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The Dig is a podcast from Jacobin magazine that discusses politics, criminal justice, immigration and class conflict with smart people. Please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4839800

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Identity, Power, and Speech with Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Posted December 5, 2020 • 01:47:32

Prevailing identity politics norms call on people “listen to the most affected” or “centre the most marginalized." But this often works out quite...

Anti-Populism with Thomas Frank

Posted November 29, 2020 • 01:38:13

Guest host Astra Taylor interviews Thomas Frank about his book The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism. From The Dig archives on populism: Universalizing...

The NAACP’s Anti-Lynching Struggle with Megan Ming Francis

Posted November 22, 2020 • 01:55:35

Dan interviews political scientist Megan Ming Francis about the NAACP's struggle against racist violence in the teens and 20s and how it remade the...

Mike Davis on This Moment

Posted November 13, 2020 • 01:21:51

Dan interviews Mike Davis on what the election reveals about this US political moment and the way forward for the Left. Support this podcast at www.patreon.com/TheDig Join...

What Now with Cornel West

Posted November 6, 2020 • 01:04:34

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