Jacobin Radio

Every Wednesday at 6 PM ET, Jen Pan, Ariella Thornhill, and Paul Prescod host a new episode of The Jacobin Show, offering socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first century, the failures of liberalism, and the prospects of rebuilding a left labor movement in the US. This is the episode from March 24, 2021. Jen and Paul are out, with David Griscom filling in as co-host. From “The Internationale” to “Fortunate Son” to “Kill the Poor,” music has been a part of left protest movements for more than a century. Bitter Lake frontman and This is Revolution host Jason Myles joins (R&B singer) Ariella Thornhill and (country musician) David Griscom to discuss the past and present of music and socialism. Subscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod... Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag

Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug speaks withSochie Nnaemeka, director of the New York Working Families Party, on the awfulness of Andrew Cuomo. Then, an interview with Susie Bright, the original sexpert, on what the pandemic is doing to our libidos.

Astra Taylor interviews Achal Prabhala on emerging global vaccine apartheid: from the neoliberal turn handing the pharmaceutical industry global patents to today's government-funded vaccines put under private pharma control.Groups fighting global vaccine apartheidPublic Citizen: citizen.org/topic/safe-affordable-drugs-devices/global-access-to-medicinesMSF: msfaccess.orgPrep4All: prep4all.orgPeople's Vaccine Alliance: peoplesvaccine.orgRecent work by Prabhalanytimes.com/2020/12/07/opinion/covid-vaccines-patents.htmlnytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/covid-vaccines-china-russia.htmltheguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/15/peoples-vaccine-coronavirus-covid-wtoSupport this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDigJoin the Dig Book Club at thedigradio.com/dig-book-club

Long Reads looks in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by Features Editor Daniel Finn.The guest for this episode is Talat Ahmed. Talat is a historian who teaches at the University of Edinburgh and the author of Mohandas Gandhi: Experiments in Civil Disobedience.Read Talat's essay, "Gandhi Led a Mass Movement for India’s Freedom — But He Also Constricted It," here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/01/gandhi-civil-disobedience-independence-indiaProduced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.

In 2020, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced one of his biggest scandals yet when a charitable organization to which his family had longstanding (and lucrative) ties was given a plum contract to build a high-profile volunteer program for Canadian youth. The ensuing conflict of interest scandal brought down WE Charity (formerly Free the Children), the brainchild of Canuck philanthropy wunderkinds Craig & Mark Kielburger. We watched THE PRICE WE PAID (2021), fine new investigative documentary by the CBC's The Fifth Estate series, which broke down the WE Scandal and the shady practices of the disgraced charity. We discuss how WE Charity is a perfect symbol for the deep rot in the soul of corporate philanthropy. PLUS: the Alberta government's war with Netflix; Celebrity Apprentice memories; and an introduction to the world's best/worst Oscar blogger.Watch "The Price WE Paid" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC_wos7MwHo&ab_channel=TheFifthEstate"Jason Kenney’s Energy War Room Launches Campaign to Stop Netflix Children’s Cartoon About ‘Bigfoot’" by PressProgress - https://pressprogress.ca/jason-kenneys-energy-war-room-launches-campaign-to-stop-netflix-childrens-cartoon-about-bigfoot/Jeffrey Wells's "Hollywood Elsewhere" blog - https://hollywood-elsewhere.com/

This week, as the anniversary of the declaration of a pandemic by the WHO approaches, Grace talks to Dr. Eugene Richardson, Assistant Professor of Global Health at Harvard and author of Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health. Eugene previously worked in Sierra Leone and the DRC supporting the response to the Ebola outbreak.They discuss the ways in which an unequal, unsustainable capitalist world system reproduces massive economic, political, and health inequalities, and what we can do about it.Remember that you can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron.Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

Matt Karp, Princeton historian and Jacobin contributing editor discusses President Biden’s stimulus package, the American Rescue Plan that was passed by the Senate and is touted by many as a paradigm change. Matt says an injection of much needed cash isn’t the same thing as empowering workers or creating a constituency for change, and we’ll get him to explain.Emil Draitser joins us to talk about his new book, In the Jaws of the Crocodile: A Soviet Memoir. Emil recounts how he became a journalist in the Soviet Union and why the detour into satire was not just the only, but also the best path. We also talk about the new Oscar nominated Andrei Konchalovsky film “Dear Comrades!” about an important strike and massacre in Novocherkassk in southern Russia in 1962. Everything about that strike and the response from the authorities gives us insight into the nature of the Soviet Union.

