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Latest Episodes

The Class Politics of Suburban Racism with Matt Lassiter
September 20, 2019

The suburban class poliitcs of the racist reaction to civil rights.

Silvia Federici on Women and Capitalism
September 13, 2019

The legendary feminist scholar on Caliban and the Witch.

Black Socialism, Nationalism, Neoliberalism with Michael Dawson
September 06, 2019

Black politics from the CPUSA and Garvey to Obama and Jay-Z.

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz on Indigenous History
August 28, 2019

Guest host Astra Taylor interviews Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz about Indigenous people's history to reexamine all of history, the present, and our possible futures. - Thanks to Verso. Check out their huge selection of left-wing titles at www.versobooks.

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz on Indigenous History
August 28, 2019

Guest host Astra Taylor interviews the legendary historian.

Keywords of Capitalism with John Patrick Leary
August 22, 2019

Ordinary language is the sound of hegemony; it is also an archive of the struggles to overturn it. Language is an institution and a constantly emergent field of struggle; it is the product of power relations and it is also itself power relations.

Socialist Manifesto with Bhaskar Sunkara
August 16, 2019

The history of socialism from Marx through Bernie and beyond.

On the Clock with Emily Guendelsberger
August 10, 2019

Jobs have in recent years gotten much worse for millions of service workers at Amazon, McDonalds and call centers. Dan interviews Emily Guendelsberger on her book On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane. -

Race and Class in the Liberal Suburbs with Lily Geismer
August 02, 2019

How liberal suburbanites maintained segregation and transformed the Democratic Party.

From the archives: Aziz Rana on Two Faces of American Freedom
July 26, 2019

Dan takes a 'break' and brings back a classic.