Behind the News: Ethiopia's Bloody War w/ Ann Neumann
Ann Neumann, author of a recent Harper's article, discusses the bloody war in Ethiopia. Then Doug gets two views on a proposed South American currency arrangement launched by Brazilian president Lula,...
6 Feb 202353min
The Dig: The Politics and Practice of Tenant Organizing
Featuring Shanti Singh, Tracy Rosenthal, René Moya, and Cea Weaver on the politics and practice of organizing tenants.Please donate generously to support Pioneer Tenants United zeffy.com/en-US/donatio...
5 Feb 20232h 22min
Michael and Us: Own Your Bad
A key moment in the evolution of the modern blockbuster, JURASSIC WORLD (2015) is a cynical reboot about cynical reboots. We discuss what this enormously popular movie says about the world that spawne...
2 Feb 202359min
Behind the News: The Grassroots of Abortion Rights w/ Felicia Kornbluh
Doug is joined by Josh White, author of Goodbye United Kingdom, to discuss that country’s trajectory of decline. Then Felicia Kornbluh, author of A Woman’s Life Is a Human Life, talks about the fight ...
1 Feb 202353min
The Dig: Freedom Dreams w/ Robin D.G. Kelley
Featuring Robin D.G. Kelley on Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig and get our weekly newsletter by email Peruse our newsletters and vast archives at...
27 Jan 20232h 26min
Long Reads: Kristin Surak on Japan's Lost Generation
During the 1980s, Japan seemed like it might overtake the US to become the world’s largest economy. But since a property bubble burst in the early 90s, Japan has become a by-word for economic stagnati...
26 Jan 20231h 10min
Behind the News: Afghanistan Update w/ Matthieu Aikins
Doug speaks with Matthieu Aikins, author and investigative reporter, about the situation in Afghanistan with the US gone and the Taliban in control. Later, Christina Dunbar-Hester, author of Oil Beach...
24 Jan 202353min
Michael and Us: Mondo Argumento
A misanthropic catalog of shocking images from around the world, the bizarre, unpleasant, baldly racist, and extremely influential MONDO CANE (1962) was a pioneering "shockumentary." We revisit this s...
23 Jan 202340min
