this political moment. Dan interviews Doug Henwood, the author of "Take Me to Your…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Dig: Ruling Class with Doug Henwood

Who governs? Upon closer inspection, the composition of the ruling class has undergone huge changes that are driving this political moment. Dan interviews Doug Henwood, the author of "Take Me to Your…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Weekends: Teamsters, Amazon, and Biden's Bad Infrastructure Deal w/ Branko Marcetic

Branko Marcetic joins us to explain why Biden's bipartisan infrastructure deal is a massive disappointment for working people desperately in need of relief. We also discuss the speculation that the T…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Michael and Us: PhD in Freakonomics

We're still not entirely sure what the mega-bestselling 2005 book "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" was about, but it seems to have had something to do with arg…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Jacobin Show: The Triumph of Militant Liberalism w/ Cedric Johnson

Every Wednesday at 6 PM ET, 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 la…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago