A Correction Podcast

In this episode Lev speaks with Professor Gabriel Hetland about the economic situation in Venezuela. We discuss President Maduro's recent reelection, the Chavez legacy, and what the New York Times gets wrong in its coverage of the country.  Professor Hetland's work on Venezuela and Latin American politics has been published in Qualitative Sociology and Latin American Perspectives, The Nation, Jacobin, In These Times, Nacla and teleSUR. 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A note: From time to time we will be covering current events in addition to our regular podcasts on the economy. This podcast is primarily designed for educators and we believe that current events are an important part of any class. We hope that by interviewing experts we might gain insight about political and economic events that are happening in the world right now. We also hope that these interviews can provide some clarity when preparing lessons. Please let us know how we are doing! Thank you. 

Please consider making a donation. Thank you!

Find us on Instagram

In this episode we are joined by Güney Işıkara of The New School to discuss the upcoming Turkish elections and the general economic situation in Turkey. Lev and Professor Işıkara talk about the aspirations and limitations of the Erdoğan regime, the depreciation of the Turkish lira, and the process of fascization in Turkey. 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A note: From time to time we will be covering current events in addition to our regular podcasts on the economy. This podcast is primarily designed for educators and we believe that current events are an important part of any class. We hope that by interviewing experts we might gain insight about political and economic events that are happening in the world right now. We also hope that these interviews can provide some clarity when preparing lessons. Please let us know how we are doing! Thank you. 

Please consider making a donation. Thank you!

Find us on Instagram

In this episode we talk with Brazilian activist Tamires Gomes Sampaio about the political and economic crisis gripping Brazil. Tamires Gomes Sampaio is a lawyer and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and a Master’s Degree in Political and Economic Law from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. She was the first black woman to be appointed president of the Law Students Union of Mackenzie. She is the former vice president of the National Union of Students of Brazil (2015-2017), and she advocates for the inclusion of black young people in higher education. She is currently the director of the Lula Institute. 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A note: From time to time we will be covering current events in addition to our regular podcasts on the economy. This podcast is primarily designed for educators and we believe that current events are an important part of any class. We hope that by interviewing experts we might gain insight about political and economic events that are happening in the world right now. We also hope that these interviews can provide some clarity when preparing lessons. Please let us know how we are doing! Thank you. 

Find us on Instagram

In this episode Lev speaks with Greg Shupak about the recent events in Gaza. They discuss the goals of the demonstrators and the Israeli government, the economics of Gaza, and what it means to manufacture consent. Professor Shupak teaches Media Studies at the University of Guelph in Toronto. He writes regularly for a variety of outlets including In These Times, Jacobin, Literary Review of Canada, Middle East Eye, and TeleSUR.  He is also the author of a new book, The Wrong Story:  Palestine, Israel, and the Media, which you can order from the website of OR Books.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A note: From time to time we will be covering current events in addition to our regular podcasts on the economy. This podcast is primarily designed for educators and we believe that current events are an important part of any class. We hope that by interviewing experts we might gain insight about political and economic events that are happening in the world right now. We also hope that these interviews can provide some clarity when preparing lessons. Please let us know how we are doing! Thank you. 

Read Shupak's latest article on Gaza in Jacobin here.  

Find us on Instagram

The 2008 Crisis Lives On: In this episode Lev talks about the roots and legacies of the Occupy Movement with feminist scholar Heather McKee Hurwitz of Barnard's Athena Center. Professor Hurwitz is working on a book about the movement entitled, The 51%: Gender Conflict and Feminist Mobilization in the Occupy Wall Street Movement. She teaches courses on Global Activism, Gender and Organizations, and Women and Leadership. 

The 2008 Crisis Lives On: In this episode Jon and Lev talk about the relationship between the 2008 crisis and Occupy Wall Street. They discuss the Arab Spring, the alter-globalization movements, Black Lives Matter, the Bernie Sanders campaign, anarchism, the Situationist International, and getting arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge. 

In light of the incredible events unfolding this week in Brazil, including the arrest of former President Lula, we reached out to Daniela Mussi to help us get a better understanding of the situation. Dr. Mussi is a post-doctorate researcher at the University of Sao Paulo, the editor of October Magazine, and a contributor to Jacobin. 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A note: From time to time we will be covering current events in addition to our regular podcasts on the economy. This podcast is primarily designed for educators and we believe that current events are an important part of any class. We hope that by interviewing experts we might gain insight about political and economic events that are happening in the world right now. We also hope that these interviews can provide some clarity when preparing lessons. Please let us know how we are doing! Thank you. 

Photo credit: Francisco Proner Ramos

Instagram: @acorrection

Facebook: /CorrectionA

The 2008 Crisis Lives On:This week Jon and Lev sit down with Jesse Eisinger, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives. They discuss James Comey, the impact of "too big to fail, too big to jail," and how he might go about putting more top-level white-collar criminals behind bars. 

The 2008 Crisis Lives On: In this episode Jon talks with Lawrence Lessig, professor of law at Harvard, who ran as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 2016. They discuss the idea that the U..S electoral system is rigged by virtually unlimited private funding and what it would take to unrig it.

IG: acorrection

Make a donation

The 2008 Crisis Lives On:The 2008 financial crisis reshaped the economic and political landscape of the U.S. in profound ways. One result of the crisis was the emergence of the Tea Party, and in this episode Jon and Lev try to define what it was, and how it redefined the Republican party and, indeed, the republic. 

"They were savage and bitter, especially the middle-aged and old...Their boredom becomes more and more terrible. They realize they've been tricked and burn with resentment...Nothing can ever be violent enough to make taut their slack minds and bodies."- The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West (1939)

IG: acorrection

Make a donation