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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
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The Dig: Organize to Win with Andres Celin and Rapheal Randall
A must-listen conversation on organizing to win with two extraordinary organizers from Philadelphia's Youth United for Change. Download their book Y’all Tryna…
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Behind the News: Elizabeth Wrigley-Field and Tom Philpott
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Doug speaks withElizabeth…
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The Vast Majority: Kamala Harris: No Choice but to Stan
Biden/Harris 2020, Harris(/Buttigieg??) 2024 — who could be unhappy about the political scenario we now find ourselves in?? Meagan and Micah talk about the…
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Weekends: August 8, 2020 (ft. Abby Martin)
This week, Ana Kasparian and new co-host Nando Vila talk about big data capitalism, discuss US imperial ambitions in Venezuela, speak with Abby Martin about…
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Jacobin Radio: Lebanon special
<font color="#000000">Suzi talks to </font>Gilbert Achcar<font color="#000000"> about the </font>horrific explosion, on August 4, in his native Lebanon. Nearly…
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The Dig: Border Patrol with Kelly Lytle Hernández
Dan interviews Kelly Lytle Hernández on MIGRA! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol. Dan's 2017 interview with Lytle Hernández on City of Inmates: Conquest…
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The Vast Majority: The Mass Politics of Antislavery with Matt Karp
We speak to historian Matt Karp about his Catalyst article "The Mass Politics of Antislavery" and what the success of abolitionist politics in the 19th century…
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Behind the News: Edwin Ackerman and Marcia Chatelain
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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Jacobin Radio: David Dayen and Alex Vitale
Suzi talked to David Dayen, editor of the American Prospect, just days before Congress failed to negotiate a new package to replace the CARES Act, which came…
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Introducing... Michael and Us
Jacobin Radio welcomes its newest show! Michael and Us, from co-hosts Will Sloan and Luke Savage, is one of our favorite film and comedy podcasts. We're…
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Behind the News: Tobita Chow and Donna Murch
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. This week features Tobita Chow on…
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The Dig: Goodbye Columbus with Matthew Frye Jacobson
Dan's 2018 interview with Matthew Frye Jacobson on Roots Too: White Ethnic Revival in Post–Civil Rights America. With a new intro from Dan on the Columbus myth…
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Vast Majority: Why We Don't Have a Labor Party with Barry Eidlin and Chris Maisano
Micah and Meagan speak with sociologist Barry Eidlin, author of Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada, and Jacobin contributing editor Chris…
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Casualties of History: "Held Down by Force"
In this episode we discuss Chapter 15, "Demagogues and Martyrs." The period immediately after peace in 1815 saw both a rapid rise in militancy and intense…
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Weekends: July 25, 2020, Remembering Michael Brooks
In this special tribute episode of Weekends, Ana is joined by Nando Vila and many friends and colleagues to remember Michael Brooks. Guests include: Bhaskar…
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Behind the News: Jason Wilson and Forrest Hylton
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. This show features Jason Wilson on…
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The Dig: Cops and Counterinsurgency with Stuart Schrader
Our police system is a product of Cold War US imperialism too. Dan interviews Stuart Schrader on Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency…
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Weekends: July 18, 2020, Michael's last show (ft. Vivek Chibber)
Every Saturday starting at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Michael Brooks have been broadcasting live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. This week features an…
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The Vast Majority: In Loving Remembrance of Michael Brooks
All of us at Jacobin are devastated and in deep shock about the untimely death of our collaborator, comrade, and friend Michael Brooks. Michael was truly a…
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Jacobin Radio: Joel Jordan and Constance Penley on Schools Reopening
Suzi talks to Joel Jordan and Constance Penley who make the case against school reopening for K-12 and the Universities. <u>JoelJordan</u>,ret<wbr />ired LAUSD…
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The Dig: Young Lords with Johanna Fernández
This is an incredible moment to learn about the Young Lords from historian Johanna Fernández, the author of The Young Lords: A Radical History. Please support…
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Weekends: July 11, 2020 (ft. Nomi Prins)
Every Saturday starting at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Michael Brooks broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. On this episode, Michael is on break and…
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The Dig: Read This, Not White Fragility. With Jared Loggins and Wendi Muse.