Micah spoke to Gustavus Stadler about his new book Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life.

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. This is the podcast version of the show from March 13, 2021. Daniel Bessner joins us to discuss whether or not the Biden administration's policy is shaping up to be more of a continuation of Trump's or Obama's. We also cover the recent news of Lula da Silva's annulled conviction. Read Bessner's review here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/02/do... Join the Verso book club: https://www.versobooks.com/bookclub Subscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod... Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey

Why we need the PRO Act with Jimmy Williams, General Vice President of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.Read Alex Press's interview with political scientist Michael Goldfield on the Amazon organizing drive in Bessemer jacobinmag.com/2021/02/amazon-unionize-alabama-operation-dixie-organizing-southSubscribe to Jonah Furman's newsletter whogetsthebird.substack.comSupport this podcast on Patreon.com/TheDigJoin The Dig Book Club and discuss The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy with Paolo Gerbaudo thedigradio.com/dig-book-club. Same to zoom with Astra Taylor and Erick Stoll on their doc You Are Not a Loan.

Dan interviews Jacobin's Alex Press and organizer Jonah Furman on the state of the labor movement.Read Alex Press's interview with political scientist Michael Goldfield on the Amazon organizing drive in Bessemer jacobinmag.com/2021/02/amazon-unionize-alabama-operation-dixie-organizing-southSubscribe to Jonah Furman's newsletter whogetsthebird.substack.comSupport this podcast on Patreon.com/TheDigJoin The Dig Book Club and discuss The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy with Paolo Gerbaudo thedigradio.com/dig-book-club. Same to zoom with Astra Taylor and Erick Stoll on their doc You Are Not a Loan.

America is divided, capitalism is to blame, and the only solution is... more capitalism. That's the thesis of STARS AND STRIFE (2020), another centrist documentary from the last election in which the architects of oligarchy and globalization, and big money in politics call for... an end to those things. Niall Ferguson, Rahm Emanuel, Amy Chua, Alan Greenspan, and Francis Fukuyama are just a few of the titans who deliver wildly contradictory prescriptions to America's ills in this truly dreadful documentary. We're joined by New Republic staff writer Alex Shephard to discuss. PLUS: the ongoing grift of David Brooks."David Brooks and the Endless Grift of the Conservative Commentariat" by Alex Shephard - https://newrepublic.com/article/161621/david-brooks-endless-grift-conservative-commentariat

Every Wednesday at 6 PM ET, Jen Pan, Ariella Thornhill, and Paul Prescod host a new episode of The Jacobin Show, offering socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first century, the failures of liberalism, and the prospects of rebuilding a left labor movement in the US. This is an audio version of the broadcast from March 3, 2021. Touré Reed, author of Toward Freedom: The Case Against Race Reductionism, joins the show to discuss why elites have doubled down on identity and explains how we can combat race essentialism by understanding politics through a public-good framework. Subscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod... Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag

This week, we have a special International Women’s Day episode of A World to Win, in which Grace talks to Kristen Ghodsee, Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and author of many books, including Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism and Other Arguments for Economic Independence. The interview was recorded on International Women's Day.Kristen skilfully deconstructs liberal, corporate, and NGO feminism, and helps us to think about how the feminist movement is about supporting everyone to build stronger, happier, healthier relationships and rediscover our unalienated humanity in the process. You can read Ghodsee’s article mentioned in the interview here.You can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron. Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

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. This is the podcast version of the show from March 6, 2021.Journalist Ross Barkan joins us to discuss the ongoing multiple scandals surrounding New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. We also hear from IUPAT's General Vice President Jim Williams who's been spearheading the campaign to pass the PRO Act, how the right-wing mobilizes the politics of personal responsibility, and how climate change gets made out to be a culture war issue. Join the Verso book club: https://www.versobooks.com/bookclubSubscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod...Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey

Long Reads looks in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with Jacobin’s longform writers. Hosted by Features Editor Daniel Finn.Our guest today is Jim Wolfreys. Jim teaches French politics at King's College in London. Jim is author of Republic of Islamophobia: The Rise of Respectable Racism in France.Read Jim's piece "How France's Vichy Regime Became Hitler's Willing Collaborators" here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/07/vichy-france-holocaust-nazi-hitler-world-war-iiSee also his review of Jean-Marie Le Pen's memoir at https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/02/le-pen-memoir-review-national-front and other articles here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/author/jim-wolfreysProduced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.

