Justin Leroy on the Lowest Freedom, Racial Capitalism, and Abolition Democracy
The very dregs. Of the very lowest kind. This is how radical abolitionist David Walker described the freedom accorded Black people in the 19th century. In this month's episode, Justin Leroy explores t...
13 Touko 45min
Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff on Muskism
For those in the Global North, the twentieth century was the Fordist century—an era of mass production and mass consumption. But as Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff argue in their new book, there's ano...
1 Huhti 53min
Jessica Levy on the Strange Career of Black Empowerment
Today, we welcome Jessica Levy, co-host of Who Makes Cents, onto the program—not as an interviewer, but as a guest. She's here to talk about her remarkable new book, Black Power, Inc: Corporate Americ...
4 Maalis 42min
Sean Vanatta Joins for a Banking Mega-Pod
To many, banking remains largely invisible—a hidden circulatory system that allocates capital and credit throughout the economy. If it's worth paying any attention to at all, it's only in moments of c...
2 Helmi 48min
Sven Beckert on a Global History of Capitalism
Popular histories tend to locate capitalism's origins in Europe, only later moving outward to other parts of the globe. Not so says historian Sven Beckert. Capitalism, he argues, was born global, forg...
4 Tammi 39min
Mike Glass on the Surprisingly Precarious Postwar Suburbs
Few historical tableaus are more iconic than the midcentury suburbs of Long Island. I can see it now: rows of identical houses, subsidized by federal spending, inhabited by white middle-class heterono...
9 Joulu 202542min
Rudi Batzell on Racialized Working-Class Politics in the U.S. and British Empires
This month's episode offers a fresh perspective on an old debate. Jettisoning outdated modes of analysis that emphasize race vs. class, guest Rudi Batzell illuminates the materialist underpinnings of ...
5 Marras 202549min
