Best Jacobin Podcasts (2025)

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Jacobin Radio: What Happened in Chile? w/ Oscar Mendoza and Pablo Abufom 1:08:17

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Chile has just elected its most extreme far-right president since the Pinochet dictatorship. José Antonio Kast won the December 14 runoff by a commanding margin — a stunning reversal in a country that in 2019 experienced a massive social uprising over the unaffordability of life and extreme inequality. The social revolt ended with the pandemic lock…

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Jacobin Radio: Jacobin Radio: What Happened in Chile? w/ Oscar Mendoza and Pablo Abufom 1:08:17

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Chile has just elected its most extreme far-right president since the Pinochet dictatorship. José Antonio Kast won the December 14 runoff by a commanding margin — a stunning reversal in a country that in 2019 experienced a massive social uprising over the unaffordability of life and extreme inequality. The social revolt ended with the pandemic lock…

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The Haitian Curse: The Black Jacobins (Part 2) 40:26

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We trace how Toussaint Louverture transforms a burning revolt into a political project with armies, laws, and an economy strong enough to face Europe. The story moves from alliances and betrayals to constitutions and a final trap, ending with the birth of Haiti and the cost of its freedom. Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interact with us! Support…

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The Mets & Bucks s(t)ink while Ali Simpson rises 1:27:31

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What do FDR and the current alleged president have in common? What gubernatorial candidate promised voters to make their "wet dreams" come true? It all comes to light in my interview with writer/comedienne/farmer/TN State House candidate Ali Simpson (44:28) on why she's running for office for the first time, what that process is like & what are the…

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The Gist: Alex Edelman: "The Hardest Thing to Talk About in a Joke is Israel." 57:48

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In this special holiday week episode, Mike sits down with comedian Alex Edelman, fresh off a Tony Award for his show Just For Us and a spot on the Time 100 list. They discuss the "liquid dynamics" of a Comedy Cellar audience, the art of bombing while testing new material, and why jokes about the Israel-Gaza conflict are the hardest tightrope in com…

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Letters from an American: December 25, 2025 6:21

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Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeBy Heather Cox Richardson

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Behind the News with Doug Henwood: Behind the News, 12/25/25 58:00

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The Bulwark Podcast: Kara Swisher: We're in an 'Eat the Rich' Moment 54:54

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The year started with America's tech overlords kissing the ring at Trump's inauguration, and it's ending with the public fed up with the ostentatiously rich—and more distrustful of Silicon Valley than ever, particularly on AI. Plus, Kara's key role in the revelations about the relationship between RFK, Jr. and Olivia Nuzzi, Trump is giving away the…

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99% Invisible: Constitution Breakdown #5: Dr. Tom Frieden 1:19:27

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This is the fifth episode of our ongoing series breaking down the U.S. Constitution. This month, Roman and Elizabeth turn to the rest of Article Two with former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden, talking about the experience of being a highly trained expert in an inherently political institution within the executive branch. Dr. Frieden was also the New …

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The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan: Arthur Brooks On How To Be Happy 43:23

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com Arthur is an academic and writer. The former president of the American Enterprise Institute, he’s a professor at Harvard Business School and the Kennedy School, where he teaches courses on leadership and happiness. The author of 13 books — including the 2023 b…

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Big Technology Podcast: Alex And Ranjan's 2026 Outlook: ChatGPT 1 Billion, AI Shopping, Apple's Big Year, AI Love Boom 24:15

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. This week, we do our 2026 predictions in an abbreviated holiday-time episode. Here's what we cover: 1) AI agents start to work 2) ChatGPT hitting 1 billion users 3) AI shopping takes off 4) Ranjan gets a folding phone 5) Apple's best year ever 5) AI love boom arrives…

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Volts: What's the real story with Australian rooftop solar? 1:27:31

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Why can Australian homeowners get rooftop solar installed in a week or less, for roughly 50 cents a watt, while Californians pay $3.30/w and wait months for interconnection? In this episode, I ask inimitable Australian energy expert Saul Griffith to walk us through the entire process — from quote to interconnection — to pinpoint exactly where the U…

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The Majority Report with Sam Seder: Best of 2025: Trump and Elon's CEO-Dictator Playbook w/ Gil Duran 1:54:05

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It's another Best of 2025 episode on the Majority Report. On Today's program: Original air date: February 11, 2025 Gil Duran, journalist based in California, proprietor of the website The Nerd Reich, co-writer of the FrameLab newsletter, joins to discuss his recent piece in The Nerd Reich entitled "'Reboot' Revealed: Elon Musk's CEO-Dictator Playbo…

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#1760 Hot Mess: Conservative Chaos Below the Surface of Trump's Authoritarian Regime 3:26:46

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Air Date 12/26/2025 Authoritarian governments are always very focused on making it look like they have everything on absolute lock down. Everyone in lockstep, everything proceeding according to plan. But they do this for propaganda purposes, not because it has anything to do with reality. In fact, the opposite is always true. All of which is to say…

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 5027: WarRoom Saturday Special: The Patriot's History Of America cont.

