The Farthest Promised Land: An Introduction to New Zealand’s Political Economy
Giacomo Bianchino and Rudy join Amal for an introductory discussion on New Zealand’s (Aotearoa in the Maori language) political economy, with a focus on how …
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Beyond Son Nica: Revolutionary Popular Music in Sandinista Nicaragua with T.M. Scruggs
Jackson joins ethnomusicologist and anthropologist T.M. Scruggs to discuss Nicaraguan popular music in the decades leading up to the 1979 Sandinista Revolution, as well as …
The Historic Defeat of the Female Sex: Revisiting Engels’ The Origin of the Family
Agata, Anne, Lydia and Rudy join to talk about the historic context of Engels’ The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, and …
The Eco-Centrist Movement: The Sierra Club & Earth First! with Keith Mako Woodhouse
Rudy joins Keith Woodhouse, author of The Ecocentrists: A History of Radical Environmentalism for a discussion on the history of the mainstream environmental movement in …
Understanding & Learning with the Working Class: Workers’ Inquiry and Social Investigation
AJ, Annie, Ira and Rudy discuss the methods of workers’ inquiry and social investigation and how they have applied it to their organizing. They talk …
From the Fields to the Stars!: Sputnik, Spaceflight and the Soviet Imagination
For our 100th episode, we go back to our roots. Djamil, Virginia and Rudy sit down to discuss the launch of Sputnik, using Asif A. …
Modes of Production and the Transition to Capitalism with Jairus Banaji
Donald and Rudy join Jairus Banaji, author of Theory as History and A Brief History of Commercial Capitalism to discuss his theoretical contributions around the …
The Unknown Cultural Revolution: Life and Change in a Chinese Village with Dongping Han
Matt and Rudy join Dongping Han, author of The Unknown Cultural Revolution: Life and Change in a Chinese Village for a discussion on his experiences …
The Colony Hates its Own Black People: Australian Indigenous Struggles with Boe & Kieran
Rudy and Giacomo Bianchino join Boe Spearim, host of Frontier Wars and Kieran from the Australian Communist Party and the NSW Aboriginal Land Council association …
End of an Era: 30 Years After the Soviet Collapse
Connor, Christian and Donald sit down to discuss the collapse of the Soviet Union. They begin by situating the economic and political problems of the …
On the Giving of Orders: Power and Freedom in Democratic Organizations
Dillon, Jake, Rudy and Amelia discuss the work of management consultant Mary Follett and how to use her ideas to enable democratic problem-solving and functioning …
Plowed Under: Communist Folk-Revival and Mid-Century Suppression with Aaron J. Leonard
Donald and Jackson are joined by historian Aaron J. Leonard, author of The Folk Singers and the Bureau: The FBI, The Folk Artists and the …
The History of Palestine Solidarity in the US with Michael Fischbach
Josh and Rudy join Michael Fischbach, author of Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Communities of Color and The Movement and the Middle East: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Divided …
Voices from the Bolivarian Revolution: Communes and the Transition to Socialism with Chris and Cira
Christian and Rudy join Chris Gilbert and Cira Pascual Marquina, authors of Venezuela, The Present as Struggle: Voices from the Bolivarian Revolution for a discussion …