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Jacobin Radio
News, politics, history and more from Jacobin. Featuring The Dig, Long Reads, Confronting Capitalism, Behind the News, Jacobin Radio with Suzi Weissman, and occasional specials.
Episodes
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Technocracy in Italy w/ Paolo Gerbaudo
Doug interviews Paolo Gerbaudo on the failure of technocracy and the imminence of right-wing rule in Italy. Then Chris Bohner, author of a recent report called…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Dead Generations w/ Matt Christman
Featuring Matt Christman on how American history brought us to this awful present. Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: Dina Khoury on the US Destruction of Iraq (Part 1)
Dina Khoury joins Long Reads for a two-part conversation about Iraq since the US occupation. Dina is a historian of the Middle East, and her books include Iraq…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: A View From Ukraine w/ Bohdan Krawchenko
Suzi talks to Ukrainian expert Bohdan Krawchenko, just back from Kyiv, to get his perspective of the state of Russia’s war on Ukraine. The view from Ukraine…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Show: Du Bois's Legacy w/ Jeff Goodwin
This week's episode of The Jacobin Show tackles Du Bois's legacy as an analyst of class domination in America, whether the Democratic Party is hurtling toward…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: War on Public Education w/ Jennifer Berkshire
Jennifer Berkshire discusses Pete Hegseth, Christopher Rufo, and the right’s latest fronts in their war on public education. Then, Peter Korotaev looks at the…
Jacobin RadioMichael and Us: Fear and Loathing in San Francisco
Alexandra Pelosi strikes again! In her documentary SAN FRANCISCO 2.0 (2015), the political scion turns her attention to her home city, gazing with awe upon the…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Show: Chile's Resurgent Left w/ René Rojas
Cale, filling in for Jen, speaks with Ben Burgis about how the left should navigate periods of defeat. Benjamin Fogel interviews René Rojas, author of a recent…
Jacobin RadioA World to Win: Inequality Matters w/ Mike Savage
This week, Grace speaks to Mike Savage, author of The Return of Inequality: Social Change and the Weight of the Past. They discuss the renewed focus on…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: How Capitalism Works w/ Nancy Fraser
Featuring Nancy Fraser on why a total analysis of capitalism requires taking Marxism beyond a narrowly economistic view: what everyday labor exploitation…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Contradictions of Afropessimism w/ José Sanchez
Erik Baker, author of a recent article for Bias magazine, joins Doug for another look at the latest Behind the News obsession: post-leftism. Then, José…
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: Adrienne Buller on the Rise of Asset-Manager Capitalism
Adrienne Buller joins Long Reads for a discussion about "asset-manager capitalism" and the climate crisis. Adrienne is senior research fellow at Common Wealth…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Show: Anti-Imperialism & Socialism w/ Aziz Rana
Paul Prescod explains how the rise and fall of the black middle class was set to the fortunes of the auto sector—and why the Democratic Party keeps writing off…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: The Abortion Struggle w/ Jenny Brown
Doug speaks with Jenny Brown of National Women’s Liberation (and author of Without Apology and Birth Strike) on the early struggle for abortion rights that led…
Jacobin RadioA World to Win: The War on Tenants w/ Vicky Spratt
This week, Grace speaks to Vicky Spratt, author of the book Tenants: The People on the Frontline of Britain’s Housing Emergency. They discuss the multiple…
Jacobin RadioMichael and Us: Always Be Closing
Before he was an archconservative, David Mamet wrote a great play and movie about a group of salesmen grinding in a system where morality does not exist. Our…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: The End of Boris w/ Tariq Ali
Suzi talks to Dean of Berkeley School of Law Erwin Chemerinsky about the just completed Supreme Court term, handing down decisions that overturned vast areas…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: It's Still Capitalism w/ Evgeny Morozov
Featuring Evgeny Morozov on his essay "Critique of Techno-Feudal Reason." Thinkers from the Marxist left all the way to the neoliberal and even neo-reactionary…
Jacobin RadioMichael and Us: The Forrest Gump Episode
It's an extremely discouraging political moment for our neighbors in the United States, so we decided the time was right to finally examine one of the…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Making Cops Obsolete w/ Geo Maher
Doug speaks with Geo Maher, author of A World Without Police, on the movement to defund and eventually abolish the cops. Then, an interview with Tariq Fancy…
