Jacobin Radio Folgen

Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and political strategy. This is the podcast version of the show from February 27, 2021. Nicole Aschoff, an editor at Jacobin and the author of “The Smartphone Society” and “The New Prophets of Capital,” joins the show to discuss Biden's foreign policy and the recent airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias in Syria. We also get into what the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act is and why it's important for the labor movement and how the Andrew Cuomo COVID coverup is emblematic of the broader turn in global politics toward cults of elite figures. Read Nicole's latest: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/the-bi...​ Join the Verso book club: https://www.versobooks.com/bookclub Subscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?cod... Music provided by Zonkey: https://linktr.ee/zonkey

The interviewer becomes the interviewee this week, as Micah Uetricht talks with Jacobin staff writers Meagan Day and Alex Press about his recent piece in the Nation, "Amid the Wildfires: Mike Davis's Forecast for the Left." Read the piece here: https://www.thenation.<wbr />com/article/culture/mike-<wbr />davis-old-gods-set-night/

We plunge once again into the filmography of Alexandra Pelosi, who in addition to being Nancy's daughter is a prolific maker of not-very-good political documentaries. In RIGHT AMERICA, FEELING WRONGED (2009), she follows the John McCain campaign in its final, desperate weeks, interviewing dozens of ill-mannered Republicans who feel left out of the Obama wave. The result is her bleakest and angriest film - though still not exactly what one might call "good." PLUS: Pete Buttigieg's memoir, revisionist celebrity documentaries, and is there a Republican Party exodus? Tune into the first Michael and Us livestream. On Friday, February 27 at 6pm, Michael and Us Nation will watch 1995's BATMAN FOREVER together, as a family. Details at www.patreon.com/michaelandus