Jacobin Radio
1,575 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsNews, politics, history, culture, and more from Jacobin. Featuring The Dig, Long Reads, Behind the News, Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman, Michael and Us, and occasional specials.
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Michael and Us: He's Surely Alive w/ Alex Shephard
July 20, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBReports of God's death remain greatly exaggerated in GOD'S NOT DEAD 2 (2016), in which Evangelical Christianity is put literally on trial. We welcome back Alex Shephard (staff writer for The New Republic and expert in the blockbuster Christian film franchise), and discuss how this installment's relentless focus on Facts and Logic situates it in a recent but very different era of the culture war. PLUS: Ron DeSantis continues to have no juice. "Ron DeSantis Has a Ron DeSantis Problem" by Alex...
Jacobin Radio: Struggle at UPS
July 19, 2023 13:47 - 1 hour - 100 MBBarry Eidlin sits in for Suzi Weissman, talking to longtime UPS Teamsters Carlos Silva, Carthy Boston and Greg Kerwood, who are mobilizing around the UPS-Teamster contract fight. Talks broke down on July 5, and the UPS contract expires July 31. Teamsters President Sean O’Brien has vowed that UPS Teamsters will walk out on August 1st if there is no deal. This is one of the most important labor negotiations in U.S. history that could culminate in one of the largest strikes in U.S. history, wit...
Behind the News: Riots in France w/ Harrison Stetler
July 17, 2023 13:37 - 53 minutes - 97.5 MBHarrison Stetler discusses recent riots in France. Peter Turchin, complexity theorist and author of End Times, explains why the US is heading for a smashup. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Michael and Us: The Futility Thesis
July 14, 2023 14:58 - 49 minutes - 50.7 MBWe return to a TV show that is one of the prime relics of mid-2000s libertarian culture. We watch episodes of PENN & TELLER: BULLSHIT! on topics as disparate from handicapped parking to reparations, but find that for the libertarian funnymen, it all comes back to property rights. PLUS: thoughts on the QAnon human-trafficking thriller that's rocking the box office, and a shocking allegation that Napoleon Bonaparte was a bad guy. Our first episode on PENN & TELLER: BULLSHIT! - https://www.pat...
Long Reads: Japan's Socialist Tradition w/ Kenji Hasegawa
July 13, 2023 14:24 - 1 hour - 119 MBJapan may be a powerhouse of global capitalism. But it also developed a powerful socialist movement in the twentieth century. During the Cold War, the Socialist Party led the opposition to the ruling Liberal Democrats. Japan today still has a Communist Party with a mass membership and a serious electoral base. Kenji Hasegawa joins Long Reads for a conversation about the Japanese left. He’s a professor of modern Japanese history at Yokohama National University and the author of Student Radic...
Behind the News: How Austerity Spawns Fascism w/ Clara Mattei
July 10, 2023 16:48 - 53 minutes - 97.4 MBClara Mattei, author of The Capital Order, explores the links among neoclassical economics, austerity, and fascism. Edwin Ackerman, author of a recent article for the New Left Review blog, looks at AMLO’s presidency in Mexico. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dig: The Manifesto w/ China Miéville
July 09, 2023 17:41 - 2 hours - 167 MBFeaturing China Miéville on The Communist Manifesto. Miéville is the author of A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Register for Dan's event with Miéville eventbrite.com/e/digressions-china-mieville-on-the-communist-manifesto-tickets-674432434567 Subscribe to Jacobin bit.ly/digjacobin Buy A Different Trek: Radical Geographies of Deep Space Nine by David K. Seitz nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496227997 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
Michael and Us: Deaths of Cinema
July 07, 2023 14:49 - 54 minutes - 57.3 MBQuentin Tarantino's ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (2019) hit the zeitgeist by consciously going against the 2019-era cultural grain. Tarantino looks back on the winds of change that greeted the movie business in the late 1960s and lands firmly - but not uncomplicatedly - on the side of the old guard. PLUS: Bluesky vs Twitter, wrapping up the Toronto mayoral election, and checking in on a man by the name of Lights Camera Jackson. Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our cru...
