Jacobin Radio

Doug interviews Anatol Lieven on the horror in Ukraine and diminishing chances for peace. Anne Rumberger, author of a recent article for Salvage about the evangelical anti-abortion movement, discusses...

4 Okt 202253min

The new documentary series UNPRECEDENTED (2022) seeks to offer an unfiltered look at the Trump family in the weeks before the 2020 election and the January 6 riot. We discuss how its thickets of edito...

3 Okt 202250min

Featuring Daisy Pitkin on her book On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women's Epic Fight to Build a Union, a memoir that powerfully captures the drama of an organizing drive—and so muc...

2 Okt 20221h 50min

Alex Gourevitch joins us to discuss his recent Catalyst essay that assesses the possibilities and limits of a post-work socialist society. We're also joined by Jonas Pontusson to unpack the strong ele...

30 Sep 20221h 45min

This week, Grace speaks to Ben Tarnoff, author of Internet for the People. They talk about the origins of the web, how it was enclosed and privatized, and ways we might work together to build a differ...

29 Sep 202242min

A memorial to Barbara Ehrenreich, who died at 81 on September 1, featuring three Behind the News interviews with her from 2004, 2005, and 2009.Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the world...

27 Sep 202252min

Libertarian magicians Penn & Teller turn their gaze to the art world in TIM'S VERMEER (2013), a documentary that attempts to prove that, with just the right set of tools and a lot of money, one wealth...

26 Sep 202251min

Featuring Laura Weinrib on The Taming of Free Speech: America’s Civil Liberties Compromise. Did you know that the ACLU was founded as a radical labor organization allied with the IWW? Weinrib traces t...

25 Sep 20222h 15min