Behind the News

05.29.25 - 12:00pm

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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

05.22.25 - 12:00pm

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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

05.15.25 - 12:00pm

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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

05.08.25 - 12:00pm

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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

05.01.25 - 12:00pm

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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

04.24.25 - 12:00pm

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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

04.17.25 - 12:00pm

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Quinn Slobodian, author of Hayek’s Bastards, talks about the IQ- and race-obsessed goldbugs of second generation neoliberalism

04.10.25 - 12:00pm

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Charlie Eaton and Alina Gibadulina on the increasing prominence of hedge fund and private equity titans on elite university boards (paper here) • Malcolm Harris, author of What’s Left, on a trio of political approaches to the climate crisis

04.03.25 - 12:00pm

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Jason Wade of the UAW explains the union’s endorsement of Trump’s auto tariffs • Sam Gindin, author of this article and former long-time adviser to what used to be known as the Canadian Autoworkers Union, on what issues the tariff controversy obscures

03.27.25 - 12:00pm

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Samuel Moyn on Trump and the courts • Chris Maisano, author of this article, on class and politics • Evgenia Kovda on hipster nihilism (article here)