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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug interviews Frederik deBoer, author of The Cult of Smart, on dethroning academic “excellence” as the distributor of rewards in this society. Plus, Matthew Snyder on building a community land trust in the Inland Empire of California (that CLT, CLTs in general). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A World to Win is a new podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action with guests from around the world. On this week’s show, Grace Blakeley is joined by author, academic and activist Cornel West to discuss radical politics in the United States.West, a philosopher at Harvard’s African and African-American Studies Department, gives his views on Black Lives Matter, the “neo-fascism” of Donald Trump and the need to critique the role of American empire across the world.He also discusses how the Left can fight back against these morbid symptoms, by building a socialist spirituality, a culture of resistance and broad coalitions for social change which can transform the political landscape.A reminder that you can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron.Thanks to our producer, Conor Gillies, and Tribune’s designer Kevin Zweerink for their work on this episode. This podcast is supported by the Lipman-Miliband Trust. See acast.com/privacy for

Suzi speaks to Dean of Berkeley Law Erwin Chemerinsky about Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died September 18th. RBG’s dying wish was to be replaced by a new President -- consistent with recent history and the way that President Obama’s pick to replace Antonin Scalia was blocked by Senator Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans, who famously refused to hold hearings. But those Senators have now hypocritically reversed their previous positions on whether it would be appropriate to replace Ginsburg so close to the election. Amy Coney Barrett is seen as another Scalia in her judicial outlook, and is so right wing, so far from the mainstream of American society that Chemerinsky says she should not be on the Supreme Court. We get Erwin Chemerinsky's insights and analysis about the future of the Court. Suzi then talks to sociologist Cynthia Ganote at the University of Louisville about the Breonna Taylor Grand Jury decision earlier this week: the three police officers

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 left political strategy, as well as interviews with prominent individuals on the left. This is the podcast version of the show that broadcast on September 26, 2020.The guest is Samuel Moyn. He is the Henry R. Luce professor of jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a professor of history at Yale University. His most recent book is Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World. He joins us to talk about Trump’s appointment of Amy Coney Barrett and how socialists can disempower the Supreme Court.Subscribe to Jacobin: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meagan and Micah discuss the new documentary The Social Dilemma, a not-worthless-but-still-often-maddeningly-wrong documentary on the perils of social media, with Chapo Trap House's Matt Christman. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Guest host Astra Taylor interviews tech organizer and scholar Meredith Whittaker on the political economy of the tech leviathan that's remaking capitalism, empire, and the carceral state.FYI: Whittaker mentioned this interview with Sarah T. Hamid on carceral technologies logicmag.io/care/community-defense-sarah-t-hamid-on-abolishing-carceral-technologies/Support this podcast with a contribution at Patreon.com/TheDig See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world, hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.The theory that times of strife produce great art is put to the test with Jay Roach's pandemic movie COASTAL ELITES (2020), and fails resoundingly. Bette Midler, Issa Rae, Dan Levy, and others deliver monologues excoriating the Cheeto-in-Chief while making clear that the title "Coastal Elites" is only barely ironic. PLUS: the death of RBG, the collapse of LaserQuest, and the unlikely return of Screw Magazine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Suzi talks to British journalist and writer Paul Mason, former Leader of Canada's NDP Ed Broadbent, and Progressive Democrats of America's Executive Director Alan Minsky about their perspectives on the 2020 electoral campaignBritish journalist and writer Paul Mason shares his concerns and insights from the recent election in Britain that saw the defeat of radical Labour and the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, and the victory of Boris Johnson and Brexit politics. Paul worries that the Democratic Party strategy against Trump misreads the right in some of the same ways that Corbyn did in the UK.  Ed Broadbent, former NDP Leader and Member of Parliament from 1975-1989, and he is also known as the best prime minister Canada never had. He is an expert in the theory and practice of policy-making, and he shareshis views about the US campaign from his own strategic and organizational perspective.  Alan Minsky, Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) offers his inside perspective and analysis of o

