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Episode 181 PREVIEW - The Year from Hell

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Episode 180 - The Felt Blanket of M4A, with Abdul El-Sayed and Micah Johnson

Today we've got Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Dr. Micah Johnson on to talk about their new book Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide. We talk about what the pandemic revealed about the broken American health care system, and how universal Medicare could fix both the immediate problem and help us be more prepared for future heath disasters.
Abdul's newsletter The Incision can be found here.

Episode 179 PREVIEW - The Austerity Debate and Gramsci's War of Position

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Episode 178 - Messing with Texas, featuring Kate Aronoff

Why did the Texas electricity system collapse during the recent cold snap? We've got Kate Aronoff, co-author of A Planet to Win and sole author of the forthcoming book Overheated, on to discuss what went wrong. It turns out that carbon power is screwing up human society in basically every imaginable way, who knew? Enjoy!

Episode 177 - The Fascism Question, with John Ganz

Today we've got writer John Ganz on to discuss what relationship fascism has to Trump and the U.S. far right, and the bizarre spectacle of people trying to work up a red-brown alliance. (This has not worked out well in the past!)
Check out John's Substack here.

Episode 176 UNLOCKED - The Revolution Will not Be Monetized, with Doug Henwood

Thanks to popular demand, we are unlocking this one. We've got Doug Henwood, author of the excellent book Wall Street, on to talk about GAMESTONK and what it all means. While it may be funny to see a couple hedge funds getting pantsed by Reddit, the fact is that financial speculation is no way to provide material security to the working class.

Episode 176 PREVIEW - Doug Henwood on GAMESTONK

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Episode 175 - America's Tradition of Egalitarian Freedom, with Mike Konczal

We've got Mike on to discuss Freedom from the Market, a great book that examines how the "free" market has in fact been a source of tyranny and oppression throughout American history, and how Americans have mobilized in many since-forgotten ways to expand their freedom by protecting themselves from the market. Enjoy!

Episode 174 PREVIEW - The New Government

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Episode 117 UNLOCKED - The Socialist Anti-Imperialism of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today we are hoisting up an episode from the archives in celebration of MLK Day. We discuss King's advocacy of democratic socialism and his argument that civil rights were inadequate without an equal share of economic production. Then we turn to his foreign policy views, including his speech attacking the Vietnam War, and how his argument for a brotherhood of nations is more vital than ever in the age of climate change. 
The MLK Nation article "Let Justice Roll Down" can be found here.