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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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Clash of Empires w/ Ho-fung Hung

Posted March 23, 2022 • 01:45:34

The second of our two-part interview with sociologist Ho-fung Hung on Chinese political and economic history. This episode covers the 2008 financial...

China Boom w/ Ho-fung Hung

Posted March 18, 2022 • 01:18:11

Part one of a two-part interview with sociologist Ho-fung Hung on Chinese political economic history from the 18th century to 2008: why capitalism took...

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Posted March 10, 2022 • 01:34:31

Sophie Pinkham and Nick Mulder on the war, its origins, how it’s being experienced by Ukrainians, Russians, Europeans, and Americans—and also its...

Russia Invades w/ Tony Wood

Posted February 28, 2022 • 01:05:53

Tony Wood returns to The Dig to discuss Russia’s invasion, what it reflects about Russian politics and geopolitics today and historically, and how...

Invisible Hands w/ Kim Phillips-Fein

Posted February 26, 2022 • 02:18:06

Dan interviews historian Kim Phillips-Fein on Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to Reagan.

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