Dan talks to @loggins__ and @MuseWendi about why people are reading White Fragility and ten books about racism, capitalism, and Black radicalism that you…
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Vast Majority: An Actual Socialist Win with Nikil Saval
Things have been pretty bleak across the US lately, so Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht were eager to talk to a socialist who actually won something recently…
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Casualties of History: "Thrust Beyond the Bounds of the Constitution"
In this episode, Gabe talks with Gavin Mueller about Luddism. (Alex's internet died, so she's not part of this one.) What can an insurrection of machine…
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The Dig: Nativist Carceral State, Aziz Rana interviews Dan Denvir
Aziz Rana interviews Dan Denvir on how policing and mass incarceration became core features of the war on immigrants and on his book All-American Nativism: How…
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Jacobin Radio: Robert Brenner on Coronavirus
Suzi talks toRobert Brenner,who has just published “Escalating Plunder” in New Left Review 123, about the federal response to the shutdown of the economy in…
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The Vast Majority: Dirty Break with Eric Blanc and Kim Moody
Debating a "dirty break" from the Democrats, with Kim Moody, Eric Blanc, and co-hosted by Meagan Day. You can read Eric’s article about the Minnesota…
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Weekends: June 27, 2020 (ft. Julia Salazar)
Every Saturday starting at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Michael Brooks broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. This week, June 27, 2020, New York State…
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The Dig: Mike Davis on Prisoners of the American Dream
Mike Davis on his classic book about why the US has long lacked strong socialist and labor politics. One recurrent answer: racism. Read Dan's essay on the…
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Casualties of History: A Political Artisan
On this episode, we offer readers an extra week to read Chapter Fourteen. Instead, we speak with Labour MP John McDonnell about the coronavirus pandemic…
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Jacobin Radio: Black Lives Matter LA; Geoffrey Berman
Suzi talks to two student activist/leaders of #StudentsDeserve, Sarah Djato at Dorsey high school, and Asia Bryant, who just graduated from Hamilton High…
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Behind the News: Eric Reinhart and Erin Hatton
Eric Reinhart on jails as COVID-19 spreaders (article here, AER article on pretrial detention here). Then, Erin Hatton on “coerced” workers, from prisoners to…
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Weekends: June 20, 2020 (ft. Sean Jacobs)
Every Saturday starting at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Michael Brooks broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. The episode from June 20, 2020, features…
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The Dig: Defund Police Organizers Forum
A Dig special: the recording of a Zoom forum Dan hosted with leading defund police organizers from around the country. For more info: blackvisionsmn.org…
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Casualties of History: Carrying Brickbats and Stones
In this episode, we talk with historian and socialist-feminist Sheila Rowbotham about her own political and intellectual development. Rowbotham was a close…
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Antibody, Ep 3: Combat
Antibody is a narrative series about how Covid-19 has changed everything and nothing at all. In this episode: All Cops Are Idiots (featuring Kafui Attoh, you…
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Weekends: June 13, 2020 (ft. Kshama Sawant)
Every Saturday starting at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Michael Brooks broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. This week, June 13, 2020, features the…
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The Dig: Empire Unhinged with Aslı Bâli & Aziz Rana
Dan interviews returning guests Aslı Bâli and Aziz Rana on the long history behind the crisis of American imperial legitimation that has become so manifest…
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Casualties of History: The Most Vigilant Overlooker of All
Chapters ten and eleven — "Standards and Experiences" and "The Transforming Power of the Cross" — plus guest Jane Humphries, professor of economic history at…
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The Vast Majority: Defund the Police with Rossana Rodriguez and Jeanette Taylor
The demand to "defund the police" has become central to the protests that have kicked off all around the United States over the last two weeks. We talked with…
