Jacobin 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 workers. Jen explores the world of "anti…
A 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 results of its first round say about the ro…
Michael 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 remembering bad work experiences. PLUS: We take…
Behind 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: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, author of Elite Captur…
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 Party. This interview is on Left Behind: …
Jacobin 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 joins the podcast to discuss NATO and recent…
Michael 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 provided us with was a chance to marina…
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: 13 Jealous Republics w/ Mike Davis
Behind 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 the Socio-Economic Review, on the contrast…
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 Wilson Gilmore with Alberto Toscano and Brenn…
Long 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 by both Tory and Labour governments. Ma…
A 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 discuss the politics behind the economics o…
Jacobin 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 Amazon and now 81 Starbucks stores—as wel…
Behind 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: Kathleen Belew, a scholar of white power, dis…
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. Fajardo discusses the Latin American eco…
Michael 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 even right-wing media is hesitant to publi…
A 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, including The War on Drugs and the Globa…
Behind 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 Kotsko explores why evangelicals are so …
Michael 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 and fall during the Trump era. We discuss …
Long 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 of the BBC, its ideological and soft-powe…