Long Reads: Trillion Dollar Baby w/ Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff (Part 1)
Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire last week after the record-breaking IPO of his company SpaceX. Musk presents the firm’s econ...
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Jacobin Radio: The People’s World Cup
The show’s co-producers Alan Minsky and Meleiza Figueroa fill in for Suzi with a special installment of their quadrennial podcast series, Th...
Behind the News: Why the Right Hates Theory w/ Moira Weigel
J.W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev, authors of the new book Against Money , explain that curious stuff and enumerate its problems. Moira Weigel, a...
The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 5 — Armed Conflicts, Guided Democracy
The fifth episode in a series on the history of Indonesia: a hinge in the world system where colonialism and revolution have decisively shap...
Confronting Capitalism: Who Counts as a Worker?
In the midst of Graham Platner’s high-profile senate race in Maine, several media commentators jumped on whether he would fit within his own...
The Dig: Primary Struggle w/ Troy Jackson
Featuring Maine candidate for governor Troy Jackson, Wisconsin candidate for governor Francesca Hong, New York State Senate candidate Aber K...
Long Reads: Mohammed Harbi and the Algerian Revolution w/ Muriam Davis
On January 1 this year, Mohammed Harbi died at the age of 92. Harbi was one of the leading historians of modern Algeria and the movement tha...
The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 4 — Indonesian Republic, Third World Revolution
The fourth episode in a series on the history of Indonesia: a hinge in the world system where colonialism and revolution have decisively sha...
Behind the News: The Canard of Cultural Marxism w/ A.J.A. Woods
Greg Grandin, author of a recent article for the New York Review of Books , looks at how Pope Leo was shaped by his time in Peru. A.J.A. Woo...
Confronting Capitalism: How Will Capitalism End?
Socialists have long predicted capitalism’s overthrow and replacement by a better system. But do we have any reason to believe capitalism mu...
Behind the News: The Trump-Xi Summit w/ Jake Werner
Jake Werner of the Quincy Institute analyzes the Trump–Xi summit and US–China relations generally. Gareth Gore, author of Opus , talks about...
Jacobin Radio: Red Pilled w/ David Ost
The rise of the far right is the defining political crisis of our time. But are we analyzing it correctly? Suzi speaks with David Ost about...
The Dig: Dan Denvir’s Theory of Power and Organization
This one is different: an episode cross-posted from the new podcast Fighting Fascism , where Dig host Daniel Denvir gets behind the guest mi...
Long Reads: Reform UK’s Path to Power w/ Phil Burton-Cartledge
Britain held local and regional elections earlier this month that proved to be catastrophic for the Labour government of Keir Starmer. Labou...
The Dig: Primary Struggle w/ Claire Valdez
Featuring New York U.S. House candidate Claire Valdez, Colorado U.S. House candidate Melat Kiros, Michigan U.S. House candidate William Lawr...
Jacobin Radio: The Cost of Speaking Out Against Russia’s War w/ Simon Pirani
Suzi speaks with Simon Pirani about his book Voices Against Putin’s War: Protesters’ Defiant Speeches in Russian Courts and the film Try Me...
Behind the News: The US-Israeli War on Iran w/ Laleh Khalili and Mouin Rabbani
Two views of the US–Israeli war on Iran: Laleh Khalili and Mouin Rabbani. Behind the News , hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of eco...
The Dig: Primary Struggle w/ Abdul El-Sayed
Featuring Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Tennessee US House candidate Justin Pearson, New York US House candidate Darializa...
Confronting Capitalism: Why Soviet-Style Planning Fails
Over time, the Soviet Union developed a system of centralized planning that became synonymous with socialism. How did the system work? What...
Behind the News: The New US Imperialism w/ Nikhil Pal Singh and Greg Grandin
Excerpts from an event sponsored by the NYC DSA’s Academy for Socialist Education on the domestic and foreign aspects of Trumpism, featuring...