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Introducing... Michael and Us Aug 03, 2020

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Jacobin Radio welcomes its newest show! Michael and Us, from co-hosts Will Sloan and Luke Savage, is one of our favorite film and comedy podcasts. We're joining Will and Luke at episode 164, "Mo Money Mo Problems."

Everyone agrees that money in politics is a problem, but in MEET THE DONORS: DOES MONEY TALK? (2016), filmmaker Alexandra (daughter of Nancy) Pelosi asks: is it really? She interviews some of the biggest political donors in America to find out why they donate and what they expect for their donations, and finds out... not a whole lot. Politics - what a concept! PLUS: we discuss the state of the left in electoral politics, and definitively identify the worst Twitter feed in the world.

Support the show and get exclusive subscriber-only episodes on the Michael and Us Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus/overview

Behind the News: Tobita Chow and Donna Murch Aug 03, 2020

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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. This week features Tobita Chow on the roots and dangers of Sinophobia in the US and Donna Murch, author of Living for the City, on the emergence of the Black Panther Party out of early 1960s campus study groups.

The Dig: Goodbye Columbus with Matthew Frye Jacobson Jul 31, 2020

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Dan's 2018 interview with Matthew Frye Jacobson on Roots Too: White Ethnic Revival in Post–Civil Rights America. With a new intro from Dan on the Columbus myth and the politics of white ethnicity.

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Vast Majority: Why We Don't Have a Labor Party with Barry Eidlin and Chris Maisano Jul 31, 2020

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Micah and Meagan speak with sociologist Barry Eidlin, author of Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada, and Jacobin contributing editor Chris Maisano on why the US doesn't have a labor party and why that matters. Barry's book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/labor-and-the-class-idea-in-the-united-states-and-canada/356399CB43939B0B259AE018615D5587 Barry's article "The Phantom Limb": https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/11/labor-third-party-us-canada-ccf-ndp-democrats-unions/ Chris's review of Barry's book: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/06/labor-party-in-the-usa-workers-party-history

Casualties of History: "Held Down by Force" Jul 30, 2020

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In this episode we discuss Chapter 15, "Demagogues and Martyrs." The period immediately after peace in 1815 saw both a rapid rise in militancy and intense repression, such that an increasingly agitated and radicalized population had no organizational capacity to express its militancy. This gave rise to personalized leadership around individual demagogues and to an oscillation between insurrectionary and constitutionalist approaches. We also discuss the Peterloo massacre, which is narrated in this chapter, and Mike Leigh's recent film Peterloo on the subject.

Weekends: July 25, 2020, Remembering Michael Brooks Jul 30, 2020

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In this special tribute episode of Weekends, Ana is joined by Nando Vila and many friends and colleagues to remember Michael Brooks. Guests include: Bhaskar Sunkara, Matt Lech, David Griscom, Dustin Guastella, Joshua Kahn Russell, Ben Burgis, and our own super-producer Cale Brooks.

Weekends on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxlNhP2f0kULVe45TbPaF-uLuMQYMJcLk

Kasparian on Twitter https://twitter.com/AnaKasparian

Behind the News: Jason Wilson and Forrest Hylton Jul 30, 2020

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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. This show features Jason Wilson on the protests and storm troopers in Portland. Then, Forrest Hylton on COVID-19, repression, corruption, and drug gangs in Latin America.

The Dig: Cops and Counterinsurgency with Stuart Schrader Jul 24, 2020

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Our police system is a product of Cold War US imperialism too. Dan interviews Stuart Schrader on Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing.

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Weekends: July 18, 2020, Michael's last show (ft. Vivek Chibber) Jul 23, 2020

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Every Saturday starting at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Michael Brooks have been broadcasting live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. This week features an interview with professor Vivek Chibber on the state and the left's road to power. Sadly and very unexpectedly, Michael passed away the Monday after recording this episode.

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Read more on our website:

"Remembering Our Friend and Comrade Michael Brooks" by Bhaskar Sunkara https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/remembering-our-friend-and-comrade-michael-brooks

"'Michael Brooks Was My Absolute Political Inspiration'," a series of reflections collected by Micah Uetricht https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/07/michael-brooks-viewers-listeners-reflections

"Michael Brooks Was a True Internationalist" by Daniel Bessner https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/07/michael-brooks-internationalist-remembrance

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Weekends archive on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxlNhP2f0kULVe45TbPaF-uLuMQYMJcLk

The Vast Majority: In Loving Remembrance of Michael Brooks Jul 22, 2020

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All of us at Jacobin are devastated and in deep shock about the untimely death of our collaborator, comrade, and friend Michael Brooks. Michael was truly a one-of-a-kind figure, warm and loving and smart and hilarious and completely irreplaceable.
Jacobin's Meagan Day, Micah Uetricht, Luke Savage, and Ben Burgis talked about Michael's impact on them and legacy on the Left. We'll miss you, Michael. Bhaskar Sunkara's remembrance of Michael: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/remembering-our-friend-and-comrade-michael-brooks Meagan's remembrance: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/michael-brooks-remembrance

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