Jacobin RadioA World to Win: Rail Strike! w/ Eddie Dempsey
This week, Grace speaks to Eddie Dempsey, Senior Assistant General Secretary of the RMT, about the strike action being taken by the rail union up and down the…
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: Helena Sheehan on Marxism and the Scientific Revolution
The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us how badly we need to understand the links between science, politics, and commercial interests. For Marxists in the late…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Identity, Power, and Speech w/ Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Featuring Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò on his essay "Being-in-the-Room Privilege: Elite Capture and Epistemic Deference," an interview first posted in December 2020. This…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Colombia w/ Forrest Hylton
Suzi talks to Forrest Hylton about Gustavo Petro’s historic victory in Colombia’s June 19 Presidential Election. Historic because it is the first victory for a…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Show: Neoliberalism and Depoliticization w/ Felix Biederman & Gary Gerstle
This week Jen Pan sits down with professor Gary Gerstle to discuss how the neoliberal order came into being and whether or not we're witnessing its dying days…
Jacobin RadioMichael and Us: Socialism with Disneyan Characteristics
The Buzz Lightyear origin movie LIGHTYEAR (2022) has become a cultural lightning-rod in the right-wing moral panic over "grooming." We discuss this controversy…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Middle-Class Myths w/ David Roediger
Doug interviews David Roediger, author of The Sinking Middle Class, on the uses of that term in US politics. Then, a conversation with Paisley Currah, author…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: In This House w/ Jared Clemons
Political scientist Jared Clemons on feckless liberal anti-racism: how In This House We Believe racial liberalism leaves racial capitalism's inequalities in…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Show: Is a Recession Coming? w/ Richard Wolff & Bhaskar Sunkara
Jen Pan speaks with Bhaskar Sunkara on what kind of politics a socialist successor to Bernie should push for. Then she speaks with Richard Wolff about how the…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: A Deep History of Racial Inequality w/ Ellora Derenoncourt
Doug speaks with Ellora Derenoncourt, co-author of a National Bureau of Economic Research paper about the racial wealth gap from 1860 to 2020. Then, an…
Jacobin RadioMichael and Us: Metaverse of Madness
Long before the "metaverse" loomed over us, David Cronenberg's EXISTENZ (1999) imagined a completely immersive virtual environment that is even less cozy than…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: The American Right w/ Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell
Know Your Enemy hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell on terrifyingly protean right-wing American politics. Check out our newsletter…
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: Esther Leslie on Walter Benjamin's Messianic Marxism
Esther Leslie joins Long Reads for a discussion about Walter Benjamin, one of the most influential cultural theorists of the last century. His unorthodox…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Show: Crime and Punishment w/ Ana Kasparian & Nando Vila
Jen Pan interviews Will Sommer on the Capitol riots, QAnon, and the influence of far right extremist groups on Republican party. Then we turn to Gustavo Petro…
Jacobin RadioA World to Win: Half-Earth Socialism w/ Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass
This week, Grace speaks to Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass about their book Half-Earth Socialism. They discuss the problems with proposed solutions to…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Failures of the New Democrats w/ Lily Geismer
Suzi talks to historian Lily Geismer about her new book, Left Behind: The Democrats’ Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality, which explores the…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Gunpower Death Drive w/ Patrick Blanchfield
Patrick Blanchfield analyzes the long history of US gun violence and the American death drive. Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig and get our weekly…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Show: Elites Are Lying About Inflation w/ Samir Sonti
Samir Sonti argues that the causes of current inflation are supply side issues and if the Fed chooses to fight it by raising interest rates, it will only hurt…
Jacobin RadioA World to Win: The TikTok-ification of Colombia's Election w/ David Adler
This week, Grace talks to David Adler, General Coordinator of the Progressive International, about the ongoing Colombian presidential election and what the…
Jacobin RadioMichael and Us: Pieces of Flair