We're taking a week off to play catch up and posting an early Dig episode from the archives that people keep returning to time and again: Barbara and Karen Fields on their book Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life (episode 75 from December 13, 2017). Peruse The Dig's vast archives at thedigradio.com and we'll be back with a new ep next week.Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDigJoin The Dig Book Club and discuss The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy with Paolo Gerbaudo thedigradio.com/dig-book-club. Same to zoom with Astra Taylor and Erick Stoll on their doc You Are Not a Loan.

Every Wednesday at 6 PM ET, Jen Pan, Ariella Thornhill, and Paul Prescod host a new episode of The Jacobin Show, offering socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first century, the failures of liberalism, and the prospects of rebuilding a left labor movement in the US. This is an audio version of the broadcast from March 3, 2021. Karen Nussbaum, the founding director of Working America and a founder of the organization 9to5: National Association of Working Women, joins the show to discuss organizing women clerical workers in the 1970s, how her group inspired the hit Dolly Parton movie 9 to 5, and which sectors are prime for unionization today. Subscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod... Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag

We finally watch one of our most requested movies: the political parable ELECTION (1999), which presents a vision of American politics circa 1999 as represented by three student candidates and one faculty power-broken in a high school election. PLUS: Neera Tanden, the Golden Globes, and what happens to culture when the zeitgeist is taken away?Subscribe to our Patreon for exclusive episodes: https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus

Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug speaks with Mike Lofgren on the cultural devolution of the right (article here). Plus, an interview with Gustavo Gordillo and Brandon Tizol of DSA’s public power campaign on socializing electricity.

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. This is the podcast version of the show from February 27, 2021. Nicole Aschoff, an editor at Jacobin and the author of “The Smartphone Society” and “The New Prophets of Capital,” joins the show to discuss Biden's foreign policy and the recent airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias in Syria. We also get into what the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act is and why it's important for the labor movement and how the Andrew Cuomo COVID coverup is emblematic of the broader turn in global politics toward cults of elite figures. Read Nicole's latest: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/the-bi...​ Join the Verso book club: https://www.versobooks.com/bookclub Subscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod... Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey

The interviewer becomes the interviewee this week, as Micah Uetricht talks with Jacobin staff writers Meagan Day and Alex Press about his recent piece in the Nation, "Amid the Wildfires: Mike Davis's Forecast for the Left." Read the piece here: https://www.thenation.<wbr />com/article/culture/mike-<wbr />davis-old-gods-set-night/

We plunge once again into the filmography of Alexandra Pelosi, who in addition to being Nancy's daughter is a prolific maker of not-very-good political documentaries. In RIGHT AMERICA, FEELING WRONGED (2009), she follows the John McCain campaign in its final, desperate weeks, interviewing dozens of ill-mannered Republicans who feel left out of the Obama wave. The result is her bleakest and angriest film - though still not exactly what one might call "good." PLUS: Pete Buttigieg's memoir, revisionist celebrity documentaries, and is there a Republican Party exodus? Tune into the first Michael and Us livestream. On Friday, February 27 at 6pm, Michael and Us Nation will watch 1995's BATMAN FOREVER together, as a family. Details at www.patreon.com/michaelandus

Dan interviews Sarah Jaffe on her book Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion To Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone.Support this podcast on Patreon.com/TheDigJoin The Dig Book Club and discuss The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy with Paolo Gerbaudo thedigradio.com/dig-book-club

This week, Grace talks to Sarah Jaffe, journalist and author of Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone.They discuss Joe Biden’s first weeks as president, the impact of Covid-19 and climate breakdown in the US, and how the world of work is changing for the worse as a result of the pandemic – as well as how we might resist it.Remember that you can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron.Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

Every Wednesday at 6 PM ET, Jen Pan, Ariella Thornhill, and Paul Prescod host a new episode of The Jacobin Show, offering socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first century, the failures of liberalism, and the prospects of rebuilding a left labor movement in the US. This is the audio version of the broadcast on February 24, 2021. Matt Bruenig, founder and president of People's Policy Project, joins the show to talk about building a functioning welfare state, the Family Fun Pack, and what's wrong with how we think about the racial wealth gap today. Subscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod... Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag

Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug speaks with Forrest Hylton on Bolsonaro's Brazil: disease, chaos, and creeping military dictatorship. Plus: Luis Feliz Leon on organizing Amazon workers in Alabama (Gainesville article here; Bessemer, here).

