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A curated playlist of the best new podcasts on political economy and more. Powered by The Syllabus. (To see the articles, books, reports and videos that are also part of The Progressive, check out our site: the-syllabus.com)
Episodes
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Entrapped by E-Commerce
Podcast: Gateway to Global China Episode: Entrapped by E-Commerce Pub date: 2026-09-28 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Life before e-commerce can feel like a foreign country. For the ‘Chinamaxxing’ crowd, fresh meals and fancy gadgets delivered...
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The UnitedHealth Story: Private Insurance, Public Money and Single Payer
Podcast: Politics Done Right (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?) Episode: The UnitedHealth Story: Private Insurance, Public Money and Single Payer Pub date: 2026-09-21 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Public research helps create medicines while...
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Episode 103: Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay
Podcast: Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast (LS 29 · TOP 10% what is this?) Episode: Episode 103: Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay Pub date: 2026-09-15 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Jennifer, Çinla, and François are…
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Dani Rodrik on Rethinking Development
Podcast: IMF Podcasts (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?) Episode: Dani Rodrik on Rethinking Development Pub date: 2026-09-10 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Manufacturing and industrialization have long been the development strategy for many...
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Ha-Joon Chang on Infant Industry Protection
Podcast: IMF Podcasts (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?) Episode: Ha-Joon Chang on Infant Industry Protection Pub date: 2026-09-01 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Today's South Korean economy is a far cry from what Ha-Joon Chang was born into.…
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Mohammed: prophet, trader . . . and capitalist?
Podcast: The Story of Money (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: Mohammed: prophet, trader . . . and capitalist? Pub date: 2026-08-19 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Did you know that the Prophet Mohammed was a caravan trader? He helped...
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The Capitalist Veto: Why America Cannot Build What Its People Need
Podcast: Politics Done Right (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?) Episode: The Capitalist Veto: Why America Cannot Build What Its People Need Pub date: 2026-08-01 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Solar waits, patients suffer, and workers sit idle...
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The Hidden Government Debt
Podcast: All Things Policy (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?) Episode: The Hidden Government Debt Pub date: 2026-07-29 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Governments can make debt less visible, but they can't make it disappear. In this episode of All...
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Working in extreme heat
Podcast: etui.podcast Episode: Working in extreme heat Pub date: 2026-07-19 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth, a reality that all kinds of workplaces need to adapt to. Recent survey evidence tells…
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South Sea Bubble: the shoemaker’s son who sparked Britain’s first financial crisis
Podcast: The Story of Money (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: South Sea Bubble: the shoemaker’s son who sparked Britain’s first financial crisis Pub date: 2026-07-08 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In 1720, the South Sea Company was one...
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Apostles of Development, Episode 49
Podcast: Ceteris Never Paribus: The History of Economic Thought Podcast (LS 28 · TOP 10% what is this?) Episode: Apostles of Development, Episode 49 Pub date: 2026-06-24 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Guest: David Engerman (Yale University)…
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SD55 w/ Marek Poliks and Roberto Alonso Trillo - Exocapitalism
Podcast: Social Discipline (LS 25 · TOP 10% what is this?) Episode: SD55 w/ Marek Poliks and Roberto Alonso Trillo - Exocapitalism Pub date: 2026-06-16 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In this episode of Social Discipline, we talk to Marek…
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Transaction Denied
Podcast: Future Knowledge (LS 30 · TOP 5% what is this?) Episode: Transaction Denied Pub date: 2026-06-17 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In Transaction Denied: How Financial Institutions Silence Dissent and Undermine Democracy, author Rainey...
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The Index Fund Problemtunity
Podcast: Slate Money (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: The Index Fund Problemtunity Pub date: 2026-06-06 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization This week: Google’s parent company announced an unexpected move to raise $80 billion for their AI...
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The Rise (and Fall) of the US Dollar w/ Fadhel Kaboub
Podcast: Upstream (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this?) Episode: The Rise (and Fall) of the US Dollar w/ Fadhel Kaboub Pub date: 2026-06-02 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In this episode we're joined by Fadhel Kaboub for a conversation about the US...
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/550/ The New Dollar Imperialism ft. Costas Lapavitsas
Podcast: Bungacast (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: /550/ The New Dollar Imperialism ft. Costas Lapavitsas Pub date: 2026-05-19 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization On world money and war. Costas Lapavitsas, professor of economics at SOAS,...