Behind the News: The Confederate Diaspora
July 03, 2023 18:50 - 53 minutes - 97.5 MBAnatol Lieven, Eurasia director of the Quincy Institute, discusses Prigozhin’s aborted uprising in Russia and Putin’s status. Samuel Bazzi, co-author of a paper on "The Confederate Diaspora," talks about the effects of white migration out of the South after the Civil War. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online. https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html ...
Long Reads: William Morris, Romantic Revolutionary w/ Matthew Beaumont
June 29, 2023 15:02 - 50 minutes - 93.3 MBWilliam Morris is renowned for his work as an artist and designer. But he was also one of Britain's greatest socialist thinkers. Morris combined his opposition to capitalism with a deep understanding of environmental questions that was rare in his own time. Matthew Beaumont, professor of English at University College London and author of books including The Spectre of Utopia and Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London, joins Long Reads to discuss the life and thought of William Morris. ...
Michael and Us: In Soviet Russia, Game Plays You
June 28, 2023 09:30 - 54 minutes - 57 MBDid Tetris bring down the USSR? That's the implication of TETRIS (2023), a highly fictionalized account of the beloved video game's journey from the Soviet Union to your phone. We examine what anti-Communist kitsch looks like in the year 2023. PLUS: Russian coups, disappearing subs, and further thoughts on the movie on everyone's lips, The Flash. Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
Behind the News: Abolish the Family w/ M. E. O'Brien
June 27, 2023 17:00 - 53 minutes - 97.1 MBBehind the News is slaying sacred cows this week. M. E. O’Brien, author of Family Abolition, discusses doing that and “communizing care." Then Jane Chung, author of a recent article in The Nation, lays out what’s wrong with the American cult of homeownership. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jacobin Radio: Tribute to Daniel Ellsberg
June 26, 2023 13:49 - 46 minutes - 63.5 MBJacobin Radio pays tribute to the late Daniel Ellsberg, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year and passed away on June 16 at age 92 . A committed, consequential activist with a moral compass that never left him, Ellsberg was always generous with his time. Shortly after he publicly announced his terminal illness, he took part in a Progressive Democrats of America Town Hall on April 9th, 2023, joined by Jacobin Radio producer Alan Minsky and Vietnam War historian Christian ...
Dig: AI Hype Machine w/ Meredith Whittaker, Ed Ongweso, and Sarah West
June 25, 2023 21:31 - 2 hours - 196 MBFeaturing Meredith Whittaker, Edward Ongweso Jr., and Sarah Myers West on the mundane dystopia concealed beneath the AI hype machine. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Subscribe to New Left Review newleftreview.org Register for the Socialism 2023 Conference socialismconference.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Michael and Us: Let's See What's On Netflix...
June 21, 2023 16:35 - 37 minutes - 38.4 MBOur sacred quest to tackle every political comedy inevitably reaches the Will Ferrell/Zach Galifianakis vehicle THE CAMPAIGN (2012). We discuss what a middle-of-the-road comedy from the middle of the Obama era captures of its time and ambience. PLUS: Checking in on some of the wackier characters in the Toronto mayoral race. Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
Behind the News: On Clarence Thomas w/ Corey Robin
June 20, 2023 14:30 - 53 minutes - 97.5 MBWhile other shows are getting applause for interviewing Corey Robin about his excellent book on Clarence Thomas (who is very much in the headlines these days), Behind the News was there first, as it so often is. This is a rebroadcast of a show that first ran in 2019: Corey Robin on The Enigma of Clarence Thomas. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online. Hosted ...
