Behind the News: Trump and the Courts w/ Samuel Moyn
Samuel Moyn talks about Trump and the courts. Chris Maisano, author of a recent Jacobin article about class “dealignment,” discusses class and politics. Finally, Evgenia Kovda reflects on hipster nihi...
29 Mars 202553min
Confronting Capitalism: Can the Republican Party Survive Trump?
The Republican Party has become a hegemonic force in US politics today. But how much of their dominance is predicated on Donald Trump’s personal rule? On this episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek ...
26 Mars 202529min
The Dig: New World Order w/ Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay
Featuring more analysis from Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay on the shape of global geopolitics and geoeconomics. We discuss: the fault lines of the green energy transition; the US and China battle for domi...
25 Mars 20252h 18min
Behind the News: Professional-Class Liberals w/ Lily Geismer & Brent Cebul
Brent Cebul and Lily Geismer, editors of the new collection Mastery and Drift, discuss professional-class liberalism. Plus: a brief reprise of a 2019 interview with Gabriel Winant about the PMC. Behin...
25 Mars 202553min
Long Reads: The Rise and Rule of India’s Hindu Right w/ Siddhartha Deb
Last year, Narendra Modi celebrated a decade in office as India’s prime minister. Modi was aiming for a third consecutive election victory and a parliamentary landslide that would give him a free hand...
21 Mars 20251h 10min
The Dig: Global Conjuncture w/ Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay
Featuring Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay on a global conjuncture defined by Washington’s shredding of the liberal international order’s legitimacy amid a panic over decline: the escalating Cold War with Ch...
20 Mars 20251h 51min
Behind the News: Marxist Morality w/ Vanessa Wills
Vanessa Wills, author of the book Marx’s Ethical Vision, speaks about the morality behind Marxian science. Mathis Ebbinghaus discusses the recent paper he co-wrote about the effects of the summer 2020...
17 Mars 202553min
Jacobin Radio: The Cause of Labor w/ Barry Eidlin & Eric Blanc
There are plenty of reasons to be discouraged about the world today, but the labor movement is giving us real cause for hope. Across industries and regions, workers are organizing on a scale we haven’...
14 Mars 20251h 7min
