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Latest Episodes

Catholic Anticommunism with Giuliana Chamedes
February 21, 2020

The Catholic Church was a powerful force throughout the first half of the 20th century. It was a force for right-wing reaction. That’s what Dan discusses today with Giuliana Chamedes, the author of the remarkable book A Twentieth-Century Crusade: The V...

Right-Wing Racism with Daniel Martinez HoSang & Joe Lowndes
February 14, 2020

Racism on the right wing is changing in weird and important ways, and liberal anti-racism offers no viable solution. Dan interviews Daniel Martinez HoSang and Joe Lowndes, authors of Producers, Parasites, Patriots: Race and the New Right-Wing Politics ...

Hong Kong with Au Loong Yu
February 07, 2020

The protests have subsided but coronavirus has only created a deeper crisis for government legitimacy. Dan interviews long-time Hong Kong activist and writer Au Loong Yu. - Please support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig

This Life with Martin Hägglund
January 31, 2020

Dan interviews philosopher Martin Hägglund on how the way we conceive of our finite lives here on earth shapes our critique of capitalism and construction of socialism. - Please support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig

Daniel Denvir interviewed by Astra Taylor
January 23, 2020

Daniel Denvir shamelessly interviewed on his own podcast by Astra Taylor about All-American Nativism. - Upcoming events: - 1/24 All-American Nativism Brooklyn book launch with Aziz Rana facebook.com/events/606979320053356/

America’s Long War with Nikhil Pal Singh
January 17, 2020

The wars at home and abroad have always been connected. Dan interviews Nikhil Pal Singh on US attacks on Iran and the politics, history, and culture of American warmaking. - Upcoming events: - 1/24 All-American Nativism Brooklyn book launch with Azi...

Planet to Win with Thea Riofrancos and Daniel Aldana Cohen
January 09, 2020

Confronting the intertwined ecological, social, economic, and political crises. Dan interviews Thea Riofrancos and Daniel Aldana Cohen, co-authors with Kate Aronoff and Alyssa Battistoni of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal. -

Down-Ballot Fights with Jessica Cisneros, Stephen Smith, and Heidi Sloan
December 28, 2019

We need Bernie but a lot more too. Dan does three interviews with down-ballot left insurgent candidates: Jessica Cisneros, a Justice Democrat running against incumbent conservative Democrat Henry Cuellar in Texas’s 28th congressional district; Stephen ...

Single-Payer Now! with Tim Faust
December 20, 2019

Why we need single-payer healthcare, why Medicare for All is suddenly at the center of debate, and why this is all part of a broader struggle for health justice. Dan interviews Tim Faust. - Thanks to Verso.

Capitalism with Michael Hardt
December 13, 2019

An interview on how the transformation of capitalism has changed the possibilities for anti-capitalist struggle with Michael Hardt, co-author with Antonio Negri of Assembly. - Read Dan's essay on the 20th anniversary of the WTO protests in Seattle jac...