Jacobin Radio

Doug speaks with Mia Jankowicz , reporter for Business Insider , about anti-vaxxers, notably Sherri Tenpenny. Plus: Sanford Jacoby , author of Labor in the Age of Finance , on unions’ weird alliance with Wall Street during the shareholder revolution. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Fi...

The historian Antoni Kapcia joins Long Reads for a conversation about Cuban politics since the revolution of 1959. Antoni is the author of several books on Cuban history, including A Short History of Revolutionary Cuba and Leadership in the Cuban Revolution . Long Reads is a Jacobin podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s lon...

This week Grace speaks to Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College and author of Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador . They discuss the findings of the IPCC’s latest report, whether it’s possible to imagine a green transition within capitalist social relations, and how the Left can chart a path to decarbonization that doe...

This week, we speak with Lauren Kaori Gurley , a prolific labor reporter at Vice's Motherboard. You can listen to Primer by searching for Jacobin Radio on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. If want to support the show, subscribe at patreon.com/primerpodcast . When you do so, you'll receive show notes and video content. To keep up with us elsewhere, follow @primerpod on Twitter.

Dan interviews historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez on her book Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation . "Having replaced the Jesus of the Gospels with the vengeful warrior Christ, it’s no wonder many came to think of Trump in the same way." Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig We now have a Discord for patrons and, starting in September, a weekly email ne...

The Jacobin Show offers socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first century, the failures of liberalism, and the prospects of rebuilding a left labor movement in the US. This is the podcast version of the show from August 10, 2021, a "Labor Paul" special, with Paul Prescod and Jen Pan hosting. David Dayen was slated to be interviewed live, but because of technical issues tha...

Doug speaks with Sean Jacobs and William Shoki of Africa Is a Country on riots in South Africa and the long trajectory of the ANC. Plus: Max Krahé, author of a report (PDF: https://www.academieroyale.be/Academie/documents/Opinio_SFPI_numerique31253.pdf ) for the Belgian sovereign wealth fund on the need for central planning to cope with the climate crisis ( FT article here: https://www.ft.com/cont...

Catalyst journal editor Vivek Chibber joins us to discuss the structural constraints within capitalism that make organizing the working class so difficult. We also delve into the business interests influencing the Biden administration, Nina Turner's recent electoral defeat, and the curse of bipartisanship. On Fridays at 1pm ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live to subscribers on the Jaco...

With an election looming in Canada, we decided to look back on a time when Justin Trudeau's father received his punishment at the hands of the Canadian media. The National Film Board of Canada documentary HISTORY ON THE RUN: THE MEDIA AND THE '79 ELECTION (1979) chronicles the unusual media landscape that led to a nine-month interruption in Pierre Trudeau's long tenure as Prime Minister. We discus...

This week, we speak with Chicago labor lawyer Will Bloom about the latest NLRB news on the Amazon union drive in Bessemer, Alabama. Then, a conversation with Heike Geissler, author of Seasonal Associate, a literary account of Amazon warehouse work. You can listen to Primer by searching for Jacobin Radio on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. If want to support the show, subscribe a...

Adolph Reed and Walter Benn Michaels join The Jacobin Show to discuss the limitations of focusing on racial disparities, why the notion that Black Lives Matter was co-opted is misleading, and how socialists today should approach history. Every Wednesday at 6 PM ET, The Jacobin Show offers socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first century, the failures of liberalism, and th...

This week, Grace speaks to Nick Hayes, author of The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us . They discuss the radical history of English trespassers, how the enclosure of common land formed the foundations of English capitalism, and how we can fight to enforce our rights to the commons and our right to roam against the Conservatives’ assault on our basic freedoms. You can support our...

Legendary socialist activist and professor Dr. Cornel West is talking to us about how the US left can still build power after the Bernie campaigns and the moral force of our movement for justice. Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and political strategy. Th...

Long Reads is joined by Peter Shirlow, director of the Institute of Irish Studies at the University of Liverpool, and the author of several books on politics and society in Northern Ireland. Long Reads is a Jacobin podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by Features Editor Daniel Finn. Find Peter's pe...

This week, on episode eight of Primer, our producer Sarah Hurd spoke to Kshama Sawant's campaign manager Emily McArthur and the campaign's field organizer Elan Axlebank about a recall election being waged against Sawant and the larger fight for the future of Seattle. You can listen to Primer by searching for Jacobin Radio on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. If you want to suppor...

Author and activist Marianne Williamson joins Jacobin to discuss the Democratic Party’s rot, her presidential run, and why capitalism makes us all so miserable. Matt Bruenig of the People's Policy Project also joins us to discuss the benefits of monthly checks from the government. Every Wednesday at 6 PM ET, The Jacobin Show offers socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first...

This week, Grace speaks to Adrienne Buller and Ben Braun. Adrienne is a senior research fellow at the think tank Common Wealth, and Ben is a political scientist at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. They recently co-authored a paper entitled ‘ Under new management: Share ownership and the rise of UK asset manager capitalism ‘. With Grace, Adrienne and Ben discuss the rise of the...

Inflation is once again at the center of political debate. Dan interviews Tim Barker to put monetary policy in its historical and class war context. Reading: Preferred Shares by Tim Barker phenomenalworld.org/analysis/wage-share email digradiopod@gmail.com for PDFs of the following two articles: The Vietnam War and the Political Economy of Full Employment by Dean Baker, Robert Pollin and Elizabeth...

Doug speaks with Robert Fatton , author of The Guise of Exceptionalism , on the assassination of Haiti’s president and the long history that led to this sorry pass. 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

We speak with Jonathan Bailey and Ted Miin, Amazon workers and members of Amazonians United. You can listen to Primer by searching for Jacobin Radio on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. If you want to support the show, subscribe at patreon.com/primerpodcast . When you subscribe, you'll receive show notes and video content, as well as access to the Discord. To keep up with the lat...

You may love Bugs Bunny, but you will never own him. That's the thesis of SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY (2021), which sends Bugs and LeBron James through a tour of WarnerMedia's intellectual property while never letting you forget that its WarnerMedia's intellectual property. "Th- th- th- th- that's bad, folks!" PLUS: Vanity Fair in the '20s, Jeff Bezos in space, and some alarming new trends in movie ma...

This week, Grace speaks to Ed Miliband, former leader of the Labour Party in the UK and current Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. They discuss how to fight inequality and climate crisis in the wake of the pandemic and his new book, Go Big: How to Fix Our World . You can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron . Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies an...

One year after his passing, our friend and comrade Michael Brooks continues to influence the Left for the better. Lisha Brooks, Ben Burgis, and Danny Bessner join us for a tribute. We also cover the inhumane sanctions on Cuba, discuss what left foreign policy should look like, and review Obama's PR-friendly beach reads and mixtape. Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast...

Suzi speaks to Meleiza Figueroa and Ali Meders-Knight — they both work with the Chico Traditional Ecological Stewardship Program — about the recently leaked Sixth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) with its dire warnings about the coming consequences for the planet. Hundreds of millions of people live in areas at risk, and as these areas become unlivable, w...

Doug speaks with Christian Parenti , author of a chapter in this book , on carbon dioxide removal. Plus, Kareem Rabie , author of Palestine Is Throwing a Party and the Whole World Is Invited , on real estate development and the Palestinian national project. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the glo...