The Dig: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on the Life of Howard Zinn
Historian Howard Zinn remains a model for left-wing intellectuals who want to not only convey ideas to a public beyond academia but also take action to transform the world that it is their profession ...
3 Nov 201836min
The Dig: Madawi al-Rasheed on Saudi Royal Brutality
The brutality of the Saudi royal family had been hiding in plain sight. It was an open secret convenient to the political, media and business elites for whom the Kingdom means big business and an inva...
31 Okt 20181h 19min
The Dig: The Color of Economic Anxiety
Recently, Dan spoke to Nikhil Pal Singh about the unfortunate and never-ending debate over whether it was economics or racism that got Trump elected. This is a sequel to that discussion: because what ...
28 Okt 201848min
The Dig: Rossana Rodríguez-Sanchez, a Socialist for Chicago
Jacobin Managing Editor Micah Uetricht pulls Dave-Davies-duty for Dan and interviews Rossana Rodríguez-Sanchez, a DSA member running for alderwoman in Chicago. Rodríguez-Sanchez moved to Chicago from ...
26 Okt 201853min
The Dig: Economics Discounting Climate Catastrophe. REPOSTED.
CORRECT EPISODE NOW POSTED. Today's episode is on the alarming new report out from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and how it is that William Nordhaus — an economist whos...
24 Okt 201832min
Jacobin Radio: On Two Upcoming Elections
A look at two forthcoming elections: the November midterms in California, and the second round of Brazil’s general election on Oct 28. Gustavo Arrellano of Orange County, author of Ask a Mexican and T...
23 Okt 201845min
Behind the News: German Politics; Why the Supreme Court Sucks
Leandros Fischer on German politics, with an emphasis on refugees. Then, Samuel Moyn, author of a recent Boston Review article, on why the Supreme Court sucks and what can be done about it.
23 Okt 201851min
The Dig: Explaining Brazil's Crisis with Alfredo Saad-Filho
Brazil is headed toward fascism by way of Jair Bolsonaro, a sexist, homophobic, and violent militarist clown nostalgic for a murderous dictatorship. How did this happen? Alfredo Saad-Filho, a professo...
19 Okt 20181h 9min
