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 (nybooks.com/online/2026/05/24/the-education-of…), looks at how Pope Leo was shaped by his time in Peru. A.J.A. Woods, author of The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy (versobooks.com/products/3239-the-cultural-marx…), explains why the right sees the Frankfurt School as the root of modern decay.

Behind the News (leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html), hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.