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Weekends: June 6, 2020 (ft. Touré Reed)
Every Saturday starting at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Michael Brooks broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Ana's out this week, June 6, 2020, but we…
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Jacobin Radio: Defunding the Police
Suzi talks to Philip V. McHarris about defunding and disbanding the police. Just two weeks ago the call to defund the police would have been thought of as…
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Behind the News: Alex Vitale and Ben Tarnoff
Alex Vitale, author of The End of Policing, on why cops are being so brutal and what should be done with them. Then, Ben Tarnoff, co-founder of Logicmagazine…
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Antibody, Ep 2: Making Contact
Antibody is a narrative series about how Covid-19 has changed everything and nothing at all. In this episode: The Corner (featuring Pablo Alvarado and the…
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The Dig: Uprising with Cathy Cohen, Jasson Perez, Malaika Jabali
Dan interviews Cathy Cohen, Jasson Perez, and Malaika Jabali on this uprising, the conditions that made it possible, and where it might be headed. Support…
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Weekends: May 30, 2020 (ft. Wosny Lambre)
Every Saturday starting at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Michael Brooks broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. The guest on May 30, 2020: culture writer…
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Antibody, Ep 1: Existing Conditions
Antibody is a new narrative series about how Covid-19 has changed everything and nothing at all. In this episode: Zoom Canvass (featuring Nikil Saval) Hardwood…
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The Vast Majority: Socialism 102 with Leo Panitch
We talked with longtime socialist thinker Leo Panitch about key socialist concepts beyond the basics. The conversation is based on Leo's book The Socialist…
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Introducing Antibody, a Dig special series on COVID-19.
From The Dig and Jacobin: a new narrative series about how COVID-19 has changed everything and nothing at all. The first of three episodes is coming soon.
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Casualties of History: Eager to Discuss the Differential Calculus
Chapters eight and nine of EP Thompson's The Making of the English Working Class. Additional reading: Aaron Benanav, "Automation and the Future of Work—1"…
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Jacobin Radio: Set the Night on Fire with Mike Davis and Jon Wiener
Suzi talks to historians Mike Davis and Jon Wiener, touching on some of the many intersecting stories they tell in their long awaited and absolutely compelling…
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The Dig: Ebola in West Africa with Adia Benton
Dan interviews anthropologist Adia Benton on the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa and what its politics reveal about the Covid-19 pandemic today. Please…
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Casualties of History: When We Burn Down Your Barn
We're on to Part II of The Making of the English Working Class. We cover chapter six and seven--"Exploitation" and "The Field Labourers," plus discuss the 1986…
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Behind the News: Green New Deal, Vaccines
Thea Riofrancos, co-author of this book, on why the Green New Deal is more urgent than ever. Then, Alexander Zaitchik, author of this article, on how the…
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The Dig: Science for the People with Nafis Hasan and Frank Rosenthal
Dan interviews Frank Rosenthal on the history of the radical science organization Science for the People and Nafis Hasan on everything about a left-wing…
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Casualties of History: "Are We Not Always in an Exceptional Situation?"
With guest Asad Haider, we discuss at length the theoretical polemic of E.P. Thompson against Louis Althusser. What was the historical context for each side of…
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The Dig: Beyond Economism with Nancy Fraser [From the archives]
Dan is playing catch up. Here's a fav interview from the archives: critical theorist Nancy Fraser on how a total analysis of capitalism requires analyzing…
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Casualties of History: The Ruffian Crew of Power
We cover Chapter Five, but first have an extensive discussion of the debate between Thompson and Perry Anderson and Tom Nairn over the history of social class…
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Coronavirus in Scandinavia; Southern Politics
Michael Seltzer is a cultural anthropologist and professor emeritus at Oslo University in Norway. There is a sharp contrast in dealing with the coronavirus…