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Latest Episodes

Behind the News: The Constitution v. Democracy w/ Aziz Rana
April 28, 2025

How the system crafted by the US Constitution led to Donald Trump.

Dig: Black Power, Cold War w/ Aziz Rana
April 26, 2025

On the contradictions exploded by the Vietnam War and the limits of formal civil rights.

Confronting Capitalism: The True History of the Vietnam War
April 23, 2025

Remembering the courageous struggles against an imperialist war.

Jacobin Radio: Trump’s War on Free Speech & Higher Ed w/ Alan Wald
April 22, 2025

How the US government weaponized antisemitism to quash criticism of Israel.

Behind the News: Race and Neoliberalism w/ Quinn Slobodian
April 21, 2025

On the IQ- and race-obsessed goldbugs of second generation neoliberalism.

Dig: Liberal Hegemon w/ Aziz Rana
April 20, 2025

From the xenophobic First Red Scare through the convulsions of mid-20th century.

Red Star Over Palestine: The PLO Left
April 19, 2025

A new phase of left-wing politics takes shape under the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Behind the News: Ways Out of a Global Crisis w/ Malcolm Harris
April 14, 2025

Plus: Charlie Eaton and Alina Gibadullina discuss private equity titans on elite university boards.

Dig: Settler Empire w/ Aziz Rana
April 12, 2025

How popular worship of the Constitution helped make the US capitalist order.

Confronting Capitalism: The End of NATO?
April 09, 2025

European remilitarization and its consequences.