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. This is the podcast version of the show from February 20, 2021.In this episode, Ana Kasparian, Nando Vila, and Cale Brooks discuss the calls for a new "9/11-style commission" to investigate the Capitol riots, the free-market energy failure in Texas, and Governor Andrew Cuomo's COVID coverup in New York nursing homes. The original guest, Liz Bruenig, had to reschedule.Join the Verso book club: https://www.versobooks.com/bookclubSubscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod...Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey

Long Reads is a Jacobin podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by Features Editor Daniel Finn.The guest for this episode is Peter Hudis. Peter teaches philosophy at Oakton Community College and is the author of Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades.Read his essay, "The Revolutionary Humanism of Frantz Fanon" here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/12/humanism-frantz-fanon-philosophy-revolutionary-algeriaProduced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.

A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.Just when we thought we'd found the bottom of the barrel, we scrape a little bit further. From executive producers Van Jones and Meghan McCain, THE REUNITED STATES (2021) seeks to open a new chapter in the American story by highlighting people trying to bridge the left and right. But does a political "movement" that believes in nothing more than "listening to each other" actually do anything to address the issues allegedly dividing us? (Hint: no).

Every Wednesday at 6 PM ET, Jen Pan, Ariella Thornhill, and Paul Prescod host a new episode of The Jacobin Show, offering socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first century, the failures of liberalism, and the prospects of rebuilding a left labor movement in the US. This is the audio version of the broadcast on February 17, 2021. Richard Hooker, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 623, discusses how he became involved in rank and file union organizing in the labor movement, how unions help break down racial tensions, and the challenges that he and other UPS workers have faced during the pandemic. We also cover the Texas power outage and workplace surveillance. Subscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod... Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag

Dan interviews Sam Adler-Bell and Matt Sitman on the history and post-Trump trajectory of conservative intelligentsia.Listen to Know Your Enemy, their really great podcast on the American Right, wherever you get your podcasts. Sign up on Patreon for bonus episodes: patreon.com/knowyourenemyRecommended reading and listening:"What’s left of liberalism? Why the left and right both seem to agree that liberalism has failed us." By Sam Adler-Bell"Know Your Enemy #13: What Happened to Norman? with David Klion""I Thought I Understood the American Right. Trump Proved Me Wrong." By Rick Perlstein"The dark history of Donald Trump's rightwing revolt." By Timothy Shenk"The Year the Clock Broke." By John Ganz"Anti-'68ers and the Racist-Libertarian Alliance: How a Schism among Austrian School Neoliberals Helped Spawn the Alt Right." By Quinn Slobodian"Leaving Conservatism Behind: How I renounced the God-and-guns conservatism of my blue-collar roots and embraced class politics." By Matt SitmanJoin the Dig Book Club and zoom with Astra Taylor and Erick Stoll at thedigradio.com/dig-book-club. Watch their doc You Are Not a Loan here.Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig

Bad things happen when workers don't have a party of their own, as workers in the United States do not. How do we solve the problem of being stuck with the Democrats? To answer this question, Eric Blanc studied the history of the early British Labour Party — and found a wide range of lessons for American socialists today. You can read Eric's article here:https://jacobinmag.com/<wbr />2021/02/labour-party-uk-<wbr />lessons-socialistsJacobin's new issue "Biden Our Time" is out now. Subscribe: https://jacobinmag.com/<wbr />subscribe

In this week’s episode, Grace talks to Moses Khisa, Assistant Professor at the School of Public and International Affairs at North Carolina State University and a research associate with the Centre for Basic Research in Kampala.They discuss the recent elections in Uganda, in which President Yoweri Museveni won his sixth term against populist challenger and former popstar Bobi Wine, and place them in the context of Uganda’s long slide towards authoritarianism and the failed neoliberal reforms of the 1990s.Remember that you can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron.Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

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. This is the podcast version of the show from February 13, 2021.Vijay Prashad joins us to discuss the latest on the massive Indian farmer strikes and how socialists can build international solidarity. Join the Verso book club: https://www.versobooks.com/bookclubSubscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod...Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey

Former Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis died this week at the age of 67. In remembrance of one of the most important left labor leaders in recent history, we hosted a remembrance of her for the Jacobin YouTube channel.

Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug speaks with Noreena Hertz, author of The Lonely Century, on what loneliness is doing to our minds, bodies, and societies. Rossana Rodríguez, Chicago city council member, puts in a word in favor of mutual aid.

Every Wednesday at 6 PM ET, Jen Pan, Ariella Thornhill, and Paul Prescod host a new episode of The Jacobin Show, offering socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first century, the failures of liberalism, and the prospects of rebuilding a left labor movement in the US. This is the audio version of the show from February 10, 2021. Ariella and Paul are out, with David Griscom filling in as co-host. In this episode, sociologist Jennifer Silva explains how rising economic inequality and the decline of social institutions has devastated rural America and led the rural working class to disengage from politics. Jen Pan and guest host David Griscom discuss liberals' misguided contempt for "red state" America. Jennifer Silva is an assistant professor at Indiana University and the author of the books Coming Up Short: Working-Class Adulthood in an Age of Uncertainty and We're Still Here: Pain and Politics in the Heart of America. Subscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod... Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jacobinmag

For decades the most visible socialist in Britain, the late Labour Party MP Tony Benn is the rare instance of a left-wing politician who became even more radical as his political career progressed. The 1990 documentary TONY BENN: AGAINST THE TIDE, 1973-6 looks back at four years where radical change seemed possible and Benn was at the height of his power within Labour. We discuss his thwarted political vision, and how his politics remained consistent through the dark winters of Thatcher and Blair. PLUS: American media under Biden, and the death of Larry Flynt. Watch the documentary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h9qv1HQ4…el=ModernLonelyTV "Tony Benn Spent His Life Fighting for Democracy and Socialism" by Leo Panitch and Colin Leys - www.jacobinmag.com/2020/04/tony-be…rty-uk-new-left

In this episode, Grace talks to Ellen Clifford, author of The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe (ZED Books, 2020), who is on the steering committee of Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC).They discuss successive UK governments’ breaches of the human rights of disabled people, how the Left can be made a more inclusive space for disabled activists, and how the pandemic has affected the lives of disabled people after a decade of austerity.Remember that you can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron.Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

Dan interviews Jeanne Morefield on her book Empires Without Imperialism: Anglo-American Decline and the Politics of Deflection and how the disavowed wars have come home on the American Right.Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDigJoin the Dig Book Club at thedigradio.com/dig-book-clubCheck out our vast archives at thedigradio.com

In the latest episode of The Jacobin Sports Show, Matthew and Jonah talk with Lyndsey D'Arcangelo about the Big Game that was anything but, Sarah Thomas and the NFL's efforts to promote hiring more women, WNBA free agency, and Lyndsey's new book about the overlooked but meaningful history of the National Women's Football League.Lyndsey D'Arcangelo (@darcangel21) writes for The Athletic, covering the NFL and the National Women's Hockey League, and founded the Courtside newsletter, which covers the WNBA. She is also the co-author with Britni de la Cretaz of the book Hail Mary, about the rise and fall of the Natonal Women's Football League, available in November 2021.Follow the Jacobin Sports Show on Twitter: @JacobinSportsEmail us: [email protected]

In this episode, Suzi talks to Meredith Whittaker, who worked at Google for a decade and now directs NYU's Artificial Intelligence Institute, where she focuses on the social implications of artificial intelligence and the tech industry responsible for it. Her recent Nation article, co-authored with Nantina Vgontzas, puts forward a militant progressive vision for tech, insisting that the left must vie for control over the algorithms, data and infrastructure that shape our lives. This is all the more urgent in light of the January 6 assault on the Capitol. We get Meredith’s explanation of the way platform business models like Facebook and YouTube drive right-wing conspiracy theories and right-wing organizing. She also looks at the way big tech exploits its workers, something we explored recently with Veena Dubal looking at the implication of the passage of Prop 22. We are fortunate to have Meredith help us understand the challenges as well as suggest the way to wrest control from big tech.Suzi then talks to Moscow writer, podcaster and political activist Ilya Budraitskis, about the massive anti-government protests that have rocked cities and towns across Russia following the arrest, detention, and now imprisonment of prominent opposition figure Alexei Navalny -- who returned to Russia on January 17 after narrowly surviving being poisoned from exposure to military-grade Novichok on August 20. The protestors were met with vicious police brutality, and 10,000 were arrested. Ilya Budraitskis stands with the protestors -- and we get his views of the movement itself, his analysis of the Putin regime, and a closer look at what Navalny represents.

