The D&S Debrief

On October 15, 2025, D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed David Bacon, journalist, photographer, and frequent D&S contributor, about his cover story for our November/December issue, "Poverty and Deportees on the Streets in Tijuana." This segment aired as part of the October 23rd episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

Chris Sturr, co-editor of D&S, interviewed labor historian Shel Stromquist about his article for the September/October 2025 issue, "Mamdani's Municipal Socialist Inheritance." A shorter version of this interview aired as part of the September 25 episode (episode #22) of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

On August 22, 2025, D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Rick Wolff, author of Military Keyensianism, Then and Now, from our July/August issue. This episode of The D&S Debrief aired as part of the August 28th episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

On July 16, 2025, D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Gerald Epstein, author of Crypto: What Is It and What Is All the Fuss About?, the latest post on our new blog, Left Hook Economics (available here on the D&S website and also on Substack).

Listen to our "D&S Debrief" interview with Amanda Page-Hoongrajok on the recent history of organizing and militancy among garment workers from Vietnam, China, and Bangladesh. Click here to read Amanda's article from our May/June 2025 issue, "Worker Power Comes from Workers."

On May 14, 2025, D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Mike Prokosch, veteran Boston-area popular economics organizer, about his article from our May/June issue on "short staffing"--when employers intentionally hire too few workers as a menthod of work intensification.

D&S columnist John Miller explains how the Trump tariffs risk stagflation—inflation combined with economic stagnation, in this interview from April 10, 2025.

The Mon Valley, an area ravaged by deindustrialization just outside of Pittsburgh, has attracted thousands of new immigrants in recent years, a fact President-elect Donald Trump exploited in his successful campaign for the White House.

D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Kalena Thomhave, author of the feature in our January/February 2025 issue, Migration on the Mon, about what she found when she visited the town of Charleroi.

An interview with Nick French about his article on the 50-year evolution of the GOP. This segment was part of the November 28, 2024 episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Chris Maisano about his cover article in our Sept/Oct 2024 issue, Just Follow the Money (subtitle: "To see whose interests the two parties represent, look at who their billionaire funders are." Chris Maisano is a trade unionist and an active member of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).