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Death and Life Under Capitalism w/ Sarah Jaffe
August 16, 2025

Featuring Sarah Jaffe on her book From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire. The ordinary death of a loved one under a capitalist order that routinely forbids sufficient time off to mour

Chicago’s Left Experiment
August 04, 2025

Featuring Alex Han, Asha Ransby-Sporn, and Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor on Chicago's left political experiment. In the wake of Zohran's remarkable victory in New York, organizers all over the country ar

Actual Abundance w/ Isabella Weber, Malcolm Harris, Paul Williams
July 22, 2025

Featuring Isabella Weber, Malcolm Harris, and Paul Williams on Abundance. A debate and discussion of: the book; the discourse; the underlying economic and political questions of how we make the afford

Notes on the New Regime w/ Aslı Bâli & Gabriel Winant
July 11, 2025

Featuring Asl Bli and Gabriel Winant on the emerging conjuncture: the Trump regimes fascist and authoritarian second coming; the giant vacuum created by the Democratic establishments inability to

How Zohran Won w/ NYC DSA
July 01, 2025

Featuring NYC DSA co-chairs Gustavo Gordillo and Grace Mausser on how Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic mayoral primary. NYC DSA spent years building an electoral juggernaut that has now made history

Israel’s Forever Wars w/ Mouin Rabbani
June 20, 2025

Featuring Mouin Rabbani on Israels war on Iran, possible direct US intervention, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. - Chicago: come see The Dig live! secure.actblue.com/donate/thediglive - Listen to

Student Debt w/ Ryann Liebenthal, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Mike Pierce
June 17, 2025

Featuring Ryann Liebenthal, Chenjerai Kumanyika, and Mike Pierce on Ryanns book Burdened: Student Debt and the Making of an American Crisis. Interview by guest host Astra Taylor. - We are working on

From Rebellion to Reaction w/ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Asha Ransby-Sporn
June 08, 2025

Featuring Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Asha Ransby-Sporn on 2020's summer of mass protest and rebellion sparked by the police murder of George Floyd. As Keeanga puts it: "The pressing question is how w

Menswear and the World System w/ Derek Guy
May 29, 2025

Featuring Derek Guy on the politics, history, economics, and style of Western menswear. Guest hosted by Dennis M. Hogan. - Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig - In These Times is offering 78% off pr

Hayek’s Bastards w/ Quinn Slobodian
May 19, 2025

Featuring Quinn Slobodian on his book Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right. MAGA and its far-right populist siblings around the world arent just a backlash to neolibe