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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: The Pentagon’s Big-Tech Pact w/ Laleh Khalili
Laleh Khalili, author of a recent piece for the London Review of Books, analyzes the long relationship between the US military and industry. Kyle Chan, author…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: From Rebellion to Reaction w/ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Asha Ransby-Sporn
Featuring Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Asha Ransby-Sporn on 2020's summer of mass protest and rebellion sparked by the police murder of George Floyd. As Keeanga…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Capitalism’s Critics w/ John Cassidy
John Cassidy, author of Capitalism and Its Critics, discusses just that. Sandeep Vaheesan, author of a recent article for Boston Review, looks at abundance —…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: The US Started the Cold War
The Cold War is often portrayed as a great power struggle between the forces of democracy and a spreading communist threat. But what if the conventional story…
Jacobin RadioRed Star Over Palestine: Intifada
For many years, Palestine had one of the strongest left-wing movements in the Arab world, represented by prominent figures such as Emile Habibi, Leila Khaled…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Menswear and the World System w/ Derek Guy
Featuring Derek Guy on the politics, history, economics, and style of Western menswear. Guest hosted by Dennis M. Hogan. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Israel’s Campaign of Total Destruction w/ Meron Rapoport
Mouin Rabbani surveys Israeli politics, the fate of the Palestinians, and Trump’s fundraising tour of the Middle East. Meron Rapoport, co-author of a recent…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: The Americans Disappeared by Pinochet w/ John Dinges
Journalist and author John Dinges joins Suzi to discuss his new book, Chile in Their Hearts. The book reopens the case of Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi —…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Endless US Wars w/ Courtney Rawlings & Alex Jordan
Barry Eichengreen, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, talks about why the gyrations in the value of the US dollar matter…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: Are We Still in Neoliberalism?
The past fifty years have been the era of unchallenged market dominance in all areas of life. But with the global upheaval brought on by the Trump trade war…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: Trump’s Middle East Pivot w/ Juan Cole
Juan Cole joins Suzi to break down Donald Trump’s dramatic pivot in the Middle East: sidelining Israel, cozying up to Gulf monarchies, cutting billion-dollar…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Hayek’s Bastards w/ Quinn Slobodian
Featuring Quinn Slobodian on his book Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right. MAGA and its far-right populist siblings around…
Jacobin RadioRed Star Over Palestine: Revolution and Counterrevolution in Lebanon
For many years, Palestine had one of the strongest left-wing movements in the Arab world, represented by prominent figures such as Emile Habibi, Leila Khaled…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: The Americanization of a Russian Émigré w/ Emil Draitser
Emil Draitser — Soviet satirist turned American memoirist — joins Suzi to talk about his new book, Laughing All the Way to Freedom: The Americanization of a…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Canadian Election Debrief w/ Jeet Heer
Jeet Heer surveys Canadian politics and the recent election. Natasha Piano, author of Democratic Elitism, discusses Italian “elite theory.” Behind the News…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: A Conversation w/ Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Featuring Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the left-wing French party La France Insoumise. How the radical left confronts and then defeats the far right, in…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: How the Democrats Abandoned Workers
It’s often said that the working class drifted away from the Democratic Party in response to cultural backlash and globalization. But what if the truth is more…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: The State of US Empire w/ Vijay Prashad
Vijay Prashad, executive director of Tricontinental, discusses the state of the US empire and the state of the global working class. Becca Rothfeld, author of…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Rogue State w/ Aziz Rana
Featuring Aziz Rana on the making of the American project and its legitimation through popular worship of the US Constitution. This episode, the final in a…
Jacobin RadioRed Star Over Palestine: Ghassan Kanafani & Leila Khaled
For many years, Palestine had one of the strongest left-wing movements in the Arab world, represented by prominent figures such as Emile Habibi, Leila Khaled…
Jacobin RadioHappy May Day!
To celebrate International Workers’ Day, we’re offering solidarity digital subscriptions for $1 and print subscriptions for $10. Subscribers get four new…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: The Constitution v. Democracy w/ Aziz Rana
Aziz Rana, author of The Constitutional Bind, describes how the system crafted by the US Constitution led to Donald Trump and has constricted our ability fight…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Black Power, Cold War w/ Aziz Rana
Featuring Aziz Rana on the making of the American project and its legitimation through popular worship of the US Constitution. This episode, the third in what…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: The True History of the Vietnam War
April 30th marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. But although the conflict still looms large in American memory, the reasons why the US…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: Trump’s War on Free Speech & Higher Ed w/ Alan Wald
Suzi talks to Alan Wald, Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan and a member of the academic council of Jewish Voice for Peace, to unpack the Trump…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Race and Neoliberalism w/ Quinn Slobodian
Quinn Slobodian, author of Hayek’s Bastards, talks about the IQ- and race-obsessed goldbugs of second generation neoliberalism. Behind the News, hosted by Doug…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Liberal Hegemon w/ Aziz Rana
Featuring Aziz Rana on the making of the American project and its legitimation through popular worship of the US Constitution. This episode, the second in a…
Jacobin RadioRed Star Over Palestine: The PLO Left
For many years, Palestine had one of the strongest left-wing movements in the Arab world, represented by prominent figures such as Emile Habibi, Leila Khaled…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Ways Out of a Global Crisis w/ Malcolm Harris
Charlie Eaton and Alina Gibadullina, coauthors of a recent paper, discuss the increasing prominence of hedge fund and private equity titans on elite university…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Settler Empire w/ Aziz Rana
Featuring Aziz Rana on the making of the American capitalist, imperialist project and its legitimation through popular worship of the US Constitution. This…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: The End of NATO?
