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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: Authoritarianism From Below w/ Stuart Schrader
Naomi Hossain analyzes politics in Bangladesh generally and the recent election specifically. Stuart Schrader discusses “authoritarianism from below” — the…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: Is AI Coming for Our Jobs?
The developments in artificial intelligence appear to promise a radical transformation of modern work. But what happens if AI turns out to be much more like…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: How Mortgage Fraud Devastated East New York w/ Stacy Horn
Stacy Horn, author of The Killing Fields of East New York, on the damage mortgage fraud did to that neighborhood. David Backer, author of As Public as…
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: The Ceasefire Scam in Gaza w/ Yara Hawari
Last October, the Trump administration announced a ceasefire deal in Gaza after two years of relentless carnage. Since the deal was announced, Israel has…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: The Commons w/ Peter Linebaugh
Featuring Peter Linebaugh on the long histories of commons and commoning, connections between enclosures in Europe and imperial conquest abroad, and writing…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: From Outrage to Power in Minneapolis w/ Luis Feliz Leon
When federal immigration raids went from brutal to deadly in Minneapolis, the epicenter of Trump’s escalating war on immigrants and Blue cities, residents…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: How Capital Works w/ David Harvey
David Harvey speaks about his new book The Story of Capital. We hear an excerpt from Mark Carney’s Davos speech. Adam Federman discusses Trump’s Greenland…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: When Do Protests Become a Revolution?
The Trump administration has ramped up its bellicose rhetoric against the Iranian regime after it clamped down on the latest wave of protests. Is the regime…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: The Myth of Respectable Conservatism w/ David Austin Walsh
David Austin Walsh, author of Taking America Back, looks at the relationship between the kooks and respectables on the Right. Laura Field, author of Furious…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Minneapolis Fight Back w/ Emilia González Avalos, Greg Nammacher, and JaNaé Bates Imari
Featuring Emilia González Avalos, Greg Nammacher, and JaNaé Bates Imari on how Minneapolis achieved its fight back against ICE/Border Patrol occupation. A…
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: Iran on the Brink w/ Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi
As this episode was being finalized, the Trump administration was threatening to attack Iran for the second time in less than a year. The threats come against…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Israel’s Assault on Lebanon w/ Aurélie Daher
David Bier of the Cato Institute looks at what’s behind Trump’s war on immigrants. Aurélie Daher examines the current state of Hezbollah and why Israel is…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Silicon Empires w/ Nick Srnicek
Featuring Nick Srnicek on Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI. A deep exploration of the political economy of AI: the fulcrum of the authoritarian…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: Trumpism as Counterrevolution w/ Robert Brenner and Dylan Riley
Suzi speaks with historian Robert Brenner and sociologist Dylan Riley about the deeper meaning of Trump’s return to power. Is Trump just a narcissistic…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Venezuela’s Past, Present, and Future w/ Forrest Hylton
Forrest Hylton, contributor to the London Review of Books, discusses Venezuela past, present, and future. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: Why the US Never Got a Labor Party
While European labor movements established foundations for their welfare states in the late 19th century, it was not until the New Deal that the US began…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: Iran’s Protest Movement w/ Yassamine Mather and Kevan Harris
Over the past several weeks, Iran has experienced its most serious wave of protests since the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising of 2022. What began as an economic…
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: Latin America’s State of Siege w/ Tony Wood
This is a special, extra episode of Long Reads. It’s now two weeks since the US attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro. Donald Trump and…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: MAGA Empire w/ Aslı Bâli and Greg Grandin
Featuring Aslı Bâli and Greg Grandin on the MAGA model of US imperialism. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Subscribe to the Unite and Win podcast at…
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: Western Sahara’s Struggle for Freedom w/ Jacob Mundy (Part 2)
