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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.

39 episodes
Avg 1 hr 9 min
English

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Thursday · 48 min
Long Reads: Ansar Allah’s Offensive in Yemen w/ Helen Lackner
Implications for Saudi Arabia and the world economy.
Tuesday · 53 min
Behind the News: The Backlash to School Vouchers w/ Jennifer Berkshire
Plus: Heather Berg on the sex worker left.
September 21 · 2 hr 26 min
The Dig: Winning Providence w/ Ben Shanahan
Behind David Morales’ victorious primary campaign.
September 16 · 46 min
Confronting Capitalism: Socialists and Markets
Markets had a life before capitalism. Will they exist after?
September 15 · 1 hr 5 min
Jacobin Radio: The Machinery of ICE Detention w/ John Washington
From the reservation system to today's $240 billion buildout.
September 14 · 53 min
Behind the News: The Terrors (and Promise) of AI w/ Garrison Lovely
Plus: David Zirin on Howard Zinn.
September 12 · 1 hr 3 min
Long Reads: The Class Politics of Central Banking w/ Martijn Konings
Is the age of central bank independence coming to an end?
September 9 · 1 hr 48 min
The Dig: Mailbag! w/ Ben Mabie
Answering questions posed by you, our listeners.
September 8 · 53 min
Behind the News: Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Grab w/ Alejandro Velasco
Plus: Alex Vitale on a post-carceral future.
September 2 · 58 min
Confronting Capitalism: Labor Needs Socialists and Socialists Need Labor
Union membership has cratered, posing a huge challenge to left-wing politics.
September 1 · 59 min
Jacobin Radio: Is a Recession Imminent? w/ Michael Roberts
A discussion about the teetering global economy. Guest hosted by Mel Figueroa.
September 1 · 2 hr 8 min
The Dig: Insuring Catastrophe w/ David Wallace-Wells
Astra Taylor hosts a discussion on climate profiteers. Madison Condon and Moira Birss also join.
August 31 · 53 min
Behind the News: The Political Economy of Slavery w/ David McNally
Plus: Billy Carbon on what a post-carbon future might look like.
August 26 · 56 min
Jacobin Radio: Rethinking Natural Disaster w/ Mike Davis
Mike Davis died in 2022, but his work is more urgent than ever.
August 25 · 53 min
Behind the News: Israel’s Assault on Southern Lebanon w/ Aurélie Daher
Plus: Annie McClanahan on nonstandard forms of work and compensation.
August 19 · 45 min
Confronting Capitalism: The Return of Industrial Policy
Why are the US and Europe turning to greater state intervention?
August 18 · 53 min
Behind the News: Capital’s Chatbots w/ Jodi Dean
Plus: Anatol Lieven on the bloody stalemate that is the Russia-Ukraine war.
August 15 · 2 hr 8 min
The Dig: Destruction of the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple
The second in a two-part interview.
August 13 · 1 hr 13 min
Long Reads: How US Media Whitewashed the Gaza Genocide w/ Adam Johnson
A guide to how the world’s most prestigious outlets downplayed mass death and ran cover for Israel.
August 11 · 58 min
Jacobin Radio: Health Care Class Struggle w/ Gabriel Winant
Melissa LaVallee, Teagan Cook, and Emma Galvin, three AFT Vermont union leaders, also join.

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