Lessons From the Cold War / Penny M. Von Eschen
Penny M. Von Eschen is author of the new book, “Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder since 1989.” Penny is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of American Studies and Profe...
23 Aug 20221h 27min
Disability is Everybody's Problem / Laura Mauldin
Sociologist Laura Mauldin talks about her Baffler article "Care Tactics: Hacking an Ableist World," we introduce this week's Question from Hell!, and bring you your Hangover Cure for this Monday. Also...
22 Aug 20221h 33min
Heather Berg / The Stripper in the Coal Mine: Sex Work and Labor Rights
Gender and Sexuality studies scholar Heather Berg talks about her Boston Review article "Freedom, Not Benefits Sex workers are labor’s vanguard. The left ignores them at its peril." We have the winnin...
18 Aug 20221h 25min
Jobs Disparity, Mass Incarceration, and Crypto in Black America / Algernon Austin
Algernon Austin, Director for Race and Economic Jusice at the Center for Economic and Policy research discusses his recent writing including, "Black People Need Better Options than the Morgue or Mass ...
17 Aug 20221h 29min
Dispatches from the Viral Underclass / Steven Thrasher
Chuck is back from his vacation! Today he talked to journalist Steven Thrasher about his book "The Viral Underclass The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide." We also have your Hangover Cure...
16 Aug 20221h 22min
STAFF PICKS: The Enduring Siege of Gaza / Norman Finkelstein
Producer Dan introduces two interviews with activist and scholar Norman Finkelstein, talking about the Israeli siege of Gaza. We also crown this week's winning answer to the Question from Hell!.
10 Aug 20221h 31min
STAFF PICKS: Disease and Capitalist Labor / Tamara Fernando
Producer Lindsey presents a 2020 interview with Labor historian Tamara Fernando on disease and East Indian pearl fisheries, and what those early capitalist labor conditions in relation to diseases can...
9 Aug 202254min
STAFF PICKS: Growing to Extinction / Ashley Dawson
Producer Seb introduces a 2016 interview with postcolonial studies scholar Ashley Dawson on capitalism powered extinction events around the globe. He also has some answers to this week's Question from...
8 Aug 20221h 13min
