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The Dig: The Social Question with Gabriel Winant Jan 03, 2021

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Dan interviews historian and essayist Gabriel Winant on the social worlds that make US politics and how that sociality is rooted in the economy, carceral state, social media, religion, and more. Read these n+1 essays and Dissent interview for context:

We Live in a Society nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/we-live-in-a-society

Coronavirus and Chronopolitics nplusonemag.com/issue-37/politics/coronavirus-and-chronopolitics-2

Professional-Managerial Chasm nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/professional-managerial-chasm

“What’s Actually Going on in Our Nursing Homes”: An Interview with Shantonia Jackson dissentmagazine.org/article/whats-actually-going-on-in-our-nursing-homes-an-interview-with-shantonia-jackson

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Michael and Us: Winter Light Dec 31, 2020

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A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. A lot of us are feeling cold, isolated, and depressed right now, so what better time to revisit Ingmar Bergman's WINTER LIGHT (1963)? We discuss crises of various kinds of faith, and the personal and political implications of the silence of God. PLUS: Why won't the pundit class (and specifically Paul Krugman) get behind a $2000 stimulus?

The Vast Majority: 2020: Would Not Recommend Dec 30, 2020

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Micah and producer Sarah Hurd close out the year from hell with a look at the highs and lows of 2020.

The Dig: Family Values with Melinda Cooper Dec 27, 2020

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From The Dig archives: 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 collaborators in creating an economy that redistributed wealth ruthlessly upwards with a risk-absorbing family at its privatized center. We'll be back next week with a new episode.

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The Vast Majority: A Socialist Fix for the Decline of American Journalism Dec 23, 2020

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Most of what we hear these days about what's wrong (and what's right) with the media comes from liberals. Micah and Meagan talk to leftist media scholar Victor Pickard about how socialists should think about the state of American journalism today and how we should fix it. Victor's book Democracy Without Journalism?: https://global.<wbr />oup.com/academic/product/<wbr />democracy-without-journalism-<wbr />9780190946753?cc=us&lang=en& jacobinmag.com/subscribe

Michael and Us: Joy to the New World Order Dec 23, 2020

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A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. For our annual holiday episode, we finally did the inevitable: a deep-dive into the ideology of Disney/Tim Allen joint THE SANTA CLAUSE (1994). We got a little drunk with holiday cheer on this one, folks.

Weekends: Eviction Crisis, Techno-Feudal Dystopia, and Medicare for All w/ David Sirota Dec 22, 2020

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Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and political strategy. This is the podcast version of the show from December 19, 2020.

The guest today is David Sirota. David is editor-at-large at Jacobin. He edits the Daily Poster newsletter and previously served as a senior adviser and speechwriter on Bernie Sanders's 2020 presidential campaign.

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The Dig: China and the US with Tobita Chow and Jake Werner Dec 19, 2020

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A big-picture interview with Tobita Chow and Jake Werner on China that puts today's geopolitical conflict and repression into the context of global capitalism.

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A World to Win: Crony Capitalism w/ Ana Kasparian Dec 19, 2020

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This week, Grace talks to Ana Kasparian, host and executive producer for The Young Turks and now co-host of Jacobin’s Weekends series. We discuss the media landscape in the US and the importance of alternative media to the socialist movement, the progress towards a stimulus package in the US, and how progressives should relate to a Biden presidency.

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Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

Michael and Us: Full Spectrum Dominance Dec 18, 2020

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A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. The '90s brought a wave of movies about divorced or absentee fathers/husbands, and none had more explosions than James Cameron's TRUE LIES (1994). We revisited this action classic to decipher how the Arnold Schwarzenegger/Jamie Lee Curtis marriage is a metaphor for America at the "End of History." PLUS: Pete Buttigig at McKinsey, Wong Kar-wai's "restorations," and Tom Cruise yelling about COVID.

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