Podcast Episodes

Populism’s Power

Democracy is the proposition that the people should govern themselves. But who are the people, and how should they govern? Populist movements attempt to answer these questions. In response, establishment …

LA Teachers Strike with Sarah Jaffe

The teacher strike wave continues as more than 30,000 members of United Teachers Los Angeles walk picket lines not only for the higher wages that they deserve but also for …

Transcript: Astra Taylor on Democracy

Listen to Episode Daniel Denvir: Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine. My name is Daniel Denvir and I’m broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island. What is democracy? It’s …

Astra Taylor on Democracy

Show Transcript Jacobin editor Alyssa Battistoni interviews Astra Taylor on her new film What is Democracy?, in which Astra asks ordinary people and political philosophers alike just that. The answers …

Rethinking Migration with Aziz Rana

View Transcript Typically, people think about migration as immigration: people crossing international borders from one nation-state to another. And for the past half century in the United States, people have …

Family Values with Melinda Cooper

View Transcript Dan interviews Melinda Cooper about her book, Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism, which makes the case that neoliberalism and social conservatism have been consistent …

The Green New Deal with Kate Aronoff

Trump and fossil-fueled conservatives have pit working-class prosperity against environmentalism. This, of course, is incredibly dangerous. It’s also premised on a misreading of environmental politics as having nothing to do …