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 5026: WarRoom Saturday Special: The Patriot's History Of America

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Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning: Shadi Hamid: American power and the post-woke age 1:12:28

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On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks again with Washington Post columnist and repeat guest Shadi Hamid (listen to previous episodes). A native Pennsylvanian of Egyptian ethnic background and Islamic faith, Hamid completed his Ph.D. in politics at Oxford University. He is co-host of the Wisdom of Crowds podcast and website with Damir…

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Hard Fork: Where Is All the A.I.-Driven Scientific Progress? 39:28

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The leaders of the biggest A.I. labs argue that artificial intelligence will usher in a new era of scientific discovery, which will help us cure diseases and accelerate our ability to address the climate crisis. But what has A.I. actually done for science so far? To understand, we asked Sam Rodriques, a scientist turned technologist who is developi…

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The Bay Blend: Friday, December 26th, 2025: Your post-Christmas Weekend Event Roundup + Pasco County's New Chicken Rules! 7:42

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Christmas is over, but the events keep on keeping on in the Tampa Bay area. No time for rest, Malaika Hollist from Arts Axis Florida and Sky will tell you about what’s going on this weekend. It’s a fun episode, let’s get into it! The Bay Blend is sponsored by Seitenbacher. Website: https://www.wusf.org Sign up for our daily newsletter: https://www.…

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Ones and Tooze: Heterodox Economists: Leon Trotsky 42:43

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December marks both the birth and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Adam and Cameron are spending the month focusing on Soviet economists and thinkers. This week: Leon Trotsky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Foreign Policy

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The Daily: Marriage and Sex in the Age of Ozempic: An Update 20:47

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This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since. In the past few years, GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound have been radically reshaping the people’s lives, changing appetites and health. But the drugs also have the power to affect other parts of cons…

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Bell Curve: 2025 Year in Review 1:18:51

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This week, Mippo, Myles, and Xavier sat down for the 2025 Year in Review! They cover the biggest winners and losers of 2025, the best and worst calls of the year, the comeback story of the year, and more. Thanks for tuning in! -- Katana directs chain revenue back to DeFi users for consistently higher yields. It starts with VaultBridge, which turns …

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Odd Lots: Merryn Talks Money: John Law, The Gambler Who Invented Modern Money (Part 1) 33:58

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Hello Odd Lots listeners! As we take a break for the holidays we'd like to take a moment and bring you an episode by one of our sister shows here at Bloomberg Podcasts, Merryn Talks Money. In this special two-part series, John Stepek and Merryn Somerset Webb tell the extraordinary story of John Law: a fugitive Scots gambler who became the most powe…

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Left, Right & Center: The shift from America First to Trump’s new interventionism 50:30

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Foreign policy took center stage in the first year of President Trump’s second term, which may be a surprise after his America First focus in 2024. The president sought to ease tensions with adversaries while bringing an end to existing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. Trump promised an isolationist shift after finding resolutions for those wars. Ins…

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Better Offline: CZM Rewind: The Case Against Generative AI (Part 2) 29:10

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In part two of this week’s four-part case against generative AI, Ed Zitron walks you through how NVIDIA funds and pumps money into unprofitable, debt-ridden “neoclouds” all to create vehicles to buy more GPUs - all to cover up the lack of demand for generative AI compute. Original Air Date: 10.1.25 YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to https:…

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The Gist: Roy Wood Jr.: "People Just Want to Feel Good." 1:02:19

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In this special Christmas Day edition, Mike gives the gift of Roy Wood Jr., a comedian who embodies the "profundities in punchlines" ethos. Wood joins to discuss his CNN show Have I Got News for You, his upbringing as the son of a pioneering radio journalist, and the central thesis of his comedy: that in a fractured world, people prioritize dopamin…

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Amarica's Constitution: No Army At All 1:13:19

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Presidential power is abridged, for a change, by the Supreme Court in its shadow docket ruling in Trump v. Illinois. Rather than ruling in silence, however, this time the Court gives us 25 pages and 4 opinions to chew on. We examine the history behind issues of deployment of the Army as well as the Guard/Militia on domestic soil, which leads us to …

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 5023: WarRoom Christmas Day Special 2025 cont.

