Shows / Jacobin Radio
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 Radio
Jane McAlevey's Post-Election Marching Orders
Meagan and Micah talk to labor strategist and writer Jane McAlevey about Tuesday's presidential election and what unions and the Left should do to prevent an…
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A World to Win: Ending Thatcherism w/ Zarah Sultana
A World to Win is a new podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action with guests from around the…
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Weekends: Bernie's 100-Day Plan w/ Richard Wolff, Jeffrey Toobin, and Bolivian Socialism
Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary…
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The Vast Majority: The Rise and Fall of the Arab Spring with Anand Gopal
Meagan and Micah talk to journalist Anand Gopal, author of the book No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes,about…
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Michael and Us: The Informer
A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. After he named names for Joseph McCarthy, Elia Kazan made a…
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Behind the News: Moira Weigel, Ben Tarnoff, and Paul Street
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Doug interviews Ben Tarnoff and…
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The Dig: Ruins of Neoliberalism with Wendy Brown
Political theorist Wendy Brown on how neoliberalism attacked society and democracy and in doing so laid the foundation for right-wing authoritarianism and…
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Jacobin Radio: Thanasis Kampagiannis, Kevin Ovenden, and Jon Wiener
Suzi looks at two historic trials, in different countries and different eras, beginning with Greece, where the extraordinary trial of the neo-fascist political…
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Michael and Us: The Lame Show with David Letterman
A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. A former prickly TV personality tries to become a better man…
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Weekends: Chomsky vs Bad Faith w/ Ben Burgis, Reality TV Newscasters, and Julian Assange
Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary…
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The Dig: Unforgetting with Roberto Lovato
Roberto Lovato on Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas. Growing up Salvadoran-American in The Mission, fighting…
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A World to Win: A New Republic w/ Mary Lou McDonald
This week, Grace is joined by Mary Lou McDonald, leader of Sinn Fein, to discuss the issues that drove the party's dramatic rise in this year’s general…
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Michael and Us: A "You've Got Mail" Symposium (w/ Meagan Day and Branko Marcetic)
A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. Some topics are too vast, too vital for us to cover on our own…
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Weekends: Pathetic COVID Relief, VOTE! Campaign, and Trump's Vulnerable Seniors w/ Big Wos
Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary…
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Behind the News: Kathleen Belew, Billy Fleming, and AL McCullough
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug interviews…
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The Vast Majority: The Night Is Still on Fire
Micah speaks with historian Jon Wiener, coauthor with Mike Davis of the book Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties. You can buy the book here…
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The Dig: SCOTUS, Politics, and the Law
Dan interviews legal scholars Aziz Rana and Amna Akbar, and Movement for Black Lives lawyer Marbre Stahly-Butts, on SCOTUS, liberal RBG and court veneration…
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Behind the News: Max Sawicky and Kelly Grotke
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug speaks with…
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A World to Win: The Crisis Before the Crisis w/ Rob Davies
This week, Grace talks to Rob Davies, senior figure in the South African Communist Party and former South African Minister for Trade and Industry. They discuss…
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Weekends: Covid Recession, Toxicity of Spectacle, and Foreign Policy w/ Daniel Bessner
Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary…
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The Vast Majority: Blood on the Factory Floor
Postwar American auto work in its heyday is often remembered nostalgically. But in his book Blood Sweat and Fear: Violence at Work in the North American Auto…
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Michael and Us: Rule of Thumb Pt. II
A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world, hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. What does it mean to be "America's Critic"? What does it take…
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The Dig: Arctic Energy Frontiers with Bathsheba Demuth
Bathsheba Demuth on her monumental book Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait. From the 19th century through today, governments and…
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Behind the News: Frederik deBoer and Matthew Snyder
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug interviews…
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A World to Win: Liberation and Domination - an interview with Cornel West
A World to Win is a new podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action with guests from around the…
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Jacobin Radio: Erwin Chemerinsky and Cynthia Ganote
Suzi speaks to Dean of Berkeley Law Erwin Chemerinsky about Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died September…
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Weekends: Disempower SCOTUS, Amy Coney Barrett, and Amazon's Private Preschools w/ Samuel Moyn
Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary…
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Vast Majority: Log Off In Your Heart with Matt Christman
Meagan and Micah discuss the new documentary The Social Dilemma, a not-worthless-but-still-often-<wbr />maddeningly-wrong documentary on the perils of social…
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The Dig: Demystifying Big Tech with Meredith Whittaker
Guest host Astra Taylor interviews tech organizer and scholar Meredith Whittaker on the political economy of the tech leviathan that's remaking capitalism…
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Michael and Us: Eternal Recurrence
A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world, hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. The theory that times of strife produce great art is put to the…