Dig: The Fall of OPEC w/ Giuliano Garavini
June 18, 2023 21:26 - 1 hour - 140 MBFeaturing Giuliano Garavini on his book The Rise and Fall of OPEC in the Twentieth Century. The second in a two-part series on the 20th-century history of petrostates, petrocapitalists, and the world system. Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig Subscribe to n+1. Go to nplusonemag.com/thedig and enter THEDIG at checkout Learn more about Haymarket's Book Clubs at haymarketbooks.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Long Reads: Mussolini to Meloni w/ David Broder (Part 2)
June 16, 2023 12:55 - 45 minutes - 84.1 MBItaly’s current prime minister Giorgia Meloni can trace her political roots all the way back to Mussolini. But what exactly does the Italian far right of today have in common with its fascist forebears? In part two of our interview, David Broder, Europe editor for Jacobin and the author of Mussolini’s Grandchildren, discusses the rise and record of Meloni. You can find the first part of the conversation on Jacobin Radio. Long Reads is a Jacobin podcast looking in-depth at political topics ...
Michael and Us: If Movies Tire You, What Will Podcasts Do?
June 14, 2023 10:30 - 41 minutes - 42.1 MBHell is real, and it's really bad, and it's really important that you repent. That's the thesis of THE BURNING HELL (1974), a crackpot Evangelical oddity from the deep south, brought to you by the dynamic duo of director Ron Ormond and preacher/star Estus W. Pirkle. We discuss what this bizarre handmade movie tells us about American religious conservatism. PLUS: enter Mike Pence and Chris Christie; exit Vanderpump Rules Season 10. From deep in the Michael and Us archives, an episode on an e...
Behind the News: The US Role in Ukraine w/ Christopher Layne
June 13, 2023 15:00 - 53 minutes - 97.5 MBChristopher Layne discusses his Harper’s magazine article, “Why are we in Ukraine?” Plus: Marcus Brown talks about his augmented reality exhibit that evokes the eighteenth-century Wall Street slave market. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dig: The Rise of OPEC w/ Giuliano Garavini
June 11, 2023 17:48 - 1 hour - 85.7 MBFeaturing Giuliano Garavini on his book The Rise and Fall of OPEC in the Twentieth Century. The first of a two-part series on the 20th-century history of petrostates, petrocapitalists, and the world system. Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig Subscribe to n+1. Go to nplusonemag.com/thedig and enter THEDIG at checkout Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Michael and Us: America Would Never
June 07, 2023 14:07 - 55 minutes - 58.6 MBA ragtag gang of Beltway misfits discover how to start a proxy war in CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (2007), a lighthearted look at American intervention from the combined forces of Tom Hanks, Mike Nichols, and Aaron Sorkin. We discuss how this celebration of the Reagan Doctrine from the very heart of "liberal Hollywood" offers a, shall we say, sanitized version of the end of the Cold War. PLUS: We discuss matters Pablo-matic and not. Preorder "Seeking Social Democracy: Seven Decades in the Fight for...
Behind the News: Probation and Parole w/ Wanda Bertram
June 05, 2023 16:30 - 53 minutes - 97.5 MBWanda Bertram of the Prison Policy Initiative talks about some under-appreciated aspects of the carceral state: probation, parole, and civil commitment. Francisco Pérez of the Center for Economic Democracy on why mainstream economics is so terrible and an online course that can help civilians break through the discipline’s mystifications. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find th...
Dig: Colonial Lives of Property w/ Brenna Bhandar
June 04, 2023 23:19 - 1 hour - 93 MBFeaturing Brenna Bhandar on Colonial Lives of Property: Law, Land and Racial Regimes of Ownership. The centuries-long history of how dominant conceptions of private property were (and are) made alongside race and racial hierarchies in colonial encounters stretching from Ireland and British Columbia to Australia and Palestine. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Register for the Socialism Conference at socialismconference.org Buy Let This Radicalize You by Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes h...
Michael and Us: Motern and Us
May 31, 2023 11:00 - 47 minutes - 48.7 MBFor over two decades, a pair of New England-based independent filmmakers have created a cinematic universe out with their friends, family, and as little money as possible. Cohost Will finally brings his well-documented obsession with Matt Farley and Charlie Roxburgh to the Michael & Us podcast with a discussion of their recent MAGIC SPOT (2022), and what it says about the democratic potential of cinema. PLUS: What is it with British celebrities and politics? We discuss three well-known U.K. ...