This week’s episode of Long Reads is the second part of a two-part interview about the history of Western Sahara. Our last episode covered events leading up to…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Maduro Kidnapped w/ Alejandro Velasco
Alejandro Velasco analyzes the situation in Venezuela. Eric Blanc defends Victor Berger, Milwaukee’s sewer socialist, against charges of racism. Behind the…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: The Coup in Venezuela
The kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro on January 3rd was a shocking escalation in the United States’s ongoing strangulation of Venezuela. This has immediately…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: The Donroe Doctrine w/ Pedro Paulo Zahluth Bastos
Trump’s January 3rd military assault on Venezuela and abduction of President Nicolas Maduro marks a turning point in global politics. Trump made no…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Venezuela w/ Alejandro Velasco, Gabriel Hetland, and Yoletty Bracho
Featuring Alejandro Velasco, Gabriel Hetland, and Yoletty Bracho on the US attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro. An expansive…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: Abundance Needs Socialism
Over the past year, Democrats have learned to embrace economic abundance thanks to Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s bestselling book. But is this the same kind…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: The Best of 2025
Emile Torres on the transhumanists. Quinn Slobodian on eugenics and neoliberalism. Femi Taiwo on DEI and the war on it. Kristin Du Mez on white Christian…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Zohran’s Message w/ Andrew Epstein
Featuring Andrew Epstein on the Zohran campaign’s savvy, funny, sharp, disciplined, and moving comms operation. As one hundred thousand volunteers knocked…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: What Happened in Chile? w/ Oscar Mendoza and Pablo Abufom
Chile has just elected its most extreme far-right president since the Pinochet dictatorship. José Antonio Kast won the December 14 runoff by a commanding…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: The Golden Age of Social Democracy
After World War II, political parties championing redistribution, full employment, and egalitarianism gained power across the globe, especially in Western…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature w/ Alyssa Battistoni
Thea Riofrancos, author of Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism, looks at the complications of using lithium batteries to green our future. Alyssa…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: NYC and the Hegemonic Project
Featuring Sumaya Awad, Sumathy Kumar, and Nathan Gusdorf on building power on the ground as our allies exercise it from above in the service of a larger…
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: Western Sahara’s Struggle for Freedom w/ Jacob Mundy (Part 1)
The occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco has now lasted for half a century. The anniversary of the invasion passed at the beginning of November. It came…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: The Least Unjust Peace in Ukraine? w/ Oleksandr Kyselov
Suzi talks to Oleksandr Kyselov and Alyssa Oursler about what’s being sold to the world as “peace” in Ukraine, and what it looks like from the standpoint of…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Trump’s Militaristic Master Plan w/ Anatol Lieven
Anatol Lieven of the Quincy Institute analyzes Trump’s official national security strategy. Susannah Glickman, recently interviewed by the New York Review of…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Welcome to the Resistance w/ Eric Blanc, Leah Greenberg, Waleed Shahid
Featuring Eric Blanc, Leah Greenberg, and Waleed Shahid on the liberal resistance’s sharp left turn since Trump returned to the White House. Libs are voting…
Jacobin RadioConfonting Capitalism: Reform and Revolution
Social-democratic politics have been part of the socialist movement for over a century. Some features, like the commitment to pursuing economic rights for the…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: The Honduran Elections w/ David Adler and Matt Kirkegaard
David Adler and Matt Kirkegaard of the Progressive International debrief the Honduran elections. Elfadil Ibrahim examines the Sudanese civil war. And finally…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Three Million Doors w/ Tascha Van Auken
Featuring Tascha Van Auken on how Zohran’s campaign mobilized an army of 100,000 volunteers to knock three million doors. Van Auken has been an architect of…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: What’s Left w/ Malcolm Harris
Featuring Malcolm Harris on What’s Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis. An open-minded and anti-sectarian discussion about an ecumenical book that…
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: Prosecuting Israel’s Genocide w/ John Reynolds
