Behind the News: Indian Capitalism w/ Jairus Banaji
Anatol Lieven discusses the slim prospects for peace in Ukraine and growing bellicosity towards China. Jairus Banaji, author of an article for Phenomenal World, talks about the politicized structure o...
21 Feb 202353min
The Dig: Higher Ed Industrial Unionism w/ Donna Murch and Todd Wolfson
Featuring Donna Murch and Todd Wolfson on Rutgers University workers' industrial unionism strategy. The second in a two-part series on the crisis in American higher education.Check out Dan's interview...
17 Feb 20231h 19min
Michael and Us: Fully Automated Luxury Centrism
The amateur documentary MY YANG GANG DIARY (2021) gives us opportunity to look back on the presidential candidacy of Andrew Yang. We discuss how the "not left, not right, but forward" candidate offere...
16 Feb 202342min
Jacobin Radio: Dealignment? w/ Robert Brenner & Dylan Riley
Suzi talks to Robert Brenner and Dylan Riley about their “Seven Theses on American Politics” in New Left Review, an analysis of the 2022 midterm election results. The expected "red wave" was, in their...
15 Feb 20231h 1min
Behind the News: Chatbot Hype Versus Reality w/ Dwayne Monroe
Software engineer Dwayne Monroe exposes the reality behind the hype around ChatGPT (and the sinister implications of AI). Then Doug interviews political economist Alfredo Saad-Filho on Brazil’s politi...
13 Feb 202353min
The Dig: Higher Ed Crisis w/ Dennis Hogan
Featuring Dennis Hogan on the crisis in higher education. The first in a two-part series. Next up: Donna Murch and Todd Wolfson on how university workers can fight back through industrial unionism.Rea...
10 Feb 20232h 6min
Michael and Us: Heaven on Earth
Terrence Malick perfected his now-signature style with his rapturously beautiful second film, DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978). We discuss the film's depiction of hardscrabble American life in the early 20th cen...
9 Feb 202353min
Long Reads: Kevin Anderson on the Anti-Colonial Marx
Critics of Karl Marx claim that he was incapable of recognizing forms of oppression that aren't linked to a narrow understanding of class. Kevin Anderson challenged that view in his book, Marx at the ...
8 Feb 202343min
