Behind the News: Red Sea Crisis w/ Shireen Al-Adeimi
Shireen Al-Adeimi of Michigan State and the Quincy Institute discusses the Houthis. Political scientist Aurélie Daher gives another view of Hezbollah.Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers th...
26 Tammi 202453min
The Dig: Yemen and the Houthis w/ Helen Lackner
Featuring Helen Lackner on the Houthis, the politics of their attacks on Red Sea shipping, and the long history of Yemen from British colonial Aden through the current civil war. Read Helen's articl...
24 Tammi 20242h 4min
Organize the Unorganized: Sit Down!
On the third episode of Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO, we examine the first major victories of the CIO in rubber, auto, and steel. The story begins at the Goodyear complex in Akron, Oh...
23 Tammi 202443min
Behind the News: Hezbollah in Context w/ Joseph Daher
Wanda Bertram of the Prison Policy Initiative discusses ankle bracelets and electronic monitoring. Joseph Daher, author of Hezbollah: The Political Economy of the Party of God, delves into that demoni...
19 Tammi 202453min
Organize the Unorganized: Powerful Personalities
On the second episode of Organized the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO, we discuss the institutional formation of the CIO and meet some of the organization’s key personalities. We learn about figures...
16 Tammi 202437min
Behind the News: Argentina's New President w/ Jacqueline Behrend
Political scientist Jacqueline Behrend examines Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei. Then Benjamin Fong, author of Quick Fixes, talks about Americans’ love-hate relationship with drugs.Behind the ...
15 Tammi 202453min
The Dig: Very Important People w/ Ashley Mears
Featuring Ashley Mears on her book Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit. Mears, a sociologist and former fashion model, explores the super-elite "models and bottles" pa...
13 Tammi 20241h 37min
Michael and Us: Meet Me in Helsinki
Your coworkers are spying on you. Your boss won't let you keep the expired food. The coffeeshop is charging you an arm and a leg to rent a laptop. In Aki Kaurismäki's funny and wonderful FALLEN LEAVES...
11 Tammi 202447min
