Michael and Us: The Ministry of 1984 ½
A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. Terry Gilliam sought to update George Orwell for the 1980s with his career-defining film BRAZIL (1985), ...
11 Dec 202043min
A World to Win: Municipal Socialism w/ Owen Hatherley
This week Grace Blakeley talks to Owen Hatherley, Tribune's culture editor and author of many books, including his most recent, Red Metropolis: Socialism and the Government of London.Grace and Owen di...
9 Dec 202048min
Behind the News: Thomas Sugrue and Kristin Du Mez
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, from December 3, 2020, Doug speaks with Thomas Sugrue, auth...
9 Dec 202053min
Weekends: Trumpism After Trump w/ Corey Robin, Amazon Union Drive, and Neera Tanden
Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and political strategy...
8 Dec 20202h 5min
The Vast Majority: Looking for a Spark — with Alex Han
Longtime labor organizer Alex Han talks with Micah about the 2008 Republic Windows and Doors factory occupation in Chicago. That occupation helped catalyze labor militancy and eventually a left politi...
7 Dec 202043min
The Dig: Identity, Power, and Speech with Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Prevailing identity politics norms call on people “listen to the most affected” or “centre the most marginalized." But this often works out quite badly in practice. Philosopher Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò on his b...
5 Dec 20201h 47min
A World to Win: #EndSARS w/ Sa'eed Husaini
This week Grace Blakeley is joined by Sa’eed Husaini, socialist activist and contributor to Africa is a Country and Jacobin.Sa’eed recently completed a PhD at the University of Oxford and is now livin...
3 Dec 202044min
The Vast Majority: Workers in the 1970s Wanted Unions
Micah talks with labor historian Lane Windham about her excellent book Knocking on Labor's Door: Union Organizing in the 1970s and the Roots of a New Economic Divide.
2 Dec 202046min
