A World to Win: Inequality Matters w/ Mike Savage
This week, Grace speaks to Mike Savage, author of The Return of Inequality: Social Change and the Weight of the Past. They discuss the renewed focus on inequality in social science and politics more g...
21 Jul 202247min
The Dig: How Capitalism Works w/ Nancy Fraser
Featuring Nancy Fraser on why a total analysis of capitalism requires taking Marxism beyond a narrowly economistic view: what everyday labor exploitation requires from politics, care work, war-making,...
18 Jul 20221h 19min
Behind the News: Contradictions of Afropessimism w/ José Sanchez
Erik Baker, author of a recent article for Bias magazine, joins Doug for another look at the latest Behind the News obsession: post-leftism. Then, José Sanchez, author of a critique in Jacobin about A...
18 Jul 202253min
Long Reads: Adrienne Buller on the Rise of Asset-Manager Capitalism
Adrienne Buller joins Long Reads for a discussion about "asset-manager capitalism" and the climate crisis. Adrienne is senior research fellow at Common Wealth, a progressive think tank, and co-author ...
16 Jul 202243min
Jacobin Show: Anti-Imperialism & Socialism w/ Aziz Rana
Paul Prescod explains how the rise and fall of the black middle class was set to the fortunes of the auto sector—and why the Democratic Party keeps writing off the working class. Jen Pan covers the GO...
15 Jul 20221h 35min
Behind the News: The Abortion Struggle w/ Jenny Brown
Doug speaks with Jenny Brown of National Women’s Liberation (and author of Without Apology and Birth Strike) on the early struggle for abortion rights that led to Roe and what we can learn from it for...
14 Jul 202253min
A World to Win: The War on Tenants w/ Vicky Spratt
This week, Grace speaks to Vicky Spratt, author of the book Tenants: The People on the Frontline of Britain’s Housing Emergency. They discuss the multiple problems that tenants face in accessing and m...
13 Jul 202233min
Michael and Us: Always Be Closing
Before he was an archconservative, David Mamet wrote a great play and movie about a group of salesmen grinding in a system where morality does not exist. Our Superdelegate patron tier has voted for us...
12 Jul 202246min
