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Behind the News: How Cops Rose Above the Law w/ Stuart Schrader
Stuart Schrader, author of Blue Power (https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stuart-schrader/blue-power/9781541608030/), explains how the political heft of cops allows them to get away with murder. Angela Jones, author of Sex in Public (
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 economic take off as the necessary means to a wider end for humanity, to become a multi-planetary specie
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, The People’s Game (https://www.thepeoplesgame.org/), which covers the world's most popular spectacle
Behind the News: Why the Right Hates Theory w/ Moira Weigel
J.W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev, authors of the new book Against Money (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo265118979.html), explain that curious stuff and enumerate its problems. Moira Weigel, author of a recent article (htt
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 shaped the trajectory of global history. This installment traces the armed conflicts—civil wars and then
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 definition of the working class. Do we know how to pick out workers from other classes? And what be
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 Kawas, and victorious Tempe, Arizona City Council candidate Bobby Nichols. The third episode in a ser
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 that led it towards independence. Harbi began writing about the Algerian revolution after taking part i
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 shaped the trajectory of global history. This installment picks up with the Indonesian Revolution secur
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 (https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/05/24/the-education-of-pope-leo-xiv/), looks at how Pope Leo was shaped by his time in Peru. A.J.A. Woods, author of The Cultural
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 must come to an end? On the latest episode of Confronting Capitalism, Melissa Naschek and Vivek Chibbe
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 https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opus/Gareth-Gore/9781668016152, talks about Opus Dei, a secretive, cult-like Ca
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 his book Red Pill Politics: Demystifying the Far Right from Fascism to Right-Wing Populism. David ar
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 mic to discuss his political work beyond the pod. Speaking at length for the first time about his own o
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. Labour fell behind the right-wing party Reform UK, which is led by Nigel Farage. Ten years after the Brex
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 Lawrence, Massachusetts state Senate candidate Erika Uyterhoeven, New York State Assembly candidate Conr
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 (https://resistancebooks.org/product/voices-against-putins-war/) and the film Try Me For Treason (https://www.trymefortr
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 (https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html), hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions,
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 Avila Chevalier, Oregon state House candidate Tammy Carpenter, Providence mayoral candidate David Mo
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 did it get right? And why did it ultimately become so associated with shortages and stagnation? On t
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 historians Nikhil Pal Singh and Greg Grandin, moderated by DSA’s Gaya Sriskanthan. Behind the News
The Dig: Organizing Zohran’s NYC w/ Alina Shen and Fahd Ahmed
Featuring Alina Shen and Fahd Ahmed on organizing working-class Asian New Yorkers into Zohran Mamdani’s campaign and then building power under a democratic socialist mayor. A discussion with two of New York’s most talented community leaders
Behind the News: Yuppies w/ Dylan Gottlieb
Dylan Gottlieb, author of the new book Yuppies (https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674248977), explores how that often risible but pioneering social formation took over NYC. Ervand Abrahamian looks at the politics of Iran, a country unde
Jacobin Radio: Iran in the Imperial Crosshairs
This week Jacobin Radio presents “In the Imperial Crosshairs: Trump's War and Its Consequences for the People of Iran and Ukraine,” a panel organized by Haymarket Books that took place on April 16. Moderated by Denys Bondar, the panel featu
Confronting Capitalism: How Socialism Could Work
Throughout the 20th century, socialism came to be associated with both central planning and shortages. But could democratic ownership of the economy work alongside market competition? On the latest episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek C
The Dig: Rogue Elephant w/ Paul Heideman
Featuring Paul Heideman on how the Republican Party became so spectacularly unhinged. How the disorganization of the party and the disorganization of the US capitalist class have combined to intensify the accelerating insanity of US politic
Behind the News: Elon’s World w/ Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff
Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff, authors of Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/muskism-quinn-slobodianben-tarnoff), on Elon’s world and what he wants to do to ours. Behind the News (https://www.leftbu
Long Reads: Decoding the French Left w/ Sebastian Budgen (Part 2)
This is the second part of a two-part interview with Sebastian Budgen, senior editor at Verso, about French politics and the state of the French left. In our previous episode, we spoke about developments since the elections two years ago wh
Jacobin Radio: Organizing Outside the Tenure Track
Suzi speaks with Kate Levin, Janis Yue, and Sanjay Madhav, lead organizers of United Faculty-UAW, about their unionization drive at the University of Southern California (USC), one that would create the largest bargaining unit of non-tenure
The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 3 — Japanese Occupation, Indonesian Revolution
The third episode in a series on the history of Indonesia: a hinge in the world system where colonialism and revolution have decisively shaped the trajectory of global history. This installment picks up with the 1942 Japanese conquest of th
