Jacobin Radio

Behind the News: The Terrors (and Promise) of AI w/ Garrison Lovely

Garrison Lovely, author of Obsolete, discusses the terrors and possible promise of artificial intelligence. Dave Zirin looks back on the life and work of Howard Zinn, the

Long Reads: The Class Politics of Central Banking w/ Martijn Konings

The US Federal Reserve appointed a new chair earlier this year. Kevin Warsh replaced Jerome Powell, who had been under constant fire from the Trump administration. For ma

The Dig: Mailbag! w/ Ben Mabie

Featuring Daniel Denvir and Ben Mabie answering questions posed by you, our listeners. Submit a question for our next mailbag: speakpipe.com/ListenerMailbag Support The

Behind the News: Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Grab w/ Alejandro Velasco

Alejandro Velasco looks at Trump’s oil grab in Venezuela. Alex Vitale imagines a post-carceral future. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of econ

Confronting Capitalism: Labor Needs Socialists and Socialists Need Labor

Unions have more public support than just about anything else in the US, and yet, their membership has cratered. This poses an immense challenge to left-wing politicians,

Jacobin Radio: Is a Recession Imminent? w/ Michael Roberts

Producer and guest host Mel Figueroa speaks with economist Michael Roberts about the teetering house of cards that is the US and global economy, and how it is all connect

The Dig: Insuring Catastrophe w/ David Wallace-Wells

Featuring David Wallace-Wells, Madison Condon, and Moira Birss on how insurance companies profit off climate catastrophe — and, in doing so, ensure that people and the pl

Behind the News: The Political Economy of Slavery w/ David McNally

David McNally, author of Slavery and Capitalism, discusses the political economy of the institution. Plus: Billy Fleming, author of Building Postcarbon Futures, explains

Jacobin Radio: Rethinking Natural Disaster w/ Mike Davis

Mike Davis died in 2022, but his work is more urgent than ever. As record temperatures, fires, floods, El Niño, and megadroughts threaten the planet, we hear his prescien

Behind the News: Israel’s Assault on Southern Lebanon w/ Aurélie Daher

Aurélie Daher, author of a piece for Responsible Statecraft, looks at the destruction Israel is visiting upon southern Lebanon. Annie McClanahan, author of Beneath the Wa

Confronting Capitalism: The Return of Industrial Policy

Advanced capitalist countries have recently rediscovered the role of industrial policy to build out key economic sectors like semiconductors and AI. But what happens if b

Behind the News: Capital’s Chatbots w/ Jodi Dean

Jodi Dean, who has a new Substack on the issue, surveys how AI has been terrible. Anatol Lieven, author of a new article for New Left Review’s Sidecar blog, looks at the

The Dig: Destruction of the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple

Featuring Molly Crabapple on her book Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. The second in a two-part interview. Support The Dig at Patreon.com

Long Reads: How US Media Whitewashed the Gaza Genocide w/ Adam Johnson

From the very start of the Gaza genocide, Western media outlets were happy to repeat the most outlandish claims from Israeli government officials. One of the most notorio

Jacobin Radio: Health Care Class Struggle w/ Gabriel Winant

“Men in hard hats were once the heart of America’s working class. Now it is women in scrubs,” says historian Gabriel Winant, author of The Next Shift, who joins Suzi to e

Behind the News: The Rise of India’s “Cockroach” Movement w/ Aditya Nigam

Aditya Nigam looks at the “Cockroach” protest movement in India. Then, Gerald Epstein and Juliet Schor outline a detailed set of proposals to transform the US economy. R

The Dig: Making the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple

Featuring Molly Crabapple on her book Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. The first episode of a two-part interview. Support The Dig at Patr

Confronting Capitalism: How Capitalism Undermines Democracy

Libertarian thinkers like Milton Friedman like to say that capitalism not only gave birth to democracy but also is the ideal economic system to complement democracy. But 

The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 8 — Reform Stalls, Oligarchy Triumphs

The eighth and final episode in a series on the history of Indonesia: a hinge in the world system where colonialism and revolution have decisively shaped the trajectory o

Long Reads: China’s Next Decade w/ Eli Friedman

Over the last couple of years, media coverage of China has focused on the trade war launched by the Trump administration. While Trump and his tariffs have been grabbing t