Doug interviews David Roediger, author of The Sinking Middle Class, on the uses of that term in US politics. Then,... more

Political scientist Jared Clemons on feckless liberal anti-racism: how In This House We Believe racial liberalism leaves racial capitalism's inequalities... more

Jen Pan speaks with Bhaskar Sunkara on what kind of politics a socialist successor to Bernie should push for. Then... more

Doug speaks with Ellora Derenoncourt, co-author of a National Bureau of Economic Research paper about the racial wealth gap from... more

Long before the "metaverse" loomed over us, David Cronenberg's EXISTENZ (1999) imagined a completely immersive virtual environment that is even... more

Know Your Enemy hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell on terrifyingly protean right-wing American politics.Check out our newsletter: thedigradio.com/newsletterRead James... more

Esther Leslie joins Long Reads for a discussion about Walter Benjamin, one of the most influential cultural theorists of the... more

Jen Pan interviews Will Sommer on the Capitol riots, QAnon, and the influence of far right extremist groups on Republican... more

This week, Grace speaks to Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass about their book Half-Earth Socialism. They discuss the problems with... more

Suzi talks to historian Lily Geismer about her new book, Left Behind: The Democrats’ Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality, which explores the Democratic Party’s promotion of market-based solutions to... more

Patrick Blanchfield analyzes the long history of US gun violence and the American death drive. Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig and... more

Samir Sonti argues that the causes of current inflation are supply side issues and if the Fed chooses to fight... more

This week, Grace talks to David Adler, General Coordinator of the Progressive International, about the ongoing Colombian presidential election and... more

Our Superdelegate patron tier has voted for us to discuss Mike Judge's workplace satire OFFICE SPACE (1999), and it leads... more

Doug interviews Forrest Hylton on the first round of the Colombian presidential election and why it was bad news for the... more

Dan's second episode with historian Lily Geismer, who he interviewed in 2019 about Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the... more

Catherine Liu, author of Virtue Hoarders, joins The Jacobin Show for a discussion about the multicultural neoliberalism of California. Daniel... more

What is a quickly-made, low-effort documentary like ONE NATION UNDER TRUMP (2016) good for? Not a lot. But one thing... more

Historian, urban theorist and activist Mike Davis is writing a new book called Star Spangled Leviathan: An Economic History of... more

Doug interviews Heather Berg, author of Porn Work, on relations of production in sex work. Plus: Kevin Young and Leonard... more

What role does mass incarceration play in American political economy? What does that reveal about what sort of politics are... more

Maya Goodfellow joins Long Reads for a discussion about racism in Britain's "hostile environment" and resistance to the repressive migration... more

This week, Grace talks to Nick Taylor and Sahil Dutta, two of the co-authors behind Unprecedented?: How COVID-19 Revealed the... more

Suzi talks to longtime labor reporter and author Steven Greenhouse about the exciting new moment for labor in the US. Steven... more

Doug speaks with Molly White, keeper of the "Web3 Is Going Just Great" blog, on the pointless and scam-ridden world... more

Historian Margarita Fajardo on her book The World That Latin America Created: The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America... more

Dinesh D'Souza believes he has uncovered shocking proof that the Democratic Party stole the 2020 election in 2000 MULES (2022),... more

As the London mayor plans to conduct a review on cannabis legalization, Grace speaks with Kojo Koram, lecturer in law... more

Matthew Huber, author of Climate Change as Class War, explains why the environmental movement needs to take class and production... more

The documentary WHITE NOISE (2020) follows three very prominent members of the alt-right (you'll be familiar with all of them,... more