A World to Win is a new podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action with guests from around the world. On this week’s show, Grace Blakeley is joined by academic, activist and left legend Naomi Klein to discuss the US elections, the case for the Green New Deal, and whether the world is about to face another lesson in the politics of the shock doctrine.Naomi has words of encouragement but also a warning for activists – the smears that the establishment used against socialist leaders Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders are “just the smallest taste of how hard they would have fought them if they’d won.”Thanks to our producer, Conor Gillies, and Tribune’s designer Kevin Zweerink. This podcast is supported by the Lipman-Miliband Trust, but you can help the show by signing up as a patron. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 left political strategy, as well as interviews with prominent individuals on the left. This is the podcast version of the show that broadcast on September 19, 2020. The guest is Amber A'Lee Frost. Amber is a writer and co-host of the Chapo Trap House podcast. She is currently completing her first book, on the rise of social-democratic politics post-2008 financial crisis.Read her new essay at Catalyst here.Subscribe to Jacobin here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dan interviews historian Paul Renfro on his book Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State.Stranger Danger is also this month's Dig Book Club book. Read and discuss it with fellow listeners, and then on Zoom with Paul by signing up here: thedigradio.com/dig-book-club/A relevant Dig ep from the archives: Melinda Cooper on her book Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism thedigradio.com/podcast/family-values-with-melinda-cooper/Please support this podcast with a contribution at Patreon.com/TheDig See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Anticommunism" — what is it and to what ends is it used? And why is "anti-anti-communism" a better way, even for those who don't consider themselves socialists? Meagan and Micah talked about this with Kristen Ghodsee and Scott Sehon.Read Kristen and Scott's article "Anti-anti-communism" here: https://aeon.co/essays/the-merits-of-taking-an-anti-anti-communism-stanceListen to Kristen's podcast about Alexandra Kollontai, AK47, here: https://kristenghodsee.com/podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A World to Win is a new podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action with guests from around the world. This week, Grace talks to Meagan Day – staff writer at Jacobin and co-author of Bigger than Bernie: How we go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism – about the US presidential election, the economic and environmental crises currently sweeping through America and the future of the Left after Bernie.Meagan discusses her path into politics, how Bernie Sanders won her over to socialism and why she thinks class politics are still the answer for the world’s foremost capitalist state. She also explores inequality and the changing world of work in a time of Covid-19.Thanks to our producer, Conor Gillies, and Tribune‘s designer Kevin Zweerink. This podcast is supported by the Lipman-Miliband Trust, you can help the show by signing up as a patron. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Suzi talks to writer, historian, urban and environmental theorist Mike Davis, Mechoopda Tribal Citizen and traditional land steward Ali Meders Knight, and urban geographer and environmental and social justice activist Meleiza Figueroa about the megafires engulfing much of the West Coast from Southern California to the Pacific Northwest. Our imaginations can barely comprehend the speed or scale of the catastrophe we are undergoing – along with the pandemic – and the headlines spell it out. The actuality of climate change and accelerating apocalypse can be seen in the red, orange and black skies across much of California and Oregon. Our guests help us understand this new reality and how we got here.  They also point to the alternative traditions of land management that can be utilized to radically change the way we deal with these megafires. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world, hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. In the weeks after 9/11, Sir Paul McCartney gathered together his rock'n'roll friends for an all-star salute to the first responders. A behind-the-scenes look at the event, Albert Maysles' THE LOVE WE MAKE (2011) is a hair-raising depiction of what it's like to be the most famous man in the world, and a time capsule of America right after the towers fell. It's also a real-life Ricky Gervais show. PLUS: James Bond, Bill Clinton, and the state of the election. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 left political strategy, as well as interviews with prominent individuals on the left. This is the podcast version of the show that broadcast on September 12, 2020. The guest is Jane McAlevey. Jane is a union organizer and author of both No Shortcuts and A Collective Bargain.Subscribe to Jacobin magazine here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dan interviews Tithi Bhattacharya, Daniel Bessner, Simon Torracinta on the manifold crises engulfing higher ed as covid exposes and exacerbates decades of austerity and neoliberal iniquity."House of Cards: Can the American university be saved?" by Daniel Bessner thenation.com/article/society/gig-academy-meritocracy-trap-universities-crisis"Extinction Event: Given what is to come, schools of every kind are now at risk" by Simon Torracinta nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/extinction-event/"After 2020, There’s No Going Back to the Old America" by Dan Denvir in Jacobin jacobinmag.com/2020/09/joe-biden-imperialism-trump-america See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 Samuel Moyn, author of this article, on why calling Trump a “fascist” is neither accurate nor helpful. Plus: Juliet Schor, author of After the Gig, on the sharing economy and how to get beyond it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A World to Win is a new podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action with guests from around the world. In this episode, Grace speaks to Astra Taylor, Jerome Roos and James Schneider about their memories of the brilliant anthropologist and activist David Graeber, who tragically died last week.David Graeber was the author of many books, including Debt: The First 5,000 Years and Bullshit Jobs, and was also seminal in the early development of Occupy Wall Street.Here, his legacy is discussed by filmmaker Astra Taylor, academic Jerome Roos, and former Corbyn staffer James Schneider, each of whom were influenced by his life and work.A reminder that this podcast is supported by the Lipman-Miliband Trust. Remember, you can support the show by signing up as a patron. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Every Saturday starting 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 left political strategy, as well as interviews with prominent individuals on the left. This is the podcast version of the show from September 5th, with Ariella Thornhill filling in for Ana.The guest today is Matt Karp. Matt is a historian, Jacobin contributing editor, and author of This Vast Southern Empire. Matt's epic new essay from the print issue can be read here.Subscribe to Jacobin here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.