
The Dig is Daniel Denvir’s Jacobin podcast on politics, history, and economics everywhere. Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thedig
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 557 | Founded | 11 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | PoliticsNews | |||

Featuring Alyssa Battistoni on Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. Fossil-fueled capitalism has pushed our planet into a profound set of crises. How Marxists should make sense of this all, however, is unclear. Battistoni offers a Marxi... more
Featuring Yael Bridge, Jeremy Flood, and Erick Stoll on Who Moves America, a powerful documentary about the massive 2023 Teamsters strike against UPS that ultimately did not happen.
Find or request a screening of Who Moves America at whomovesameri... more
Featuring Chris Brooks on labor’s crisis and the strategic, militant class struggle that can turn it all around. Brooks, former chief of staff to UAW President Shawn Fain, urges organizers to be flexible in their methodology, explains the federal mon... more
Featuring Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian on their book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. What the world’s bizarre richest man reveals about our financially fabulist, hard tech, far-right political-economic era.
Support The Dig at Patreon.com/The... more
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With two-hour interviews, Denvir gives thinkers time to do much more than sound-bite summaries of their books.
I was introduced to this pod about 4 yrs ago and became an avid listener. I appreciated the focus on political histories across cultures and generations. It seemed a refreshing departure from the Bernie Bro/ Jacobin style avoidance of racism and race as real lived components of political histories past and present with very real consequences. I looked forward to new episodes and shared them with friends.
After recently learning of Daniel Denvir's bizarre treatment of Brihanna Joy Gray during a ... more
Soooo many wonderful interviews!
Ich liebe den Podcast. Immer sehr interessant
I never have enough words to say how much this podcast means to me - every new episode makes me smarter
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- The show consistently explores leftist politics through deep historical analysis, contemporary organizing, and policy-focused discussions. Episodes frequently center on labor, anti-imperialism, social movements, and the practicalities of building power in local and national contexts, with a strong emphasis on historical case studies from regions like the United States, Indonesia, and Europe. Notable formats include long-form interviews, insurgent candidate roundups, and scholarly context from academics and organizers, often linking past movements to current organizing strategies and policy debates.
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Recent guests on The Dig include:
1. Alyssa Battistoni
2. Yael Bridge
3. Jeremy Flood
4. Erick Stoll
5. Chris Brooks
6. Ben Tarnoff
7. Quinn Slobodian
8. Ben Shanahan
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