Behind the News: Sea Change w/ Tina Gerhardt
May 30, 2023 11:00 - 53 minutes - 97.5 MBTina Gerhardt, author of Sea Change, talks about the effects rising oceans are having on small island nations. Quinn Slobodian, author of Crack-Up Capitalism, compares libertarian enclaves insulated from democracy. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jacobin Radio: Utopia Postponed? w/ Marc Cooper
May 28, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBMarc Cooper and Pablo Abufom join Suzi in a conversation about Marc's Dig “Chile's Utopia Has Been Postponed," The Truthdig original series compares dramatic political events in Chile over recent years to the Popular Unity period between 1970 and 1973. Marc and Pablo integrate the legacy of the military coup 50 years ago with a discussion of the present challenges for the leftist government of Gabriel Boric. Just a year in power, the Boric presidency suffered a huge defeat in the May 7 elect...
Michael and Us: iPhone, Therefore I Am
May 28, 2023 08:00 - 49 minutes - 39.1 MBAs Canadians, we simply couldn't pass up a movie about our greatest national export. Matt Johnson's BLACKBERRY (2023) puts a darkly comic spin on the rise and fall of "the phone you had before your iPhone." We discuss the ways that this very funny film is both similar to and crucially different from such recent boardroom dramas as AIR. PLUS: the return of Pete Buttigieg, and a weekend with the world's most prolific songwriter. If you watch only one movie on Will's recommendation in your lif...
Dig Presents: Transmissions from Jonestown
May 27, 2023 15:01 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBA sonic memorial to the Black women of the Peoples Temple. Produced and reported by Babette Thomas. Edited by Liza Yeager and Mitchell Johnson, with editorial oversight from Daniel Denvir and Alex Lewis. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Subscribe to The Dig Presents to find all of our documentary stories on one feed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Long Reads: Mussolini to Meloni w/ David Broder (Part 1)
May 25, 2023 08:00 - 40 minutes - 74.9 MBItaly’s liberation during the Second World War was meant to have consigned fascism to history. But eight decades later, the country has a prime minister from the far-right tradition; Giorgia Meloni’s party is directly descended from the diehard supporters of Benito Mussolini who reorganized after the war. David Broder, Europe editor for Jacobin and the author of Mussolini’s Grandchildren, discusses Italy’s far right from the fall of Mussolini until the point when Giorgia Meloni entered the ...
Behind the News: A Slow Civil War w/ Jeff Sharlet
May 22, 2023 15:50 - 53 minutes - 97.5 MBJeff Sharlet talks about his new book, The Undertow, essays on the increasingly violent and authoritarian politics on the right unleashed by Trump. Claire Dunning, author of Nonprofit Neighborhoods, discusses urban governance by philanthropists. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dig: Crack-Up Capitalism w/ Quinn Slobodian
May 20, 2023 20:23 - 2 hours - 115 MBFeaturing Quinn Slobodian on Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy. Radical libertarians, including anarcho-capitalists like Murray Rothbard, envision a world of micro-polities governed by private property and contract. In fact, we already live in their world, a world of zones—places where special rules tailor-made for capitalists prevail over the ordinary laws of the nation-state. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Listen to Quinn's interview o...
Michael and Us: By Grapthar's Hammer
May 17, 2023 08:59 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBWe begin with a rundown of recent events, from the Coronation to the CNN Trump town hall to the Liberal Party of Canada's recent convention, before discussing the beloved comedy GALAXY QUEST (1999). We situate the film's satire in the context of 1999-era fan culture, and hash over our own respective histories with the Star Trek franchise. PLUS: a dive into a young Tucker Carlson's journalism. Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and...
Behind the News: Cop City Primer w/ Micah Herskind
May 15, 2023 15:40 - 53 minutes - 97.4 MBMichaela Chen of Foxglove discusses efforts to unionize the exploited workers who moderate content on social media. Micah Herskind, author of an article for Scalawag, "This Is the Atlanta Way: A Primer on Cop City," talks about the history and political economy behind the massive planned police training center. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here. Hosted on ...
