Jacobin Radio

Jacobin Radio


Latest Episodes

Jacobin Radio: The Americans Disappeared by Pinochet w/ John Dinges
May 24, 2025

The story behind two who were killed after the 1973 coup in Chile.

Behind the News: Endless US Wars w/ Courtney Rawlings & Alex Jordan
May 22, 2025

Why the forever wars? Plus: Barry Eichengreen on the dollars fluctuating value.

Confronting Capitalism: Are We Still in Neoliberalism?
May 21, 2025

On the historic origins of neoliberalism and the prospects for deglobalization.

Jacobin Radio: Trump’s Middle East Pivot w/ Juan Cole
May 20, 2025

Is this strategic realignment, opportunism, or just more chaos?

Dig: Hayek’s Bastards w/ Quinn Slobodian
May 20, 2025

MAGA isnt a backlash to neoliberalism, but a deepening of its most extreme elements.

Red Star Over Palestine: Revolution and Counterrevolution in Lebanon
May 17, 2025

The movement turns to Lebanon and finds new hope for an Arab revolution.

Jacobin Radio: The Americanization of a Russian Émigré w/ Emil Draitser
May 15, 2025

A Soviet satirist turned American memoirist reflects on his journey.

Behind the News: Canadian Election Debrief w/ Jeet Heer
May 12, 2025

Plus: Natasha Piano on Italian elite theory.

Dig: A Conversation w/ Jean-Luc Mélenchon
May 10, 2025

How the Left confronts the far right, in France and everywhere.

Confronting Capitalism: How the Democrats Abandoned Workers
May 07, 2025

Neal Meyer explains how the Democratic Party paved the way for todays political crisis.