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Development finance after Trump
Podcast: Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Video Episode: Development finance after Trump Pub date: 2026-05-11 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization The Trump Administration has closed the world’s largest bilateral aid programme, USAID…
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When money went rogue: banking in 19th-century frontier America
Podcast: The Story of Money (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: When money went rogue: banking in 19th-century frontier America Pub date: 2026-05-06 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In 19th-century America almost anyone could print their…
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/547/ What Are the Politics of Stagnation? ft. Dylan Riley
Podcast: Bungacast (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: /547/ What Are the Politics of Stagnation? ft. Dylan Riley Pub date: 2026-04-28 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization On political capitalism and divided workers. Sociology professor at UC...
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Taeku Lee: The Billionaire Backlash
Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast (LS 48 · TOP 1% what is this?) Episode: Taeku Lee: The Billionaire Backlash Pub date: 2026-04-08 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization How can corporate scandals—from Enron to the Facebook privacy...
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Is a democratic economy possible? Lessons from history, horizons for the future
Podcast: Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Video Episode: Is a democratic economy possible? Lessons from history, horizons for the future Pub date: 2026-03-30 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Fifty years after powerful labour…
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Prof. Jan Toporowski | Monetary Theory, Macroeconomics and Finance
Podcast: The Beverage Report Podcast Episode: Prof. Jan Toporowski | Monetary Theory, Macroeconomics and Finance Pub date: 2026-03-22 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview Prof. Jan...
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The Marxist in Residence: an interview with David Harvey
Podcast: Cosmopod (LS 43 · TOP 1% what is this?) Episode: The Marxist in Residence: an interview with David Harvey Pub date: 2026-03-27 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Ira and Rudy join renowned geographer David Harvey for a chat on his…
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Wall Street and crypto battle over the future of money
Podcast: The Story of Money (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: Wall Street and crypto battle over the future of money Pub date: 2026-03-11 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization US President Donald Trump handed crypto companies a huge win last...
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S03E59 - Cédric Durand on Ecological Planning
Podcast: Future Histories (LS 44 · TOP 1% what is this?) Episode: S03E59 - Cédric Durand on Ecological Planning Pub date: 2026-03-01 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Cédric Durand discusses ecological planning, institutional utopias, and the…
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Ep 368 - Socialism Unmade: Confronting Five Centuries of Capital with Ali Kadri
Podcast: Macro N Cheese (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?) Episode: Ep 368 - Socialism Unmade: Confronting Five Centuries of Capital with Ali Kadri Pub date: 2026-02-21 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization “...Some are dancing, some are drowning, but in...
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China’s financial system: big, powerful and still state-run
Podcast: The Sound of Economics (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?) Episode: China’s financial system: big, powerful and still state-run Pub date: 2026-02-18 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization China’s banking sector has expanded from a fragile,...
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Joseph M. Pierce on Speculative Relations: Indigenous Worlding and Repair
Podcast: Conversations in Atlantic Theory Episode: Joseph M. Pierce on Speculative Relations: Indigenous Worlding and Repair Pub date: 2026-02-10 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Dr. Joseph M. Pierce (Cherokee Nation citizen) is an Associate...
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China’s Yuan and Europe’s industry: a growing imbalance
Podcast: The Sound of Economics (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?) Episode: China’s Yuan and Europe’s industry: a growing imbalance Pub date: 2026-01-21 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In this episode of The Sound of Economics, host Yuyun Zhan is...
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Revisiting How Neoliberalism Turned the Work Ethic Against Workers (with Elizabeth Anserson)
Podcast: Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?) Episode: Revisiting How Neoliberalism Turned the Work Ethic Against Workers (with Elizabeth Anserson) Pub date: 2026-01-13 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Americans...
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The Venezuela Conundrum
Podcast: Ones and Tooze (LS 52 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: The Venezuela Conundrum Pub date: 2026-01-09 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Why is the United States inserting itself so aggressively into Venezuela’s affairs? Trump says it’s...
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Ep 360 - Care Theory of Value with Emma Holten
Podcast: Macro N Cheese (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?) Episode: Ep 360 - Care Theory of Value with Emma Holten Pub date: 2025-12-27 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Let’s face it, even “good” macro talk can fall into the trap of treating the...
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How Economists Cause Harm Even as They Aspire to Do Good (with George DeMartino)
Podcast: Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?) Episode: How Economists Cause Harm Even as They Aspire to Do Good (with George DeMartino) Pub date: 2025-12-30 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization For more than a...
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Heterodox Economists: Rosa Luxemburg
Podcast: Ones and Tooze (LS 52 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: Heterodox Economists: Rosa Luxemburg Pub date: 2025-12-18 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Adam and Cameron continue their December series on founding Soviet thinkers. This week,...