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Jacobin Radio: Paul Mason, Ed Broadbent, and Alan Minsky
Suzi talks to British journalist and writer Paul Mason, former Leader of Canada's NDP Ed Broadbent, and Progressive Democrats of America's Executive Director…
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A World to Win: The New Shock Doctrine w/ Naomi Klein
A World to Win is a new podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action with guests from around the…
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Weekends: Hashtag Activism w/ Amber Frost, RBG, and Confronting Feckless Democrats
Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary…
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The Dig: Child Safety Sex Panics with Paul Renfro
Dan interviews historian Paul Renfro on his book Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State. Stranger Danger is also this…
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The Vast Majority: Why You Should Be an Anti-Anti-Communist
"Anticommunism" — what is it and to what ends is it used? And why is "anti-anti-communism" a better way, even for those who don't consider themselves…
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A World to Win: Life After Bernie - an interview with Meagan Day
A World to Win is a new podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action with guests from around the…
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Jacobin Radio: Mike Davis, Meleiza Figueroa, and Ali Meders-Knight on the fires this time
Suzi talks to writer, historian, urban and environmental theorist Mike Davis, Mechoopda Tribal Citizen and traditional land steward Ali Meders Knight, and…
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Michael and Us: Giuliani's Lonely Hearts Club Band
A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world, hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. In the weeks after 9/11, Sir Paul McCartney gathered together…
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Weekends: Woodward's COVID Tapes, Phony Right-Wing Populism, and Jane McAlevey on Labor
Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary…
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The Dig: Higher Ed in Crisis
Dan interviews Tithi Bhattacharya, Daniel Bessner, Simon Torracinta on the manifold crises engulfing higher ed as covid exposes and exacerbates decades of…
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Behind the News: Samuel Moyn and Juliet Schor
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug speaks with…
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A World to Win: Remembering David Graeber with Astra Taylor, Jerome Roos, and James Schneider
A World to Win is a new podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action with guests from around the…
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Weekends: Markey Beats Kennedy, Welfare Terminators, and Bernie's Five Year War
Every Saturday starting at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous…
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Behind the News: Mike German and Hadas Thier
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug interviews…
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The Dig: Philly Black Power with Matthew Countryman
Dan interviews historian Matthew Countryman on his book Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia. Join a Dig Book Club reading group and discuss…
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A World to Win: The Great World Bank Robbery with Walden Bello
A World to Win is a new podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action with guests from around the…
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Behind the News: Laleh Khalili and Kayla Popuchet
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug speaks with…
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Weekends: The NBA Strike, Save the Post Office, and Deindustrialization in Kenosha, WI
Every Saturday starting at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous…
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Michael and Us: The Centrist Manifesto
A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. Filmmaker and Twitter personality Rob Reiner looked back at the…
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The Vast Majority: Coalition or Confrontation for Socialists
We talked to Jared Abbott about his article in the new print issue of Jacobin, the title of which is a pretty accurate summary of it: "The Two Paths of…
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A World to Win: 'Neoliberal Authoritarianism' - an interview with Guillaume Long
A World to Win is a new podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action with guests from around the…
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Jacobin Radio: Lizaveta Merliak and Sarah Mason
Suzi talks to Lizaveta Merliak, International Secretary of the Belarussian Independent Trade Union BNP, about the massive protest movement in the streets in…
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Weekends: Modern Slavery and Uber Capital Strike (ft. Mark Dudzic)
Every Saturday starting at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. This is the podcast version. Weekends…
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The Dig: Yanis Varoufakis on the Economic Situation
Dan's recent live event with Yanis Varoufakis on how 2020 revealed that 2008 had changed capitalism forever. Also: we had some pod feed issues last week. If…
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Behind the News: Christian Parenti
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug speaks with…
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The Vast Majority: The Bleak Present and Future of Italian Politics
Jacobin Europe editor David Broder has a new book out, First They Took Rome: How the Populist Right Conquered Italy. It's an excellent, though depressing, look…
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Casualties of History: "They Came Out of a Culture"
In our final episode, we talk about the emergence of what Thompson sees as mature class consciousness in the English working class. Through the writing and…
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A World to Win: 'Proudly Socialist' - a conversation with Jeremy Corbyn
Welcome to the first episode of A World to Win with Grace Blakeley! A World to Win is a new podcast from Tribune bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news…
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Weekends: Cancel Culture Toxicity and the Myth of Free Trade (ft. Leigh Phillips)
Every Saturday starting at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. “Weekends” features free-flowing and humorous…
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Michael and Us: Modern Times
A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. In this episode, episode #166, we revisited Charlie Chaplin's…