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. This is the podcast version of the show from February 6, 2021, with Paul Prescod filling in for Nando.Historian Eric Foner discusses how Civil War history and the events of Reconstruction can help us understand our present political moment. Paul Prescod explains why "black capitalism" will never lead to racial equality, and Ana Kasparian offers ideas for fixing our broken media. Eric Foner is professor of history at Columbia University and the author of Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877.Join the Verso book club: https://www.versobooks.com/bookclubSubscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod...Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey

Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug speaks withKatya Kazbek, who looks behind all the shiny stories about Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. Then, Marianela D'Aprile offers a socialist critique of mutual aid (older article here).

Long Reads is a Jacobin podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by Features Editor Daniel Finn.The guest today is Gavin Walker. Gavin history at McGill University in Canada and is the author of The Sublime Perversion of Capital: Marxist Theory and the Politics of History in Modern Japan. He is also the editor The Red Years, a new collection of essays on the legacy of 1968 in Japan.Read Gavin's essay "The Political Afterlives of Yukio Mishima, Japan’s Most Controversial Intellectual And Global Icon Of The Far Right" here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/11/yukio-mishima-far-right-anniversary-deathProduced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.

We're continuing a limited run of the new Jacobin Sports Show. If you'd like to keep listening, please subscribe! You can find links to Apple, Spotify, and other podcast apps here: https://anchor.fm/jacobinsports/In the latest episode, Matthew and Jonah discuss their Super Bowl feelings and differ over whether MLB Hall of Fame voters should discriminate against suspected drug cheats. They are joined by Avantika Goswami (@aygoswami) to discuss all things English Premier League: Liverpool's struggles, Manchester City's rampaging form, Manchester United's title prospects, Chelsea's coaching change, West Ham United, Leeds and the Super League proposal.Avantika Goswami covers Liverpool for SB Nation at The Liverpool Offside.Follow the Jacobin Sports Show on Twitter: @JacobinSportsEmail us: [email protected]

A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.The story of two men competing for the world Donkey Kong championship becomes a metaphor for so much in society, from celebrity culture to institutional power. We revisit THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS (2007) and celebrate two universal archetypes: Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell. PLUS: fiery hot takes on the Golden Globes, the Democrats' impending midterm strategy, and the lingering discourse on the Bernie mittens meme."PIXEL BURN - A King, Konquered: The Fall of Billy Mitchell" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNLqrOqUtEM

Dan interviews sociologist Paolo Gerbaudo on his book The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy. How does the promise of direct digital democracy obscure how leaders are made more powerful and less accountable? Examples from Italy (Five Star Movement) and Spain (Podemos). How does the failure to incorporate people into rooted forms of political organization undermine the left's power, coherence, and durability? Example from the USA (the funhouse mirror-appeal of a certain YouTube comedian).Related episodes from The Dig archives:Hegemony How-To with Jonathan Matthew Smucker thedigradio.com/podcast/hegemony-how-to-with-jonathan-matthew-smuckerHow Left Parties Neoliberalized with Stephanie Mudge thedigradio.com/podcast/how-left-parties-neoliberalized-with-stephanie-mudgeSupport this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDigJoin a Dig Book Club at thedigradio.com/dig-book-club

This week, Grace talks to Ben Smoke, one of the members of the Stansted 15: a group of activists who stopped a mass deportation flight from taking off from Stansted airport in 2017, before being tried under law designed to prosecute terrorists. They discuss the details of the protest and the trial, the government's barbaric approach to migration policy, and why successive Tory governments seem so adept at breaking international human rights law. For the full episode, support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/<wbr />aworldtowinpod Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bencsmoke