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Behind the News: The Legacy of Eugene V. Debs w/ Shawn Gude

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The Dig: Who Moves America w/ Yael Bridge, Jeremy Flood, and Erick Stoll

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Jacobin Radio: Uprisings in France and Spain w/ Sebastian Budgen

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Confronting Capitalism: Socialists in the Capitalist State

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Behind the News: Housing for All w/ Sam Stein

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Long Reads: Telling the Truth About Biden and Gaza w/ Akbar Shahid Ahmed

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The Dig: Confronting Labor’s Crisis w/ Chris Brooks

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Behind the News: The Hidden 1 Percent w/ Owen Zidar

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The Dig: Muskism w/ Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian

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Confronting Capitalism: What Makes a Marxist?

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Jacobin Radio: Jewish Anti-Zionists w/ Benjamin Moser

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Behind the News: The Gospel of Live, Laugh, Love w/ Kristin Kobes Du Mez

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Long Reads: Ansar Allah’s Offensive in Yemen w/ Helen Lackner

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Behind the News: The Backlash to School Vouchers w/ Jennifer Berkshire

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The Dig: Winning Providence w/ Ben Shanahan

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Confronting Capitalism: Socialists and Markets

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Jacobin Radio: The Machinery of ICE Detention w/ John Washington

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Behind the News: The Terrors (and Promise) of AI w/ Garrison Lovely

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Long Reads: The Class Politics of Central Banking w/ Martijn Konings

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The Dig: Mailbag! w/ Ben Mabie

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Behind the News: Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Grab w/ Alejandro Velasco

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Confronting Capitalism: Labor Needs Socialists and Socialists Need Labor

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Jacobin Radio: Is a Recession Imminent? w/ Michael Roberts

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The Dig: Insuring Catastrophe w/ David Wallace-Wells

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Behind the News: The Political Economy of Slavery w/ David McNally

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Jacobin Radio: Rethinking Natural Disaster w/ Mike Davis

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Behind the News: Israel’s Assault on Southern Lebanon w/ Aurélie Daher

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Confronting Capitalism: The Return of Industrial Policy

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Behind the News: Capital’s Chatbots w/ Jodi Dean

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The Dig: Destruction of the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple

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Long Reads: How US Media Whitewashed the Gaza Genocide w/ Adam Johnson

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Jacobin Radio: Health Care Class Struggle w/ Gabriel Winant

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Behind the News: The Rise of India’s “Cockroach” Movement w/ Aditya Nigam

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The Dig: Making the Jewish Bund w/ Molly Crabapple

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Confronting Capitalism: How Capitalism Undermines Democracy

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The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 8 — Reform Stalls, Oligarchy Triumphs

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Long Reads: China’s Next Decade w/ Eli Friedman

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Jacobin Radio: The World Cup’s Impact and FIFA’s Mendacity

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Behind the News: A Vision of Democratic Socialism w/ Michaela Brangan

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Confronting Capitalism: Socialism and Class Traitors

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Behind the News: The US Tradition of Inequality w/ Kim Phillips-Fein

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Long Reads: Football’s State of Emergency w/ David Goldblatt

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The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 7 — Suharto’s Fall

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Jacobin Radio: The Surreal Contradictions of the World Cup w/ Ron Placone

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Behind the News: The Devastating Effects of Private Equity w/ Hettie O’Brien

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Confronting Capitalism: Why the French Revolution Matters

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Jacobin Radio: World Cup Update w/ Laurent Dubois

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Behind the News: Outlines of a Socialist Economy w/ Aaron Benanav

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Long Reads: Trillion Dollar Baby w/ Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff (Part 2)

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The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 6 — Mass Killing, New Order

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Behind the News: The US-Iran Talks w/ Mouin Rabbani and Anatol Lieven

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Jacobin Radio: Football Fandom w/ Ryan McKnight

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Confronting Capitalism: The Politics of Mass Deportation

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Behind the News: How Cops Rose Above the Law w/ Stuart Schrader

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Long Reads: Trillion Dollar Baby w/ Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff (Part 1)

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Jacobin Radio: The People’s World Cup

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Behind the News: Why the Right Hates Theory w/ Moira Weigel

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The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 5 — Armed Conflicts, Guided Democracy

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Confronting Capitalism: Who Counts as a Worker?

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The Dig: Primary Struggle w/ Troy Jackson

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Long Reads: Mohammed Harbi and the Algerian Revolution w/ Muriam Davis

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The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 4 — Indonesian Republic, Third World Revolution

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Behind the News: The Canard of Cultural Marxism w/ A.J.A. Woods

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Confronting Capitalism: How Will Capitalism End?

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Behind the News: The Trump-Xi Summit w/ Jake Werner

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Jacobin Radio: Red Pilled w/ David Ost

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The Dig: Dan Denvir’s Theory of Power and Organization

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Long Reads: Reform UK’s Path to Power w/ Phil Burton-Cartledge

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The Dig: Primary Struggle w/ Claire Valdez

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Jacobin Radio: The Cost of Speaking Out Against Russia’s War w/ Simon Pirani

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Behind the News: The US-Israeli War on Iran w/ Laleh Khalili and Mouin Rabbani

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The Dig: Primary Struggle w/ Abdul El-Sayed

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Confronting Capitalism: Why Soviet-Style Planning Fails

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Behind the News: The New US Imperialism w/ Nikhil Pal Singh and Greg Grandin

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The Dig: Organizing Zohran’s NYC w/ Alina Shen and Fahd Ahmed

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Behind the News: Yuppies w/ Dylan Gottlieb

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Jacobin Radio: Iran in the Imperial Crosshairs

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Confronting Capitalism: How Socialism Could Work

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The Dig: Rogue Elephant w/ Paul Heideman

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Behind the News: Elon’s World w/ Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff

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Long Reads: Decoding the French Left w/ Sebastian Budgen (Part 2)

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Jacobin Radio: Organizing Outside the Tenure Track

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The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 3 — Japanese Occupation, Indonesian Revolution

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Behind the News: Orbán’s Defeat in Hungary w/ Anita Zsurzsán

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Confronting Capitalism: Which Way Forward for the Left?

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Jacobin Radio: Escaping Capitalism w/ Clara Mattei

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Behind the News: The Greed Driving US Politics w/ Andrew Cockburn

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The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 2 — National Awakening, Red Movement

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Long Reads: Decoding the French Left w/ Sebastian Budgen (Part 1)

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Behind the News: Venezuela After Maduro w/ Gabriel Hetland

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Confronting Capitalism: This Century’s Biggest Labor Battle

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Behind the News: Complications of the Iran War w/ Mouin Rabbani

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The Dig: Economic Warfare w/ Aslı Bâli, Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, Nicholas Mulder

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Long Reads: El Salvador’s Jailer in Chief

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Behind the News: Beyond Debates of Class vs. Identity w/ Nancy Fraser

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The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 1 — The Long Arc of Dutch Colonialism

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Confronting Capitalism: Trump’s Historic Blunder in Iran

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Jacobin Radio: 2003 All Over Again w/ Kevan Harris

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Behind the News: Homeland Empire w/ Nikhil Pal Singh

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Long Reads: Trump’s Nation-Breaking War w/ Afshin Matin-Asgari