Dig: Trans Children w/ Jules Gill-Peterson
May 13, 2023 16:59 - 2 hours - 126 MBFeaturing Jules Gill-Peterson on Histories of the Transgender Child. Amid this right-wing reaction, a discussion of the history of trans medicine and trans children—and also trans politics more generally. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Register for Socialism 2023 at socialismconference.org. Register before July 7 for the early bird discount rate! Subscribe to n+1 at nplusonemag.com/thedig. Enter THEDIG at checkout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Michael and Us: A Populist Dracula
May 10, 2023 09:00 - 43 minutes - 33.5 MB"A soy-banter Nicolas Cage Dracula movie" was too enticing a pitch to pass up, so we hit up our local multiplex to see RENFIELD (2023). PLUS: Do conservatives need "a populist Dracula"? At least one right-wing outlet thinks so! Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jacobin Radio: Writers Guild Strike w/ Howard Rodman
May 09, 2023 09:00 - 38 minutes - 52.6 MBHoward Rodman, former president of the Writers Guild of America West (WGA), joins Alan Minsky to discuss the Writers Guild strike, which began a minute after midnight on May 2, after a near unanimous strike vote on May 1. This strike action, the first in fifteen years, impacts TV, movies, and streaming platforms across the country and the world. The last strike, in 2007-08, lasted 100 days and focused on "new media" when streaming was in its infancy and Netflix was still a DVD-by-mail compan...
Dig: The Chicago Model w/ Stacy Davis Gates, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, and Alex Han
May 08, 2023 15:13 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBFeaturing Stacy Davis Gates, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, and Alex Han on how Chicago's labor left took over City Hall. Brandon Johnson's mayoral victory, the product of a decade-plus of social movement union struggle, is a model for the left everywhere in the United States. Guest hosted by Micah Uetricht. Subscribe to n+1. Go to nplusonemag.com/thedig and enter THEDIG at checkout Buy Occupation: Organizer by Clément Petitjean haymarketbooks.org/books/2054-occupation-organizer Hosted on Acast. S...
Special: May Day w/ Richard Wolff
May 06, 2023 08:59 - 52 minutes - 96.4 MBFor International Workers' Day, Jacobin welcomed Richard Wolff, founder of Democracy at Work and visiting professor of international affairs at the New School, for a live conversation about economics and the labor movement. This is the audio version of that interview, conducted by Paul Prescod. Get a yearlong Jacobin subscription for as low as $1: https://jacobin.com/subscribe/?code=MAYDAY2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dig: Philly's Left Turn w/ Helen Gym & Nikil Saval
May 05, 2023 15:57 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBFeaturing Nikil Saval and Helen Gym on how the history of Philadelphia social movements brought Nikil into the state senate and has made Helen, a long-time public education organizer, a frontrunner in the mayoral race. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Subscribe to Dissent dissentmagazine.org/subscribe Buy Angela Davis: An Autobiography haymarketbooks.org/books/2001-angela-davis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Long Reads: The Life and Death of Yugoslavia w/ Catherine Samary (Part 2)
May 04, 2023 18:00 - 57 minutes - 106 MBIn May 1980, Josip Tito died after ruling Yugoslavia for more than three decades. In his absence, the Yugoslav League of Communists put in place a collective, power-sharing model. A politician from each of the country’s national units would take their turn as the head of state. But by the early 90s, Yugoslavia was on the brink of collapse. The rise of two nationalist leaders, Slobodan Milošević of Serbia and Croatia’s Franjo Tuđman, was followed by the outbreak of civil war. Catherine Samar...
Michael and Us: Know Thyself w/ Alex Shephard
May 03, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBA Christian boy goes up against his sinister atheist philosophy teacher (played by Kevin Sorbo!) in GOD'S NOT DEAD (2014), one of the biggest evangelical blockbusters of all time. Luke and guest host Alex Shephard discuss the film's tone-deaf depiction of academia and its particular streak of right-wing sadism. PLUS: What's next for Tucker Carlson? And is there any life at all in the ol' Ron DeSantis? "Tucker Carlson Has Already Lost His War With Fox News" by Alex Shephard - https://newrepu...
