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Suzi talks to Matt Karp, contributing editor of Jacobin, about the significance of the 2020 election in geographic and demographic terms. Biden won both the popular vote and the electoral college in an election with historic turnout, but without the kind of landslide many expected — and higher turnouts seem to have inflated totals for both parties. The Democrats may have won back the Blue Wall, taking Arizona, Georgia and Nevada from the Republicans, but Trump also secured a record vote, and the Democrats did badly in down ticket races. We get Matt's insights on the Democratic Party’s election strategy and results — as well as what they portend for the Left of the Party.  Suzi then talks to Mike Davis to get his analysis of the election results, looking in particular at South Texas, as well as the exurbs. In South Texas a blue wave along the Rio Grande from El Paso to Brownsville was taken for granted, but failed to materialize, and the Republicans out-organized the Democrats. Mike helps us understand why Latinos voted for Trump, despite his horrific immigration policies — and we get Mike’s take on why the Democratic Party’s strategy — that allowed a bifurcation of Trump’s handling of the pandemic and the economy — was such a disaster.

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Suzi talks to Matt Karp (https://history.princeton.edu/people/matthew-karp), contributing editor of Jacobin (https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/08/bernie-sanders-five-year-war), about the significance of the 2020 election in geographic and demographic terms. Biden won both the popular vote and the electoral college in an election with historic turnout, but without the kind of landslide many expected — and higher turnouts seem to have inflated totals for both parties. The Democrats may have won back the Blue Wall, taking Arizona, Georgia and Nevada from the Republicans, but Trump also secured a record vote, and the Democrats did badly in down ticket races. We get Matt's insights on the Democratic Party’s election strategy and results — as well as what they portend for the Left of the Party.  Suzi then talks to Mike Davis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Davis_(scholar)) to get his analysis of the election results, looking in particular at South Texas, as well as the exurbs. In South Texas a blue wave along the Rio Grande from El Paso to Brownsville was taken for granted, but failed to materialize, and the Republicans out-organized the Democrats. Mike helps us understand why Latinos voted for Trump, despite his horrific immigration policies — and we get Mike’s take on why the Democratic Party’s strategy — that allowed a bifurcation of Trump’s handling of the pandemic and the economy — was such a disaster.

A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. We travel to Lumberton to plumb the dark depths of David Lynch's BLUE VELVET (1986), in which good and evil are forces that are intertwined - and not a strict dichotomy. We discuss how critics then and now have received the film's provocations, and our own relationships to Lynch's work. PLUS: red states vs blue states, Joe Biden's cabinet, and Tim Allen's discovery of Marxism.

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A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. We travel to Lumberton to plumb the dark depths of David Lynch's BLUE VELVET (1986), in which good and evil are forces that are intertwined - and not a strict dichotomy. We discuss how critics then and now have received the film's provocations, and our own relationships to Lynch's work. PLUS: red states vs blue states, Joe Biden's cabinet, and Tim Allen's discovery of Marxism.

Long Reads is a new, bi-weekly 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.

Our guest today is Owen Miller, historian of modern Korea who teaches at SOAS in London.

Read Miller's article "Uncovering The Hidden History of the Korean War" from June 2020 here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/06/korean-war-seventieth-anniversary-north-korea-south (https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/06/korean-war-seventieth-anniversary-north-korea-south)

Produced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge (https://knxwledge.bandcamp.com/).

Dan interviews Mike Davis on what the election reveals about this US political moment and the way forward for the Left.

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Producer Sarah Hurd steps up to mic to cohost this episode with Chicago city councilor and Democratic Socialists of America member Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, talking about Joe Biden's win, the role of economic misery in votes for Donald Trump and our desperate need for real relief measures, and how the Left should approach a Biden White House.Read Micah's column on why Democrats attacking socialists for their poor election performance is absurd: https://novaramedia.com/2020/11/10/democrats-must-stop-attacking-socialism-their-days-are-numbered-without-it/Read Micah's interview with Carlos when he was kicked off a gubernatorial ticket for supporting Palestine: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/09/carlos-rosa-chicago-bds-democratic-party

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Producer Sarah Hurd steps up to mic to cohost this episode with Chicago city councilor and Democratic Socialists of America member Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, talking about Joe Biden's win, the role of economic misery in votes for Donald Trump and our desperate need for real relief measures, and how the Left should approach a Biden White House.

Read Micah's column on why Democrats attacking socialists for their poor election performance is absurd: https://novaramedia.com/2020/11/10/democrats-must-stop-attacking-socialism-their-days-are-numbered-without-it/

Read Micah's interview with Carlos when he was kicked off a gubernatorial ticket for supporting Palestine: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/09/carlos-rosa-chicago-bds-democratic-party