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...
28 Jul 1h 37min
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 ...
27 Jul 53min
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 ...
22 Jul 32min
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...
20 Jul 53min
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 hi...
15 Jul 29min
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...
15 Jul 2h 10min
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...
14 Jul 53min
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 com...
13 Jul 53min