Our Superdelegate patron tier has voted for us to discuss Mike Judge's workplace satire OFFICE SPACE (1999), and it leads us down a long rabbit hole of…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: The Colombian Presidential Election w/ Forrest Hylton
Doug interviews Forrest Hylton on the first round of the Colombian presidential election and why it was bad news for the leftist candidate Gustavo Petro. Plus…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: The New Democrats w/ Lily Geismer
Dan's second episode with historian Lily Geismer, who he interviewed in 2019 about Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Show: What's the Matter with California? w/ Catherine Liu
Catherine Liu, author of Virtue Hoarders, joins The Jacobin Show for a discussion about the multicultural neoliberalism of California. Daniel Bessner also…
Jacobin RadioMichael and Us: Trust the Plan
What is a quickly-made, low-effort documentary like ONE NATION UNDER TRUMP (2016) good for? Not a lot. But one thing that this ridiculous pro-Trump hagiography…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: 13 Jealous Republics w/ Mike Davis
Historian, urban theorist and activist Mike Davis is writing a new book called Star Spangled Leviathan: An Economic History of American Nationalism. On May Day…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Sex, Labor, and Capitalism w/ Heather Berg
Doug interviews Heather Berg, author of Porn Work, on relations of production in sex work. Plus: Kevin Young and Leonard Seabrooke, co-authors of a paper in…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Ruth Wilson Gilmore w/ Alberto Toscano and Brenna Bhandar
What role does mass incarceration play in American political economy? What does that reveal about what sort of politics are required to overcome it? Ruth…
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: Maya Goodfellow on Resisting Racism in Britain's 'Hostile Environment'
Maya Goodfellow joins Long Reads for a discussion about racism in Britain's "hostile environment" and resistance to the repressive migration policies put forth…
Jacobin RadioA World to Win: Pandemic Political Economy w/ Sahil Dutta & Nick Taylor
This week, Grace talks to Nick Taylor and Sahil Dutta, two of the co-authors behind Unprecedented?: How COVID-19 Revealed the Politics of Our Economy. They…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: A Wave of Worker Organizing w/ Steven Greenhouse
Suzi talks to longtime labor reporter and author Steven Greenhouse about the exciting new moment for labor in the US. Steven says the unionizing victories at…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Crypto's Scam-Ridden World w/ Molly White
Doug speaks with Molly White, keeper of the "Web3 Is Going Just Great" blog, on the pointless and scam-ridden world of cryptocurrencies. Also on the pod…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Center and Periphery w/ Margarita Fajardo
Historian Margarita Fajardo on her book The World That Latin America Created: The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America in the Development Era…
Jacobin RadioMichael and Us: Just Asking Questions
Dinesh D'Souza believes he has uncovered shocking proof that the Democratic Party stole the 2020 election in 2000 MULES (2022), a documentary so shoddy that…
Jacobin RadioA World to Win: Roots of a 50-Year Drug War w/ Kojo Koram
As the London mayor plans to conduct a review on cannabis legalization, Grace speaks with Kojo Koram, lecturer in law at Birkbeck and author of several books…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Climate Change Is Class Struggle w/ Matt Huber
Matthew Huber, author of Climate Change as Class War, explains why the environmental movement needs to take class and production more seriously. Next up, Adam…
Jacobin RadioMichael and Us: The Futility Consensus
The documentary WHITE NOISE (2020) follows three very prominent members of the alt-right (you'll be familiar with all of them, folks) as their fortunes rise…
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: Tom Mills on the BBC's Partisan Politics
Tom Mills, lecturer in sociology at Aston University and the author of The BBC: Myth of a Public Service, joins Long Reads for a discussion about the history…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: The Return of Labor Militancy
Live from New York: Dan interviews Amazon Labor Union president Chris Smalls, Jaz Brisack of Starbucks Workers United, SEIU Local 1199NE president Rob Baril…
Jacobin RadioA World to Win: Turning the Earth Into Money w/ John Bellamy Foster
This week, Grace talks to John Bellamy Foster, professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and editor of Monthly Review. They discuss Marx’s metabolic…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Show: Corporations Won't Save Roe or the Climate w/ Natalie Shure & Matt Huber
This week on The Jacobin Show, Natalie Shure explains why she doesn't think the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will turn out Dem voters in the…