Jacobin Radio

Long Reads: Burkina Faso’s Revolutionary Tradition w/ Bettina Engels

Burkina Faso is one of Africa’s poorest countries. But it has a powerful tradition of social movements and popular mobilization. In 2014, protesters brought down the regi

The Dig: Free Gifts w/ Alyssa Battistoni

Featuring Alyssa Battistoni on Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. Fossil-fueled capitalism has pushed our planet into a profound set of crises. How Marxis

Behind the News: The Legacy of Eugene V. Debs w/ Shawn Gude

Rodrigo Nunes, author of Anatomy of Disintegration, speaks about Bolsonaro, Brazil, and the global far right. Shawn Gude, author of American Socialist, details the life a

The Dig: Who Moves America w/ Yael Bridge, Jeremy Flood, and Erick Stoll

Featuring Yael Bridge, Jeremy Flood, and Erick Stoll on Who Moves America, a powerful documentary about the massive 2023 Teamsters strike against UPS that ultimately did

Jacobin Radio: Uprisings in France and Spain w/ Sebastian Budgen

From Madrid to Paris, tenants and teenagers are forcing their crises onto the agenda. Suzi talks to Agustín Santos Maraver, Spain’s former UN ambassador and Sumar MP, who

Confronting Capitalism: Socialists in the Capitalist State

The Left looks poised to pick up some big electoral wins in the midterm elections. But with virtually all of the Left’s victories since the first Sanders presidential pri

Behind the News: Housing for All w/ Sam Stein

Sam Stein, author of A Right to Housing?, investigates that proposition skeptically. Natasha Lennard, author of On Un/Certainty, talks about how doubt can be a mask for c

Long Reads: Telling the Truth About Biden and Gaza w/ Akbar Shahid Ahmed

After three years of slaughter in Gaza, some leading officials of the Biden administration are trying to justify their record. Figures like Antony Blinken and Brett McGur

The Dig: Confronting Labor’s Crisis w/ Chris Brooks

Featuring Chris Brooks on labor’s crisis and the strategic, militant class struggle that can turn it all around. Brooks, former chief of staff to UAW President Shawn Fain

Behind the News: The Hidden 1 Percent w/ Owen Zidar

Owen Zidar, co-author of The Everywhere Millionaire, reveals the world of the hidden rich. Plus: Jake Werner surveys the latest in US-China relations. Behind the News, h

The Dig: Muskism w/ Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian

Featuring Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian on their book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. What the world’s bizarre richest man reveals about our financially fabulist, h

Confronting Capitalism: What Makes a Marxist?

Karl Marx famously declared that he was not a Marxist. But his theoretical work spawned many branches of research, political movements, and heated debate. Can we identify

Jacobin Radio: Jewish Anti-Zionists w/ Benjamin Moser

Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser joins Suzi to discuss his new book, Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History, which recovers a century of Jewish opposition to Zionism, told th

Behind the News: The Gospel of Live, Laugh, Love w/ Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of Live Laugh Love, dives into the world of right-wing evangelical Christian women. Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worl

Long Reads: Ansar Allah’s Offensive in Yemen w/ Helen Lackner

Over the past few weeks, Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, has launched a major offensive. The offensive could have major implications for the worl

Behind the News: The Backlash to School Vouchers w/ Jennifer Berkshire

Jennifer Berkshire talks about the anti-school voucher backlash. Heather Berg, author of Notes from the Sex Worker Left, discusses what that formation brings to politics.

The Dig: Winning Providence w/ Ben Shanahan

Featuring Ben Shanahan, the architect of socialist David Morales’ victorious campaign to be the Democratic nominee for mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. The Providence l

Confronting Capitalism: Socialists and Markets

It’s all too common for people to associate the mere existence of markets with capitalism. But because we know markets had a life before capitalism, we can also imagine t

Jacobin Radio: The Machinery of ICE Detention w/ John Washington

A prisoner is held, in theory, for something they did. The people inside America’s roughly 250 immigration detention camps are held for who they are, or where they’re fro

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