Jacobin Radio

Suzi talks to historian-activist Simon Pirani about the political and economic motives for the Kremlin's war, as well as the ominous signs of Russia's conduct seen in previous conflicts in Chechnya, S...

14 Mar 202256min

Doug speaks with Alexander Zaitchik, author of Owning the Sun, on how the pharmaceutical industry became such a high-priced racket. Plus: Zongyuan Zoe Liu, co-author of a recent article in Foreign Aff...

14 Mar 202253min

Lea Ypi joins Long Reads for a discussion about Albanian history. Lea is a professor of political theory at the London School of Economics and the author of several books. Her most recent work is Free...

12 Mar 202254min

Krystal Ball joins The Jacobin Show for a discussion about the alienation and de-politicization affecting the working class, and how to break out of it. They also cover the role of independent media, ...

11 Mar 202253min

Sophie Pinkham and Nick Mulder on the war, its origins, how it’s being experienced by Ukrainians, Russians, Europeans, and Americans—and also its geopolitical and global economic ramifications, partic...

10 Mar 20221h 34min

This week Grace talks to Susanne Soederberg, Professor of Political Economy in Global Development Studies at Queen’s University, Canada, about her book Urban Displacements: Governing Surplus and Survi...

10 Mar 202247min

Some Batman movies have been called fascist, but THE BATMAN (2022) breaks new ground for the franchise by being lib. We wouldn't be a left-wing culture podcast if we didn't occasionally pick a new Bat...

8 Mar 202237min

Suzi talks to Dutch Marxist anthropologist Don Kalb, editor of Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, about the state of Putin’s war against Ukraine and the crucial historical, politic...

7 Mar 202254min