Midwest Socialist

Sean Duffy and Sarah Hurd lead a roundtable discussion about 2017 with members of the Chicago DSA leadership, looking back at a year of massive growth and organizing in fallout of the 2016 election and the Trump administration.

Akele Parnell talks to Northwestern University law professor Sheila Bedi about prison abolition, and leads a roundtable discussion with Page May, founder of Assata's Daughters, and Jason Lydon, founder of Black and Pink.

Philip Dinolfo interviews Professor William Nickell about the centennial of the October Revolution, and Chicago DSA members read revolutionary texts at the Hideout.

Nicoletta Rousseva interviews Prof. Christina Kiaer about Soviet revolutionary art at the Smart Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago, then walks through the Art Institute with Erik Wenzel.

Tim Faust riles up a crowd, Kaitlyn Grissom interviews a VA doctor, and Sean Duffy talks about pharmaceutical commercials.

Today's episode features a roundtable of activists for single-payer health care, and a piece on the history of socialized medicine from Philip Dinolfo.

Tom Broderick, a good man and the longtime host of Talkin' Socialism, died on November 25, 2017. The Chicago DSA will continue Tom's show with a new team of podcasters. Today's episode is a tribute to Tom, recorded in his home on December 3, 2017. New episodes will be published every Monday.