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June 13, 2021 Behind the News: The Peruvian Election
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. In this episode, Doug speaks with Matt Kierkegaard, coordinator of the Progressive International’s delegation to observe the Peruvian election, on the apparent very narrow victory of the socialist, Pedro Castillo. Then Doug interviews Ross Barkan, author of The Prince, on the dark, evil Andrew Cuomo.
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54 min
June 11, 2021 Michael and Us: The Dirty Trickster
The archetype of the shadowy, Machiavellian political strategist is potent in the popular imagination, and no strategist has leaned into this potency harder than Roger Stone. We look back at one of Trumpworld's wackier characters by watching the Netflix documentary GET ME ROGER STONE (2017) and discuss how he is both a more and less significant figure than he seems. PLUS: Roger Stone's fashion blog!
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44 min
June 11, 2021 Jacobin Show: How Nonprofits Preserve Inequality w/ Ben Fong & Melissa Naschek
Every Wednesday at 6 PM ET, The Jacobin Show offers socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first century, the failures of liberalism, and the prospects of rebuilding a left labor movement in the US. This is the podcast version of the show from June 9, 2021, with producer Cale Brooks filling in as co-host while Ariella and Paul are out.
Benjamin Fong and Melissa Naschek join us to discuss their latest Catalyst article on the boom of the nonprofit sector, the increasing dominance of college-educated professionals on the left, and how NGOs represent an understudied form of money in politics.
Read their article in Catalyst: https://catalyst-journal.com/2021/05/ngoism-the-politics-of-the-third-sector
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1 hr 27 min
June 10, 2021 Primer: Episode 1, Enter the Ama-Zone
Primer is a new podcast about Amazon. I'm Alex Press, a staff writer at Jacobin, and I'll be hosting the show. Consider Primer an entry point for understanding a company that is increasingly reshaping, mediating, and controlling our lives and the planet. On this introductory episode, I'm joined by Dania Rajendra, director of Athena, and Alessandro Delfanti, who has a forthcoming book on Amazon warehouse work. The three of us try to answer a pressing question: what exactly is Amazon?
You can listen to Primer via Jacobin Radio on Apple, Spotify, or anywhere else you listen to podcasts. If you want to support the show (and pressure me to spend more time on it), you can subscribe at patreon.com/primerpodcast. If you subscribe, you'll receive research notes, occasional video content, and access to the Primer Discord. To keep up with the latest updates, follow us on Twitter @primerpod. Thanks for listening!

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1 hr 9 min
June 09, 2021 A World to Win: The Capitalocene w/ Jason W. Moore
This week, Grace speaks with Jason W. Moore, environmental historian and professor of sociology at Binghamton University, about capitalism and climate breakdown. They discuss his brilliant books, Capitalism in the Web of Life and Capitalocene or Anthropocene?, and ask what Marx can teach us about the multiple, overlapping ecological crises our planet is currently facing.
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40 min
June 07, 2021 Weekends: Anti-Populism and the Wuhan Lab-Leak Hypothesis w/ Thomas Frank
Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and political strategy. This is the podcast version of the show from June 5, 2021, with Jen Pan filling in for Nando.
Thomas Frank joins us to talk about the "lab-leak" theory, why it's appealing to a large number of people, media coverage, and its political and social implications. We also cover the homelessness crisis sweeping the country and how the Left needs to respond to mass deprivation.
Read Thomas Frank's latest: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/01/wuhan-coronavirus-lab-leak-covid-virus-origins-china
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2 hr 11 min
June 07, 2021 Dig: Climate Politics with Kate Aronoff
Journalist Kate Aronoff discusses climate policy and politics and her book Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet—And How We Fight Back.
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1 hr 40 min
June 05, 2021 Long Reads: Adam Mayer and Baba Aye on Nigerian Politics from Independence to #EndSARS
Long Reads is a Jacobin podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by Features Editor Daniel Finn.
On this episode, Dan is joined by Adam Mayer, author of Naija Marxisms: Revolutionary Thought in Nigeria, as well as Baba Aye, Nigerian activist who works for the international trade union Public Services International.
Read Adam's piece "How Nigeria's Left Helped Shape the Country's History" here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/06/nigeria-socialism-marxist-history
Produced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.

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1 hr 5 min
June 04, 2021 Jacobin Show: Can the US Become a Social Democracy? w/ Bhaskar Sunkara
Every Wednesday at 6 PM ET, The Jacobin Show offers socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first century, the failures of liberalism, and the prospects of rebuilding a left labor movement in the US. This is the podcast version of the show from June 2, 2021, with Jen Pan hosting and Nando Villa filling in as a guest host.
Jacobin editor Bhaskar Sunkara joins us to discuss the promise and the limitations of social democracy in the twenty-first century, particularly after the Bernie Sanders moment. What, exactly, is social democracy (and how does it differ from democratic socialism)? Where and how has social democracy worked around the world? And can it work in the Untied States?
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1 hr 32 min
June 02, 2021 Michael and Us: Hope and Despair
Paul Schrader's FIRST REFORMED (2017) looks at a world that might be beyond saving, and asks: "How can we go on living?" We discuss how this great film about religion, capitalism, and the environment is a rare Movie Of The Moment that actually is one. PLUS: the legacy of Canada's residential schools.
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42 min

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