Behind the News: Chicago's New Mayor w/ Micah Uetricht
May 01, 2023 14:01 - 53 minutes - 97.5 MBJacobin editor Micah Uetricht explains how Chicago elected a progressive mayor, Brandon Johnson. Lily Lynch, editor of Balkanist and contributor to New Left Review‘s Sidecar blog, on how the Ukraine war destroyed Scandinavian neutrality. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
Dig Presents: Superhighway!
April 28, 2023 17:51 - 52 minutes - 121 MBWe have as many roads in the United States as we have streams and rivers. Produced by Caroline Kanner and Jackson Roach, with original music by Jackson Roach. Edited by Liza Yeager and Mitchell Johnson. Subscribe to The Dig Presents and support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig. Bibliography (in order of appearance): A Field Guide to Roadside Wildflowers at Full Speed (PDF) - Chris Helzer Car Country: An Environmental History - Christopher W. Wells On Trails: An Exploration - Robert Moo...
Jacobin Radio: Putinism w/ Ilya Budraitskis
April 27, 2023 13:58 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MBSuzi talks to long-time political activist and theorist Ilya Budraitskis about the transformation of Russia into a dictatorship and the nature of Putinism more than a year after Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. Independent media has been replaced with censorship and propaganda. Expression of dissent is met with repression and long stints in prison. In fact, Ilya's vocal opposition to Putin's rule and this war forced him to flee the country. In an article for the journal Spectre, Ilya arg...
Michael and Us: The Great Moving Right Show
April 25, 2023 17:18 - 53 minutes - 43.2 MBA young man caught between his socialist father and Thatcherite uncle falls in love with a young National Front street punk while building a laundromat. We watched MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (1985) and discuss the context that birthed it. PLUS: Fiery hot takes on Bruceploitation and Ron DeSanctimonious. Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Behind the News: Green New Dead End? w/ Josh Mason
April 24, 2023 15:03 - 53 minutes - 97.5 MBEconomist Josh Mason of John Jay College (and author of a recent Jacobin article, written in response to a Dylan Riley article for New Left Review's website) on how we can save the climate before we get to overthrowing capitalism. Then Jen Duggan of the Environmental Integrity Initiative discusses a lawsuit to get the EPA to enforce the Clean Water Act. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the ...
Dig: Teach the Children Well w/ Jennifer Berkshire & Jack Schneider
April 23, 2023 20:29 - 1 hour - 97 MBFeaturing Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider on the politics of public education. The authors of A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Education and the Future of School and co-hosts of the education policy podcast Have You Heard discuss everything from charters and vouchers to teacher social movement unionism and right-wing cultural wars against "woke" educators. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Long Reads: The Life and Death of Yugoslavia w/ Catherine Samary (Part 1)
April 20, 2023 15:44 - 54 minutes - 101 MBThe breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s resulted in a brutal civil war. The conflict ended an experiment in multinational coexistence across the Western Balkans. But the tragic end of Yugoslavia shouldn't define the way we think about its history. The Yugoslav nationalities played an outsized role in the struggle against Nazi Germany. During the Cold War, Yugoslavia's government helped organize the Non-Aligned Movement and developed their own form of socialism. Catherine Samary, histor...
Michael and Us: Ten Days That Shook the World
April 19, 2023 13:39 - 50 minutes - 40.9 MBHow did Warren Beatty convince a Hollywood studio to make a movie about American communists in 1981? We discuss REDS (1981), his epic biopic of writers John Reed and Louise Bryant, as well as Reed's landmark book about the Russian Revolution, Ten Days That Shook the World. PLUS: Fiery hot takes on billionaire Hitler collector Harlan Crowe. "The Paid Pundits Defending Clarence Thomas And His Billionaire Benefactor" by Andrew Perez - https://www.levernews.com/the-paid-pundits-defending-claren...