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 5022: WarRoom Christmas Day Special 2025

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The Bay Blend: Thursday, December 25th, 2025: A Very Merry Bay Blend Christmas! 4:48

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Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! Welcome to a special Christmas episode of the Bay Blend. We’re skipping the news, just like yesterday, so it’s a shorter episode. We're just going to hit you with some events you can check out in the area. You’ve opened your gifts, drank some egg nog, lounged around the house, now what can you do? Let’s find th…

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Infinite Loops: Guy Spier — Wealth, Wisdom & Enlightenment (Infinite Loops CLASSICS) 2:02:29

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Happy Holidays! We're taking a short break from new episodes this week so you can focus on finishing that Christmas dinner. We'll be back next Thursday with something new. In the meantime, why not tuck into this conversation with Guy Spier from January 2024, which remains one of my favorites. Enjoy! _________________ Guy Spier runs the Aquamarine F…

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Otherppl with Brad Listi: Best of 2025 - Part 2 34:53

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Today on the program, we finish the year by highlighting the top-5 most-listened-to episodes of 2025. Big thanks to everyone who guested and everyone who listens. And a very special thank you to everyone who supports the show on Patreon. Wishing you all a very happy 2026! *** ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Otherppl with Brad Listi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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Odd Lots: Scott Kupor's New Plan to Bring Tech Workers Into the Federal Government 59:48

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If you're a high-skilled tech worker, then potentially huge fortunes await you working for a startup or one of our booming AI giants. But the government needs these types of workers too. And the government is not set up to pay commensurate salaries with the private sector -- particularly for these types of roles. This challenge has long been unders…

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Advisory Opinions: Merry Christmas to the State Courts 1:03:52

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Sarah Isgur sits down for a live recording at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz, Texas Supreme Court Justice Evan A. Young, and District of Columbia Court of Appeals Judge Joshua Deahl to talk legal philosophy, the state of civil justice, and the challenges that appellate justices face in an ever-…

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The Rachman Review: 2025: a year of chaos and confusion 30:56

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Gideon and guests look back at 2025 as well as forward to the year ahead in an FT Live discussion for the Global Boardroom. Donald Trump set the tone of world politics this year from his tariff wars to his efforts to make peace in the Middle East and Ukraine, while also bombing Iran and threatening Venezuela. In a bid to make sense of the contradic…

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The Rest Is Money: 237. The extraordinary story of Britain’s first tech titan 56:07

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Who was Mike Lynch and how did his tech companies make him a billionaire? How did he avoid prison in an American fraud trial when he’d only given himself a 0.4% chance of winning the case? Why did his tragic death spark conspiracy theories around the world? Katie Prescott, technology business editor at The Times, joins Robert and Steph to discuss t…

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Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg: When voting fails (with Nicholas Gruen) 1:35:23

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Read the full transcript here. Which decisions should be made by election and which by random sampling? Where is competition healthy for choosing leaders, and where must rule-setting be unitary and impartial? What would credible umpires look like - judges, statisticians, pay reviewers - and how do we insulate them from parties? Can citizen juries a…

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The Gist: Django Gold: The Comedian Who Wants to Dim Your Shine 58:21

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In a special Christmas Eve edition, Mike brings you a "gift" from the comedy vault: an interview with the brilliantly off-kilter Django Gold. A veteran of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Onion, Gold discusses his YouTube special Bag of Tricks and his commitment to playing a paranoid, morose character on stage—a persona he claims is "clos…

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The Majority Report with Sam Seder: Best of 2025: 10 Ways to Prepare for Trump's Return w/ Daniel Hunter 1:59:06

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It's Hump Day and we have a Best of 2025 episode but first we revisit Sam's infamous war on Christmas segment on CNN from 200 years ago. Original air date: November 11, 2024. Sam speaks with Daniel Hunter, activist & co-author of the book What if Trump Wins?: An Interactive Pick-Your-Path Adventure. Check out Daniel's book here: https://www.amazon.…

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Letters from an American: December 23, 2025 4:25

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Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeBy Heather Cox Richardson

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 5021: WarRoom Christmas Eve Special 2025 cont.

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 5020: WarRoom Christmas Eve Special 2025

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The Haitian Curse: The Price of Freedom (Part 3) 36:40

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We trace Haiti’s leap from independence to isolation, from a flag raised in 1804 to a century of debt that reshaped its economy and politics. We grapple with the 1804 massacres, the split between Christophe and Pétion, and France’s ransom that turned victory into a warning. Have feedback? Send us a Text and Interact with us! Support the show Twitte…