Since Donald Trump announced a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, Israeli forces have killed more than 300 Palestinians. They also continue to occupy…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: Sewer Socialism w/ Eric Blanc
Suzi talks with historian Eric Blanc about a timely chapter in American socialist history: the rise — and limits — of Milwaukee’s “sewer socialists.” His…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: War and Neocolonialism in Sudan w/ Mosaab Baba
Mosaab Baba, who wrote an article about Sudan for Black Agenda Report, looks at what’s behind the horrendous civil war. Jake Adelstein, an American journalist…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: 500th Episode Party w/ Brace Belden and Liz Franczak
Featuring Brace Belden, Liz Franczak, Gabriel Winant, Aziz Rana, Sumaya Awad, Thea Riofrancos, and Alex Lewis. Toasts and roasts celebrating 500 episodes of…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: Economic Populism at a Crossroads
While Democrats recently scored some much-needed electoral wins, the party remains in crisis. Recent reports like Welcome PAC’s “Deciding to Win” argue that…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: The Grassroots Coalition Behind Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani’s decisive mayoral victory was powered by a coalition of tenants, immigrants, and workers. Suzi talks to Alina Shen, organizing director of…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Extraction w/ Thea Riofrancos
Featuring Thea Riofrancos on Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism. The green energy transition requires a vast array of inputs: copper, cobalt, rare…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: Mamdani’s Win w/ Alex Press and Luke Savage
Suzi speaks with Jacobin writers Alex Press and Luke Savage about Zohran Mamdani’s insurgent — and successful — New York City mayoral campaign. Alex Press…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Forgotten Albania w/ Lea Ypi
Gabriel Hetland, author of a recent article for Jacobin, looks to Venezuela for a model of municipal socialism. Lea Ypi, author of Indignity, looks into her…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Brazil and the World System w/ Fernando Haddad
Featuring Fernando Haddad on Brazilian political economy and where Brazil fits into a world capitalist system structured by relationships of domination and…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: Why Neoliberalism Won
Neoliberalism’s victory over Keynesianism wasn’t an intellectual revolution — it was a class offensive. Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Silicon Valley’s Rightward Tilt w/ Jacob Silverman
Jacob Silverman, author of Gilded Rage, examines the rightward move of the Silicon Valley elite. Forrest Hylton conducts a political tour d’horizon of South…
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: Pedro Sanchez and Spanish Politics w/ Eoghan Gilmartin (Part 2)
We’re joined again today by Eoghan Gilmartin to continue our discussion about the government of Pedro Sanchez in Spain. Eoghan is an Irish journalist based in…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Third World Networks w/ Walden Bello and Jane Nalunga
Featuring Walden Bello and Jane Nalunga on neoliberalism’s defeat of Third Worldist radical projects and the Global South social movement and civil society…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Big-Tech War Profiteers w/ Susannah Glickman
Margaux MacColl, co-author of a series of articles in the SF Standard, discusses Zoomer tech bros. Susannah Glickman, who wrote a recent piece for the New York…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Another World Was Possible
Featuring Alexandra Wandel, Gonzalo Berrón, and Paul Adlerstein on the 1999 mass protest against the World Trade Organization in Seattle and on the giant…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: Office Hours With Vivek
Grab your coffee and your backpack — it's time for Professor Chibber's Office Hours! On this episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek answers YOUR questions…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: Louisiana Labor Struggle w/ Jesse Baum & David Williams
Suzi talks to Capital & Main reporter Jesse Baum and David Williams, a Dollar General stocker and organizer with Step Up Louisiana, about how workers are…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Ceasefire Update w/ Ilan Pappé
Ilan Pappé, author of Israel on the Brink, gives an update on the ceasefire and how the deepening crisis of Israeli society could lead to something better…
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: Pedro Sanchez and Spanish Politics w/ Eoghan Gilmartin (Part 1)
Long Reads continues our recent focus on the politics of southern European countries over the last decade. This week and in our next episode, we’re looking in…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Is Trump De-Escalating With China? w/ Jake Werner
Jake Werner of the Quincy Institute analyzes Trump’s creeping softness on China, and how that country sees its role in the world. Jeet Heer, author of a recent…