President Trump has threatened to upend the US’s role in NATO unless the Europeans increase their military spending. But far from just a budget reshuffling…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Contradictions of the Trump Tariffs w/ Sam Gindin
Jason Wade of the UAW explains the union’s endorsement of Trump’s auto tariffs. Sam Gindin, former long-time adviser to what used to be known as the Canadian…
Jacobin RadioRed Star Over Palestine: The Communist Movement
For many years, Palestine had one of the strongest left-wing movements in the Arab world, represented by prominent figures such as Emile Habibi, Leila Khaled…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Blue Collar Empire w/ Jeff Schuhrke
Jeff Schuhrke on his book Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade. During the Cold War, organized labor’s top…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: Letters From Russia’s Opposition w/ Joy Neumeyer
Journalist and historian Joy Neumeyer joins Suzi from Warsaw to discuss her March 13 piece in the New York Review of Books, “Russia: Letters from the…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Trump and the Courts w/ Samuel Moyn
Samuel Moyn talks about Trump and the courts. Chris Maisano, author of a recent Jacobin article about class “dealignment,” discusses class and politics…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: Can the Republican Party Survive Trump?
The Republican Party has become a hegemonic force in US politics today. But how much of their dominance is predicated on Donald Trump’s personal rule? On this…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: New World Order w/ Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay
Featuring more analysis from Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay on the shape of global geopolitics and geoeconomics. We discuss: the fault lines of the green energy…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Professional-Class Liberals w/ Lily Geismer & Brent Cebul
Brent Cebul and Lily Geismer, editors of the new collection Mastery and Drift, discuss professional-class liberalism. Plus: a brief reprise of a 2019 interview…
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: The Rise and Rule of India’s Hindu Right w/ Siddhartha Deb
Last year, Narendra Modi celebrated a decade in office as India’s prime minister. Modi was aiming for a third consecutive election victory and a parliamentary…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Global Conjuncture w/ Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay
Featuring Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay on a global conjuncture defined by Washington’s shredding of the liberal international order’s legitimacy amid a panic over…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Marxist Morality w/ Vanessa Wills
Vanessa Wills, author of the book Marx’s Ethical Vision, speaks about the morality behind Marxian science. Mathis Ebbinghaus discusses the recent paper he…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: The Cause of Labor w/ Barry Eidlin & Eric Blanc
There are plenty of reasons to be discouraged about the world today, but the labor movement is giving us real cause for hope. Across industries and regions…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Workers Organizing Workers w/ Eric Blanc
Featuring Eric Blanc on We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big. Interview conducted by guest host Gabriel…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: Can Trump Bring Back Manufacturing?
Donald Trump has made restoring American industry a priority across his administrations. But rather than continue Biden’s efforts to bolster domestic…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Tech Worker Militancy w/ Ben Tarnoff
Ben Tarnoff talks tech worker militancy and the bosses’ reaction: a crackdown and hard turn to the right. Jodi Dean, author of Capital’s Grave, discusses the…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Slopworld w/ Brace Belden & Liz Franczak
Featuring TrueAnon hosts Brace Belden and Liz Franczak on our freakish and reactionary tech oligarchy. Musk and friends built a technological infrastructure…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Worker-to-Worker Unionism w/ Eric Blanc
Eric Blanc, author of We Are the Union, talks about worker-led organizing at Amazon, Starbucks, and beyond. Molly O'Neal, Quincy Institute fellow…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: Ukraine’s Fight for Self-Determination w/ Howie Hawkins
Jacobin Radio presents a webinar, moderated by Suzi and sponsored by Haymarket Books and the Ukraine Solidarity Network, marking the third anniversary of…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Woke Wars w/ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, & Mike McCarthy
Featuring Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Mike McCarthy on the MAGA and DOGE war on woke, the complicity of bankrupt liberal identity politics…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: Don’t Cry for USAID
Among the many government agencies facing cuts from President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, USAID has garnered wide support in the media. But…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: Trump’s Turn on Ukraine w/ Ilya Budraitskis
On February 21, Suzi talked to Zakhar Popóvych, a Ukrainian researcher and activist in Kyiv with roots in labor and socialist organizing, and Ilya Budraitskis…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: DOGE-ism w/ Quinn Slobodian
Anatol Lieven looks at the global dimensions of Trumpism. Quinn Slobodian, who wrote a recent article for the New York Review of Books, muses on whether Trump…
Jacobin RadioLong Reads: The Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza w/ Paul Rogers
For now, the ceasefire deal between Hamas and the Israeli government appears to be holding. However, Donald Trump has openly proposed the ethnic cleansing of…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Psychiatric Struggle w/ Danielle Carr
Featuring Danielle Carr on the history and present state of American unwellness and how that’s been shaped by psychiatry, prescription drugs, neuroscience…
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: Resistance in the Time of Monsters w/ Colin Smalley
Our theme for today’s program is resistance in the time of monsters: resistance to the Trump/Musk wrecking ball that threatens the well-being of millions of…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: The DEI Obsession w/ Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò picks apart the contradictory strands of the DEI obsession. Sophia Rosenfeld, author of the book The Age of Choice, explores the history of that…
Jacobin RadioConfronting Capitalism: Who Benefits From Trump’s Tariffs?
Within weeks of assuming the presidency, Donald Trump has instituted tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China. Trump has touted protectionism as a way of…
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Christian Nationalism w/ Kristin Du Mez
Kristin Du Mez, author of the book Jesus and John Wayne, looks at the world of Christian nationalism. Jennifer Middlestadt, who wrote a recent opinion piece in…
Jacobin RadioThe Dig: Deportation Nation w/ Chris Newman
Featuring Chris Newman on Trump's far-right anti-migrant agenda and Democrats' cruel and stupid complicity. Read All-American Nativism…