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US "r" Us or tax sovereignty?
Podcast: The Taxcast (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?) Episode: US "r" Us or tax sovereignty? Pub date: 2025-11-29 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Countries can either capitulate to President Trump's tax bullying. Or come together to fight for the...
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American Sociological Review - Fabricating Communists: The Imagined Third That Reinvented the National Fault Line in Mid-Twentieth-Century Colombia's Civil War
Podcast: Sage Sociology (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?) Episode: American Sociological Review - Fabricating Communists: The Imagined Third That Reinvented the National Fault Line in Mid-Twentieth-Century Colombia's Civil War Pub date: 2025-12-02 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411…
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Learning to Love the Stagnant Order
Podcast: Angry Planet (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: Learning to Love the Stagnant Order Pub date: 2025-11-14 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Is your Empire feeling less than fresh? Does it feel like the modern world’s best days are...
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Ep 353 - Dollars for Oligarchs, Austerity for Argentina with Daniel Kostzer
Podcast: Macro N Cheese (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?) Episode: Ep 353 - Dollars for Oligarchs, Austerity for Argentina with Daniel Kostzer Pub date: 2025-11-08 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization ** Want to take a deeper dive into this podcast?…
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Narrow economies vs broad economies
Podcast: Debunking Economics - the podcast (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?) Episode: Narrow economies vs broad economies Pub date: 2025-11-06 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Is it fair enough to totally write off Ricardo’s theory of competitive...
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New Thinking: Capitalist Value Chains w/ Benjamin Selwyn
Podcast: SPERI Presents... Episode: New Thinking: Capitalist Value Chains w/ Benjamin Selwyn Pub date: 2025-10-23 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization How important is exploitation in the organisation of global supply chains? How do they drive...
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Another World Was Possible
Podcast: The Dig (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?) Episode: Another World Was Possible Pub date: 2025-10-22 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Featuring Alexandra Wandel, Gonzalo Berrón, and Paul Adlerstein on the 1999 mass protest against the…
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From Fiscal Austerity to Monetary Abundance w/ Melinda Cooper
Podcast: The Dig (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?) Episode: From Fiscal Austerity to Monetary Abundance w/ Melinda Cooper Pub date: 2025-10-10 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and...
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New Mexico 34: Economic Development in Late Colonial New Mexico
Podcast: Distant Echoes: A History Podcast Episode: New Mexico 34: Economic Development in Late Colonial New Mexico Pub date: 2025-09-13 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Discussing the changes that would be occurring to the economy in New Mexico...
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Trade Wars, Class Wars & Globalization: Unpacking The Truth About Trade (featuring David Autor & Marc Palen)
Podcast: Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?) Episode: Trade Wars, Class Wars & Globalization: Unpacking The Truth About Trade (featuring David Autor & Marc Palen) Pub date: 2025-09-16 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and...
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Step by Radical Step: The Route to a Flourishing New Economy with Colleen Schneider
Podcast: Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% what is this?) Episode: Step by Radical Step: The Route to a Flourishing New Economy with Colleen Schneider Pub date: 2025-09-10 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Our western...
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From faultlines to frontlines: Neoliberalism vs. people-powered movements
Podcast: Transforming Society podcast Episode: From faultlines to frontlines: Neoliberalism vs. people-powered movements Pub date: 2025-09-01 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In many ways neoliberalism is an extreme ideology, much like fascism…
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Back to Basics Series: Does the Market Really Pay You What You’re Worth? (with Marshall Steinbaum and Saru Jayaraman)
Podcast: Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?) Episode: Back to Basics Series: Does the Market Really Pay You What You’re Worth? (with Marshall Steinbaum and Saru Jayaraman) Pub date: 2025-08-12 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text…
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War, Global Capitalism, and Resistance on Mother Earth
Podcast: American Indian Airwaves Episode: War, Global Capitalism, and Resistance on Mother Earth Pub date: 2025-08-11 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Today on American Indian Airwaves, tune in and hear William I. Robinson speak on his book…
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The Radical Potential of Consumer Financial Protection with Vijay Raghavan
Podcast: Money on the Left (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?) Episode: The Radical Potential of Consumer Financial Protection with Vijay Raghavan Pub date: 2025-08-01 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization We speak with Vijay Raghavan, Professor of Law…
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Back to Basics Series: Is Economics Moral? (with Heather McGhee)
Podcast: Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer (LS 60 · TOP 0.1% what is this?) Episode: Back to Basics Series: Is Economics Moral? (with Heather McGhee) Pub date: 2025-07-29 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization For decades, orthodox economics has...
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