Jacobin Radio

Suzi talks to her brother, Irv Weissman , Director of Stanford University’s Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine , who gives us a clear and comprehensive explanation of the new COVID vaccines. The FDA has now given emergency authorization for the Pfizer COVID 19 vaccine, which like Moderna’s is an mRNA vaccine. This authorization comes in the wake of a punishing wave of infecti...

Long Reads is a new 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. Our guest today for a discussion of Camus’s legacy is Oliver Gloag. Oliver teaches French and Francophone Studies at the University of North Carolina. He’s the author of a recently published book: Alber...

What happened to social democratic politics? Dan interviews sociologist Stephanie Mudge on her book Leftism Reinvented: Western Parties from Socialism to Neoliberalism . Join a Dig Book Club thedigradio.com/dig-book-club Support this podcast at patreon.com/TheDig

A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. Terry Gilliam sought to update George Orwell for the 1980s with his career-defining film BRAZIL (1985), but his future dystopia isn't animated by an ideology like Oceania's. We attempt to untangle the satire of a movie where bureaucracy itself is the problem. PLUS: we hash out our thoughts on Netflix's...

This week Grace Blakeley talks to Owen Hatherley, Tribune's culture editor and author of many books, including his most recent, Red Metropolis: Socialism and the Government of London . Grace and Owen discuss municipal socialism, regional and class inequality in the UK, and the future of the Labour Party under Keir Starmer. Remember that you can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron . T...

Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, from December 3, 2020, Doug speaks with Thomas Sugrue , author of this essay , on COVID-19’s impact on cities. Also: Kristin Du Mez , author of Jesus and John Wayne , on gender, especially the masculine kind, in evangelical Christianity.

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. This is the podcast version of the show from December 5, 2020. The guest is Corey Robin. Corey is the author of The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump and a contributin...

Longtime labor organizer Alex Han talks with Micah about the 2008 Republic Windows and Doors factory occupation in Chicago. That occupation helped catalyze labor militancy and eventually a left political pole in the city, but it didn't lead to a broader working-class upsurge across the United States. Could things be different in 2020 if a similar spark can catch fire among workers fed up with aust...

Prevailing identity politics norms call on people “listen to the most affected” or “centre the most marginalized." But this often works out quite badly in practice. Philosopher Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò on his brilliant essay " Being-in-the-Room Privilege: Elite Capture and Epistemic Deference ." It's The Dig's four-year anniversary. Support us at Patreon.com/TheDig and take a moment to post something to soc...

This week Grace Blakeley is joined by Sa’eed Husaini, socialist activist and contributor to Africa is a Country and Jacobin. Sa’eed recently completed a PhD at the University of Oxford and is now living and working in Lagos, Nigeria. He discusses the recent #EndSARS protests, the economic and health impact of COVID 19 in Nigeria, and the history and future of the Nigerian left. A reminder that you...

Micah talks with labor historian Lane Windham about her excellent book Knocking on Labor's Door: Union Organizing in the 1970s and the Roots of a New Economic Divide.

A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. Before he became a conservative warrior, John Rambo was just a mixed-up vet. We're joined by Jacobin deputy editor Micah Uetricht to parse the ambiguous politics of FIRST BLOOD (1982), where Sylvester Stallone is just as frazzled by right-wing cops as he is by left-wing protestors. We also situate the f...

Suzi introduces producers Alan Minsky , Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), and Meleiza Figueroa , urban geographer, environmental and social justice activist, who pay tribute to Diego Maradona , the brilliant futbolista who also spoke truth to power. Alan and Meleiza are producers of the quadrennial People's Game -- as well as this podcast -- and today bring their in...

Guest host Astra Taylor interviews Thomas Frank about his book The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism . From The Dig archives on populism: Universalizing American Liberty with Aziz Rana Populism’s Power with Laura Grattan and Thea Riofrancos Worker Freedom with Alex Gourevitch Join a Dig Book Club at thedigradio.com/dig-book-club Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig

Long Reads is a new 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. The guest today is Joel Beinin , an American historian who has written extensively on the history of left-wing movements in countries like Egypt, Israel, and Tunisia. Read Beinin's latest articles: " Ar...

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. This is the podcast version of the show from November 21, 2020. The guest today is Julia Salazar. Julia is the incumbent State Senator for the 18th district in New York and a member of the Democrati...

A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. Before he was the President's attorney, he was America's Mayor. Made not long after 9/11 briefly turned Giuliani into one of the most beloved men in America, RUDY: THE RUDY GIULIANI STORY (2003) still can't hide the stone cold fact that its subject (played by James Woods!) is a complete piece of shit. W...

Dan interviews political scientist Megan Ming Francis about the NAACP's struggle against racist violence in the teens and 20s and how it remade the criminal justice system and the civil rights movement alike. Join a Dig book club! Next book is Wendy Brown’s In the Ruins of Neoliberalism thedigradio.com/dig-book-club/ Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig

Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug talks about the current economic situation and speaks with Jennifer Berkshire, co-author of A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, on ed reform, mostly from the right. Plus, and interview with Kate Sykes of People First Portland on some major left ballot victor...

On this week’s show Grace Blakeley is joined by Andy Burnham – former Labour MP and current Mayor of Greater Manchester. Recent weeks have seen Burnham, along with other mayors in the north of England, stand up to the Tory government and demand equity in financial support during the Covid-19 crisis. In this show, he also discusses what cities like Manchester are doing to tackle climate breakdown a...

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. This is the podcast version of the show from November 15, 2020. The guest is Ronan Burtenshaw. Ronan is the editor of Tribune Magazine. Read his latest here: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/10/jeremy......

Suzi talks to Matt Karp , contributing editor of Jacobin , about the significance of the 2020 election in geographic and demographic terms. Biden won both the popular vote and the electoral college in an election with historic turnout, but without the kind of landslide many expected — and higher turnouts seem to have inflated totals for both parties. The Democrats may have won back the Blue Wall,...

A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. We travel to Lumberton to plumb the dark depths of David Lynch's BLUE VELVET (1986), in which good and evil are forces that are intertwined - and not a strict dichotomy. We discuss how critics then and now have received the film's provocations, and our own relationships to Lynch's work. PLUS: red states...

Long Reads is a new, bi-weekly 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. Our guest today is Owen Miller, historian of modern Korea who teaches at SOAS in London. Read Miller's article "Uncovering The Hidden History of the Korean War" from June 2020 here: https://www.jacob...

Dan interviews Mike Davis on what the election reveals about this US political moment and the way forward for the Left. Support this podcast at www.patreon.com/TheDig Join a Dig book club! Next book is Wendy Brown's In the Ruins of Neoliberalism thedigradio.com/dig-book-club/