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The Dig: Destruction of the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple

Featuring Molly Crabapple on her book Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. The second in a two-part interview. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Buy Decolonizing Mone...

2026-08-15

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Long Reads: How US Media Whitewashed the Gaza Genocide w/ Adam Johnson

From the very start of the Gaza genocide, Western media outlets were happy to repeat the most outlandish claims from Israeli government officials. One of the most notorious examples was the allegation...

2026-08-14

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Jacobin Radio: Health Care Class Struggle w/ Gabriel Winant

“Men in hard hats were once the heart of America’s working class. Now it is women in scrubs,” says historian Gabriel Winant, author of The Next Shift, who joins Suzi to explain how deindustrialization...

2026-08-11

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Behind the News: The Rise of India’s “Cockroach” Movement w/ Aditya Nigam

Aditya Nigam looks at the “Cockroach” protest movement in India. Then, Gerald Epstein and Juliet Schor outline a detailed set of proposals to transform the US economy. Read their papers here: https:/...

2026-08-11

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The Dig: Making the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple

Featuring Molly Crabapple on her book Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. The first episode of a two-part interview. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig. Buy Unions of...

2026-08-06

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Confronting Capitalism: How Capitalism Undermines Democracy

Libertarian thinkers like Milton Friedman like to say that capitalism not only gave birth to democracy but also is the ideal economic system to complement democracy. But while capitalism may have crea...

2026-08-05

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The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 8 — Reform Stalls, Oligarchy Triumphs

The eighth and final episode in a series on the history of Indonesia: a hinge in the world system where colonialism and revolution have decisively shaped the trajectory of global history. This last in...

2026-08-01

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Long Reads: China’s Next Decade w/ Eli Friedman

Over the last couple of years, media coverage of China has focused on the trade war launched by the Trump administration. While Trump and his tariffs have been grabbing the headlines, there have been ...

2026-07-31

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Jacobin Radio: The World Cup’s Impact and FIFA’s Mendacity

In a jam-packed final installment of The People’s Game on Jacobin Radio, Mel and Alan speak with five distinguished guests. The feature interview is with Jules Boykoff, author of Red Card: The 2026 Wo...

2026-07-28

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Behind the News: A Vision of Democratic Socialism w/ Michaela Brangan

Michaela Brangan, co-chair of the group that wrote DSA’s new platform, speaks about the group’s vision. Hagen Blix, co-author of Why We Fear AI, examines exactly that. Behind the News, hosted by Doug...

2026-07-27

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Confronting Capitalism: Socialism and Class Traitors

We try to cover a lot of topics on this show, and that inevitably leads to many more follow-up questions. Luckily for you, on this latest episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek Chibber answers YOUR...

2026-07-22

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Behind the News: The US Tradition of Inequality w/ Kim Phillips-Fein

Kim Phillips-Fein, author of Country of Lords, traces the anti-egalitarian tradition in American politics. Aziz Rana discusses the tensions between the Declaration and the Constitution (from a 2024 in...

2026-07-21

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Long Reads: Football’s State of Emergency w/ David Goldblatt

The World Cup has entered its final week, and so far we’ve seen unprecedented levels of direct political interference in the organization of the tournament. The FIFA president Gianni Infantino gave h...

2026-07-16

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The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 7 — Suharto’s Fall

The seventh episode in a series on the history of Indonesia: a hinge in the world system where colonialism and revolution have decisively shaped the trajectory of global history. This penultimate inst...

2026-07-15

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Jacobin Radio: The Surreal Contradictions of the World Cup w/ Ron Placone

In another installment of The People’s Game on Jacobin Radio, co-hosts Alan Minsky and Meleiza Figueroa speak with eminent sports historian David Goldblatt, who lays out all the ways in which, despite...

2026-07-15

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Behind the News: The Devastating Effects of Private Equity w/ Hettie O’Brien

Hettie O’Brien, author of The Asset Class, on the private equity racket — who they are, what they do. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their co...

2026-07-14

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Confronting Capitalism: Why the French Revolution Matters

On July 14, 1789, the storming of the Bastille in Paris marked the transition of the French Revolution from an elite negotiation into a truly mass event. But what kicked off this insurgency and what d...

2026-07-08

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Jacobin Radio: World Cup Update w/ Laurent Dubois

On Jacobin Radio, the team behind the People’s Game podcast continue their unique coverage of the 2026 World Cup, analyzing the men’s football games on the field as well as the political, social and e...

2026-07-08

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Behind the News: Outlines of a Socialist Economy w/ Aaron Benanav

Aaron Benanav, author of a report for the Autonomy Institute, on what a future socialist society might look like. Amy Laura Hall, author of Erecting the Pulpit, on muscular Christianity. Behind the N...

2026-07-06

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Long Reads: Trillion Dollar Baby w/ Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff (Part 2)

In September 2025, Elon Musk spoke by video link to a fascist rally in London. Tommy Robinson, the organizer of the rally and a convicted criminal, has been trying to incite a racial war on the street...

2026-07-03

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